First Line of Dialogue or Text: Here am I, with a super supply of toast -- with not a drop of tea...
Genre: anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Pencils: C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Inks: C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Great Caesar's Ghost Pete -- listen to this!
Genre: humor

The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Lee Falk (credited)
Pencils: Ray Moore (credited)
Inks: Ray Moore (credited)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You see, Mr. Powell, all we need are a few Sky Band prisoners.

Genre

superhero; jungle

Reprints

from Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1937-02-19 - 1937-02-20 and 1937-02-22 - 1937-02-27,
but one panel is omitted from one of the two 4-panel strips on each page in order to fit 2 dailies on each 7-panel page.

Sports in Pictures / 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: ?

Genre: non-fiction; sports
Characters: Gunnar Barlund; Johnno Murpht

Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 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: Now, look -- I'll tell you what. You go home...
Genre: humor; children; domestic

The Pussycat Princess / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Ed Anthony (credited)
Pencils: Ruth Carroll (credited) (signed as Ruth Carroll)
Inks: Ruth Carroll (credited) (signed as Ruth Carroll)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: A fine day for ski-jumping. Please get my snow-suit.
Genre: anthropomorphic-funny animals

Room and Board / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)
Pencils: Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)
Inks: Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Haw -- the warmth of one's hearth...
Genre: humor; domestic

Editing

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
The Katzenjammer Kids
1. ["The sinister Maharajah of Ibor has seized an old lamasery."]
Jungle Jim
2. ["The 'Singer' building of Jaipur, India..."]
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
3. Norma Shearer
Seein' Stars
4. ["Sh-h! Come inside und leaf vell enough alone!"]
The Katzenjammer Kids
5. ["Yes, dear -- no, dear -- yes, dear..."]
They'll Do It Every Time
6. Sport Clippings
Sports in Pictures
7. ["Curley. may I see you about something inportant?"]
Curley Harper at Lakespur
8. ["Highest point of coastal ground..."]
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
9. ["Huh? Yipe! Yipe!! G-r-r-r."]
Elmer
10. ["An invite from Bob Craig for the prom."]
Etta Kett
11. ["So, this is New York -- waal -- I do declar -- kem on, Google..."]
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
12. [no title indexed]
Puz-L-Zoo
13. ["Tim, I want you and Spud to deliver these special orders to Trooper Olin..."]
Tim Tyler's Luck
14. ["It get's [sic] lonesome out here..."]
Nicodemus O'Malley
15. ["It's time for my apple dumpling to go to bed."]
Just Kids [1920s-50s]
16. ["While Clark Gable was pulling out his mechanic..."]
Seein' Stars
17. ["Good-bye, Pete!"]
Pete the Tramp
18. ["Ah, a dollar sixty left over from last week!"]
Blondie
19. ["Boys! I'm a candidate for election..."]
Pete the Tramp
20. Wild Horse - Part 3
Timberline Tales
21. ["An ice house burned to the ground..."]
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
22. ["Mac, there's a Gypsy in here who tells fortunes..."]
Tillie the Toiler
23. ["Here am I, with a super supply of toast -- with not a drop of tea..."]
Krazy Kat
24. ["Great Caesar's Ghost Pete -- listen to this!"]
Pete the Tramp
25. ["You see, Mr. Powell, all we need are a few Sky Band prisoners."]
The Phantom
26. Big Chance
Sports in Pictures
27. ["Now, look -- I'll tell you what. You go home..."]
Teddy and Sitting Bull
28. ["A fine day for ski-jumping. Please get my snow-suit."]
The Pussycat Princess
29. ["Haw -- the warmth of one's hearth..."]
Room and Board

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Del Gruber
Dick Sabo
Daniel Thingvold
Len Wolinsky

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Ace Comics #21 (December 1938)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Norma Shearer (Table of Contents: 3)

Seein' Stars / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

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

The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

They'll Do It Every Time / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Sport Clippings (Table of Contents: 6)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Curley Harper at Lakespur / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Elmer / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Etta Kett / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Puz-L-Zoo / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Nicodemus O'Malley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

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

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

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

Seein' Stars / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Wild Horse - Part 3 (Table of Contents: 20)

Timberline Tales / text story / 3 pages (report information)

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

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Krazy Kat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Big Chance (Table of Contents: 26)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

The Pussycat Princess / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Room and Board / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Ace Comics #21

(December 1938)