The Comics #6

(February 1938)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

S'Matter Pop? / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Charles Payne (signed as Payne)

Pencils

Charles Payne (signed as Payne)

Inks

Charles Payne (signed as Payne)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

S'matter, Ambrose?

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Ambrose; Pop; Maw

Reprints

• from S'Matter, Pop? Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1934-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover. Printed in red and black.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Wash Tubbs / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (credited, signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (credited, signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Is zat so?

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Lulu Belle; C. Hollis Wallis; Flowerpot (outlaw); C. Hollis Wallis Jr.

Reprints

• from Wash Tubbs Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Small

Pencils

C. D. Small

Inks

C. D. Small

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nope! I wantcha to take out some of...

Genre

humor

Characters

Salesman Sam

Reprints

• from Salesman Sam Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1936-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Ted Strong / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Carreño (credited, signed)

Pencils

Al Carreño (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Carreño (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come on, Pinto!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ted Strong

Reprints

• from Ted Strong Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service) 1935-07-05 - 1935-07-12 [Reformatted - two pages to one]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Cowboy and Indian Lore / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

Cowboy Comics (Table of Contents: 6)

Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams

Pencils

J. R. Williams

Inks

J. R. Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Out Our Way daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

My Big Brudder / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Engli (signed)

Pencils

Frank Engli (signed)

Inks

Frank Engli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My Mom says I'm going to grow to be a big man!

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

Printed in red and black.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Jimmy Jams / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Victor Pazmiño (credited as V E P) (signed as VEP)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño (credited as V E P) (signed as VEP)

Inks

Victor Pazmiño (credited as V E P) (signed as VEP)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, Pop, let's play football!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Jimmie Jams; Pop; Ma

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Artist / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Letters

?

John Paul Jones (Table of Contents: 10)

Decks Awash / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Augustus Robinson (credited as Augustus J. Robinson)

Pencils

Augustus Robinson (credited as Augustus J. Robinson)

Inks

Augustus Robinson (credited as Augustus J. Robinson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jones was a Scotchman...

Genre

non-fiction; biography; military

Characters

John Paul Jones

Reprints

• from Decks Awash Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service) 1935-xx-xx - 1935-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Sailors' Knots and Seaman's Ways / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Augustus Robinson (credited as Robinson)

Pencils

Augustus Robinson (credited as Robinson)

Inks

Augustus Robinson (credited as Robinson)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Sailor's Knots and Seaman's Ways weekly (George Matthew Adams syndicate) 1935-XX-XX - 1935-XX-XX

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Bill and Davey / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

James McCague (credited as James P. McCague)

Pencils

James McCague (credited as James P. McCague)

Inks

James McCague (credited as James P. McCague)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, I'm sayin' goodbye, Missus Haven...

Genre

humor; adventure

Reprints

• from Bill and Davey daily (The Watkins Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Hold Everything / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis

Pencils

Clyde Lewis

Inks

Clyde Lewis

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you have wallpaper like this?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Hold Everything daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Comics Stamp Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Montgomery Mulford

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Jepsen (credited as Paul H Jepson)

Pencils

Paul Jepsen (credited as Paul H Jepson)

Inks

Paul Jepsen (credited as Paul H Jepson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

2500 AD A spaceship transport from the moon with a cargo...

Genre

adventure; science fiction; detective-mystery

Characters

Rod Rian; Andres; Elmus; Mephisians

Synopsis

Rod Rian of the Sky Police and his friend, Andres of the Moon Squadron, leave on a mission to investigate air piracy against space liners which Elmus, Commander of the Sky Police, sent them on. Their ship is attacked and they are overcome. Unconscious, they are taken away by men resembling the common devil concept of red skin and two horns on the head. These are Mephisians, but that is not revealed until the next issue.

Reprints

• from Rod Rian of the Sky Police Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.) 1935-07-05 - 1935-07-12 [Reformatted two pages to one]

Al Brady (Table of Contents: 16)

Manhunt a True F.B.I. Story / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime; non-fiction; detective-mystery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Comic Cartoons / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

W. C. Brigham (signed as Brig)

Inks

W. C. Brigham (signed as Brig)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Romance of the Rockies (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Norman Fallon

Inks

Norman Fallon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the motion picture 'Romance of the Rockies.'

