Funny Pages
#40
(August 1940)
Centaur,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1940-05-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Centaur Publications Inc.
- Editing
- ?
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.
The Ticking Death
The Arrow / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Arrow [Ralph Payne]; Maise
- Synopsis
- Foreign spies swarm into the US trying to obtain military secrets.
Indexer Notes
Cover story.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Mad Ming / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dr. Chang (Mad Ming)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Chang alias Mad Ming has for sometime been the guest of Detective Gene Gerald. Gene save Ming's life some time back and he was so grateful he promised to reform.
The Case of the Livid Scar
Randall Ross / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Dahlman (signed as Dahl)
- Inks
- Steve Dahlman (signed as Dahl)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Randal Ross
- Synopsis
- Randal Ross, ingenious private detective, has been procured by Miss Joan Brent to thoroughly investigate the murder of a jewelry store owner.
[no title indexed]
Kid Kopper / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Kid Kopper
- Synopsis
- It's midnight and a man has just broken into an uptown office in the Reed building.
[no title indexed]
Jest Jokes / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Two pages of jokes with illustrations.
The Circus and Sue
Sue / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Sue; Carlo
- Synopsis
- Sue stands vigil at the bedside of the hospitalized Carlo
[no title indexed]
Cartooning Self Taught / activity / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Schwab (signed as Ed Wood)
- Inks
- Fred Schwab (signed as Ed Wood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
1 pager on how to draw political cartoons and 2 pages of drawings sent in by readers.
[no title indexed]
Barney Mullen, Sea Rover / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
- Sea Rover
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Steve West
- Synopsis
- Steve West in Rio de Janeiro is asked to sail a cargo of coffee to Mogodoro in Morocco.
Indexer Notes
The Sea Rover feature first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #1 from Timely: http://www.comics.org/issue/628/#11173
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Tickling Death!
The Arrow -
1.
The Ticking Death
The Arrow -
2.
[no title indexed]
Mad Ming -
3.
The Case of the Livid Scar
Randall Ross -
4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
[no title indexed]
Kid Kopper -
6.
[no title indexed]
Jest Jokes -
7.
The Circus and Sue
Sue -
8.
[no title indexed]
Cartooning Self Taught -
9.
[no title indexed]
Barney Mullen, Sea Rover
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- Henry Andrews
- Mark Bowen
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- James Ludwig
- Clint Maxwell
- Mark Q
- Tony R. Rose
- Richard Smith
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