(May 1942)

United Feature, 1941 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-04-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
?

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] (Table of Contents)

Hap Hopper / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hap, you forgot your rubbers!
Genre
humor
Characters
Hap Hopper; Spark Man; Nancy; The Captain; Hans; Fritz; Tarzan; Abbie; Slats; Broncho Bill; Ella Cinders
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Ella Cinders / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Conselman
Pencils
Charlie Plumb (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, well, we all have to grow old, you know!

Indexer Notes

This is the inside-front cover

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

Hap Hopper / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Drew Pearson; Bob Allen
Pencils
Jack Sparling (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
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Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heart--OK--lungs, fine--muscles, terrific!
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

first appearance

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

Spark Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Methot
Pencils
Reg Greenwood
Inks
Reg Greenwood
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A detachment of American marines is cut off by a sudden...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Spark Man (Private Omar Kavak)

Indexer Notes

Spark Man's secret identity revealed to readers in this story.

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

Captain and the Kids / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The family traveling in the submarine...

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

Frankie Doodle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thomas Stone, a real estate broker...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Ella Cinders / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Conselman
Pencils
Charlie Plumb
Inks
Charlie Plumb
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can't that kid scram and leave us alone?

Ecuador Honors Explorer (Table of Contents: 7)

News Notes About Stamps / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

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

Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Burne Hogarth
Pencils
Burne Hogarth (signed)
Inks
Burne Hogarth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bandits raided the Forbidden City...
Genre
jungle
Reprints
  • newspaper strips

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

Nancy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are you sure you don't mind Mrs. Splutter?
Reprints
  • newspaper strips

A Salute To--David Ebert! (Table of Contents: 10)

Sparkler Salutes / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Stories about boys & girls who deserve to be honored

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

Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Raeburn Van Buren (signed)
Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
By faking a measles quarantine...

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

El Bombo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble [as Dib] (signed)
Inks
Bernard Dibble [as Dib] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. P. T. Biltybux is a very rich man...
Genre
humor
Characters
El Bombo; P.T. Biltybux
Synopsis
Bombo is hired by wealthy Biltybux to help him enjoy life. They try to give away Biltybux's entire fortune to make others happy and reduce the stress on the millionaire.
Reprints

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

Broncho Bill / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Barry O'Neill
Pencils
Barry O'Neill
Inks
Barry O'Neill
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
After jailing the payroll bandits...

The Blind Surgeon (Table of Contents: 14)

Unbelievable - But True / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank N. Ernest
Pencils
Frank N. Ernest
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Dr. Hugh James; William Duggleby (baseball player)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hap, you forgot your rubbers!"]
    Hap Hopper
  2. 1. ["Oh, well, we all have to grow old, you know!"]
    Ella Cinders
  3. 2. ["Heart--OK--lungs, fine--muscles, terrific!"]
    Hap Hopper
  4. 3. ["A detachment of American marines is cut off by a sudden..."]
    Spark Man
  5. 4. ["The family traveling in the submarine..."]
    Captain and the Kids
  6. 5. ["Thomas Stone, a real estate broker..."]
    Frankie Doodle
  7. 6. ["Can't that kid scram and leave us alone?"]
    Ella Cinders
  8. 7. Ecuador Honors Explorer
    News Notes About Stamps
  9. 8. ["Bandits raided the Forbidden City..."]
    Tarzan
  10. 9. ["Are you sure you don't mind Mrs. Splutter?"]
    Nancy
  11. 10. A Salute To--David Ebert!
    Sparkler Salutes
  12. 11. ["By faking a measles quarantine..."]
    Abbie an' Slats
  13. 12. ["Mr. P. T. Biltybux is a very rich man..."]
    El Bombo
  14. 13. ["After jailing the payroll bandits..."]
    Broncho Bill
  15. 14. The Blind Surgeon
    Unbelievable - But True
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