Popular Comics #41

(July 1939)

["Don't be alarmed"] (Table of Contents)

George Clark's Carnival / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Clark

Pencils:

George Clark

Inks:

George Clark

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Five single panel cartoons.
On inside front cover.

["I don't like the look of those low-hanging clouds"] (Table of Contents)

Tex Thorne / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (adapted from Zane Grey)

Pencils:

Al Micale ?

Inks:

Al Micale ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Tex Thorne: Jane Hoskins; Brim (villain); Clamp Hackett (villain)

Deeper and Deeper; Born Thirty Years Too Soon (Table of Contents)

School Days Out Our Way / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Pencils:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Inks:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• from School Days Out Our Way daily (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

Indexer Notes

Two single panel cartoons.

The Smoke Screen; The Take-Off (Table of Contents)

Worry Wart / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Pencils:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Inks:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• from Worry Warts daily (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

Indexer Notes

Two single panel cartoons.

["Shark Egan! Hooked like a dumb fish!"] (Table of Contents)

Shark Egan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Donaldson

Inks:

John Donaldson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Curly; Kanaka Lew; Limey; Mai Ti; Mary McDermot; Red Mack

Keywords:

The Corsair

Indexer Notes

Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Popular Crossword Puzzles / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

["Let's hurry to the circus, Billy"] (Table of Contents)

The Comic Zoo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Scarbo

Pencils:

George Scarbo

Inks:

George Scarbo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Billy Penguin; Blackie Bear; Jimmy Giraffe; Rudy Elephant

Reprints:

• from The Comic Zoo Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

["It's carrying him away!"] (Table of Contents)

The Hurricane Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert Hartje (signed)

Pencils:

Will Ely (signed)

Inks:

Will Ely (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]

Keywords:

dinosaurs

Indexer Notes

© 1939 by R.S. Callender

["Far into the forrest Tantor, the elephant, bore Tarzan"] (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Tarzan; Tantor

Indexer Notes

© by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.

The Jack Markey Gang [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Gang Busters / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Sheriff Blake; Bo Roark (villain, death); Butch (villain); Jack Markey (villain, death); Jigger Wells (villain, death); Lulu Grove (villain)

Reprints:

• in Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) #7 (July 1940)

Keywords:

moonshine

Indexer Notes

© 1939 by Phillips H. Lord Inc.

A Wide Spread; The Accomplices (Table of Contents)

Worry Wart / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Pencils:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Inks:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• from Worry Warts daily (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

Indexer Notes

Two single panel cartoons.

The Suckers; The Saps (Table of Contents)

School Days Out Our Way / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Pencils:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Inks:

J. R. Williams (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• from School Days Out Our Way daily (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

Indexer Notes

Two single panel cartoons.

["Alright, you've been here 15 years"] (Table of Contents)

Hold Everything / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Pencils:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Inks:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• from Hold Everything daily (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

Indexer Notes

Four single panel cartoons.

["Bronc! You- the Black Rider!"] (Table of Contents)

Bronc Peeler / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Harman

Pencils:

Fred Harman (signed)

Inks:

Fred Harman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Bronc Peeler [also as Black Rider]; Babs Dalton; Fritz; Bat Wilson (villain); Jose (villain)

Indexer Notes

© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

["Try to calm 'em, Betty, while Skeets and I look around!"] (Table of Contents)

Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Hal Forrest (credited)

Pencils:

Hal Forrest (credited)

Inks:

Hal Forrest (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; aviation

Characters:

Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Skeets Milligan; Betty Lou Barnes; Professor Otto Bumgartner; Miss Stanley; Jeems; Mr. Dunforth; Reverend Meek; Mrs. Wilson; Mr. Plotz; Mr. Trevor; Mr. Holt; Slade

Reprints:

• from Tailspin Tommy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1938

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Popular Comics Contest / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

G-Men vs the Living Masks (Table of Contents)

G-Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Jenney

Pencils:

Bob Jenney [as R.L.J.] (signed)

Inks:

Bob Jenney [as R.L.J.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime; detective-mystery

Characters:

Larry Lane; Buddy Barton; Dr. Toro (villain); Red Johnson [also as Blinky Matthews] (villain); Slim York [also as Pat McCann] (villain); Trigger Dolan (villain)

Keywords:

G-Man

Indexer Notes

© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

Mr. Wong, Detective (Table of Contents)

Mr. Wong / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Gary ?

Pencils:

Jim Gary

Inks:

Jim Gary

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime; detective-mystery

Characters:

Mr. Wong; Captain Sam Street; Carl Roemer; Countess Olga D'Lantrec; Anton Mohl [Mr. Granich] (villain); Mrs. Roemer; Theodore Meisle

Indexer Notes

An adaptation of the Monogram Pictures movie - Boris Karloff in "Mr. Wong, Detective."
© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Popular Conundrums / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Keywords:

jokes

["Why, hello, Billy Boy!"] (Table of Contents)

The Comic Zoo / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Scarbo [as Sarbo] (credited)

Pencils:

George Scarbo [as Sarbo] (credited)

Inks:

George Scarbo [as Sarbo] (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Billy Penguin; Dennis Shores; Doc Grumpy

Reprints:

• from The Comic Zoo Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

Prize Winners of April Popular Comics Contest (Table of Contents)

text article / 0.2 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

["The passing of Pope Pius XI will create a new interest in the stamps of Vatican City"] (Table of Contents)

Popular Stamp Club / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Keywords:

hobby

Riders of the Dawn (Table of Contents)

Jack Randall / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Norman Fallon

Inks:

Norman Fallon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

["Here it is 1938, already"] (Table of Contents)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Pencils:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Inks:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Herky; J. Granville Gurk; Herky's grandpa

Reprints:

• from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

["Hurry-Oomog, we can't monkey around"] (Table of Contents)

Toby / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Randall [as Stan] (signed)

Pencils:

Stan Randall [as Stan] (signed)

Inks:

Stan Randall [as Stan] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; humor

Characters:

Toby; Oomog

Indexer Notes

Writer and art identification by Hames Ware.

["Malluch, in the employ of Simonides"] (Table of Contents)

Ben Hur / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Erwin Hess

Inks:

Erwin Hess

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

drama; historical

Characters:

Ben Hur; Malluch; Messala

Indexer Notes

© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

["Trouble, trouble, trouble"] (Table of Contents)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Pencils:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Inks:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Herky; Gillsy brothers

Reprints:

• from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

["I should have played this hunch sooner!"] (Table of Contents)

The Masked Pilot / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Jenney [as R.L.J.] (signed)

Inks:

Bob Jenney [as R.L.J.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; aviation

Characters:

The Masked Pilot [also as Dwight Ellis]; Marian Brook; Tom

Indexer Notes

© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

["I don't know a soul who likes peach fuzz"] (Table of Contents)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Pencils:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Inks:

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Herky; Noodles Nelson

Reprints:

• from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

["We want a letter from you"] (Table of Contents)

Popular Comics Contest / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

New Daisy Lightning-Loader Carbine (Table of Contents)

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Back cover.