(August 1939)

David McKay, 1937 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1939-06-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
David McKay Company
Editing
?

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Inks
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Hans; Fritz; Captain

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

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

Script
? [as Ace]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Calling all Pen Pals
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

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

Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Raymond
Inks
Alex Raymond
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Harvey Brant lands his plane in a large clearing in the dense Borneo jungle...
Genre
jungle

Just How Good (Table of Contents: 3)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Sords (signed as Sords)
Inks
Jack Sords (signed as Sords)
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Fred Hutchinson
Keywords
baseball

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

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
C. D. Russell (credited)
Pencils
C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Inks
C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Replace that divot, son!
Genre
humor

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

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

Script
Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr)
Pencils
Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)
Inks
Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
See? In a chiffy der white nightie iss a blue vun!
Genre
humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Nicodemus O'Malley / comic story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script
A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter)
Pencils
A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter)
Inks
A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
Nicodemus O'Malley and His Whale, Palsy-Walsy
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; humor

Indexer Notes

Shares 3 of 4 pages with Just Kids (the fourth page has an ad instead), and shares one later page with an ad.
Four 1/3-pages.

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

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script
A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter)
Pencils
A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter)
Inks
A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mom -- it's a very nice day, today...
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

Four 2/3 pages spread through the issue.

Do You Know... (Table of Contents: 8)

Collectin' Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L. Pollock)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That because the airplane was printed upside down...
Genre
non-fiction

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

Curley Harper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Lyman Young (credited)
Pencils
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Inks
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's happened? It sounded like fighting.
Genre
adventure

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

Daffydoodles / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Inks
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Trying to tame wild flowers.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes sent in by readers.

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

Elmer / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doc Winner (credited)
Pencils
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Inks
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee! They're cat-fish, ain't they...
Genre
humor; children

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

Etta Kett / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Robinson (credited)
Pencils
Paul Robinson (credited) (signed as Paul Robinson)
Inks
Paul Robinson (credited) (signed as Paul Robinson)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heck. It's Etta's birthday...
Genre
teen; humor

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

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Billy DeBeck (credited)
Pencils
Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)
Inks
Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hold it, Barney. Make it snappy boys.
Feature Logo
Barney Google
Genre
humor

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

Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Feg Murray (credited)
Pencils
Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
Inks
Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Betty Grable; Ronald Colman; C. Aubrey Smith
Keywords
Celebrity

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

Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Lyman Young (credited)
Pencils
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Inks
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We were sent to take you back to headquarters...
Genre
adventure

Rustlers of Shadow Canyon - part 5 (Table of Contents: 16)

Timberline Tales / text story / 2.25 pages (report information)

Script
Rutherford Montgomery
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; western-frontier

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

They'll Do It Every Time / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jimmy Hatlo (credited)
Pencils
Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)
Inks
Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where'll we put these, Pa?
Genre
humor

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

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Pencils
C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Inks
C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy! It's hot!
Genre
humor

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

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Chic Young (credited)
Pencils
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Inks
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll give you the tickets, Dagwood...
Genre
humor; domestic

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

Prince Valiant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster)
Pencils
Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as H FOSTER)
Inks
Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as H FOSTER)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'A pretty bit of fighting', smiles the knight.
Genre
adventure; historical

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

Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Russ Westover (credited)
Pencils
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Inks
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys, did I show you the ring Mumsy gave me?
Genre
drama; humor
Keywords
soap opera

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman (signed as Herriman)
Inks
George Herriman (signed as Herriman)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A tide rupp walk a - werra kleeva. Yes, a very clever funambulist.
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

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

Puz-L-Zoo; How Smart Are You / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
Pencils
Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
Inks
Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Dorothy Lamour; Ricardo Cortez; Deanna Durbin; Jackie Cooper

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

The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Lee Falk
Pencils
Ray Moore
Inks
Ray Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As Hill's finger tightens on his gun-trigger, The Phantom's hand moves...
Genre
adventure; jungle; superhero
Reprints
  • From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1937-05-19 - 1937-05-22 and 1937-05-24 - 1937-05-27, but one panel is omitted from one of the dailies on each page, in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.

Another Sisler (Table of Contents: 26)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Sords (signed as Sords)
Pencils
Jack Sords (signed as Sords)
Inks
Jack Sords (signed as Sords)
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Dick Sisler
Keywords
baseball

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

Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Musial (credited)
Pencils
Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
Inks
Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look -- I've invented a new arrow...
Genre
humor; children; domestic

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

The Pussycat Princess / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Anthony (credited)
Pencils
Ruth Carroll (credited) (signed as Ruth Carroll)
Inks
Ruth Carroll (credited) (signed as Ruth Carroll)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A five-pound steak! And make it snappy!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Room and Board / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gene Ahern (credited)
Pencils
Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)
Inks
Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah-h -- my old pith helmet!
Genre
humor; domestic

Presto! A New Magazine (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Katzenjammer Kids
  2. 1. ["Calling all Pen Pals"]
  3. 2. ["Harvey Brant lands his plane in a large clearing in the dense Borneo jungle..."]
    Jungle Jim
  4. 3. Just How Good
    Sports in Pictures
  5. 4. ["Replace that divot, son!"]
    Pete the Tramp
  6. 5. ["See? In a chiffy der white nightie iss a blue vun!"]
    The Katzenjammer Kids
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Nicodemus O'Malley
  8. 7. ["Mom -- it's a very nice day, today..."]
    Just Kids [1920s-50s]
  9. 8. Do You Know...
    Collectin' Stamps
  10. 9. ["What's happened? It sounded like fighting."]
    Curley Harper
  11. 10. ["Trying to tame wild flowers."]
    Daffydoodles
  12. 11. ["Gee! They're cat-fish, ain't they..."]
    Elmer
  13. 12. ["Heck. It's Etta's birthday..."]
    Etta Kett
  14. 13. ["Hold it, Barney. Make it snappy boys."]
    Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Seein' Stars
  16. 15. ["We were sent to take you back to headquarters..."]
    Tim Tyler's Luck
  17. 16. Rustlers of Shadow Canyon - part 5
    Timberline Tales
  18. 17. ["Where'll we put these, Pa?"]
    They'll Do It Every Time
  19. 18. ["Boy! It's hot!"]
    Pete the Tramp
  20. 19. ["I'll give you the tickets, Dagwood..."]
    Blondie
  21. 20. ["'A pretty bit of fighting', smiles the knight."]
    Prince Valiant
  22. 21. ["Boys, did I show you the ring Mumsy gave me?"]
    Tillie the Toiler
  23. 22. ["A tide rupp walk a - werra kleeva. Yes, a very clever funambulist."]
    Krazy Kat
  24. 23. [no title indexed]
    Puz-L-Zoo; How Smart Are You
  25. 24. [no title indexed]
    Seein' Stars
  26. 25. ["As Hill's finger tightens on his gun-trigger, The Phantom's hand moves..."]
    The Phantom
  27. 26. Another Sisler
    Sports in Pictures
  28. 27. ["Look -- I've invented a new arrow..."]
    Teddy and Sitting Bull
  29. 28. ["A five-pound steak! And make it snappy!"]
    The Pussycat Princess
  30. 29. ["Ah-h -- my old pith helmet!"]
    Room and Board
  31. 30. Presto! A New Magazine
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dan Stevenson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
  • Len Wolinsky