(April, 1939)

Quality Comics, 1937 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Editing
Ed Cronin

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mickey Finn / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lank Leonard
Inks
Lank Leonard
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh, Uncle Phil -- You mighta known it was an April Fool cigar[...]
Genre
humor

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

Joe Palooka / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ham Fisher
Pencils
Mo Leff (ghost for Ham Fisher)
Inks
Mo Leff (ghost for Ham Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's amazin' Ali !!
Genre
sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints McNaught Syndicate

The Run that Crushed Germany's Dr. Otto Peltzer (Table of Contents: 2)

They're Still Talking / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Zuppke
Pencils
Walt Depew
Inks
Walt Depew
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports; non-fiction

Indexer Notes

strip reprints- Register and Tribune Syndicate

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

Jane Arden / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Monte Barrett
Pencils
Russell Ross
Inks
Russell Ross
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As Minnie Kelvie now learns the secret of Seth Kriner's newly found riches
Genre
drama; adventure

Indexer Notes

strip reprints Register and Tribune Syndicate. top half

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

Lena Pry / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Monte Barrett
Pencils
Russell Ross
Inks
Russell Ross
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints Register and Tribune Syndicate. bottom half of Jane Arden

[The Poisoned Chocolates] (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Cook of Scotland Yard / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Smith
Pencils
Bill Smith
Inks
Bill Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Captain Cook; Bart Scruggs (first appearance; villain); Mary Cook; John Holliday
Synopsis
Captain Cook's vacation is interupted when he's summoned back to London to track down the Candy Killer.

Indexer Notes

Eisner/Iger shop material.

[Count Hackula] (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner (signed as Bud Thomas)
Pencils
Will Eisner (signed as Bud Thomas)
Inks
Will Eisner (signed as Bud Thomas)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Archie O'Toole; Count Hackula (first appearance; villain; death); Tessie (first appearance; villain; death); Suzy Sweet; Dr. Hangnale
Synopsis
Archie is bitten by a jitterbug and turned into a jive turkey.

Indexer Notes

Eisner/Iger shop material

[Montecourt: Part 2] (Table of Contents: 7)

Gallant Knight / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Vern Henkel
Pencils
Vern Henkel
Inks
Vern Henkel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Sir Neville; Count De Rochemont (villain); Duke of Montecourt
Synopsis
When de Rochemont is sentenced to death, his troops try to free him. Neville is separated from Montecourt's men and ends up plunging into the sea to escape death.

Indexer Notes

Eisner/Iger shop material. Reprinted from Wags?

[Episode 19] (Table of Contents: 8)

Slim and Tubby / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Welch
Pencils
John Welch
Inks
John Welch
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

strip reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate

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

Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Zuppke
Pencils
Walt Depew
Inks
Walt Depew
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Less than a minute to play, Coach- Send me in!
Genre
sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints- Register and Tribune Syndicate

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

Off the Record / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Reed
Pencils
Ed Reed
Inks
Ed Reed
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I like to sit here and imagine you're pursuing me!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Strip reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate

[Pug Pratt, Fight Fixer] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Clock / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Brenner (signed as Geo E. Brenner)
Pencils
George Brenner (signed as Geo E. Brenner)
Inks
George Brenner (signed as Geo E. Brenner)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
The Clock Strikes
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Danny Dowd (first appearance); Pug Pratt and his gang (first appearance; villain); the Crusher (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis
Pug Pratt and his gang want Danny to throw his first match.

Indexer Notes

Eisner/Iger shop material. From Wags (Editors Press Service, 1937 Series, UK) ?

Allenby's Conquest of Jerusalem (Table of Contents: 12)

Strange as It Seems / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Hix (signed)
Pencils
John Hix (signed)
Inks
John Hix (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

panel reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate

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

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
J. P. McEvoy
Pencils
John Striebel
Inks
John Striebel
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Learn to ride indoors
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate

[Propaganda In Panama] (Table of Contents: 14)

Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner (signed as Will Erwin)
Pencils
Will Eisner (signed as Will Erwin)
Inks
Will Eisner (signed as Will Erwin)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
spy; adventure; war
Characters
Black X; Gen. Hoch (first appearance; villain; death); Batu
Synopsis
Enemies of America try to take over the Panama Canal.

