(April 1943)

David McKay, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943-03-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
David McKay Company
Editing
?

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Blondie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
Alexander; Dagwood; Daisy (dog); Mandrake the Magician (inset)
Cover Thumbnail for Magic Comics (David McKay, 1939 series) #45
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Cover gallery

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

The Wizard's Tower / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as G. Whiz]; ? [as Uncle George]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

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

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Chic Young
Pencils
Chic Young (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't know what a twip is, Herbert.
Genre
humor; domestic

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

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Lee Falk
Pencils
Phil Davis
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My tie -- is getting tighter -- around my neck...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Grando

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

High Spots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Floyd Torbert
Pencils
Floyd Torbert (signed as Torbert)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; sports

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

Tippie and Cap Stubbs / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Edwina Dumm [as Edwina]
Pencils
Edwina Dumm [as Edwina]
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where you goin'? With that ole Budge?
Genre
drama; domestic

Balboa Discovers the Pacific Ocean (Table of Contents: 6)

Stamp Corner / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Eugene L. Pollock
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

With stamp ads.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fran Striker
Pencils
Charles Flanders (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tonto, there's Kurt ahead of us.
Genre
western-frontier

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

Aladdin, Jr. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Les Forgrave (signed)
Pencils
William Meade Prince (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Furious, Henry Morgan and his pirates watch their cannonballs turn into balloons...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural

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

Jan and Aloysius / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Musial
Pencils
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jan, I want you to show your cousin around.
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; domestic

Gremlins (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Clayton Knight
Pencils
Clayton Knight (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; aviation

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

Henry / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Anderson
Pencils
Carl Anderson (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Library
Genre
humor; children

Switch (Table of Contents: 12)

Sport Features / comic story / 0.85 page (report information)

Script
Jack Sords
Pencils
Jack Sords (signed as Sords)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Eddie Miller

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

Secret Agent X-9 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Storm
Pencils
Mel Graff (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here we are at the airport, lady. See anything of that girl friend...
Genre
spy

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

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come with me, Olive, I will see you safely ashore.
Genre
humor
Characters
Davy Jones

April Showers (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
Bob Dunn
Pencils
Bob Dunn
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Anderson
Pencils
Carl Anderson (signed)
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm worried about your daddy, Henry.
Genre
humor; domestic; children

Indexer Notes

No coloring.

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

Spies! / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Harry Francis Campbell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
False newspapers and rumors broke Italians...
Genre
non-fiction; spy; war
Keywords
World War I

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

Bunky / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Billy de Beck
Pencils
Billy de Beck
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder why the 'De Loot' brat's grandmother hasn't shown up.
Genre
humor

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

Barney Baxter in the Air / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller
Pencils
Frank Miller (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't tell me you captured this bozo single-handed.
Genre
adventure

'Buzz' Wagner - American War Hero (Table of Contents: 20)

The Romance of Flying / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Clayton Knight
Pencils
Clayton Knight (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Genre
non-fiction; aviation; war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Dinglehoofer und His Dog / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
H. H. Knerr
Pencils
H. H. Knerr
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stick 'em up, Mr. Fuddle-Putter.
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Dollar-a-Dither / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Musial (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Blondie
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Wizard's Tower
  3. 2. ["I don't know what a twip is, Herbert."]
    Blondie
  4. 3. ["My tie -- is getting tighter -- around my neck..."]
    Mandrake the Magician
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    High Spots
  6. 5. ["Where you goin'? With that ole Budge?"]
    Tippie and Cap Stubbs
  7. 6. Balboa Discovers the Pacific Ocean
    Stamp Corner
  8. 7. ["Tonto, there's Kurt ahead of us."]
    The Lone Ranger
  9. 8. ["Furious, Henry Morgan and his pirates watch their cannonballs turn into balloons..."]
    Aladdin, Jr.
  10. 9. ["Jan, I want you to show your cousin around."]
    Jan and Aloysius
  11. 10. Gremlins
  12. 11. ["Library"]
    Henry
  13. 12. Switch
    Sport Features
  14. 13. ["Here we are at the airport, lady. See anything of that girl friend..."]
    Secret Agent X-9
  15. 14. ["Come with me, Olive, I will see you safely ashore."]
    Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
  16. 15. April Showers
    Little Acorns
  17. 16. ["I'm worried about your daddy, Henry."]
    Henry
  18. 17. ["False newspapers and rumors broke Italians..."]
    Spies!
  19. 18. ["I wonder why the 'De Loot' brat's grandmother hasn't shown up."]
    Bunky
  20. 19. ["Don't tell me you captured this bozo single-handed."]
    Barney Baxter in the Air
  21. 20. 'Buzz' Wagner - American War Hero
    The Romance of Flying
  22. 21. ["Stick 'em up, Mr. Fuddle-Putter."]
    Dinglehoofer und His Dog
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    Dollar-a-Dither
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  • Richard Thomson
  • Len Wolinsky
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