(August 1942)

Columbia, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-06-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Columbia Comic Corporation
Editing
Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent Sullivan) (editor)

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. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Devildog / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Captain Devildog
Keywords
racial stereotypes

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

Mortimer the Monk / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fred Schwab
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ulp!!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mortimer the Monk

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

[Enter: Captain Steele] (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Devildog / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bart Tumey
Inks
Bart Tumey
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A little garrison of Marines furnishes a heroic page...
Genre
war
Characters
Captain Hank Steele

[All Rescued But One] (Table of Contents: 3)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ham Fisher (credited)
Pencils
Ham Fisher (credited)
Inks
Ham Fisher (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the plane on which Joe and Knobby are headin' west...
Genre
sports
Characters
Joe Palooka
Reprints
  • from Joe Palooka daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[The Devilish Discs] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Skyman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whenever the hydra-head of evil rears...
Genre
superhero; adventure; aviation
Characters
Noriszan (villain, introduction); Skyman

[Halfpint the Superbaby] (Table of Contents: 5)

Sparky Watts / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Boody Rogers (credited)
Pencils
Boody Rogers (credited)
Inks
Boody Rogers (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm glad your daughter left her baby for you to keep...
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Sparky Watts
Reprints
  • from Sparky Watts daily (Frank Jay Markey Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

China Incident (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[The Black Dragon Society Strikes] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Cloak / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The most dreaded name in Japan...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Herr Von Shtunken; Toyogoto (villain, introduction, death); another Black Dragon Society member (villain, introduction, death); The Cloak [Jeff Cardiff]

[The Jon Tedder Mystery] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
Pencils
John Striebel (credited as John H. Striebel)
Inks
John Striebel (credited as John H. Striebel)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just as I thought
Genre
drama; humor
Characters
Dixie Dugan
Reprints
  • from Dixie Dugan daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[The Sinking of the S. S. Latite] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Face / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Mart Bailey (credited)
Inks
Mart Bailey (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When Tony Trent, the brilliant young new commentator...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Face [Tony Trent]

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

Jibby Jones / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vin Sullivan (signed as Vin Sullivan)
Pencils
Vin Sullivan (signed as Vin Sullivan)
Inks
Vin Sullivan (signed as Vin Sullivan)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The little boy they won't let me grow up -- that's me!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Jibby Jones newspaper strip

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The American Avengers] (Table of Contents: 11)

Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As war guns boom across the horizon of the world...
Genre
war; adventure
Characters
Rocky Ryan
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Devildog
  2. 1. ["Ulp!!"]
    Mortimer the Monk
  3. 2. [Enter: Captain Steele]
    Captain Devildog
  4. 3. [All Rescued But One]
    Joe Palooka
  5. 4. [The Devilish Discs]
    The Skyman
  6. 5. [Halfpint the Superbaby]
    Sparky Watts
  7. 6. China Incident
  8. 7. [The Black Dragon Society Strikes]
    The Cloak
  9. 8. [The Jon Tedder Mystery]
    Dixie Dugan
  10. 9. [The Sinking of the S. S. Latite]
    The Face
  11. 10. ["The little boy they won't let me grow up -- that's me!"]
    Jibby Jones
  12. 11. [The American Avengers]
    Rocky Ryan
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  • Mike Nielsen
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