Ace Comics #142

(January 1949)

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

The Young Reporter / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script

various

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Letters

typeset

Editing

Hal Fox (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Keeping Busy With Good Hobbies!

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

Two pages of cartoons and comments submitted by young readers to the publisher. Begins on inside front cover, page 2 is on inside back cover.

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

The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Pencils

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Inks

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sure! Dey got moths in Afstralia...

Genre

humor; children

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The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Pencils

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Inks

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bah! Soft like a chelly fish!

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• in Family Funnies (Harvey, 1950 series) #4 (December 1950)

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The Phantom / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Ray Moore (credited)

Inks

Ray Moore (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Searching for Princess Lakania's kidnapped father...

Genre

jungle; superhero

Reprints

• From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) between 1944-10-18 and 1944-11-27.
  (This run of dailies is missing many panels and many whole days.)

Indexer Notes

Page 1 is a new splash page. The remaining 8 pages are reprints of dailies. The first daily's text begins: "No need to hurry now.".

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

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

Script

Alex Raymond (credited)

Pencils

Alex Raymond (credited)

Inks

Alex Raymond (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"You, Haj Ali, shall die as a false mullah"...

Genre

adventure; jungle

8. Crazy Horse (Table of Contents: 6)

Fighting Americans / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Drake Williams (signed as Drake Williams)

Pencils

Drake Williams (signed as Drake Williams)

Inks

Drake Williams (signed as Drake Williams)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Two-page illustration with hand-written text.

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Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Musial (credited)

Pencils

Joe Musial (signed as Musial)

Inks

Joe Musial (signed as Musial)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's my bicycle pump...

Genre

humor; children; domestic

Wanchi Witch Doctor (Table of Contents: 8)

Brick Bradford / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

William Ritt (credited)

Pencils

Clarence Gray (credited) (signed as Clarence Gray)

Inks

Clarence Gray (credited) (signed as Clarence Gray)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Brick, June and Pert have been saved from death...

Genre

adventure; jungle; science fiction

Indexer Notes

Page 1 is a new splash page.

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Blondie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Chic Young (credited)

Pencils

Chic Young (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can you tell me the way...

Genre

humor; domestic

Indexer Notes

Three vignettes, four panels each: "It Isn't Polite to Point!"; "Daylight Saving!"; and "Facing the Fact!"

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The Lone Ranger / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Fran Striker

Pencils

Charles Flanders (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's the masked man!

Genre

western-frontier

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Daffydoodles / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

various

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Trying to Bottle Moonshine

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Six one-panel gags submitted by readers and drawn by Doc Winner.

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

Script

C. D. Russell (credited)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wot's the idea of hangin' around...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Printed on back cover.