Popular Comics #31

(August 1938)

Popular Comics Letter Club (Table of Contents: 1)

Popular Comics Letter Club / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover in black, white and red. Letters from readers - Dominador, Larry O., Arleta B., Ernestine W., Gilbert M. and Billy O.

Two Gun Justice (Table of Contents: 2)

Tim McCoy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Gary

Inks

Jim Gary

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Tim Carson [also as El Votago]; Kate Wiley; Tex Bowen; Nancy Bowen; Butch (villain); Bart Kane (villain)

Reprints

• Big Little Book reprint?

Indexer Notes

Based on the movie "Two Gun Justice," featuring Tim McCoy as Tim Carson, Betty Compson as Kate Wiley and directed by Alan James.
The Feature Logo for this story only is "Tim McCoy as Tim Carson".

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

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Pencils

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Inks

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where you goin'? To the art gallery!

Genre

humor

Characters

Mutt; Jeff

Reprints

• from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1937-10-10

Indexer Notes

Copyright by H. C. Fisher.

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

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Percy Crosby (credited) (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Pencils

Percy Crosby (credited) (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Inks

Percy Crosby (credited) (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How far down are ya

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1934-xx-xx, 1934-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Two Sunday pages shared with Skippy, by the same creator.

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

Skippy / comic story / 1.2 pages (report information)

Script

Percy Crosby (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Pencils

Percy Crosby (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Inks

Percy Crosby (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tst! Tst!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Skippy Skinner

Reprints

• from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1934-xx-xx, 1934-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Two Sunday pages shared with Always Belittlin', by the same creator.

School Days (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

J. R. Williams (credited)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (credited)

Inks

J. R. Williams (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, if it's any of us, let's take an oath, right now.

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Out Our Way daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-10-18 - 1937-10-19, 193x-xx-xx, 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four daily panels, in black and white.

1 - Well, If It's Any of Us, Let's Take an Oath, Right Now.
2 - Why Mothers Get Gray
3 - Lazy River
4 - Born Thirty Years Too Soon

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

Toonerville Folks / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fontaine Fox (credited) (signed as F. Fox)

Pencils

Fontaine Fox (credited) (signed as F. Fox); Ted Clark (assistant)

Inks

Fontaine Fox (credited) (signed as F. Fox); Ted Clark (assistant)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He's got another wrong number!

Genre

humor

Characters

Little Stanley

Reprints

• from Toonerville Folks daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four daily panels, printed in red and black

Copyright 1937 Poniginy Post

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

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Moore (credited)

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer (credited)

Inks

Carl Pfeufer (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thanks be to Rav -- and to you white stranger...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Don Dixon; Dr. Matt Lugoff; Milos; Lord Jard; Wanda; Mala; Kath

Reprints

• from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday (The Watkins Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Brooklyn Eagle Sunday strip reprint. Probably 1937

The topper of the Sunday page is Tad of the Tanbark, by the same creators.

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

Tippie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina)

Pencils

Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina)

Inks

Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children

Characters

Tippie; Joseph "Cap" Stubbs

Reprints

• from Tippie Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc./King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Printed in black and red

pantomime; wordless comic

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

Time Out! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Chet Smith (credited)

Pencils

Ralph Hershberer ?

Inks

Ralph Hershberer ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Holy smoke, Myrtle...

Genre

humor; sports

Indexer Notes

Six single panel cartoons in black and white. Copyright 1937 Publishers Syndicate

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

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)

Pencils

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)

Inks

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My goodness. Haven't you any helpers?

Genre

humor

Characters

Mutt; Jeff

Reprints

• from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1937 by H. C. Fisher

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

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Percy Crosby (credited) (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Pencils

Percy Crosby (credited) (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Inks

Percy Crosby (credited) (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, we got the higher prices...

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Skippy, by the same creator.

[Fishing] (Table of Contents: 13)

Skippy / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Percy Crosby (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Pencils

Percy Crosby (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Inks

Percy Crosby (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Skippy Skinner

Reprints

• from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Always Belittlin', by the same creator.

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

Nugent's Originals / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Letters

?

