King Comics #28

(July 1938)

Swee'pea's Mother: Taking the Baby Home (Table of Contents: 1)

Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

E. C. Segar (signed as Segar) (credited as Segar)

Pencils

E. C. Segar (signed as Segar) (credited as Segar)

Inks

E. C. Segar (signed as Segar) (credited as Segar)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Popeye, I'm going to get a doctor for you...

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea; J. Wellington Wimpy; Swee'pea's mother

Synopsis

Popeye get Melankonkus because Swee'pea's real mother has taken him away.

Reprints

• from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-10-03 - 1937-10-24

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

Barney Baxter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)

Pencils

Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)

Inks

Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What a swell day for flying!

Feature Logo

Barney Baxter in the Air

Genre

adventure; aviation; war

Characters

Barney Baxter; Spud Barnes; Blackie Barnes; Maw Barnes; Paw Barnes

Reprints

• from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-01-16 - 1938-02-06

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Outlaws of Mongo (Table of Contents: 3)

Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Don Moore

Pencils

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)

Inks

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Flash has captured one of Ming's armotanks...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov; Prince Barin; Princess Aura; Emperor Ming; Captain Gumbo

Reprints

• from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-09-26 - 1937-10-17

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
09-26 = Inferno
10-03 = Trapped
10-10 = A Captive
10-17 = In the Ruins

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

King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Zane Grey (credited)

Pencils

Charles Flanders (signed as Flanders)

Inks

Charles Flanders (signed as Flanders)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Having interrupted his vacation and a long promised fishing trip with Kid...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery; western-frontier

Characters

Sergeant Dave King; Kid Blake; Inspector Mackenzie; Captain Lee; Hank Rogell

Reprints

• from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-09-26 - 1937-10-17

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Gaylord Du Bois was previously credited as writer, but he claimed only to have worked on the strip during 1939.

[Bowling Alley] (Table of Contents: 5)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

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

Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Indexer Notes

from Sports Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

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

Scott's Scrapbook / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott

Pencils

R. J. Scott

Inks

R. J. Scott

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Scott's Scrapbook Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937

Lowell Baynes; Jean Brun; Carl Dolan; Major McCudden (Table of Contents: 8)

Hall of Fame of the Air / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Rickenbacker (credited as Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker)

Pencils

Clayton Knight (credited, signed)

Inks

Clayton Knight (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of America's younger pilots...

Genre

adventure; aviation; non-fiction

Characters

Lowell Baynes; Jean Brun; Carl Dolan; Major McCudden

Reprints

• from Hall of Fame of the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday half pages

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

Sappo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

E. C. Segar (signed as Segar)

Pencils

E. C. Segar (signed as Segar)

Inks

E. C. Segar (signed as Segar)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a queer planet..

Genre

humor

Characters

John Sappo; Myrtle Sappo; O. G. Wotasnozzle

Reprints

• from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Two Sunday pages.

This is the topper to the Thimble Theatre strip, extensively reshaped to fit a comic book page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Bringing Up Father / comic story / 0.85 page (report information)

Script

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Pencils

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Inks

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Daddy - Mother's invited that horrid Sir Valotabull...

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs; Jerry the car mechanic; Sir Valotabull

Reprints

• from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

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

Ted Towers, Animal Master / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Buck (credited)

Pencils

Ed Stevenson (signed as Ed. Stevenson) (credited as Ed. Stevenson)

Inks

Ed Stevenson (signed as Ed. Stevenson) (credited as Ed. Stevenson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ted, warned by Catherine…

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Ted Towers; Catherine Custer

Reprints

• from Ted Towers, Animal Master Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-09-25 - 1938-10-16

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

Scott's Scrapbook / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott

Pencils

R. J. Scott

Inks

R. J. Scott

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Scott's Scrapbook Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937

King Kojo's Aquires a Court Poet! (Table of Contents: 13)

King Kojo / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Pencils

Marge Buell

Inks

Marge Buell

Letters

typeset

Genre

children

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

Redmen / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jimmy Thompson

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson

Inks

Jimmy Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

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

Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Reprints

• from Sports Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Scott's Scrapbook / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott

Pencils

R. J. Scott

Inks

R. J. Scott

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Scott's Scrapbook Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937

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

Sis Sez / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Pencils

Marge Buell

Inks

Marge Buell

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rice!

Genre

children; humor

Land Of The Swan (In The Middle Of The Earth) (Table of Contents: 18)

Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

William Ritt (credited)

Pencils

Clarence Gray (credited) (signed as Clarence Gray)

Inks

Clarence Gray (credited) (signed as Clarence Gray)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The dream duel continues...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Brick Bradford; Tezcatlipoca; Azca

Reprints

• from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-09-26 - 1937-10-17

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

10-10 End of storyline
10-17 The Time Top storyline begins

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

Little Annie Rooney / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Brandon Walsh (credited)

Pencils

Nicholas Afonsky (signed as N. Afonsky)

Inks

Nicholas Afonsky (signed as N. Afonsky)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wake up you stupid animal

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Little Annie Rooney; Mrs. Meany; Mentell; Mrs. Slag

Reprints

• from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-10-10 - 1937-10-31

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

[Giant Jumbo Ice Cream Soda] (Table of Contents: 20)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

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

Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Reprints

• from Sports Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

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

Scott's Scrapbook / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott

Pencils

R. J. Scott

Inks

R. J. Scott

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Scott's Scrapbook Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Bringing Up Father / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Pencils

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Inks

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now - Remember -

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs

Reprints

• from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

The Treasure Hunt (Table of Contents: 24)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Phil Davis (credited) (signed as PHIL DAVIS)

Inks

Phil Davis (credited) (signed as PHIL DAVIS)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Betty's late uncle left his fortune in a locked vault.

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Mandrake the Magician; Betty; Augusta; Pete; Karl

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-09-26 - 1937-10-17

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

Radio Patrol / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Sullivan (credited)

Pencils

Charlie Schmidt (credited) (signed as Charlie Schmidt)

Inks

Charlie Schmidt (credited) (signed as Charlie Schmidt)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pat I want you to get into plainclothes and go to the racetrack.

Genre

crime; adventure

Characters

Sergeant Pat O'Hara; Molly Day; "Slippy" Staley; Officer Sam Maloney

Reprints

• from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-09-26 - 1937-10-17

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

[Carry your bag, sir?] (Table of Contents: 26)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

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

Solve a Jiglette / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils

? [as Harte] (signed)

Inks

? [as Harte] (signed)

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

The Pet Post / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Letters

typeset

Genre

animal

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

Sentinel Louie / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow)

Pencils

Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow)

Inks

Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Help Help

Genre

humor

Characters

Sentinel Louie

Reprints

• from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Three Sunday pages, shared with The Little King, by the same creator

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

The Little King / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)

Pencils

Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)

Inks

Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Today you are scheduled to review the Royal Navy, Your Majesty

Genre

humor

Characters

The Little King; the King's Chamberlain

Reprints

• from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Three Sunday pages, shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Consarn these new shirts!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

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

Dun-Dums / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Bob Dunn (credited)

Pencils

Bob Dunn (credited)

Inks

Bob Dunn (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Working like a beaver, eh, Pierre?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Dun-Dums Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Seven unrelated gag panels

Feature Books (Table of Contents: 33)

text story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Feature Book #12 on sale April 15th

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

Sis Sez / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Pencils

Marge Buell

Inks

Marge Buell

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I expect to spend a month out west dude ranching, Hi-yi-YIPPEE!

Genre

children; humor