(May 1939)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1939
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Picture Comics Inc.
Editing
C. Elbert; Sheldon Mayer (assistant); M. C. Gaines (managing)

Issue Notes

MOVIE COMICS No. 414499—May, 1939—Volume 1, No. 2. Published monthly by PICTURE PUBLICATIONS, INC., 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. M. C. Gaines, Managing Editor; C. Elbert, Editor; Sheldon Mayer, Assistant Editor. Entry as second class matter pending at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo. Yearly subscriptions in the U. S. A. and Canada $1.50, elsewhere $2.20. U. S. A. Patent Office Trade Mark No. 414499 under the act of February 20, 1905. For advertising rates address: Combined Publications, Inc., 125 East 46th Street, New York City. Western Office: Harley L. Ward, Inc., 360 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

Stagecoach (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections) ; Sheldon Mayer (heads across bottom)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections)
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Andy Devine

Indexer Notes

photo cover-colorized

Cover Thumbnail for Movie Comics (DC, 1939 series) #2
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Now Showing / table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
C. Elbert
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?

Stagecoach (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
Pencils
Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)
Inks
Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrushed); Emery Gondor (airbrushed)
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Buck (Andy Devine); Curley (George Bancroft); Peacock (Conald Meek); Dallas (Claire Trevor); Ringo Kid (John Wayne); Gatewood (Burton Churchill); Doc Boone (Thomas Mitchell); Lucy Mallory (Louise Platt); Hatfield (John Carradine)

Indexer Notes

airbrushed and lettered over movie photo stills

The Saint Strikes Back (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Derek Twist (screenplay); John Twist (screenplay)
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
The Saint (Simon Templar)(George Sanders); Valerie Travers (Wendy Barrie); Henry Fernac,k (Jonathan Hale);Allen Breck (Neil Hamilton); Zipper Dyson (Barry Fitzgerald)

Indexer Notes

airbrushed and lettered over movie photo stills

The Scare (Table of Contents: 5)

Minute Movies / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan
Pencils
Ed Wheelan
Inks
Ed Wheelan
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan
Genre
adventure; drama; humor

Indexer Notes

red only

Terrors of the Tomb (Table of Contents: 6)

Minute Movies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan
Pencils
Ed Wheelan
Inks
Ed Wheelan
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan
Genre
adventure; drama; humor

Indexer Notes

red only

The Inkling Kid (Table of Contents: 7)

Minute Movies / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan
Pencils
Ed Wheelan
Inks
Ed Wheelan
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan
Genre
children; adventure; drama; humor

Indexer Notes

red only

[Part 2] (Table of Contents: 8)

Movietown / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Lampert (Signed)
Pencils
Harry Lampert (Signed)
Inks
Harry Lampert (Signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Harry Lampert (Signed)
Genre
humor
Characters
Horace Hope

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

Screen Scoops / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Galli
Pencils
Walter Galli
Inks
Walter Galli
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
biography
Characters
Will Rogers; May West; Howard Hughes; Fredric March; Ken Maynard; Andy Devine; John Wayne; Claire Trevor; Dolores Costello; Adolphe Menjou; George Sandes; Wendy Barre; George OBrien; Neil Hamilton; Jonathan Hale

To Hollywood 3000 Miles (Table of Contents: 10)

The Adventures of Phoozy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Adler
Inks
Jack Adler
Colors
Jack Adler
Letters
?
Genre
children

Indexer Notes

airbrushed fumetti

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

Action Camera / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Smitty (Signed)
Inks
Smitty (Signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Go all the way up and I'll tell you when to jump...
Genre
humor

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

Stamps and Stars / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Deanna Durbin; Shirley Temple

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

Rosati Accordion / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Arizona Legion (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Oliver Drake (screenplay)
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections) ; Sheldon Mayer (heads across bottom)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Boone Yeager (George O'Brien); Whopper Hatch (Chill Wills)

Indexer Notes

airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills

Chapters 6-12 (Table of Contents: 15)

Scouts to the Rescue / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Irving Crump; Wyndham Gittens; George Plympton; Basil Dickey; Joseph Poland (Script)
Pencils
Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)
Inks
Jack Adler (corrections); Emery Gondor (corrections)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Bruce Scott (Jackie Cooper); Rip Rawson (Dave Durand); Skeets Scanlon (Bill Cody Jr); Mary Scanlon (Vondell Darr)

Indexer Notes

airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills

Pinch Hits (Table of Contents: 16)

Booby Hatch / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Ken Fitch (signed)
Pencils
Stan Asch
Inks
Stan Asch
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor; teen

King of the Turf (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
George Bruce (screenplay)
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrushed corrections); Emery Gondor (airbrushed corrections)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
sports
Characters
Adolphe Mejou; Dolores Costello; Roger Daniel; Walter Abel; William Demarest; Alan Dinehart; Harold Huber

Indexer Notes

airbrushed and inked over movie photo stills

50 Pounds of Personality (Table of Contents: 18)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
typeset
Genre
biography
Characters
Jaunita Quigley

Thanks, Boys and Girls of America (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

All-American Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Stagecoach
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Now Showing
  4. 3. Stagecoach
  5. 4. The Saint Strikes Back
    The Saint
  6. 5. The Scare
    Minute Movies
  7. 6. Terrors of the Tomb
    Minute Movies
  8. 7. The Inkling Kid
    Minute Movies
  9. 8. [Part 2]
    Movietown
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Screen Scoops
  11. 10. To Hollywood 3000 Miles
    The Adventures of Phoozy
  12. 11. ["Go all the way up and I'll tell you when to jump..."]
    Action Camera
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Stamps and Stars
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Rosati Accordion
  15. 14. Arizona Legion
  16. 15. Chapters 6-12
    Scouts to the Rescue
  17. 16. Pinch Hits
    Booby Hatch
  18. 17. King of the Turf
  19. 18. 50 Pounds of Personality
  20. 19. Thanks, Boys and Girls of America
    All-American Comics
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • John DiBello
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Adam Spector
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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