Comics on Parade #v2#4 (16)

(July 1939)

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

Tip Top Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Al Capp

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is professor Cameron, Dear - he'll help to arrange your entrance into college.

Genre

humor

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

The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Rudolph Dirks (credited)

Pencils

Rudolph Dirks (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; adventure; children

The Beasts of Tarzan (Table of Contents: 4)

Tarzan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Edgar Rice Burroughs

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?

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?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

At one end the panther wrought fearful havoc with his mighty claws...

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Jane Clayton; Nikolas Rokoff

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

Guess Whats-? / cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Two riddles with answers and an illustration.

Indexer Notes

On same page as Frankie Doodle, two ads, and a promo.

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

Frankie Doodle / activity / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

?

Synopsis

How to draw things by tracing around a penny or nickel.

Indexer Notes

On same page as Guess Whats-?, two ads, and a promo.

Fireworks for the 4th of July (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Acme Fireworks / advertisement / 0.1 page (report information)

Rolls Developed (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Club Photo Service / advertisement / 0.08 page (report information)

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

United Feature Comic Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.32 page (report information)

On The Cinder Track - Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 10)

Wayne Webster / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

John Paul Frederics (credited)

Pencils

Paul Berdanier (signed as Berdanier)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; sports

Richard Barthelmess (Table of Contents: 11)

Roads of Romance / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Lee (credited as Lee)

Pencils

Winfield Meggs (credited as Meggs)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; biography

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

Ella Cinders / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Conselman (credited)

Pencils

Charlie Plumb (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

drama; humor

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

Broncho Bill / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harry O'Neill (credited)

Pencils

Harry O'Neill (credited)

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

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

Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble (credited)

Pencils

Bernard Dibble (credited)

Inks

Bernard Dibble (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Looy and Dilbury have fallen into the hands of hostile natives

Genre

humor

Characters

Looy; George Dilbury; Joe; Ali; Mustapha Ben Akbar

Synopsis

Looy and Dilbury escape from captivity but are then set adrift in a lifeboat with sailor Joe. They make landfall and offer to join a band of Arabs led by a young woman.

Indexer Notes

4 Sunday pages, each with a separate logo. However, the story is a single continuity (although it appears there is at least one episode missing between the first and second page). The character of Joe is an early version of Dibble's later character "El Bombo" who had his own strip in the 1940s. Only the first page has a credit.

Rolling Can (Table of Contents: 15)

How To Make It / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

H. E. Homan (credited)

Pencils

H. E. Homan (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

In Russia (Table of Contents: 16)

Stampin' Around / text article / 0.9 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Part of a continuing discussion of the postage stamps of Russia; in particular the 1913 set commemorating the tercentenary of the Romanoff dynasty.

Indexer Notes

On same two pages as stamp ads.

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

Abell Stamps; Arnold Stamps; Baer Stamps; Beaman Stamps / Beamann Stamps; Brownie Stamps; Capital Stamps; Cochecos Stamps; Crowder Stamps; Daub Stamps; Empire Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Huber Stamps; Kenwood Stamps; Kincey Stamps; Meierant Stamps; Midwood Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Mystic Stamps; Nelson Stamps; Pilgrims Stamps; Pine Tree Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Regele Stamps; Reyco Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; Wright Stamps; Zephyr Stamps / advertisement / 1.1 pages (report information)

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

Grin and Bear It / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Lichty (signed as Lichty)

Pencils

George Lichty (signed as Lichty)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Dynamite Dunn / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

sports

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Nancy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ernie Bushmiller

Pencils

Ernie Bushmiller

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Billy Make-Believe / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script

H. E. Homan (credited)

Pencils

H. E. Homan (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Spread across the top 2/3 of 4 pages, with How to Make It on the bottoms.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

How to Make It / activity / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script

H. E. Homan (credited)

Pencils

H. E. Homan (credited)

Inks

H. E. Homan (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Spread across the bottom 1/3 of 4 pages, with Billy Make-Believe on the tops.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Cynical Susie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Becky Sharp (credited)

Pencils

Becky Sharp (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

adventure; humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

The Pet Club / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

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?

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Awards this month went to:
Peggy Dunn of San Jose, California,
Sheila Seiden of New York, New York, and
Charles Black of Beverly Hills, California.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Menagerie Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Letters from Margaret Benson, Harlan Kirch, Joyce E. Dubbe, Ann C. Heck, Buck Harsh, Virginia F. Patterson, Harold A. Handley Jr., Virginia Brown, anonymous, Victor Selman, Anna Teray, Henry Lucey, Fredrick Manley, David Rose, Yvonne Turner, Jean Anne Short, Vivian Gallagher, and Bonnie Jean Boldosier.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

For Junior Readers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dudley T. Fisher Jr. (credited)

Pencils

Dudley T. Fisher Jr. (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

A ½-page strip, Freddie and Fritz, and a ½-page of fashion cutouts (paper dolls).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Grin and Bear It / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Lichty (signed as Lichty)

Pencils

George Lichty (signed as Lichty)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Little Mary Mix-Up / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited)

Pencils

R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Alice / comic story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script

Olive Ray Scott (credited) (adaptation); Lewis Carroll (credited) (original story)

Pencils

Edward Daniel Kuekes (credited as Ed Kuekes) (signed as Ed Kuekes)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Spread across the top 2/3 of 2 pages, with Knurl the Gnome on the bottoms.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Knurl the Gnome / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edward Daniel Kuekes (credited) (signed as Ed Kuekes)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Knurl showed Oka a circus handbill he had found.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Knurl; Oka

Indexer Notes

Spread across the bottom 1/3 of 2 pages, with Alice in Wonderland on the tops.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Danny Dingle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mrs. Dingle--I wonder maybe we could borrow Danny's baseball?

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Danny Dingle; Mrs. Dingle

Synopsis

Ma lends Danny's autographed Babe Ruth baseball to some neighbourhood kids, then Danny has to climb into a stranger's house to retrieve it.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Danny Dingle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble (credited)

Pencils

Bernard Dibble (credited)

Inks

Bernard Dibble (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Um hummm... Nellie -- did it every strike you that Danny was just a bit erratic?

Genre

humor

Characters

Danny Dingle; Nellie; Nellie's father

Synopsis

Danny makes a spectacle of himself after losing a bet.

Indexer Notes

Top half of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Dub Dabs / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jiu jitsu Lesson 22

Genre

humor

Characters

Dub

Synopsis

Dub doesn't learn his martial arts lesson very well.

Reprints

• from Dub Dabs Sunday (King Features Syndicate, 1925? series) #1934-10-28

Indexer Notes

Bottom half of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Danny Dingle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For the last time I say NO!

Genre

humor

Characters

Pa Dingle; Ma Dingle

Synopsis

Pa tells his wife he needs $100 to "purchase an insurance for your support" in the event of his death. Given the cash, he buys a cigar-making machine: "If I pop off, you're all ready for business."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

The Boomers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Richards (credited)

Pencils

Dick Richards (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

domestic; humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Raeburn Van Buren (credited)

Pencils

Raeburn Van Buren (credited)

Inks

?

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Having arranged everything (as he imagines) perfectly - Slats goes to bed...

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Abbie Scrapple; Slats Scrapple; Becky Groggins; Gilbert Twytch

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Grin and Bear It / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Lichty (signed as Lichty)

Pencils

George Lichty (signed as Lichty)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Just Out the Fastest Loading Air Rifle in History! (Table of Contents: 38) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

Cycle Trades of America Information / advertisement / 1 page (report information)