King Comics
#73
(May 1942)
David McKay,
1936 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-03-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Editing
- Jo King
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. 2.
[no title indexed]
Thimble Theatre / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Inks
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; adventure
- Characters
- Popeye; J. Wellington Wimpy
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Ruth Plumly Thompson (editor)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
On the inside-front cover.
[no title indexed]
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Fran Striker (credited)
- Pencils
- Charles Flanders (signed as Flanders)
- Inks
- Charles Flanders (signed as Flanders)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There never was anything that a duel could settle!
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Lone Ranger; Tonto; Cravin
- Reprints
- from The Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-06 - 1940-10-27
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Tom Sims
- Pencils
- Bill Zaboly (signed as Bee [image] Z)
- Inks
- Bill Zaboly (signed as Bee [image] Z)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ahoy, dame
- Feature Logo
- Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
- Genre
- humor; adventure
- Characters
- Popeye; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy
- Reprints
- from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-03-16 - 1941-04-06
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Dun-Dums / cartoon / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They call him the mad scientist...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Dun-Dums Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yellow-hair, Black-hawk's adopted White son, is now a prisoner in the hands of two murderous army deserters...
- Genre
- western-frontier
[no title indexed]
Bringing Up Father / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George McManus (credited as Geo McManus) (signed as
Geo McManus) - Pencils
- George McManus (credited as Geo McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)
- Inks
- George McManus (credited as Geo McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No - I can't believe it - No -
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs
- Reprints
- from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Private Buck / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)
- Pencils
- Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)
- Inks
- Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't worry, cook...
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Private Buck
- Reprints
- from Private Buck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Four daily gag panels on a single comic book page
The Adventures of Don Miguel
Stories in Stamps / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Eugene Pollock
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
With stamp ads.
The Saboteurs
The Phantom / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you make of that death's head, chief?
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- The Phantom [Kit Walker]
- Reprints
- from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-02-16 - 1941-02-23
Indexer Notes
Two Sunday pages
Storyline concludes
The Return of the Sky Band
The Phantom / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As a huge ocean clipper flies over its regular route...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- The Phantom [Kit Walker]
- Reprints
- from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-03-02 - 1941-03-09
Indexer Notes
Two Sunday pages
New storyline begins
[no title indexed]
Sappo / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Tom Sims
- Pencils
- Bill Zaboly (signed as Bee [image] Z)
- Inks
- Bill Zaboly (signed as Bee [image] Z)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- John Sappo; Myrtle Sappo; Professor O. G. Wotasnozzle
- Reprints
- from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx - 1940-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Two Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Bringing Up Father / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George McManus (credited)
- Pencils
- George McManus (credited)
- Inks
- George McManus (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do as I say - Go up and tell them...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs
- Reprints
- from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Barney Baxter / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)
- Pencils
- Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)
- Inks
- Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You heard me, kid! What's yer racket?
- Feature Logo
- Barney Baxter in the Air
- Genre
- adventure; aviation; war
- Characters
- Barney Baxter; Gopher Gus; "Bull Neck Benny"
- Reprints
- from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-06-29 - 1941-07-20
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Henry / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carl Anderson (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Anderson (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ahoy!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Henry
- Reprints
- from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx
Fall of Ming
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Don Moore
- Pencils
- Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as
ALEX RAYMOND) - Inks
- Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Warden Terro gloats -- "Prisoners often go mad in these tiny cells..."
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Warden Ferro; Bulon
- Reprints
- from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-03-09 - 1941-03-30
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
Alex Raymond was previously credited with script, but Don Moore was co-creator and author from the very beginning of the strip.
The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
03-09 = Unmasked
03-16 = Out of the Frying Pan
03-23 = The Fatal Alarm
03-30 = One Man Raid
On The Seas Of China (In China Seas)
Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- William Ritt (credited)
- Pencils
- Clarence Gray (credited) (signed as Clarence Gray)
- Inks
- Clarence Gray (credited) (signed as Clarence Gray)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As the warring fleets lie locked in savage battle, a great storm sweeps out of the East
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Brick Bradford; Ketboga Khan; Horatio Southern (in a dream)
- Reprints
- from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-03-09 - 1941-03-30
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
03-23 End of storyline
03-30 The Southern Treasure (Martin Bloodstone) storyline begins
[no title indexed]
Little Annie Rooney / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Brandon Walsh (credited)
- Pencils
- Nicholas Afonsky (signed as N. Afonsky)
- Inks
- Nicholas Afonsky (signed as N. Afonsky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gloryosky Zero -- ain't it grand?
