(July-August 1949)

David McKay, 1936 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1949-05-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
David McKay Company
Brand
This Is a King Features Comic
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1949, page 69, registration number B195920. ©1949 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Inks
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Colors
?

Genre
humor; adventure
Characters
Popete; Swee'pea; Oscar

Boston Aces! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Sords (credited) (signed as Sords)
Pencils
Jack Sords (credited) (signed as Sords)
Inks
Jack Sords (credited) (signed as Sords)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Star southpaw of the Boston Braves...
Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Warren Spahn; Earl Torgeson

Indexer Notes

On the inside-front cover.

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

Thimble Theatre / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Sims
Pencils
Bill Zaboly
Inks
Bill Zaboly
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This time I'll give 'im me duck stoop crouch.
Feature Logo
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Genre
humor; adventure
Characters
Popeye; Olive Oyl; Oscar; Half-Hitch; J. Wellington Wimpy
Reprints
  • from Thimble Theater Starring Popeye daily (King Features Syndicate) 1946 ?

Indexer Notes

Two daily strips per page (colored).

Escape! (Table of Contents: 3)

Flash Gordon / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Don Moore
Pencils
Austin Briggs
Inks
Austin Briggs
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Flash, pretending to be a thief...
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Flash Gordon; Emperor Kang the Cruel; Sultra; Bruto; Defto; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov
Reprints
  • from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1947-05-xx - 1947-05-xx

Stroke of Luck (Table of Contents: 4)

Starring in Sports / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Buck Sawyer
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Johnny Weissmuller
Keywords
polio; swimming

Indexer Notes

The name of Johnny Weissmuller is misspelled as "Weismuller" throughout this sequence.

Not as Pictured! (Table of Contents: 5)

Blondie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chic Young (signed as Chic Young)
Pencils
Chic Young (signed as Chic Young)
Inks
Chic Young (signed as Chic Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why does Daddy go to the office every day?
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Cookie Bumstead
Reprints
  • from Blondie daily (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Three daily strips with panels rearranged to fit two comic book pages.

#1 - Not as Pictured!
#2 - An Inverted View!
#3 - Under Cover!

Nine Lives of Mr. Punch's Cat (Table of Contents: 6)

A Goodnight Story / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Max Trell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
domestic
Characters
Hanid; Mr. Punch

The Quest for the Missing Ace! (Table of Contents: 7)

Buz Sawyer / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Crane
Pencils
Roy Crane
Inks
Roy Crane
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Buz took a job with Frontier Oil Company...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Buz Sawyer; Christy Jameson; Mr. Jameson; Pablo Gomez; Pancho
Reprints
  • from Buz Sawyer daily (King Features Syndicate) 1946-09-04 - 1946-09-07
  • 1946-09-09 - 1946-09-24
  • 1946-09-16 - 1946-09-17

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

Jan and Aloysius / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
Pencils
Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
Inks
Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, Jan, home from school already?
Genre
humor; domestic; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jan; Aloysius (a talking parrot); Jan's mother
Reprints
  • from Jan and Aloysius Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx

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

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
He can't think on his feet!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Dun-Dums Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Five unrelated gag panels

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

The Little King / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow) (signed as O. Soglow)
Pencils
Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow) (signed as O. Soglow)
Inks
Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow) (signed as O. Soglow)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Royal Admirals are here...
Genre
humor
Characters
The Little King; the King's Chamberlain
Reprints
  • from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

On the back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Thimble Theatre
  2. 1. Boston Aces!
  3. 2. ["This time I'll give 'im me duck stoop crouch."]
    Thimble Theatre
  4. 3. Escape!
    Flash Gordon
  5. 4. Stroke of Luck
    Starring in Sports
  6. 5. Not as Pictured!
    Blondie
  7. 6. Nine Lives of Mr. Punch's Cat
    A Goodnight Story
  8. 7. The Quest for the Missing Ace!
    Buz Sawyer
  9. 8. ["Well, Jan, home from school already?"]
    Jan and Aloysius
  10. 9. ["He can't think on his feet!"]
    Dun-Dums
  11. 10. ["The Royal Admirals are here..."]
    The Little King
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Keith Chandler
  • Bill Devine
  • Len Wolinsky