(February 1944)

Dell, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine
Editing
Oskar Lebeck (editor)

Issue Notes

first Dell logo issue
last 60-page issue
Copyright 1944 by K. K. Publications, Inc

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Tracy; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Moon Mullins; Smitty; Tiny Tim / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; detective-mystery; adventure; children
Keywords
Valentine's Day

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

Dick Tracy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould (credited)
Pencils
Chester Gould (credited)
Inks
Chester Gould (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yeah, Chief, I'm calling from his apartment. It just happened, eh?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Jerome Trohs; Mamma; Pat Patton;
Synopsis
Trohs uses the St. Bernard to escape from Tracy. He sneaks on a rodeo train and when discovered claims to be "Joe Atom," midget cowboy. Out west, he ditches the show near Doggie City, Montana, and makes his way to an isolated tourist camp.
Reprints

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

Brenda Starr / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dale Messick (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Think we could get her to the car?
Genre
detective-mystery; adventure
Characters
Brenda Starr
Reprints
  • from Brenda Starr Sundays (Chicago Tribune) 1940-08-25 (Panel 11) - 1940-09-08 (Panel 14)

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

The Ripples / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Clark (credited)
Pencils
George Clark (credited)
Inks
George Clark (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The average child will more willingly face a problem if it is...
Genre
domestic; humor
Reprints
  • from the Ripples Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Them Days Is Gone Forever / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Al Posen (signed)
Pencils
Al Posen (signed)
Inks
Al Posen (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You go and see the janitor - and listen, don't be yellow!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Them Days Is Gone Forever Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

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

Jinglet / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Al Posen (signed) ([as AP])
Pencils
Al Posen (signed) ([as AP])
Inks
Al Posen (signed) ([as AP])
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Date great!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Jinglet Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

[The Mongoose] (Table of Contents: 6)

Nature in the Raw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; nature
Synopsis
facts about nature

Indexer Notes

This is the only appearance of the "Nature in the Raw" feature.

Hot Shot (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Characters
Buzz Barrington (pilot)

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

Sweeney & Son / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Posen (signed)
Pencils
Al Posen (signed)
Inks
Al Posen (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Track!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Sweeney & Son Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

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

Little Joe / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Leffingwell (signed as Leffingwell)
Pencils
Ed Leffingwell (signed as Leffingwell)
Inks
Ed Leffingwell (signed as Leffingwell)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Them there holdup fellers figgered without no horses...
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
  • from Little Joe Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

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

Winnie Winkle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Branner (credited)
Pencils
Martin Branner (credited)
Inks
Martin Branner (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now you know what I've been trying to tell you ever since...
Genre
drama; humor
Reprints
  • from Winnie Winkle daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Moon Mullins / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Willard (credited)
Pencils
Frank Willard (credited)
Inks
Frank Willard (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, bless his heart and I was beginning to think Uncle Stymie...
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Moon Mullins daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Harold Teen / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Ed (signed)
Pencils
Carl Ed (signed)
Inks
Carl Ed (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who y'callin' simp??
Genre
teen
Reprints
  • from Harold Teen daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

The Ripples / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Clark (credited)
Pencils
George Clark (credited)
Inks
George Clark (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here, Kitchy - deliver this rubbing alcohol to Mrs. Richey.
Genre
domestic; humor
Reprints
  • from the Ripples Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Smitty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Berndt (signed)
Pencils
Walter Berndt (signed)
Inks
Walter Berndt (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It would be a marvelous place for me to do some quiet thinking
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Smitty daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Tiny Tim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Stanley Link (credited)
Pencils
Stanley Link (credited)
Inks
Stanley Link (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, weren't you afraid?
Genre
adventure
Reprints
  • from Tiny Tim daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Paper Weight Champion (Table of Contents: 16)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
sports
Characters
Jimmy Dugan

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

Clyde Beatty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jim Chambers (signed)
Inks
Jim Chambers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If Jim is hurt, I'll never forgive myself for leaving him!
Genre
adventure; jungle; animal
Characters
Clyde Beatty; Jim Tracker; Gaywood
Synopsis
Gaywood escapes. The circus arrives in New York and during the parade, a leopard, with a tampered with collar, escapes.
Keywords
leopards; locomotives; parades; railroads; trains

Indexer Notes

Du Bois script credit from Catalog of Copyright Entries.

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

Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Gray (credited)
Pencils
Harold Gray (credited)
Inks
Harold Gray (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After rounding up Axel's gang and sending them back to their own country, Nick plans to return...
Genre
drama; adventure; children
Reprints
  • from Little Orphan Annie daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Them Days Is Gone Forever / comic story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script
Al Posen (signed)
Pencils
Al Posen (signed)
Inks
Al Posen (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I haven't done much skating, but I'm quite a skating fan--
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Them Days Is Gone Forever Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Jinglet / text story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Al Posen (signed) ([as AP])
Pencils
Al Posen (signed) ([as AP])
Inks
Al Posen (signed) ([as AP])
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sailed trailed nailed whaled
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Jinglet Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dick Tracy; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Moon Mullins; Smitty; Tiny Tim
  2. 1. ["Yeah, Chief, I'm calling from his apartment. It just happened, eh?"]
    Dick Tracy
  3. 2. ["Think we could get her to the car?"]
    Brenda Starr
  4. 3. ["The average child will more willingly face a problem if it is..."]
    The Ripples
  5. 4. ["You go and see the janitor - and listen, don't be yellow!"]
    Them Days Is Gone Forever
  6. 5. ["Date great!"]
    Jinglet
  7. 6. [The Mongoose]
    Nature in the Raw
  8. 7. Hot Shot
  9. 8. ["Track!"]
    Sweeney & Son
  10. 9. ["Them there holdup fellers figgered without no horses..."]
    Little Joe
  11. 10. ["Now you know what I've been trying to tell you ever since..."]
    Winnie Winkle
  12. 11. ["Well, bless his heart and I was beginning to think Uncle Stymie..."]
    Moon Mullins
  13. 12. ["Who y'callin' simp??"]
    Harold Teen
  14. 13. ["Here, Kitchy - deliver this rubbing alcohol to Mrs. Richey."]
    The Ripples
  15. 14. ["It would be a marvelous place for me to do some quiet thinking"]
    Smitty
  16. 15. ["Gee, weren't you afraid?"]
    Tiny Tim
  17. 16. Paper Weight Champion
  18. 17. ["If Jim is hurt, I'll never forgive myself for leaving him!"]
    Clyde Beatty
  19. 18. ["After rounding up Axel's gang and sending them back to their own country, Nick plans to return..."]
    Little Orphan Annie
  20. 19. ["I haven't done much skating, but I'm quite a skating fan--"]
    Them Days Is Gone Forever
  21. 20. ["Sailed trailed nailed whaled"]
    Jinglet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jeffrey Lindenblatt
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Dave Porta
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
  • Warren Zeigler