Comics on Parade
#v1#1 (1)
(April 1938)
United Feature,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1938-03-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- United Feature Syndicate Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Publication date from use date claimed in the comic logo trademark filing. From the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. volume 491, June 1938 (June 28), page 739. Listings of published trademarks. Comics on Parade, trademark serial number 404,275, United Feature Syndicate, Inc., New York, New York. Filed March 19, 1938. For magazine issued periodically. Claims use since March 11, 1938.
[no title indexed]
Abbie an' Slats; Ella Cinders; Fritzi Ritz; Li'l Abner; Tarzan / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; humor; domestic; jungle
[no title indexed]
Danny / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bernard Dibble (credited as Dibble)
- Pencils
- Bernard Dibble (credited as Dibble)
- Inks
- Bernard Dibble (credited as Dibble)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This dizzy advertising job...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
On the inside-front cover.
[no title indexed]
Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Raeburn Van Buren (credited)
- Pencils
- Raeburn Van Buren (credited)
- Inks
- Raeburn Van Buren (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chugging toward Crabtree Corners depot, a Snodgrass Six, an old-fashioned, ungainly, but always reliable, relic of the past.
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Abbie Scrapple; Sally Scrapple; Aubrey Eustace (Slats) Scrapple; Jasper Hagstone
Indexer Notes
Origin story.
Spinster Abbie Scrapple (an old-fashioned, ungainly, but always reliable relic of the past) and her sister Sally (a sweet cookie left on life's shelf) arrive in Crabtree Corners to meet her orphaned cousin Aubrey Eustace (Slats).
[no title indexed]
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Rudolph Dirks (credited)
- Pencils
- Rudolph Dirks (credited)
- Inks
- Rudolph Dirks (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yep, der boys haf reformed! Fum now on, anchels!
- Genre
- humor; adventure; children
Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In 1888 Lord Greystoke and his bride sailed from Dover on their way to Africa.
- Feature Logo
Tarzan of the Apes [square; head shot]- Genre
- adventure; jungle
Indexer Notes
Origin story.
Wayne Webster of Waverly Prep - Chapter One
Wayne Webster / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- drama; sports; adventure
James Cagney
Roads of Romance / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Harry Lee (credited as Lee)
- Pencils
- Winfield Meggs
- Inks
- Winfield Meggs
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Cynical Susie / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Becky Sharp
- Pencils
- Laverne Harding (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Laverne Harding (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've offered you 2 dollars a pound to reduce her.
- Genre
- humor; children
[no title indexed]
Broncho Bill / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Harry O'Neill (credited)
- Pencils
- Harry O'Neill (credited)
- Inks
- Harry O'Neill (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee! This letter from dad has great news in it!
- Genre
- western-frontier
Indexer Notes
Origin story.
[no title indexed]
Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 2.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Guess what Senator - my boy Looy is on the radio!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
The top 2/3 of four pages.
[no title indexed]
Colonel Wowser / comic story / 1.33 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmmph!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Joe Jinks / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How do you feel, my pal?
- Feature Logo
- Joe Jinks featuring Dynamite Dunn
- Genre
- drama; sports; humor
[no title indexed]
Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ernie Bushmiller (credited as Ernest Bushmiller)
- Pencils
- Ernie Bushmiller (credited as Ernest Bushmiller)
- Inks
- Ernie Bushmiller (credited as Ernest Bushmiller)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh aunt Fritzi, didn't you work in the movies as an actress..
- Genre
- humor; domestic
[no title indexed]
Billy Make Believe / comic story / 2.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly -- I'll have to stop this fellow somehow...
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
The top 2/3 of 4 pages.
A Rubber-Band Machine Gun
How to Make It / comic story / 1.33 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
The bottom 1/3 of four pages.
[no title indexed]
Mr. and Mrs. Beans / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Dickey (credited as Robt. L. Dickey) (signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
- Pencils
- Robert Dickey (credited as Robt. L. Dickey) (signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
- Inks
- Robert Dickey (credited as Robt. L. Dickey) (signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, here we are! Everybody gone to the shore...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; children
Indexer Notes
The bottom 2/3 of three pages.
[no title indexed]
Bucky and His Pals / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Dickey (credited as Robt. L. Dickey) (signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
- Pencils
- Robert Dickey (credited as Robt. L. Dickey) (signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
- Inks
- Robert Dickey (credited as Robt. L. Dickey) (signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Things are sure desperate, old dog.
