King Comics #34

(January 1939)

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

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Jo King]

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

On the inside-front cover.

Popeye and the Man from Mars (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

E. C. Segar

Pencils

Doc Winner

Inks

Doc Winner

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I yam melankonkus on account of me poppa will not play wit' Swee'pea

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

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

Reprints

• from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-03-20 - 1938-04-10

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Script was previously credited to Tom Sims, and art to Segar

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

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

The atmosphere around Baxter Aircraft Co's hangars is charged with anticipation...

Feature Logo

Barney Baxter in the Air

Genre

adventure; aviation; war

Characters

Barney Baxter; Spud Barnes; Blackie Barnes

Reprints

• from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-07-03 - 1938-07-24

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Outlaws of Mongo (Table of Contents: 4)

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 holds a brief council of war in the outlaw's under ground meeting hall...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov; Doctor Bono; Sonja; Emperor Ming

Reprints

• from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-03-13 - 1938-04-03

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
03-13 = Under-Ground
03-20 = Terror
03-27 = Trouble Ahead
04-03 = The Alarm

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

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

Giving up King for dead after Sullivan hurled him off a cliff, Kid, Betty and Voreaux begin...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery; western-frontier

Characters

Sergeant Dave King; Betty Blake; Kid Blake; Breed Voreaux; Jack Sullivan; Wilkins; Inspector Mackenzie; The "Patriach"; Igor; Andrae; Shorty

Reprints

• from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-03-13 - 1938-04-03

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Pencils

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At banquets darn those roasted birds

Genre

humor

Bo Peeps at the Future (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Bo McMillin

Reprints

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

Keywords

football

King Charles I (Table of Contents: 8)

News in Pictures - Scott's Scrapbook / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott

Pencils

R. J. Scott (signed as Scott)

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

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

Sappo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

E. C. Segar

Pencils

E. C. Segar

Inks

E. C. Segar

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm tired of hunting the old fashioned way.

Genre

humor

Characters

John Sappo

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

A Wedding -- a War and the Biggest Horse in History! (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Pencils

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

historical

Keywords

Greeks; Trojan horse

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

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

Oh - Dear - I'm heart-sick...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs

Reprints

• from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

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

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

With the savages scattered, Ted and Catherine are confronted by the chief's black leopard...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Ted Towers; Catherine Custer; Ali

Reprints

• from Ted Towers, Animal Master Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-12 - 1939-04-02

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

A New Country (Table of Contents: 13)

Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Eugene Pollock

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Lt. Kurt Wissemann; Jimmie Taylor; Cy Caldwell; Capt. Walter Lawson (Table of Contents: 14)

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

?

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Characters

Lt. Kurt Wissemann; Jimmie Taylor; Cy Caldwell; Capt. Walter Lawson

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: 15)

Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jimmy Thompson

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Downcast, Black Hawk watches the spirit of his faithful friend go to his forefathers.

Genre

western-frontier

Great Little Guy (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Lou Ambers

Reprints

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

Keywords

boxing

John L. Baird (Table of Contents: 17)

News in Pictures - Scott's Scrapbook / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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) 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

Travel Through Time (Traveller In Time) (Table of Contents: 19)

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 "Sea-Spider" clambers up onto the deck of a sunken galleon

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Brick Bradford; Professor Horatio Southern; April Southern; Jak

Reprints

• from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-03-13 - 1938-04-03

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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

Gee, Zero -- ain't it a swell day? Nice an' hot -- an' the breeze is blowin'...

Genre

drama; children; adventure

Characters

Little Annie Rooney; Mrs. Meany; Julia; Brown the Clown

Reprints

• from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-03-27 - 1938-04-17

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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

And to think how hard I tried...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs; Jarvis

Reprints

• from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Killer Instinct (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Jack Dempsey; Mickey Walker

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

boxing

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

News in Pictures - Scott's Scrapbook / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deer stealing gave the world the greatest dramas ever written.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

William Shakespeare

[Flea Circus] (Table of Contents: 24)

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) 1938-xx-xx

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

The Treasure Hunt (Table of Contents: 25)

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

The world treasure hunt is over! Betty, with Mandrake's help...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Mandrake; Betty; Uncle Roger; Lothar; Augusta; Pete; Professor Thursby

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-03-13 - 1938-04-03

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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

Gosh, Sam! Back the car to the edge.

Genre

crime; adventure

Characters

Sergeant Pat O'Hara; Officer Sam Maloney; Miss Gray (the Mayor's daughter); Red

Synopsis

Pat tries on two occasions to arrest the Mayor's daughter, and gets slapped twice for his efforts.

Reprints

• from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-03-13 - 1938-04-03

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Pencils

Marge Buell

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One shin is black and one shin's blue,

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

An illustrated poem.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

? [photo]

Inks

? [photo]

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; animal

[Carry your bag Henrietta] (Table of Contents: 29)

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; Henrietta

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

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

Sentinel Louie / comic story / 1.2 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

Gosh! I'll be put in the guard house if I fall asleep

Genre

humor

Characters

Sentinel Louie

Reprints

• from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

Your Majesty, it grieves us to report...

Genre

humor

Characters

The Little King; the King's Chamberlain

Reprints

• from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

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

[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

I'm just tryin' these for size

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Seven unrelated gag panels

[Mouse] (Table of Contents: 33)

The Little King / comic story / 0.5 page (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

?

Genre

humor

Characters

The Little King; the King's Chamberlain

Reprints

• from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

Indexer Notes

A single Sunday half page