(January 1940)

Western, 1938 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1939-11-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Whitman Publishing Co. Inc.
Printer
Printed in U. S. A.
Editing
Oskar Lebeck (credited) (editor); Robert Callender (credited as Robert S. Callender) (managing editor, business manager)

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)

Clyde Beatty / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; animal

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

Don Winslow / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank V. Martinek (credited as F. V. Martinek)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Give out, Skipper - how did you move a hundred tons of submarine...
Feature Logo
Don Winslow of the Navy
Genre
adventure; military
Characters
Don Winslow
Reprints
  • from Don Winslow Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Red Ryder / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Harman (credited, signed)
Pencils
Fred Harman (credited, signed)
Inks
Fred Harman (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Si, amigos! Ol' Pedro has never tell you story-lie!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Beaver; Red Ryder
Reprints
  • from Red Ryder Sundays (NEA) 1939-09-03 - 1939-10-01

Indexer Notes

The Final Panel is replaced with a panel saying Red Ryder and Little Beaver Has More Adventures in the Next Issue. The reprint of Red Ryder in Crackajack Funnies with its next issue will begin reprinting the daily version of the strip from the first daily dated 1939-03-27.

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

Hold Everything / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lewis (credited, signed)
Pencils
Clyde Lewis (credited, signed)
Inks
Clyde Lewis (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah thought ah done told yo'all not to starchee shirtee!
Genre
humor

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

Ed Tracer G-Man X32 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The heat's on, boys...
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery

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

Stratosphere Jim and His Flying Fortress / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Harry - there she is!
Genre
aviation
Characters
Stratosphere Jim (first appearance)

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

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Merrill Blosser (credited)
Pencils
Merrill Blosser (credited)
Inks
Merrill Blosser (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If those men gave up chasing you in a boat...
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Freckles and His Friends daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

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

Script
Roy Crane (credited)
Pencils
Roy Crane (credited)
Inks
Roy Crane (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll borrow some money to pay the drivers, Easy.
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy
Reprints
  • from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We will do everything possible to speed you on your way...
Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints
  • from Dan Dunn Daily (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-09-03 (Panel 3) - 1938-09-16

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

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

Script
Martha Orr (credited)
Pencils
Martha Orr (credited)
Inks
Martha Orr (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Out with it - why were you two climbing up the vines...
Feature Logo
Apple Mary and Dennie
Genre
drama; humor
Reprints
  • from Apple Mary daily (Publishers Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Out Our Way / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams (credited)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (credited)
Inks
J. R. Williams (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Maybe when I finish this Mom an' Lil will lay offa me.
Feature Logo
Out Our Way with the Willets
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Out Our Way Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now to head for Sam's place!
Genre
jungle; animal

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

Our Boarding House / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Major rented a room to a radio song dance team of smarties!
Feature Logo
Major Hoople
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Our Boarding House Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Carnival / cartoon / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thanks, mister, but have you got a radio and a heater in your car?
Genre
humor

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

statement of ownership / 0.11 page (report information)

Script
Robert Callender (credited as Robert S. Callender) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
Win Smith (credited)
Pencils
Win Smith (credited)
Inks
Win Smith (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My gosh!! I know I set my dial for the fifteenth century...
Genre
humor

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

Speed Bolton Air Ace / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dr. Wu - have you enough men to stop Egan's army...
Genre
aviation

Indexer Notes

last appearance

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

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

Script
Ray Thompson (credited)
Pencils
Charles Coll (credited)
Inks
Charles Coll (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop! You can't shoot us now!
Feature Logo
Myra North
Genre
medical; adventure; drama
Reprints
  • from Myra North daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Tarzan / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle; adventure
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Clyde Beatty
  2. 1. ["Give out, Skipper - how did you move a hundred tons of submarine..."]
    Don Winslow
  3. 2. ["Si, amigos! Ol' Pedro has never tell you story-lie!"]
    Red Ryder
  4. 3. ["Ah thought ah done told yo'all not to starchee shirtee!"]
    Hold Everything
  5. 4. ["The heat's on, boys..."]
    Ed Tracer G-Man X32
  6. 5. ["Harry - there she is!"]
    Stratosphere Jim and His Flying Fortress
  7. 6. ["If those men gave up chasing you in a boat..."]
    Freckles and His Friends
  8. 7. ["I'll borrow some money to pay the drivers, Easy."]
    Wash Tubbs
  9. 8. ["We will do everything possible to speed you on your way..."]
    Dan Dunn
  10. 9. ["Out with it - why were you two climbing up the vines..."]
    Apple Mary
  11. 10. ["Maybe when I finish this Mom an' Lil will lay offa me."]
    Out Our Way
  12. 11. ["Now to head for Sam's place!"]
    Clyde Beatty
  13. 12. ["The Major rented a room to a radio song dance team of smarties!"]
    Our Boarding House
  14. 13. ["Thanks, mister, but have you got a radio and a heater in your car?"]
    Carnival
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
  16. 15. ["My gosh!! I know I set my dial for the fifteenth century..."]
    Time Marches Back with Looney Luke
  17. 16. ["Dr. Wu - have you enough men to stop Egan's army..."]
    Speed Bolton Air Ace
  18. 17. ["Stop! You can't shoot us now!"]
    Myra North, Special Nurse
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Tarzan
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jeffrey Lindenblatt
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky