(December 1939)

Western, 1938 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1939-10-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Whitman Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Oskar Lebeck

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Speed Bolton Air Ace / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
aviation

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

The Comic Zoo / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Scarbo
Pencils
George Scarbo
Inks
George Scarbo
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy! Do I look like Sherlock Holmes!!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

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

Hold Everything / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lewis
Pencils
Clyde Lewis
Inks
Clyde Lewis
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now are you satisfied...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

copyright 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Don Winslow / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank V. Martinek
Pencils
Leon A. Beroth (signed)
Inks
Leon A. Beroth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The wily Dwarf has escaped...
Genre
adventure; military
Reprints
  • Don Winslow Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 1938-03-06 - 1938-03-27

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.

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

Wash Tubbs / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Crane
Pencils
Roy Crane
Inks
Roy Crane
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Happy day! When did you blow in?
Genre
adventure; humor

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.

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

Boots and Her Buddies / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Abe Martin (signed)
Pencils
Abe Martin (signed)
Inks
Abe Martin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello! Isn't your Mother with you this...
Feature Logo
Boots
Genre
drama; humor

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.

Ed Tracer G Man X32 vs The Ozark Killer (Table of Contents: 6)

Ed Tracer G-Man X32 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Baltz (signed)
Inks
Bill Baltz (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

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

Our Boarding House / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gene Ahern
Pencils
Gene Ahern
Inks
Gene Ahern
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, Captain Hoople...
Feature Logo
Major Hoople
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.

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

Red Ryder / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Harman
Pencils
Fred Harman
Inks
Fred Harman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Guiding two gold-hungry miners...
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
  • From Red Ryder Sunday (NEA) 1939-07-16 - 1939-08-27

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1939 by NEA Service, Inc.

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

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Merrill Blosser
Pencils
Merrill Blosser
Inks
Merrill Blosser
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, what's down there?
Genre
humor

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

Clyde Beatty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Russ Winterbotham ?
Pencils
Bob Bugg ?
Inks
Bob Bugg ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Clyde Beatty and the native boy ...
Genre
animal

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1939 by Famous Artist Syndicate, Inc.

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

Myra North, Special Nurse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Coll; Ray Thompson
Inks
Charles Coll; Ray Thompson
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Inside the baggage compartment...
Feature Logo
Myra North
Genre
adventure; drama

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by NEA Sevice, Inc.

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

Speed Bolton Air Ace / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al McWilliams (signed)
Inks
Al McWilliams (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After rescuing Prince Chang-Li...
Genre
aviation

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

Apple Mary / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Martha Orr
Pencils
Martha Orr
Inks
Martha Orr
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whew, look at that tub...
Feature Logo
Apple Mary and Dennie
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by Publislers Syndicate.

Tom Mix And The Story of Hoodoo Ranch (Table of Contents: 14)

Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Lewin
Inks
Al Lewin
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

This is the final appearance of the "Tom Mix" feature in Crackajack Funnies. The feature appears next in Tom Mix Comics (Ralston-Purina Company, 1940 Series) #1 (September 1940).

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

Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Norman Marsh
Pencils
Norman Marsh (signed)
Inks
Norman Marsh (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yeah, the professor wants...
Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints
  • from Dan Dunn Daily (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-08-19 - 1938-09-03 (Panel 2)

Indexer Notes

Page One reprint 1938-08-20 daily before 1938-08-19 daily. Also the 1938-08-23 daily is skip over.

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

Time Marches Back with Looney Luke / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Win Smith
Pencils
Win Smith
Inks
Win Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I set the dial of my time machine...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; humor

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1939 by R. S. Callender.

Australianimals (Table of Contents: 17)

It's A Curious World / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
William Ferguson
Pencils
William Ferguson (signed)
Inks
William Ferguson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; nature

Ulala Returns To His Home (Table of Contents: 18)

Tarzan / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1939 by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Speed Bolton Air Ace
  2. 1. ["Boy! Do I look like Sherlock Holmes!!"]
    The Comic Zoo
  3. 2. ["Now are you satisfied..."]
    Hold Everything
  4. 3. ["The wily Dwarf has escaped..."]
    Don Winslow
  5. 4. ["Happy day! When did you blow in?"]
    Wash Tubbs
  6. 5. ["Hello! Isn't your Mother with you this..."]
    Boots and Her Buddies
  7. 6. Ed Tracer G Man X32 vs The Ozark Killer
    Ed Tracer G-Man X32
  8. 7. ["Look, Captain Hoople..."]
    Our Boarding House
  9. 8. ["Guiding two gold-hungry miners..."]
    Red Ryder
  10. 9. ["Look, what's down there?"]
    Freckles and His Friends
  11. 10. ["Clyde Beatty and the native boy ..."]
    Clyde Beatty
  12. 11. ["Inside the baggage compartment..."]
    Myra North, Special Nurse
  13. 12. ["After rescuing Prince Chang-Li..."]
    Speed Bolton Air Ace
  14. 13. ["Whew, look at that tub..."]
    Apple Mary
  15. 14. Tom Mix And The Story of Hoodoo Ranch
    Tom Mix
  16. 15. ["Yeah, the professor wants..."]
    Dan Dunn
  17. 16. ["I set the dial of my time machine..."]
    Time Marches Back with Looney Luke
  18. 17. Australianimals
    It's A Curious World
  19. 18. Ulala Returns To His Home
    Tarzan
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jeffrey Lindenblatt
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)