School Days (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

J. R. Williams (credited) (signed as J. R. Williams)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (credited) (signed as J. R. Williams)

Inks

J. R. Williams (credited) (signed as J. R. Williams)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good gosh! Fixed up like an office!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Out Our Way daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four daily panels in red and black

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

The Mountain Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Webb (credited)

Pencils

Paul Webb (credited)

Inks

Paul Webb (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dangblast thet yaller livered Spit Tolliver!

Genre

humor

Characters

Gramma; Rafe; Willie; Luke; Grampaw; Lem Hawkins

Reprints

• from The Mountain Boys daily (Esquire Features, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Printed in black and red

Antlers (Table of Contents: 17)

This Curious World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

William Ferguson (signed as William Ferguson)

Pencils

William Ferguson (signed as William Ferguson)

Inks

William Ferguson (signed as William Ferguson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from This Curious World Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Printed in black and red

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

Toonerville Folks / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fontaine Fox (signed as F. Fox) (credited as F. Fox)

Pencils

Fontaine Fox (signed as F. Fox) (credited as F. Fox)

Inks

Fontaine Fox (signed as F. Fox) (credited as F. Fox)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I had the Devil's own time gettin' her used to automobiles..

Genre

humor

Characters

Mickey McGuire; Aunt Sophrony; Junior

Reprints

• from Toonerville Folks daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four daily panels

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

Ted Starr Racket Buster / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Gary

Inks

Jim Gary

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To solve the mystery-murder of a fellow G-man, Ted Starr...

Genre

crime; adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Ted Starr [also as Duke Davis]; Rocky [Francis Xavier McLean]; Mr. X [Frenchy Simon] (villain); Lawyer Baile (villain); Gunman Johnny (villain)

Indexer Notes

Copyright Stephen Slesinger

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

Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Forrest (credited) (signed as Hal Forrest)

Pencils

Hal Forrest (credited) (signed as Hal Forrest)

Inks

Reynold Brown (signed as Hal Forrest) (credited as Hal Forrest)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jerry's dog, Socrates, saved him from the attack of the cougar...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Tailspin Tommy Tomkins; Skeets; Betty-Lou Barnes; Paul; Jerry; Socrates (a dog); Martin (villain); Pete (villain); Pop Sutter (villain)

Synopsis

from Tailspin Tommy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Reprints

• Four Sunday pages
  
  Strips #401-404. All strips were numbered not dated.

100 Ca$h Prize$ and Two Deluxe Bicycles (Table of Contents: 21)

Popular Comics Contest / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

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

Daisybelle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes (credited) (signed as Gene Byrnes)

Pencils

Gene Byrnes (credited) (signed as Gene Byrnes)

Inks

Gene Byrnes (credited) (signed as Gene Byrnes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What happened to your nose, Daisybelle?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Daisybelle; Mrs. Merril

Reprints

• from Daisybelle Sunday (Famous Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx -193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Two Sunday half pages. This strip shared a Sunday page with Reg'lar Fellers, by the same creator.

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

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Percy Crosby (credited) (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Pencils

Percy Crosby (credited) (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Inks

Percy Crosby (credited) (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's up?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Northrup

Reprints

• from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Skippy, by the same creator.

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

Skippy / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Percy Crosby (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Pencils

Percy Crosby (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Inks

Percy Crosby (signed as P. L. Crosby)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you had a wish given to ya, would ya wish for a bicycle?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Skippy Skinner

Reprints

• from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Always Belittlin', by the same creator.

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

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bud Fisher (credited)

Pencils

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Inks

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've been up all night working on my secret invention...

Genre

humor

Characters

Mutt; Jeff

Reprints

• from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Copyright by H. C. Fisher

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

Daisybelle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Byrnes (credited)

Pencils

Gene Byrnes (credited)

Inks

Gene Byrnes (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Romeo and Juliet

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Daisybelle

Reprints

• from Daisybelle Sunday (Famous Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx, 1937-04-25

Indexer Notes

This strip shared a Sunday page with Reg'lar Fellers, by the same creator.

