Popular Comics
#55
(September 1940)
Dell,
1936 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-08-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Oskar Lebeck (editor); Helen Meyer (credited as H. Meyer) (vice-president); Fred Henry (vice-president); Margarita Delacorte (secretary); George Delacorte (credited as G. T. Delacorte Jr.) (president)
Issue Notes
Contents copyright, 1940 by R. S. Callender; 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.; 1940 by Dell Publishing Co.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
[no title indexed]
Gang Busters / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- E. C. Stoner (signed)
- Inks
- E. C. Stoner (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
[no title indexed]
The Hurricane Kids / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Albert Hartje (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
- Inks
- Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here we are, Captain - back at the lagoon!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Hurricane Kids [Alan; Dave]; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Maya; Bully Blackbeard; Darby
- Synopsis
- The Hurricane Kids and friends defeat a gang of pirates.
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
[no title indexed]
Martan the Marvel Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Bugg (credited as Robert Bugg)
- Inks
- Bob Bugg (credited as Robert Bugg)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Martan, the Marvel Man from the faraway planet Antaclea, learning that the invading spacemen plan to poison Earth's air...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Martan; Vana; General Pelton
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
Rex King of the Deep
Dell / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Rex
Indexer Notes
Promotional ad for The Funnies.
[no title indexed]
Gang Busters / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Erwin Hess (signed)
- Inks
- Erwin Hess (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Late one night, a gray touring car pulls up at the Jane's Filling Station
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Chief John Winston; Officer Mike Bauer (death); Mr. Janes; Edwin Asher; Mrs. Asher; Mr. Pacelli; Mrs. Hall; Mabel; Joe Prince [also as Joe Klein] (villain); Rusty Hall (villain)
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Pylon Pete / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Miller (credited as James Miller)
- Inks
- Jim Miller (credited as James Miller)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All was quiet on the western front...or it was until Pylon Pete McTag...
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Pylon Pete McTag; Three Ball O'Linsky; Colonel Digby Dingle; Major Hardtack Hooley; Hawkins; Captain Pennyback; Baron Von Krunch (villain)
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
[no title indexed]
The Masked Pilot / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Jenney (credited as Bob Jenny)
- Pencils
- Bob Jenney (credited as Bob Jenny)
- Inks
- Bob Jenney (credited as Bob Jenny)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For many long weeks, the Masked Pilot and Tom have been re-building their ship.
- Genre
- adventure; aviation; science fiction
- Characters
- The Masked Pilot; Tom; Joe (villain); Louie (villain)
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
[no title indexed]
Captain Tornado / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Kenneth Kennedy (byline, house name)
- Pencils
- Newt Alfred
- Inks
- Newt Alfred
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With the newly built city in ruins following an attack by the giant flies, the king of the Barrangees asks Captain Tornado and Professor Bordani for further help in combatting the insect menace.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Tornado; Professor Bordani; Jane Bordani; The Barrangees
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender.
[no title indexed]
Wally Williams, American Boy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Victor Boni (credited)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- America's greatest military institution, The Citizens' Military Training Camps, are starting another thrilling season.
- Genre
- adventure; sports; teen
- Characters
- Wally Williams; Gramps; Arlene; Betty; Ted Jackson; Captain Martin; Reeves; Cullen
Indexer Notes
Copr., 1940 by Dell Publishing Co.
Death Flies the Diamonds
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Hal Bittner (signed as HB)
- Inks
- Hal Bittner (signed as HB)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Clive Reardon; Dive Jackson
[no title indexed]
Doctor Hormone / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fearful of the mysterious work of Dr. Hormone, four Urasian armies...
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Dr. Hormone; Jane Hormone; Prime Minister Smartenoff; General Battleski; Rassinoff (villain)
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender. Rassinoff becomes Assinoff in the next issue.
[no title indexed]
The Voice the Invisible Detective / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Chambers (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Chambers (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Known to be connected with The Voice -- that unseen mysterious enemy of crime...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson; Major Lee; Nurse Vitelli; Giovani Toscano (first appearance; villain); Giuseppe (first appearance; villain); Arturo (first appearance; villain)
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Gang Busters -
1.
[Comic Contest]
-
2.
["Here we are, Captain - back at the lagoon!"]
The Hurricane Kids -
3.
["Martan, the Marvel Man from the faraway planet Antaclea, learning that the invading spacemen plan to poison Earth's air..."]
Martan the Marvel Man -
4.
Rex King of the Deep
Dell -
5.
Stamps
-
6.
["Late one night, a gray touring car pulls up at the Jane's Filling Station"]
Gang Busters -
7.
["All was quiet on the western front...or it was until Pylon Pete McTag..."]
Pylon Pete -
8.
["For many long weeks, the Masked Pilot and Tom have been re-building their ship."]
The Masked Pilot -
9.
["With the newly built city in ruins following an attack by the giant flies, the king of the Barrangees asks Captain Tornado and Professor Bordani for further help in combatting the insect menace."]
Captain Tornado -
10.
["America's greatest military institution, The Citizens' Military Training Camps, are starting another thrilling season."]
Wally Williams, American Boy -
11.
Death Flies the Diamonds
-
12.
["Fearful of the mysterious work of Dr. Hormone, four Urasian armies..."]
Doctor Hormone -
13.
["Known to be connected with The Voice -- that unseen mysterious enemy of crime..."]
The Voice the Invisible Detective -
14.
[no title indexed]
-
15.
War Comics #3; The Funnies #46
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- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
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- Tony R. Rose
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