Star Comics #9

(January 1938)

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

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

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

From Start to Finish (Table of Contents: 2)

Jest for Fun / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Fred Schwab (sidebar illustrations); ? (masthead illustrations)

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Fred Schwab (sidebar illustrations); ? (masthead illustrations)

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Art spotting by Henry Andrews.

Contents (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 0.75 page (report information)

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W. C. Brigham

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W. C. Brigham

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typeset

Indexer Notes

The statement of ownership takes up about a quarter of the page, most of the way down. Otherwise this would have a page count of 1.

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

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typeset

Synopsis

Statement of ownership of "Star Comics, published monthly at Mount Morris, Ill., for October 1, 1937, State of Illinois." Frank Z. Temerson (owner, business manager); I. W. Ullman (owner); C. & A. Publishing Co. (owner); Ultem Publications, Inc. (publisher); Harry A. Chesler (editor); George Nagle (managing editor)

Addresses:
404 Fourth Avenue, N. Y. C. (Ullman; Temerson; Ultem Publications, Inc.)
420 Lexington Avenue, N. Y. C. (C. & A. Publishing Co.)
276 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. C. (Chesler; Nagle)

Sworn to on October 7, 1937

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

Belly-Laughs / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Gill Fox ?

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Gill Fox (signed)

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Gill Fox (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I helped put up that building

Genre

humor

"Kernal Hippo" plays "Santa" at the New Year Gift Party (Table of Contents: 6)

Shinanigans / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan

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Dick Ryan

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Dick Ryan

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Red Seal Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1945 series) #16 (April 1946)

Where Cotton Originated (Table of Contents: 7)

Do You Know? / text article / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

non-fiction

Salute To a Doctor (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Fred Guardineer (signed)

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Fred Guardineer (signed)

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The Base Stealer's Nemesis (Table of Contents: 9)

Sport-O-Gram / text article / 1 page (report information)

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Gill Fox (signed)

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Gill Fox (signed)

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Genre

non-fiction; sports

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

Jingle Jingle / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Paul Gustavson (signed as PG)

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Paul Gustavson (signed as PG)

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Paul Gustavson (signed as PG)

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Paul Gustavson (signed as PG)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Help!! I can't swim!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Norma Shearer (Table of Contents: 11)

So This Is Hollywood! / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Gill Fox (signed)

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Gill Fox (signed)

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Letters

?

Genre

biography

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

Riggin' Bill / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab (signed)

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Fred Schwab (signed)

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Fred Schwab (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Limber up your saw-bone, mate

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Comic Pages (Centaur, 1939 series) #v3#6 (December 1939)

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

Polly-Tix / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

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Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

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Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Poor thing must be starved!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #13 (April 1942) [recolored]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 ([May] 2010)
• in Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #2 (2021)

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

Professor McScrewy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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W. C. Brigham ?

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W. C. Brigham ?

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Professor, what can I fill a barrel full of and make lighter?

Indexer Notes

Credits from comparison with the cover of Star Comics #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Goobyland / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Charles Biro

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Charles Biro

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't pass a light in Gooby Town

Indexer Notes

Art credit from comparison with the cover of this issue.

Narration is done in rhyme.

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

Round Table Adventures / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Rafael Astarita ?

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Rafael Astarita ?

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

King Arthur's knights were at the court

Indexer Notes

Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.

Narration is done in rhyme.

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

Jungle Town Show Boat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan (signed)

Pencils

Dick Ryan (signed)

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Dick Ryan (signed)

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?

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Follow the crowd to the boat --

Reprints

• in Carnival Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1945 series) #[13] (1945)

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

King Kole's Kourt / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab

Pencils

Fred Schwab

Inks

Fred Schwab

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When they crowned me I wasn't told that I'd have to wear this thing too!

Reprints

• in Star Comics (Centaur, 1938 series) #v2#7 (August 1939)

Indexer Notes

Art ID by comparison with signed Schwab work.

Narration is done in rhyme.

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

The Prince / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Pencils

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Inks

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never mind -- I'll make it on the hoof!

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

Ima Sphynx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't look like there's any work to be done around here!

Indexer Notes

Signature is in the bottom right-hand corner of the last panel.

