New Adventure Comics #v1#12

(January 1937)

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

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

[The Train Robbery, Part 12] (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Homer Fleming (signed)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (signed)

Inks

Homer Fleming (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Meanwhile, Jed Riley of Circle Bar Z, discovers the deputy locked in a cell.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Captain Jim; Jane Johnny; Jed Riley

Synopsis

Jane and Johnny witness Captain Jim being captured by the outlaws.

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

Do You Know? / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Speed

Pencils

Richard Speed

Inks

Richard Speed

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That the brown rat is responsible for more human deaths...

Genre

non-fiction

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

Janey / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Whitney Ellsworth

Pencils

Whitney Ellsworth

Inks

Whitney Ellsworth

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?

Letters

?

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You're a very bad dolly!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Janey

Synopsis

Janey is telling her doll many of her faults, and is startled when the doll responds back to her.

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Hohner Harmonicas / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Goofo the Great / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Pencils

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Inks

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Didja see who's gonna appear on th' program at our annual dinner?

Genre

humor

Characters

Goofo; Joe

Synopsis

When Goofo appears at a swell affair as a magician, his assistant Joe steals some silver spoons, and they both get arrested.

[Episode 12] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Vikings / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils

Alex Blum (credited as Anthony)

Inks

Alex Blum (credited as Anthony)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Ivar and his volunteers turn their backs on the viking ship and make their way inland in search of Sungrid.

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Ivar; Sundgrid; Elsa; Hasylwyn

Synopsis

Ivar and his volunteers make their way inland in search of Sundgrid.

[Knights of the Royal Bull, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 8)

Don Coyote / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Beckwith (credited)

Pencils

Bill Patrick (credited)

Inks

Bill Patrick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah! - The messenger brings me an invitation to the king's annual ball, for the 'Knights of the Royal Bull'!

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Don Coyote; Hash; Hamburger

Keywords

Middle Ages

[Episode 11] (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain Quick / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils

Sven Elven (credited)

Inks

Sven Elven (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sven Elven

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kendal Quick has vanquished Rodriguez and the governor of Cadiz in a hard-fought duel.

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Kendal Quick; Marjorie; Dufoe; Lord Barlow

Synopsis

Kendal and Marjorie attempt to leave the Governor's castle only to find the way blocked by Spanish guards. A desperate battle ensues as they fight their way to an English ship.

Keywords

Bonnie Bess; Cadiz

[Episode 5] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Blood Pearls / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils

Munson Paddock

Inks

Munson Paddock

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Baslyn has committed two heinous crimes...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Baslyn (villain)

Synopsis

Baslyn hides in a barn and tries to sleep, only to find the pearls he fought so hard for to be missing.

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

Worth-While Pictures to Watch For / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

I. W. Magovern

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Dionne Quintuplets; Peter Lorre; Brian Donlevy

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

Rattlesnake Pete / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Boody Rogers (credited as R. Donrog)

Pencils

Boody Rogers (credited as R. Donrog)

Inks

Boody Rogers (credited as R. Donrog)

Colors

? (black, white, and red)

Letters

?

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Did you ever do much hunting, Uncle Pete?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Rattlesnake Pete

Synopsis

Boasting to his nephew of his prowess as a hunter, Pete gets bitten by a dry land turtle and squirted by a skunk, ending up naked.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

17-20 on the Black [Part 11] (Table of Contents: 13)

Jim Gale / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Cooper

Pencils

Tom Cooper

Inks

Tom Cooper

Letters

?

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Jim Gale and Morton, coming to gris...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jim Gale; Frog Morton; Kim; Louise Vallen

Synopsis

Gale and Morton crash through the floor of the old warehouse. Kim rescues Gale, but Morton is swept away by the current. Gale returns Louise's pearls and proposes, but she turns him down because he is a gambler.

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

Andy Handy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)

Inks

Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Andy!! Andy!! Your house is on fire!

Genre

humor

Characters

Handy Andy

Synopsis

Deep into a game of poker, Andy's extensive winnings are beaten by a better hand. When told that his house in on fire he reacts nonchalantly.

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

Ebony / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Patrick (credited, signed)

Pencils

Bill Patrick (credited, signed)

Inks

Bill Patrick (credited, signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boy! - Ah's gotta make me some money!

Genre

humor

Characters

Ebony (only appearance)

Synopsis

Ebony is offered a quarter to watch a man's car. When it is stolen he watches it until it is out of sight.

[Wallace Beery] (Table of Contents: 16)

Straight from Hollywood / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Laidlaw] (credited)

Pencils

? [as Laidlaw] (credited)

Inks

? [as Laidlaw] (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Wallace Beery; Errol Flynn; George O'Brien

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

Ol' Oz Bopp / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Pencils

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Inks

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now - To get onto Juniper Street!

Genre

humor

Characters

Ol' Oz Bopp

Synopsis

Ol' Oz Bopp is trying to get to Juniper Street, and keeps walking round mere yards from it.

The Charge of the Light Brigade, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Table of Contents: 18)

Famous Poems Illustrated / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alfred Lord Tennyson (credited as Alfred, Lord Tennyson) (poem)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; drama

Indexer Notes

The Tennyson poem accompanied by a full page illustration.

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

Laughing at Life! / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Pencils

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Inks

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Poor Elmer certainly has a tough time...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

A number of unrelated gag panels, plus a one tier self-contained strip.

