Ace Comics
#40
(July 1940)
David McKay,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-05-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 464427. Copyright given to King Features Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Inks
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hans; Fritz
- Keywords
- crab
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, pals -- it's high time we caught up on our Pen Pal news.
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
The inside-front cover.
[no title indexed]
The Phantom / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What luck! Took a spill, can't use this leg! But I've got to catch up to Diana.
- Genre
- adventure; jungle; superhero
- Reprints
- From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1937-09-17 - 1937-09-18, 1937-09-20 - 1937-09-25, 1937-09-27 - 1937-10-02, and 1937-10-04 - 1937-10-05, 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.
[no title indexed]
Daffydoodles / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
- Inks
- Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Jokes sent in by readers.
[no title indexed]
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Alex Raymond (credited)
- Pencils
- Alex Raymond (credited)
- Inks
- Alex Raymond (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To celebrate Jim and Lil's discharge from the hospital, Governor Thorpe...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
Turf's Leading Jockey
Sports in Pictures / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Sords (signed as Sords)
- Inks
- Jack Sords (signed as Sords)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Characters
- Eddie Arcaro
Indexer Notes
The second page appears later in the comic.
[no title indexed]
The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)
- Pencils
- Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)
- Inks
- Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nefer let me ketch you playing mit guns again!
- Genre
- humor; children
[no title indexed]
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)
- Pencils
- Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)
- Inks
- Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What did you want to see me about...
- Feature Logo
- Barney Google
- Genre
- humor
Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power
Seein' Stars / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
- Pencils
- Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
- Inks
- Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Norma Shearer; Tyrone Power; Johnny Weissmuller; Olivia de Havilland
- Keywords
- Celebrity
Indexer Notes
The second page appears later in the comic.
King Eagle's Revenge - Part 4
Timberline Tales / text story / 3 pages
- Script
- Rutherford Montgomery
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
[no title indexed]
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
- Pencils
- Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
- Inks
- Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aw gee, mom. We're having so much fun.
- Genre
- humor; domestic
[no title indexed]
Prince Valiant / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as
HAL FOSTER) - Pencils
- Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)
- Inks
- Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Little boys should not meddle in the affairs of Morgan le Fey.
- Genre
- adventure; historical
[no title indexed]
Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
- Pencils
- Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
- Inks
- Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's some sense to goin' in a horse and sleigh...
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
- Pencils
- Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
- Inks
- Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pssst -- now lissen, Sittin' Bull, tomorrow's Mom's birthday...
- Genre
- humor; children; domestic
[no title indexed]
They'll Do It Every Time / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo')
- Pencils
- Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo')
- Inks
- Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo')
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello there, Bradford.
- Genre
- humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Katzenjammer Kids -
1.
["Hello, pals -- it's high time we caught up on our Pen Pal news."]
-
2.
["What luck! Took a spill, can't use this leg! But I've got to catch up to Diana."]
The Phantom -
3.
[no title indexed]
Daffydoodles -
4.
[no title indexed]
Pete the Tramp -
5.
["To celebrate Jim and Lil's discharge from the hospital, Governor Thorpe..."]
Jungle Jim -
6.
Turf's Leading Jockey
Sports in Pictures -
7.
["Nefer let me ketch you playing mit guns again!"]
The Katzenjammer Kids -
8.
["What did you want to see me about..."]
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith -
9.
Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power
Seein' Stars -
10.
[no title indexed]
Tim Tyler's Luck -
11.
[no title indexed]
Just Kids [1920s-50s] -
12.
King Eagle's Revenge - Part 4
Timberline Tales -
13.
["Aw gee, mom. We're having so much fun."]
Blondie -
14.
["Little boys should not meddle in the affairs of Morgan le Fey."]
Prince Valiant -
15.
["There's some sense to goin' in a horse and sleigh..."]
Tillie the Toiler -
16.
[no title indexed]
Curley Harper at Lakespur -
17.
["Pssst -- now lissen, Sittin' Bull, tomorrow's Mom's birthday..."]
Teddy and Sitting Bull -
18.
[no title indexed]
Elmer -
19.
[no title indexed]
Room and Board -
20.
["Hello there, Bradford."]
They'll Do It Every Time
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Dick Sabo
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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