Four Favorites
#28
(March 1947)
Ace Magazines,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-01-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- A. A. Wyn Inc.
- Brand
-
An Ace Magazine
- Editing
- A. A. Wyn (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1946-1947, page 146, registration number B67087.
Could This Be Your House?
U. S. Savings Bonds / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now that the war's over and a lot more civilian goods are...
- Genre
- advocacy
- Keywords
- house of cards
Indexer Notes
Official U. S. Treasury advertisement. Prepared under the auspices of Treasury Department and Advertising Council. Artwork is signed but not legible. Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
The Unknown / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Parker (signed as Paul Parker)
- Inks
- Paul Parker (signed as Paul Parker)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello! I've been waiting for you!
- Genre
- crime; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- the Unknown; Steve Ross; Lew Welch; Pepe; Jay Veltman; firemen; policemen; judge
- Synopsis
- Ross kills a man and assumes his identity. Unfortunately for Ross, he assumed the wrong identity.
- Keywords
- South America
[no title indexed]
Colonel Blow and his Radio Show / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All right, now!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Colonel Blow; Mister X; Mrs. X
- Synopsis
- On his radio show, the Colonel interviews a couple who want a divorce.
[no title indexed]
Hap Hazard / comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doggonit, I guess there's no use fooling with the thing!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hap Hazard; W. C. Hazard; Abner Boggs; two boys; Lawyer Scragg
- Synopsis
- Hap needs to borrow his dad's car and dad needs to have Hap deliver a concrete machine to a job site.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1946. Publisher: A. A. Wyn; editor: none; managing editor: A. A. Wyn; business manager: none. Owner: A. A. Wyn and Rose Wyn.
[no title indexed]
Doc Klockenhand's Clinic / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come in! Come in!
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Characters
- Doc Klockenhand; unnamed patient
- Synopsis
- The Doc assures the patient that a simple operation will make a new man out of him.
[no title indexed]
Hurry-Up Harrigan, Police Reporter / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you ever see a dream walking? Well Harrigan did!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hurry-Up Harrigan; Davis; Murphy; Driscoll; Myfisto the Mind Reader; Myfisto's female assistant; Mike Brogan; police sergeant; Mulvaney
- Synopsis
- Harrigan enlists a mind reader to crack a double homicide.
[no title indexed]
Luke the Lawyer / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Of all the nerve! It's highway robbery...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Luke; Smith
- Synopsis
- Smith, a client, complains about Luke's outrageous fee.
Hangnoose Heritage
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Cliff Howe (house name)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ackley wasn't a drinking man - a gambler who...
- Characters
- Ackley; Andy Wilkins; Abel Wilson; Zeb Wilson; John Taney; Mr. Carpenter; Judge Ring; Jimmy; Pete
- Synopsis
- Ackley impersonates another man in order to claim an inheritance.
- Keywords
- Dry Butte Idaho; El Paso
[no title indexed]
Hiram Hayseed / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I say, there- are you Hiram Hayseed?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hiram Hayseed; horse buyer
- Synopsis
- Hiram sells a horse to a man for a very low price.
[no title indexed]
Captain Courageous / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'All that glitters is not gold' is proven to be absolutely true when...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Courageous; Count Armand; Mr. Schwin; Finnegan
- Synopsis
- The Captain, working for Naval Intelligence, is assigned to return the crown jewels to Laurtania.
Indexer Notes
Last appearance.
[no title indexed]
Bachelor's Diner / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gimme a cup of java, Mac!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- unnamed man; Mac
- Synopsis
- Mac is sad, but not because his girl left him.
Now Any Auto Repair Job Can Be a "Push-Over" for You!
MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals / advertisement / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Hurry-Up Harrigan -
1.
Could This Be Your House?
U. S. Savings Bonds -
2.
["Hello! I've been waiting for you!"]
The Unknown -
3.
["All right, now!"]
Colonel Blow and his Radio Show -
4.
["Doggonit, I guess there's no use fooling with the thing!"]
Hap Hazard -
5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
["Come in! Come in!"]
Doc Klockenhand's Clinic -
7.
["Did you ever see a dream walking? Well Harrigan did!"]
Hurry-Up Harrigan, Police Reporter -
8.
["Of all the nerve! It's highway robbery..."]
Luke the Lawyer -
9.
Hangnoose Heritage
-
10.
["I say, there- are you Hiram Hayseed?"]
Hiram Hayseed -
11.
["'All that glitters is not gold' is proven to be absolutely true when..."]
Captain Courageous -
12.
["Gimme a cup of java, Mac!"]
Bachelor's Diner -
13.
The Country Over - Here Are 4 Favorites!
-
14.
Now Any Auto Repair Job Can Be a "Push-Over" for You!
MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Devine
- Gregory Fischer
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
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