(December 1938)

Western, 1938 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1938-11-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Whitman Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Oskar Lebeck (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 427660. Copyright was given to Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dan Dunn; Don Winslow / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery; adventure; military
Characters
Dan Dunn; Irwin Higgs

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

Dan Dunn / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Norman Marsh (credited) (signed as Marsh)
Pencils
Norman Marsh (credited) (signed as Marsh)
Inks
Norman Marsh (credited) (signed as Marsh)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yeah -- it's a swell idea, having this deaf guy for a bodyguard...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dan Dunn; Irwin Higgs; The Butcher (villain)
Reprints
  • from Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 daily (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-03-03 – 1938-03-19

Indexer Notes

With issue the Dan Dunn drops the Sundays from its reprint. The final page has the dailies of 3.17, 3.18 and 3.19 printed the following way:
3/17 - Panel 1,2,3,4
3/18 - Panel 1,2
3/19 - Panel 1,2,3
3/18 - Panel 3,4
3/19 - Panel 4

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

Boots and Her Buddies / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Abe Martin (credited as Martin) (signed as Martin)
Pencils
Abe Martin (credited as Martin) (signed as Martin)
Inks
Abe Martin (credited as Martin) (signed as Martin)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Miss Cora --- Mistah Professah---!!!
Feature Logo
Boots
Genre
humor
Characters
Boots; Cora; Jimmy; Horace
Reprints
  • from Boots and Her Buddies daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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

Capt. Frank Hawks-- Air Ace / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Inks
Al McWilliams (signed as A. McWilliams)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Escaping from the contact freighter of Rico's narcotic ring...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Captain Frank Hawks; Jack; Pango (crook); Rico (crook); Jean Strong; Governor Strong

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Capt. Frank Hawks-- Air Ace" feature.

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

Out Our Way / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams (credited as Williams)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (credited as Williams)
Inks
J. R. Williams (credited as Williams)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's ain't fair!
Feature Logo
Talking Shop
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Out Our Way daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated daily panels per comic book page.

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

Myra North, Special Nurse / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Thompson (credited)
Pencils
Charles Coll (credited)
Inks
Charles Coll (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, Myra... maybe we are taking this whole thing a bit too seriously...
Feature Logo
Myra North
Genre
medical; adventure; drama
Characters
Myra North; Jack Lane; Lew; Ezra Embold; Doctor Jason
Reprints
  • from Myra North, Special Nurse daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx

The Canyon of Lost Trails [Part 4] (Table of Contents: 6)

Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Lewin (credited, signed)
Inks
Al Lewin (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From here on we gotta watch out...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Tom Mix; Tom Mix; Sheriff Benton; Ringall (crook)l Bob Stevenson

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

Flapper Fanny / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Sylvia Sneidman (credited as Sylvia)
Pencils
Sylvia Sneidman (credited as Sylvia)
Inks
Sylvia Sneidman (credited as Sylvia)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I didn't like her a bit.
Genre
humor
Characters
Flapper Fanny
Reprints
  • from Flapper Fanny daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The top half of three pages, with Annibelle on the bottom half.

Two daily panels per comic book page.

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

Annibelle / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Virginia Krausmann (credited)
Pencils
Virginia Krausmann (credited)
Inks
Virginia Krausmann (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My, such ambition!
Genre
humor
Characters
Annibelle
Reprints
  • from Annibelle daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The bottom half of three pages, with Flapper Fanny on the top half.

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

Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gene Ahern
Pencils
Gene Ahern
Inks
Gene Ahern
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mayor, Your Honor...
Feature Logo
Major Hoople
Genre
humor
Characters
Major Amos B. Hoople
Reprints
  • from Our Boarding House with Major Hoople daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx

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

Clyde Beatty / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Lewin
Inks
Al Lewin
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi say, Grosser!
Genre
adventure; animal
Characters
Clyde Beatty; Grosser; Twister (crook)

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

Wash Tubbs / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Crane (credited) (signed as Roy Crane)
Pencils
Roy Crane (credited) (signed as Roy Crane)
Inks
Roy Crane (credited) (signed as Roy Crane)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Laugh! I just dare anybuddy to laugh!
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Lulu Belle Wallis; Bow Wow Jones; Eightball Evans
Reprints
  • from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs do not appear in this sequence.

