Ace Comics #31

(October 1939)

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

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, pals, vacation's almost over...

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

Alex Raymond (credited)

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Alex Raymond (credited)

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Alex Raymond (credited)

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Jim and Lil have gone into the jungle on a tiger hunt...

Genre

adventure; jungle

The Best (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

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Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

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Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Letters

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Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Charley Ruffing; Johnny Oros

Indexer Notes

baseball; horse racing

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

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited)

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C. D. Russell (credited)

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C. D. Russell (credited)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whew, it's hot!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

First of 3 single-page strips spread through the issue.

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

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

Script

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

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Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

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Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

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What are you going to do with that hornet's nest?

Genre

humor; children

[Louis Pasteur] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L Pollock)

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Do you know that the picture of Louis Pasteur was printed...

Genre

non-fiction

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

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

Script

A. D. Carter (credited) (signed as Ad Carter)

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A. D. Carter (credited) (signed as Ad Carter)

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A. D. Carter (credited) (signed as Ad Carter)

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I just read a story about a man who robbed a bank...

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

First of four 2/3-page strips spread through the comic.

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

Nicodemus O'Malley / comic story / 0.88 page (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

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A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

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A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

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What's the hurry -- Palsy Walsy?

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; humor

Indexer Notes

Part of 4 pages, above the Just Kids strip.

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

Dream Land / comic story / 0.44 page (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited) (signed as Ad Carter)

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A. D. Carter (credited) (signed as Ad Carter)

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A. D. Carter (credited) (signed as Ad Carter)

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And now -- Mr. Stebbins...

Genre

humor; children; domestic

Indexer Notes

At the top of the 4 Just Kids pages.

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

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

Script

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

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Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

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Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

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?

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It's Curly Harper, Hogan -- may I come in?

Genre

adventure

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

Daffydoodles / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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?

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Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

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Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

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?

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Trying to tie a rainbow.

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes/puns sent in by readers.

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

Elmer / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

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Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

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Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

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Elmer! El-mer!! Are you going to get up?

Genre

humor; children; domestic

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

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

Script

Paul Robinson (credited) (signed as Paul Robinson)

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Paul Robinson (credited) (signed as Paul Robinson)

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Paul Robinson (credited) (signed as Paul Robinson)

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Okay, my chick-a-dee, I'll deliver the body in ten minutes!

Genre

teen; humor

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

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

Script

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

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Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

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Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

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Gee -- what's up!!??? Marcy sakes, Mistofer Google...

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Barney Google

Genre

humor

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

Script

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

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Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

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Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

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Cecilia Parker got a job in a serial-thriller...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Joan Crawford; Basil Rathbone; Cecilia Parker; Jean Negulesco; 'Wild Bill' Wellman

Keywords

Celebrity

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

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

Script

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

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Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

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Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

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The tribesmen must have driven off from the oasis...

Genre

adventure; children

White Buffalo - Part One (Table of Contents: 17)

Timberline Tales / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Rutherford Montgomery (credited as Rutherford G. Montgomery)

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Jimmy Thompson (signed as Jimmy Thompson)

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Jimmy Thompson (signed as Jimmy Thompson)

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Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

[At the Banana Erl Company] (Table of Contents: 18)

They'll Do It Every Time / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

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Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

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Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

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Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

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Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

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Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

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Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

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Mama, Daisy fell in the tub.

Genre

humor; domestic

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

Script

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as H FOSTER)

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Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as H FOSTER)

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Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as H FOSTER)

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Sir Gawain finds Val practising and tells him of the king's wish.

Genre

adventure; historical

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

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

Script

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

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Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

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Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

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This is Cole Bradley, Mac -- he wants to take us...

Genre

drama; humor

Keywords

soap opera

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

Script

George Herriman (signed as Herriman)

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George Herriman (signed as Herriman)

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George Herriman (signed as Herriman)

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In the long ago days -- when a jail was a gaol -- kops wasted not their precious moments...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

Puz-L-Zoo (Table of Contents: 23)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre

humor

Synopsis

Cut out the pieces and rearrange them to form an animal.

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

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

Script

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

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Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

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Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

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Ruby Keeler - 'the 10-letter girl'...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Don Ameche; Ruby Keeler

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

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Ray Moore (credited)

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Ray Moore (credited)

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Hill, through greed, you and your partner Smiley started this jungle war!

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Reprints

• From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1937-06-07 - 1937-06-12 and 1937-06-14 - 1937-06-15, 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.

Headliners (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

Jack Sords (credited) (signed as Sords)

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Jack Sords (credited) (signed as Sords)

Inks

Jack Sords (credited) (signed as Sords)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Helen Perry; Dizzy Dean; Walter Hagen

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

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

Script

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

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Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

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Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

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But I tell you, Margie -- there are some ducks 6 feet high!

Genre

humor; animal; children; domestic

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

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

Script

Ed Anthony (credited as Ed. Anthony)

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Ruth Carroll (credited) (signed as Ruth Carroll)

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Ruth Carroll (credited) (signed as Ruth Carroll)

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The drowsy Duke, the sleepiest cat in Tabbyland, grows weary...

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

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

Script

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

Pencils

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

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Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Did you shoot that polar bear, judge?

Genre

humor; domestic