Popular Comics #64

(June 1941)

Better Than a Five Ring Circus! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

The Funnies / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

["Dan, come here!] (Table of Contents: 2)

Professor Supermind and Son / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Kashuba

Inks

Maurice Kashuba

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Professor Supermind [Professor Warren]; Dan Warren

Keywords

Televisoscope

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1941, by R. S. Callender."

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

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Zack Mosley

Pencils

Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)

Inks

Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)

Colors

?

Letters

Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, Jack--You may know too much--but...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Jill Martin; Dixie Lee; Cotton Lee; Baron Bloodsoe; Slitz; Teekeela; Old Man Mose

Synopsis

Jack refuses to smuggle munitions for Baron Bloodsoe. The Baron decides to have Jack pushed out of a plane without a parachute. However, when the henchman Slitz pushes Jack out the door, Jack grabs him and they both glide down on Slitz's parachute. Jack makes his way back to the States where he finds an old man who can clear Jack of the charges that cost him his pilot's license. Jack gets a job with the border patrol. Meanwhile the Baron has plans to hijack a $200,000 stratosphere airliner in order to smuggle aliens into the United States.

Reprints

• in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #4 - Smilin' Jack (1942)
which is reprinted
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #445 - Smilin' Jack Volume 1 ([August] 2019)
• from Smilin' Jack daily (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937.12.xx - 1938.01.xx

Indexer Notes

"Copyright, 1937, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc."

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

The Hurricane Kids / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Albert Hartje (credited)

Pencils

Bill Ely (credited) (signed as Will Ely)

Inks

Bill Ely (credited) (signed as Will Ely)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From here we can sweep the whole cliff with bullets!

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Captain Bill Brady; Chief Longspear; Maya; Omu

Keywords

beach; island; The Zulu; tyrannosaurus rex

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1941, by R. S. Callender."

Free! Moo (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Stillicious Dairy Chocolate / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Herky / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Pencils

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Inks

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Swell day for a stroll, eh, Sis?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Herky; Honey; Herky's mother; Noodles Nelson; Noodles Nelson's sister

Reprints

• from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) xxxx.xx.xx

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

Martan the Marvel Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Alderman (credited)

Inks

Jack Alderman (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's the airport!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; Governor Dearborn

Keywords

Earth; Eurasia; Washington D.C.

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1941, by R. S. Callender."

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

Wally Williams, American Boy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Boni (credited)

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I can't believe it's time to say farewell to the old school.

Genre

adventure; military; sports; teen

Characters

Wally Williams; Arlene Grahame; Betty Riley; Captain Parks; Gramps [Walter Williams]; Ted Jackson

Synopsis

Wally graduates college and joins the Army Air Corps.

Keywords

Elmhurst College; graduation; King Air College; U.S. Army Air Corps

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

The Sky Hawk / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Turner (credited as Bob Turner)

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes, we caught one prisoner.

Genre

adventure; aviation; war

Characters

Lt. Storm Allen; Lucky Lane; Buzz Magee; Mr. Allen; Judy Baines

Keywords

Japanese

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1941, by R. S. Callender."

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

The Masked Pilot / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Jenney (credited)

Inks

Bob Jenney (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll guide your army ships to the secret mine, Colonel

Genre

adventure; aviation; science fiction

Characters

The Masked Pilot; Tom; Red Mackay; Sourdough Pete

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1941 by R. S. Callender."

See the Master of the World (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

The Funnies / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Stamps (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Gang Busters / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Gormley (signed)

Inks

Dan Gormley (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Yak-Yak,' a French Canadian robber and killer

Genre

crime

Characters

Chief John Winston; Captain Bouche; Hal Knito (villain); Hank (villain, death); Rene (villain, death); Yak-Yak (villain)

Keywords

Canada; furs; Hudson Bay

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1941 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc."
Art signed on last page of story.

Napoleon's Secret agent (Table of Contents: 14)

True Spy Stories / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; spy

Characters

Colonel Savary; Field Marshal Mack; Karl Schulmeister; Napoleon

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1941, by R. S. Callender."

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

The Voice the Invisible Detective / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Chambers (signed)

Inks

Jim Chambers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That looks like the Herr Kommandant's headquarters!

Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson; unnamed Kommandant (villain); Kommandant's men (villains)

Synopsis

Tim, while on a Caribbean cruise, discovers a foreign submarine base and overcomes the leadership at its headquarters. He then dons his invisible clothing and discovers the location of the subs and sabotages every one of them.

Reprints

• in Super Weird Heroes (IDW, 2016 series) #[nn] (November 2016)
• in Super Weird Heroes (IDW Publishing, 2016 series) nn (November 2016)

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1941, by R. S. Callender."

Continued next issue.

This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Remington Typewriters / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Win One of These 2 Free Trips to Red Ryder's Rocky Mountain Rancho (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)