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

The Enchanted Stone of Time / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Adolphe Barreaux (credited as Barreaux)

Pencils

Adolphe Barreaux (credited as Barreaux)

Inks

Adolphe Barreaux (credited as Barreaux)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's early, Meg.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mickey; Meg

Synopsis

Mickey and Meg are in an old Indian valley 10,000 years in the past, having been sent there by an enchanted stone they found while exploring.

Reprints

• from The Enchanted Stone of Time Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service) 1935-07-05 - 1935-07-12

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Pecos Bill / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tex O'Reilly; Jack Warren (signed as Jack A. Warren)

Pencils

Tex O'Reilly; Jack Warren (signed as Jack A. Warren)

Inks

Tex O'Reilly; Jack Warren (signed as Jack A. Warren)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Some snoozer is gettin' salty.

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Pecos Bill

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Tex O'Reilly and Jack A. Warren's Pecos Bill.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

The Comics Crossword Puzzle / activity / 1.2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Solutions at bottom of page of Clancy the Cop that appears after Comic Puzzles page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Jimmy Jams / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Victor Pazmiño (credited as V E P) (signed as VEP)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño (credited as V E P) (signed as VEP)

Inks

Victor Pazmiño (credited as V E P) (signed as VEP)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm going to give you some milk!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Jimmy Jams; Pop

Indexer Notes

Printed in red and black.

Hi-Jack Backfire (Table of Contents: 23)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Henry Sperry (credited as H. T. Sperry)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Hold Everything / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis (signed)

Pencils

Clyde Lewis (signed)

Inks

Clyde Lewis (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The captain says for us to come right up...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Hold Everything daily (NEA Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four daily gag panels on one comic book page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Did You Know? / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Archibald (signed)

Pencils

Joe Archibald (signed)

Inks

Joe Archibald (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Cap'n Cloud / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Weinstein (credited, signed)

Pencils

Robert Weinstein (credited, signed)

Inks

Robert Weinstein (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The fishing fleet leaves Gloucester heading for...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cap'n Cloud

Reprints

• from Cap'n Cloud Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service) 1935-07-05 - 1935-07-12

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Comic Puzzles / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Clancy the Cop / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Pencils

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Inks

Victor Pazmiño (signed as VEP)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh! What a night!

Genre

humor

Characters

Clancy the Cop; The Captain

Indexer Notes

Printed in red and black.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Deadwood Gulch / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Boody Rogers (credited as Charles McGraw)

Pencils

Boody Rogers (credited as Charles McGraw)

Inks

Boody Rogers (credited as Charles McGraw)

Colors

?

Letters

Boody Rogers (credited as Charles McGraw)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Run fer your lives, men!

Genre

humor; western-frontier

How to Build the LD-6 (Table of Contents: 30)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ed Cronin

Pencils

Ed Cronin

Inks

Ed Cronin

Letters

?

The Valley of the Maltese Cross (Table of Contents: 31)

Gordon Fife / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Moore

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

Carl Pfeufer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Gordon Fife and the Boy King

Genre

adventure

Jimmy Nesbit (Table of Contents: 32)

Headliners / text article / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen

Pencils

Stookie Allen

Inks

Stookie Allen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33) (Expand) /

Flexy Racer / comics-form advertising / 0.2 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Small

Pencils

C. D. Small

Inks

C. D. Small

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's mighty white of farmer Black!

Genre

humor

Characters

Sam Howdy; Farmer Black

Reprints

• from Salesman Sam Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1935-xx-xx

Cowboy Comics (Table of Contents: 35)

Out Our Way / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams

Pencils

J. R. Williams

Inks

J. R. Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Out Our Way daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents: 36)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

S'Matter Pop? / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Charles Payne (signed as Payne)

Pencils

Charles Payne (signed as Payne)

Inks

Charles Payne (signed as Payne)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh well, Maw, I'll be polite...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Ambrose; Maw; Pop

Reprints

• from S'Matter, Pop? Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1934-xx-xx

Tommy Armour (Table of Contents: 38)

Thrill-Hunters / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen

Pencils

Stookie Allen

Inks

Stookie Allen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Be a Champion Snow-shoe Racer (Table of Contents: 39)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ed Cronin (signed)

Pencils

Ed Cronin (signed)

Inks

Ed Cronin (signed)

Colors

Ed Cronin (signed); ?

Letters

Ed Cronin (signed); ?

Genre

sports

Fun for Everyone! (Table of Contents: 40) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)