Super Comics
#55
(December 1942)
Western,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-11-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in U. S. A.
- Editing
- Oskar Lebeck (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This toupee you gave me for Christmas is the tops, Smokehouse!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
the inside-front cover
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Moon Mullins / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Frank Willard (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Willard (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Willard (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee! You had oughta been home, Mamie, Uncle Willie fell...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Moon Mullins daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Sweeney & Son / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And get me six el Ropo cigars
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Sweeney & Son Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Clyde Beatty / comic story / 3.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fleeing from a forest fire, Clyde and his party escape to a large cave.
- Genre
- adventure; jungle; animal
- Characters
- Clyde Beatty; Wig Wong; Silent Stevenson; Cockney Welles
- Synopsis
- Trapped in a cave by the forest fire, Clyde and company explore, discovering a gold seam.
- Keywords
- caves; gold
Indexer Notes
Right one-third of final page is an advertisement.
[no title indexed]
Magic Morro / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Two Jap pilots, who have lost 'face', have been assigned to get General McWain...
- Genre
- jungle; superhero
- Characters
- General McWain; Oom; Okito; Morro; Queen of the Virgin Valley
- Synopsis
- Fleeing two Japanese fighter planes, the B-17 leaves the Virgin Valley. During the air battle, the queen, who had sneaked aboard the bomber is killed by machine gun fire. The plane proceeds on to the Solomon Islands.
- Keywords
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress; Bulagi (island); fighter planes; Japanese Imperial Air Force; Solomon Islands; stereotyping of the Japanese; United States Army Air Force; World War II
[no title indexed]
Winnie Winkle / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Martin Branner (credited)
- Pencils
- Martin Branner (credited)
- Inks
- Martin Branner (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's funny! No sports section!
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Reprints
- from Winnie Winkle daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Walter Berndt (signed)
- Pencils
- Walter Berndt (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Berndt (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly - it's one minute to nine!!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Smitty daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Harold Teen / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wish you weren't going, Lillums...
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Harold Teen daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Tiny Tim / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Stanley Link (credited)
- Pencils
- Stanley Link (credited)
- Inks
- Stanley Link (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Will your Mom and Pop be glad to see you again, Tim!
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Tiny Tim Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
The Ripples / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- George Clark (credited)
- Pencils
- George Clark (credited)
- Inks
- George Clark (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can't I sit down just once without that phone ringing?
- Genre
- domestic; humor
- Reprints
- from the Ripples Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Jim Ellis / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Fletcher (credited as Richard Fletcher)
- Pencils
- Dick Fletcher (credited as Richard Fletcher)
- Inks
- Dick Fletcher (credited as Richard Fletcher)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Enemy destroyer headed in our direction, sir!
- Feature Logo
- Jim Ellis, Axis Smasher
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Jim Ellis
[no title indexed]
Lightning Jim / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This shortcut t'roo lost canyon bane purty rough, Yim!
- Genre
- western-frontier
Indexer Notes
Last appearance
[no title indexed]
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- drama; adventure; children
- Reprints
- from Little Orphan Annie daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tiny Tim -
1.
["This toupee you gave me for Christmas is the tops, Smokehouse!"]
Smokey Stover -
2.
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy -
3.
["Gee! You had oughta been home, Mamie, Uncle Willie fell..."]
Moon Mullins -
4.
["And get me six el Ropo cigars"]
Sweeney & Son -
5.
["Fleeing from a forest fire, Clyde and his party escape to a large cave."]
Clyde Beatty -
6.
On the Scent of a Scent
-
7.
["Two Jap pilots, who have lost 'face', have been assigned to get General McWain..."]
Magic Morro -
8.
["That's funny! No sports section!"]
Winnie Winkle -
9.
["Golly - it's one minute to nine!!"]
Smitty -
10.
["I wish you weren't going, Lillums..."]
Harold Teen -
11.
["Will your Mom and Pop be glad to see you again, Tim!"]
Tiny Tim -
12.
["Can't I sit down just once without that phone ringing?"]
The Ripples -
13.
["Enemy destroyer headed in our direction, sir!"]
Jim Ellis -
14.
["This shortcut t'roo lost canyon bane purty rough, Yim!"]
Lightning Jim -
15.
[no title indexed]
Little Orphan Annie -
16.
["Ach! Dot's terrible!"]
Sweeney & Son
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
- Warren Zeigler
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