[Jack Rabbit] (Table of Contents: 21)

Misleading Names / text article / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

non-fiction

The Pardon (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Claire S. Moe

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Claire S. Moe

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Claire S. Moe

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Indexer Notes

Signed in the last panel. Also credited "by Claire S. Moe" in the splash panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

The Source of Famous Quotations / comic story / 2 ? pages (report information)

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Caesar had been a member of Rome's ruling triumvirate.

Genre

non-fiction; history

Indexer Notes

Only the first page is present in the available scan, after which the next several pages are missing, but 2 pages would be typical of this feature.

Colt Canyon (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• in Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v2#5 (May 1939)

Indexer Notes

This story may or may not be located at this point- the pages here are missing from the available scan. The page count would fit given the expected page counts of the features to either side (the page count is from Keltner's index, although as with most of the issue, it is incorrectly listed under #8- however, it appears on this issue's title page which otherwise exactly matches the interior contents).

Alternately, the story listed as "50 Men Outside" may actually be "Colt Canyon" (with a 1-page filler occupying the extra space), and "50 Men Outside" may be a 2-page story here.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Dan Hastings / text story / 8 ? pages (report information)

Script

Ken Fitch ? (see note)

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Indexer Notes

The available scan is missing the first page of this story, but Ken Fitch was credited on earlier splash illustrations. This story is at least 7 pages, and 8 pages is likely as that is the length of the installment in issue #7 (the text story for #8 has not been indexed at this time).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Smugglers Tracks / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Phil Nolan (credited, see notes)

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Phil Nolan (credited, see notes)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Y'know, Jim, things has been purty quiet along the border lately.

Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

There's a "by Phil Nolan" byline, but no information on Nolan can be found. He might have been a writer, or just a pen name.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Jack Potts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Pencils

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Inks

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi lee oh lay-de ho

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Topsy Turvy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Away way off in Turvy Land a little boy lay sick, [...]

Indexer Notes

Signed in the last panel.

Narration is done in rhyme.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Justice Triumphed / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Herman Rosenthal, gambler of New York City

Genre

history

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Bows an' Arrows / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan

Pencils

Dick Ryan (signed)

Inks

Dick Ryan (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good evening radio frinds... and what is your pleasure?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Carnival Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1945 series) #[13] (1945)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Adventures at the Circus / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The girl who uses Argo Starch, [...]

Reprints

• in Snap Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1944 series) #9 (1944)

Indexer Notes

narration is in rhyme.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Bib and Tucker / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come right in, Reverend, we are glad to see you.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Joe McGee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Pencils

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Inks

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The door's jammed? I'll be right up to fix it!

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Court of Inhuman Relations / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan

Pencils

Dick Ryan

Inks

Dick Ryan

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Order! Be seated -- next case.

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Komik Pages (Chesler / Dynamic, 1945 series) #1 (10) (April 1945)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Li'l Arthur / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Pencils

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Inks

Fred Schwab (signed as FS)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hot dogs!! That wuzza swell scrap!

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Homing Instincts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

As an experiment during the world war

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Pig-Ville / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan

Pencils

Dick Ryan

Inks

Dick Ryan

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

So -- our presence is requested!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

narration is done in rhyme

50 Men Outside (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 3 ? pages (report information)

Script

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Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

It's not entirely clear if this is "50 Men Outside" or not, as only the final page is present in the available copy. It may be "Colt Canyon", which is the other story on the table of contents that is not accounted for. The story is not mentioned in Keltner's guide, so there's no telling whether it's a 2 or 3 page story (it's possible that there was a 1-page filler that is also part of the 2 pages that are missing between this feature and the previous one.

"I'm th' new reporter for the local chirp. (Table of Contents: 39)

Bug-Ville / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan (signed as Uncle Dick)

Pencils

Dick Ryan (signed as Uncle Dick)

Inks

Dick Ryan (signed as Uncle Dick)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

America's Greatest Comic Magazines (Table of Contents: 40)

Funny Pages; Funny Picture Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab ?

Pencils

Fred Schwab

Inks

Fred Schwab

Colors

? (duotone, with red)

Letters

?

Synopsis

A robber only wants his victim's comics, not his cash.

Indexer Notes

On sale the first Wednesday of every month.
Art spotting by Henry Andrews. Schwab usually wrote his humor scripts.
Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Remington Noiseless Portable Typewriter / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Greatest bargain in ten years

Indexer Notes

Back cover.