Comic Pages #v3#6

(December 1939)

[Bob Burns] (Table of Contents: 1)

Brief Biographies of Radio Stars / text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Joe Hardie (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Indexer Notes

Top of inside front cover, indicia at bottom of the page.

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

advertisement / 0.15 page (report information)

Don't Miss the Next Issue of...Amazing Mystery Funnies (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.35 page (report information)

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

Lucifer the White Devil / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Frollo (signed as Frollo)

Pencils

Frank Frollo (signed as Frollo)

Inks

Frank Frollo (signed as Frollo)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hot day - eh - Sarge?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Sergeant Heath; Lucifer; Rong; Jean Moorehead; Sanford; Lah; Chief Zolora

Synopsis

Jean, who knew Lucifer as Frank 15 years ago, asks him to find her fiancé, Ralph, in the interior of the island of Zanzibar. Rong, a native, seems to know something about where Ralph disappeared but when Lucifer and Lah capture him he escapes and takes both Jean and their canoe.

Keywords

1924 class ring

Indexer Notes

Part 1 (of a multi-part story that was never continued).

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

His Highness / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Pencils

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Inks

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After Chancellor Von Strumen places Eric under arrest

Genre

historical

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

Rough House Annie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (signed as B. W.)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed as B. W.)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed as B. W.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've come for the payments on the piano!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Funny Picture Stories (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#5 (January 1938)

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

Sweet Revenge / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan (signed)

Pencils

Dick Ryan (signed)

Inks

Dick Ryan (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ryan

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nice lil' doggie

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Synopsis

There is no work to be had for the dogs in town, until capitalist Wolfhound comes along to hire everyone to build him a factory. The workers discover that the factory is for hot dogs. They complete it, get their pay, then tear down the building before they get turned into produce.

Reprints

• from Funny Picture Stories (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#5 (January 1938)

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

Joe Dokes / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab ?

Pencils

Fred Schwab (signed as Schwab)

Inks

Fred Schwab (signed as Schwab)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey - what kind of service is this - anyway?

Genre

humor

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

Fury of the Foreign-Legion / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Spivack (signed)

Pencils

Larry Spivack ? (signed); Maurice Kashuba ? (ghosting)

Inks

Larry Spivack ? (signed); Maurice Kashuba ? (ghosting)

Colors

? (see notes)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you're not Michael Fury

Genre

adventure; historical

Indexer Notes

First page was in black and red. Rest of the pages are in black and white.

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

Toots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob Wood ? (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good bye, Toots

Genre

humor

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

Riggin Bill That Lyin' Sailor Man / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab ?

Pencils

Fred Schwab (signed)

Inks

Fred Schwab

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Limber up your saw-bone

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Star Comics (Ultem, 1937 series) #9 (January 1938)

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

Jest Jokes / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Filchock (signed as Filchock); ?

Pencils

Martin Filchock (signed as Filchock)

Inks

Martin Filchock (signed as Filchock)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Watchdog, Officer: You say the clock was stolen...

Genre

humor

Keywords

gags; jokes

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

Phoney Crimes / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters]) (see notes)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters]) (see notes)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters]) (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yeh, This is one shot Hogan

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

The initials of G and P interlocking to look like a hammer, can be found on the next to last panel of the story.

Go A-Huntin' (Table of Contents: 14)

The Dopey Kits / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Filchock (signed)

Pencils

Martin Filchock (signed)

Inks

Martin Filchock (signed)

Colors

? (see notes)

Letters

Martin Filchock ?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

First page is in black and red. The remaining three pages was in black and white.

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

Lee Trent / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Frollo (signed)

Inks

Frank Frollo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Shore looks like I'm done fer, Keno.

Genre

western-frontier

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

Dinky Pup / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Fox ? (signed as [little fox head sketch])

Pencils

Craig Fox (signed as [little fox head sketch])

Inks

Craig Fox (signed as [little fox head sketch])

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now, Dinky was a playful pup

Genre

humor

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

Circus Days / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Claire S. Moe ? (signed)

Pencils

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Inks

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't think I ever saw you in anything but your clown suit, Bamby

Genre

adventure

Raising Tropical Fish (Table of Contents: 18)

Your Hobby / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Peter ?

Pencils

George Peter (signed)

Inks

George Peter (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Thrilling Mystery and Adventure Stories (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Talk Over These Telephones (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)