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

Our Boarding House / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gene Ahern
Pencils
Gene Ahern
Inks
Gene Ahern
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Haw, lads! As winner of the Owl Club Christmas pool...
Feature Logo
Major Hoople
Genre
humor
Characters
Major Amos B. Hoople; Martha Hoople
Reprints
  • from Our Boarding House with Major Hoople daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx

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

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Merrill Blosser (credited as Blosser) (signed as BLOSSER)
Pencils
Merrill Blosser (credited as Blosser) (signed as BLOSSER)
Inks
Merrill Blosser (credited as Blosser) (signed as BLOSSER)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's the guy they suspected of busting a jewelry store window!
Genre
humor
Characters
Freckles; Nutty Cook
Reprints
  • from Freckles and His Friends daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx

Jaragu and The Lost Islands (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (4 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (4 spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The day passed slowly.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jaragu; Captain Bill Adams; Sunshine

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

Apple Mary / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Martha Orr (signed)
Pencils
Martha Orr (signed)
Inks
Martha Orr (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why do they call you a footman, Bill?
Feature Logo
Apple Mary and Dennie
Genre
drama; humor
Characters
Mary Worth. Dennie; Sunny; Bill Biff; Mrs. Giltmore; Ivy Fox
Reprints
  • from Apple Mary and Dennie Sunday (Publishers' Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages.

The Killers of Crooked Butte (Table of Contents: 16)

Buck Jones / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Ernst (credited, signed)
Inks
Ken Ernst (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This won't need guns!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Buck Jones; The Two-gun Kid; Doc Bronson; June

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

The Nebbs / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sol Hess (credited)
Pencils
Wallace Carlson (signed as W. A. Carlson)
Inks
Wallace Carlson (signed as W. A. Carlson)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh-ho! I caught you!
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
Jocko; Max; Miss Gruntley; Luther
Reprints
  • from The Nebbs daily (The Bell Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx – 1937-xx-xx

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

Don Winslow / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank V. Martinek (credited as Lieut Comdr, F. V. Martinek U S. N. R)
Pencils
Leon A. Beroth (credited) (sourced)
Inks
Leon A. Beroth (credited) (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Great Scott! Something's wrong over there, Red--
Feature Logo
Don Winslow of the Navy
Genre
adventure; military; war
Characters
Don Winslow; Red Pennington; The Admiral
Reprints

Against the Spy Ring (Table of Contents: 19)

Tom Traylor, G-Man X-32 / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So this is Doctor Sabin's torture chamber!
Genre
spy; detective-mystery
Characters
Tom Traylor; Doctor Sabin (villain); Igor; Captain Grove; Jimmy Grove
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dan Dunn; Don Winslow
  2. 1. ["Yeah -- it's a swell idea, having this deaf guy for a bodyguard..."]
    Dan Dunn
  3. 2. ["Miss Cora --- Mistah Professah---!!!"]
    Boots and Her Buddies
  4. 3. ["Escaping from the contact freighter of Rico's narcotic ring..."]
    Capt. Frank Hawks-- Air Ace
  5. 4. ["That's ain't fair!"]
    Out Our Way
  6. 5. ["Say, Myra... maybe we are taking this whole thing a bit too seriously..."]
    Myra North, Special Nurse
  7. 6. The Canyon of Lost Trails [Part 4]
    Tom Mix
  8. 7. ["I didn't like her a bit."]
    Flapper Fanny
  9. 8. ["My, such ambition!"]
    Annibelle
  10. 9. ["Mayor, Your Honor..."]
    Our Boarding House
  11. 10. ["Hi say, Grosser!"]
    Clyde Beatty
  12. 11. ["Laugh! I just dare anybuddy to laugh!"]
    Wash Tubbs
  13. 12. ["Haw, lads! As winner of the Owl Club Christmas pool..."]
    Our Boarding House
  14. 13. ["There's the guy they suspected of busting a jewelry store window!"]
    Freckles and His Friends
  15. 14. Jaragu and The Lost Islands
  16. 15. ["Why do they call you a footman, Bill?"]
    Apple Mary
  17. 16. The Killers of Crooked Butte
    Buck Jones
  18. 17. ["Oh-ho! I caught you!"]
    The Nebbs
  19. 18. ["Great Scott! Something's wrong over there, Red--"]
    Don Winslow
  20. 19. Against the Spy Ring
    Tom Traylor, G-Man X-32
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jeffrey Lindenblatt
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore