Ace Comics #149

(August 1949)

Dead Man's Channel (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Lee Falk (sourced)

Pencils

Ray Moore (sourced)

Inks

Ray Moore (sourced)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

You - gulp - performed your first task. Unarmed, you - gulp - captured Broko!

Genre

superhero; jungle

Reprints

• From Phantom Sunday strips (King Features Syndicate) 1947-03-09 - 1947-03-30 and 1947-05-25 - 1947-06-29.
  [Several panels are clipped or stretched, and many are omitted in order to fit 10 Sundays onto 8 pages.]

Indexer Notes

Continuation of The Seven Tasks from #148.
The original story had 12 tasks, 5 of which were in dropped pages from April 6 to May 18.

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

The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 2 pages (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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, Lena! How's diss for water polo? Poo! Kid's stuff!

Genre

humor; children

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

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

Script

Alex Raymond

Pencils

Alex Raymond

Inks

Alex Raymond

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lama Chot seizes Dzam and glares hypnotically...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Phil Sheridan (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Drake Williams (signed as D. Williams)

Pencils

C. Blaker (signed as C. Blaker)

Inks

C. Blaker (signed as C. Blaker)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction; history; war; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

The centrefold.

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

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

Script

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Pencils

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Inks

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Teddy, what are you doing in there?

Genre

humor; children; domestic

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

Blondie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Pencils

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Inks

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who tore the last page of the murder mystery...

Genre

humor; domestic

Fateful Journey (Table of Contents: 7)

Rip Kirby / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now that the Rivers case is closed, what next Mr. Kirby?

Genre

detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

The first page is a new splash page. Newspaper strip reprints. Original indexer credited John Prentice, but Prentice did not begin work on "Rip Kirby" until 1956. Almost certainly Alex Raymond's work.

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

Daffydoodles / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Looking for fingers on the hands of a clock.

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes from readers, for $1 if published.