- Genre
- humor; children
Indexer Notes
The top 1/3 of three pages.
[no title indexed]
Little Mary Mixup / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited)
- Pencils
- R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited)
- Inks
- R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm coming, Vanilla -- don't be so anxious.
- Genre
- drama; children; humor; domestic
[no title indexed]
Benny / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- J. Carver Pusey (credited)
- Pencils
- J. Carver Pusey (credited)
- Inks
- J. Carver Pusey (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bulletin - New giant dirigible to pass over city today.
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
The top 2/3 of three pages.
[no title indexed]
Opportunity Knox / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- J. Carver Pusey (credited)
- Pencils
- J. Carver Pusey (credited)
- Inks
- J. Carver Pusey (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Public School
- Genre
- humor; children
Indexer Notes
The bottom 1/3 of two pages.
Fairs
How It Began / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; historical
Rain-Making
If You Want to Know / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
Tobacco
How It Began / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; historical
Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie
If You Want to Know / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
[no title indexed]
Ella Cinders / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Any mail for me today, Miss Cinders?
- Genre
- drama; humor
[no title indexed]
Danny Dingle / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bernard Dibble (credited)
- Pencils
- Bernard Dibble (credited)
- Inks
- Bernard Dibble (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you know, Ma, you haven't changed a bit...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
Indexer Notes
The top 1/2 of two pages.
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Dub Dabs / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bernard Dibble (credited)
- Pencils
- Bernard Dibble (credited)
- Inks
- Bernard Dibble (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't stand this suspense...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
The bottom 1/2 of two pages.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The simple home of the Yokums, nestling high in the hills of the South.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Duchess of Bopshire [Bessie Hunks] (Li'l Abner's aunt); Mimi Van Pett
Indexer Notes
Origin story.
Colored reprints of the first Abner dailies.
[no title indexed]
Jasper [the bear] / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Frank Owen (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Owen (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Owen (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sure, I'll remember!
- Genre
- humor; animal
Indexer Notes
Four 1-panel jokes.
The inside-back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Abbie an' Slats; Ella Cinders; Fritzi Ritz; Li'l Abner; Tarzan -
1.
["This dizzy advertising job..."]
Danny -
2.
["Chugging toward Crabtree Corners depot, a Snodgrass Six, an old-fashioned, ungainly, but always reliable, relic of the past."]
Abbie an' Slats -
3.
["Yep, der boys haf reformed! Fum now on, anchels!"]
The Captain and the Kids -
4.
Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan -
5.
Wayne Webster of Waverly Prep - Chapter One
Wayne Webster -
6.
James Cagney
Roads of Romance -
7.
[no title indexed]
Jest di-Jest -
8.
["I've offered you 2 dollars a pound to reduce her."]
Cynical Susie -
9.
["Gee! This letter from dad has great news in it!"]
Broncho Bill -
10.
["Guess what Senator - my boy Looy is on the radio!"]
Looy Dot Dope -
11.
["Hmmph!"]
Colonel Wowser -
12.
Invisible Imp
How to Make It -
13.
Thia Is Doris
For Junior Readers -
14.
["How do you feel, my pal?"]
Joe Jinks -
15.
["Oh aunt Fritzi, didn't you work in the movies as an actress.."]
Fritzi Ritz -
16.
["Golly -- I'll have to stop this fellow somehow..."]
Billy Make Believe -
17.
A Rubber-Band Machine Gun
How to Make It -
18.
In Malta
Stampin' Around -
19.
["Well, here we are! Everybody gone to the shore..."]
Mr. and Mrs. Beans -
20.
["Things are sure desperate, old dog."]
Bucky and His Pals -
21.
["I'm coming, Vanilla -- don't be so anxious."]
Little Mary Mixup -
22.
["Bulletin - New giant dirigible to pass over city today."]
Benny -
23.
["Public School"]
Opportunity Knox -
24.
Fairs
How It Began -
25.
Rain-Making
If You Want to Know -
26.
Tobacco
How It Began -
27.
Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie
If You Want to Know -
28.
["Any mail for me today, Miss Cinders?"]
Ella Cinders -
29.
["Do you know, Ma, you haven't changed a bit..."]
Danny Dingle -
30.
["I can't stand this suspense..."]
Dub Dabs -
31.
["The simple home of the Yokums, nestling high in the hills of the South."]
Li'l Abner -
32.
["Sure, I'll remember!"]
Jasper [the bear]
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- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Katy Hayhurst
- Len Wolinsky
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