Indexer Notes

Eisner/Iger shop material

[Episode 19] (Table of Contents: 15)

Big Top / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan
Pencils
Ed Wheelan
Inks
Ed Wheelan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints: Frank J. Markey Syndicate

[The Emerald Robbery] (Table of Contents: 16)

Richard Manners / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Frollo
Pencils
Frank Frollo
Inks
Frank Frollo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Richard Manners; Louise (first appearance; villain); Joan De Vrille (first appearance)
Synopsis
Joan Devrille asks Manners to accompany her to France to guard her emerald.

Indexer Notes

Eisner/Iger shop material.

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

Toddy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Marcoux
Pencils
George Marcoux
Inks
George Marcoux
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Men this war with Rusty's gang is a war t'end wars
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

strip reprints:McNaught Syndicate

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

Mortimer Mum / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Sakren
Pencils
Bill Sakren
Inks
Bill Sakren
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do Not Harm the Birds
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints:McNaught Syndicate

The Outcast (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert M. Hyatt
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Off the Record / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Reed
Pencils
Ed Reed
Inks
Ed Reed
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Waiter change my milk order to champagne
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Strip reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Rube Goldberg
Pencils
Rube Goldberg
Inks
Rube Goldberg
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vincent, Our party's dull
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate

[Murder at a Lumber Camp] (Table of Contents: 22)

Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Art Pinajian
Pencils
Art Pinajian
Inks
Art Pinajian
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Cabat (first appearance; villain; death); Baxter
Synopsis
Raynolds searches out murder in a lumber camp.

Indexer Notes

Eisner/Iger shop material

Neighbor's Day (Table of Contents: 23)

The Bungle Family / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
H. J. Tuthill
Pencils
H. J. Tuthill
Inks
H. J. Tuthill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; domestic

Indexer Notes

strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate

The Head that Changed Bodies! (Table of Contents: 24)

Strange as It Seems / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Hix (signed)
Pencils
John Hix (signed)
Inks
John Hix (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

panel reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate

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

Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Lank Leonard; Morris Weiss (signed as Ink Higgins) (assistant)
Pencils
Lank Leonard; Morris Weiss (signed as Ink Higgins) (assistant)
Inks
Lank Leonard; Morris Weiss (signed as Ink Higgins) (assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh Uncle Phil-- is Ink Higgins the cartoonist really gonna draw you picture?
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Ink Higgins; Mickey Finn

Indexer Notes

strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Gosh, Uncle Phil -- You mighta known it was an April Fool cigar[...]"]
    Mickey Finn
  2. 1. ["It's amazin' Ali !!"]
    Joe Palooka
  3. 2. The Run that Crushed Germany's Dr. Otto Peltzer
    They're Still Talking
  4. 3. ["As Minnie Kelvie now learns the secret of Seth Kriner's newly found riches"]
    Jane Arden
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Lena Pry
  6. 5. [The Poisoned Chocolates]
    Captain Cook of Scotland Yard
  7. 6. [Count Hackula]
    Archie O'Toole
  8. 7. [Montecourt: Part 2]
    Gallant Knight
  9. 8. [Episode 19]
    Slim and Tubby
  10. 9. ["Less than a minute to play, Coach- Send me in!"]
    Ned Brant
  11. 10. ["I like to sit here and imagine you're pursuing me!"]
    Off the Record
  12. 11. [Pug Pratt, Fight Fixer]
    The Clock
  13. 12. Allenby's Conquest of Jerusalem
    Strange as It Seems
  14. 13. ["Learn to ride indoors"]
    Dixie Dugan
  15. 14. [Propaganda In Panama]
    Espionage Starring Black X
  16. 15. [Episode 19]
    Big Top
  17. 16. [The Emerald Robbery]
    Richard Manners
  18. 17. ["Men this war with Rusty's gang is a war t'end wars"]
    Toddy
  19. 18. ["Do Not Harm the Birds"]
    Mortimer Mum
  20. 19. The Outcast
  21. 20. ["Waiter change my milk order to champagne"]
    Off the Record
  22. 21. ["Vincent, Our party's dull"]
    Lala Palooza
  23. 22. [Murder at a Lumber Camp]
    Reynolds of the Mounted
  24. 23. Neighbor's Day
    The Bungle Family
  25. 24. The Head that Changed Bodies!
    Strange as It Seems
  26. 25. ["Gosh Uncle Phil-- is Ink Higgins the cartoonist really gonna draw you picture?"]
    Mickey Finn
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Matthew Torrance
  • Jim Van Dore