"G"-Men vs "Boat-Hook" Roggan (Table of Contents: 27)

G-Men on the Job / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Gary

Inks

Jim Gary

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...So we got here a little too late. Larry

Feature Logo

"G"-Men

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

G-Men; G-Man Larry Lane; Buddy Barton; Lefty Fowler (villain); Boat-Hook Roggan (villain)

Indexer Notes

Original material. Copyright Stephen Slesinger

Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers (Table of Contents: 28)

Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

The Cony (Table of Contents: 29)

This Curious World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

William Ferguson (signed as William Ferguson)

Pencils

William Ferguson (signed as William Ferguson)

Inks

William Ferguson (signed as William Ferguson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from This Curious World Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Printed in red and black

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

Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Moore (credited)

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer (credited)

Inks

Carl Pfeufer (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come - if any of them wake, strike quickly...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tad of the Tanbark; Speed

Reprints

• from Tad of the Tanbark Sunday (The Watkins Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

This is the topper to the Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday page, by the same creators.

Printed in red and black

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

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)

Pencils

Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)

Inks

Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yoo hoo, Mrs. Morrill!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Herky; Mrs. Morrill

Reprints

• from Herky Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Printed in red and black

Lessons for Beginners... (Table of Contents: 32)

The Drawing Teacher / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Pencils

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Inks

A. W. Nugent (credited)

Letters

?

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

Loco Luke / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Warren (credited as Jack A. Warren)

Pencils

Jack Warren (credited as Jack A. Warren)

Inks

Jack Warren (credited as Jack A. Warren)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Loco Luke rescued a girl...

Feature Logo

Loco Luke and His Charley Horse

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Loco Luke; Charlie Horse

Indexer Notes

George Matthew Adams Service.

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

Time Out! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Chet Smith (credited)

Pencils

Ralph Hershberer ?

Inks

Ralph Hershberer ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scout - Well ya told me to pick up a pitcher with swell curves didn't ya?

Genre

humor; sports

Reprints

• from Time Out daily (publishers Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Six daily panels on a single comic book page

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

Tippie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina)

Pencils

Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina)

Inks

Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children

Characters

Tippie

Reprints

• from Tippie Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc./King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Printed in red and black

White Magic, Part II (Table of Contents: 36)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

James A. McLean (credited)

Pencils

James A. McLean ?

Inks

James A. McLean ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Mr. Brent; Todd Brent

["Slick" Ratski in Muscle Man!] (Table of Contents: 37)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)

Pencils

Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)

Inks

Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wotta picture!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Herky

Reprints

• from Herky Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Printed in red and black

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

Popular Stamp Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Montgomery Mulford

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The United States postage stamp issued in...

Genre

non-fiction

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

Shark Egan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Kressy

Inks

Norman Fallon ?; Ed Kressy ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Red Mack, Buccaneer Baron of the South Seas

Genre

adventure

Characters

Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Mary McDermot; Red Mack (villain); Curly (villain)

Indexer Notes

Original material

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

Toby / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Randall (signed as Stan) (credited as Stan)

Pencils

Stan Randall (signed as Stan) (credited as Stan)

Inks

Stan Randall (signed as Stan) (credited as Stan)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After Toby and Jigger escape from the old witch on the magic sofa...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Toby; Jigger; Oomog

Indexer Notes

Original material?

Bert Hall (Table of Contents: 41)

Soldiers of Fortune / cartoon / 0.9 page (report information)

Script

Stookie Allen (credited)

Pencils

Stookie Allen (credited)

Inks

Stookie Allen (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; biography; military

Characters

Bert Hall

The Swan Dive (Table of Contents: 42)

Popular Sports / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Ed Cronin (signed)

Pencils

Ed Cronin (signed)

Inks

Ed Cronin (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Read Popular Comics, The Funnies, and The Comics for Real Fun Adventure, and Thrills! (Table of Contents: 43) (Expand) /

Dell Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bud Fisher (credited)

Pencils

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)

Inks

Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why the funny "get up," Mutt?

Genre

humor

Characters

Mutt; Jeff

Reprints

• from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1937 by H. C. Fisher.

Fast Action Books (Table of Contents: 45) (Expand) /

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

[Miscellaneous Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

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