- Genre
- drama; children; adventure
- Characters
- Little Annie Rooney; Captain James J. Saltee; Abbie Saltee
- Reprints
- from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-03-23 - 1941-04-13
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
Maxwell Balfour
Hall of Fame of the Air / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Eddie Rickenbacker (credited as Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker)
- Pencils
- Clayton Knight (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Clayton Knight (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A former Army Air Corps Officer...
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation
- Characters
- Maxwell Balfour
- Reprints
- from Hall of Fame of the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx
[Frog]
Henry / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Carl Anderson (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Anderson (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Henry
- Reprints
- from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx, 1941-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Two Sunday pages
The Flame Pearls Part 5: The Ghost Ship
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Lee Falk (credited)
- Pencils
- Phil Davis (credited) (signed as
PHIL DAVIS) - Inks
- Phil Davis (credited) (signed as PHIL DAVIS)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A powerful old man -- with a young girl. "I am Captain Gar..."
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Mandrake; Lothar; Captain Gar; Gretel Gar; Captain Barton; June Barton
- Reprints
- from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-03-09 - 1941-03-30
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Radio Patrol / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Eddie Sullivan (credited)
- Pencils
- Charlie Schmidt (credited)
- Inks
- Charlie Schmidt (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pat, they've finally caught up with "Moose" Parks.
- Feature Logo
- Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol
- Genre
- crime; adventure
- Characters
- Sergeant Pat O'Hara; "Moose" Parks; Soapy; Sheriff Burket; Pinky Pinkerton; Red
- Reprints
- from Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-03-16 - 1941-04-06
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Sentinel Louie / comic story / 1.5 pages
- Script
- Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow)
- Pencils
- Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow)
- Inks
- Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Louie, will you take care of my ostrich...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sentinel Louie
- Reprints
- from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-07-13, 1941-xx-xx, 1941-08-03
Indexer Notes
Three Sunday pages, shared with The Little King, by the same creator
[no title indexed]
The Little King / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)
- Pencils
- Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)
- Inks
- Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your Excellency, we just received word...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- he Little King
- Reprints
- from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-07-13, 1941-xx-xx, 1941-08-03, 1941-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Three Sunday pages shared with Sentinel Louie, plus a fourth half page, by the same creator
[no title indexed]
Henry / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Carl Anderson (signed)
- Pencils
- Carl Anderson (signed)
- Inks
- Carl Anderson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Henry
- Reprints
- from Henry daily (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Thimble Theatre -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
["There never was anything that a duel could settle!"]
The Lone Ranger -
3.
["Ahoy, dame"]
Thimble Theatre -
4.
["They call him the mad scientist..."]
Dun-Dums -
5.
["Yellow-hair, Black-hawk's adopted White son, is now a prisoner in the hands of two murderous army deserters..."]
Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk -
6.
["No - I can't believe it - No -"]
Bringing Up Father -
7.
["Don't worry, cook..."]
Private Buck -
8.
The Adventures of Don Miguel
Stories in Stamps -
9.
The Saboteurs
The Phantom -
10.
The Return of the Sky Band
The Phantom -
11.
[no title indexed]
Sappo -
12.
The Enchanted Cat
-
13.
["Do as I say - Go up and tell them..."]
Bringing Up Father -
14.
["You heard me, kid! What's yer racket?"]
Barney Baxter -
15.
["Ahoy!"]
Henry -
16.
Scribblers
Family Portraits -
17.
Fall of Ming
Flash Gordon -
18.
On The Seas Of China (In China Seas)
Brick Bradford -
19.
["Gloryosky Zero -- ain't it grand?"]
Little Annie Rooney -
20.
Easter News
The Pet Post -
21.
Maxwell Balfour
Hall of Fame of the Air -
22.
[Frog]
Henry -
23.
The Flame Pearls Part 5: The Ghost Ship
Mandrake the Magician -
24.
["Pat, they've finally caught up with "Moose" Parks."]
Radio Patrol -
25.
Luke Sewell
Sport Features -
26.
["Louie, will you take care of my ostrich..."]
Sentinel Louie -
27.
["Your Excellency, we just received word..."]
The Little King -
28.
[no title indexed]
Henry
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Richard Thomson
- Len Wolinsky
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