[Episode 7] (Table of Contents: 20)

She / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils

Sven Elven (credited)

Inks

Sven Elven (credited)

Letters

Sven Elven

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Leo, saved from the cannibals...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Leo; Job; Chief Billaly [Billali elsewhere]

Synopsis

Leo and Job, sick with malaria, are being taken to the stronghold of "She", when the chief falls into the swamp and is rescued by one of them.

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the H. Rider Haggard novel.

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

Loopy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Leroy Smith (credited, signed)

Pencils

Leroy Smith (credited, signed)

Inks

Leroy Smith (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Wish I could think of a dirty trick to play on Joe!!

Genre

humor

Characters

Loopy (only appearance); Joe; Officer Kelly

Synopsis

Loopy plays a joke on his friend Joe by giving him and expolding cigar. Unfortunately he gives Joe the normal one and the trick one to Officer Kelly, which lands him in jail.

[Episode 11] (Table of Contents: 22)

Castaway Island / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Cooper (signed)

Pencils

Tom Cooper (signed)

Inks

Tom Cooper (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hm! It's too soon for MacDougal...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Shark; Taro; Blackface

[Episode 7] (Table of Contents: 23)

The Golden Dragon / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Hickey (credited, signed); Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (plot)

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hearing his name called...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Ian Murray; Ken Cockerill; Lefty Murphy; Pan Chi-Lou

Reprints

• in DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics (Hermes Press, 2018 series) (2018)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from Wheeler-Nicholson's serial in Short Stories magazine, March 1933.

[The St. Pierre Mystery, Part 9] (Table of Contents: 24)

Maginnis of the Mounties / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Matheson (credited as Babe Mather)

Pencils

Richard Matheson (credited as Babe Mather)

Inks

Richard Matheson (credited as Babe Mather)

Letters

?

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Maginnis and Yvonne were left to perish in a burning cabin...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Maginnis; Yvonne

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

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

Rock-Age Roy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Boody Rogers (credited as Rogers)

Pencils

Boody Rogers (credited as Rogers)

Inks

Boody Rogers (credited as Rogers)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Get up! Go to bed! That's all I do---

Genre

humor

Characters

Rock-Age Roy

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

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

Jungle-Town / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan (signed)

Pencils

Dick Ryan (signed)

Inks

Dick Ryan (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Didja - Hear th' wolf howl when he hit that sand-trap...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

Announcing the International Good Neighbor Club (Table of Contents: 27)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

[On Dolorosa Isle, Part 8] (Table of Contents: 28)

Steve Conrad / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Creig Flessel

Pencils

Creig Flessel

Inks

Creig Flessel

Colors

?

Letters

?

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The Devachan of Dolorosa Isle...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Steve Conrad; Devachan (villain); Captain Judd

[Down to Denver, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 29)

Cal 'n' Alec / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Beckwith (credited)

Pencils

Bill Patrick (credited)

Inks

Bill Patrick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The boys are on the train for Denver...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cal; Alec

[Rajah Maharajah, Part 8] (Table of Contents: 30)

Sandor and the Lost Civilization / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Homer Fleming (signed)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (signed)

Inks

Homer Fleming (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Rajah is enraged...

Genre

adventure; drama

Characters

Sandor; Rajah Maharajah (villain); Jadev the spy; Benar

[Episode 9] (Table of Contents: 31)

A Tale of Two Cities / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Merna Gamble (credited)

Pencils

Merna Gamble (credited)

Inks

Merna Gamble (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

historical

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the Charles Dickens novel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Chikko Chakko / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Inks

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Go get a job and work like other men-- turtle!

Genre

humor

Characters

Chikko Chakko; Loopy; the Sheriff; the Mayor

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

Sam the Porter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Pencils

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Inks

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I saw hailstones at Wango, Nebraska, as big as pullet eggs!

Genre

humor

Characters

Sam

Synopsis

A couple of train travelers are telling tall tales about extraordinary sized hailstones, but Sam the Porter tops them all.

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

advertisement / 0.2 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

New Book of Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.05 page (report information)

[Shanghai Pete, Part 4] (Table of Contents: 36)

Hardluck Harry / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Bill Carney (credited)

Pencils

Bill Carney (credited)

Inks

Bill Carney

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Somes day he makes me velly mad...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Hardluck Harry

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

Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel) (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Carson, I want you to meet Professor Grant!

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Professor Grant (introduction); Jor-L (a Federal Man of 3000 A.D. in Prof. Grant's fantasy, not to be confused with Superman's father, introduction); Nira-Q (villain in Grant's fantasy, introduction, reforms); Martian gang (villains, introduction for all, all reform)

Synopsis

Professor Grant gives the Federal Men a forecast of the future of crime detection in the format of an imaginary story. In the year 3000 AD, when there is a disturbance at the Mountains of Mars, Jor-L, ace sleuth of the service, uses his one man space flyer to track it down. There he meets Nira-Q, the bandit queen. She captures him to use as a hostage when she tries to seize a space ship with a priceless radium cargo. Later, when captured, she and her Martian gang undergo brain operations, emerging "sane, normal beings with no desire for crime."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

It's a Dern Lie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Patrick (signed)

Pencils

Bill Patrick (signed)

Inks

Bill Patrick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While out for a stroll in the African jungle...

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

"As told by Robert Gruman"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.7 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

credits, title page / 0.3 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Includes indicia for the issue.

Factory to You (Table of Contents: 41) (Expand) /

Remington Rand / advertisement / 1 page (report information)