Comics on Parade
#v3#1 (25)
(April 1940)
United Feature,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- United Feature Syndicate Inc.
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the passenger compartment of the crippled air-liner, imprisoned in the sinister valley...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
Indexer Notes
Includes one page of model plans.
[no title indexed]
Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tony Turkle has persuaded her father, the rich soup king, to buy and operate the Crabtree Canneries...
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Becky Groggins; Bathless Groggins; Boris Borsht
[no title indexed]
Nancy / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Aunt Fritzi - I think I'll take Tootsie out to the park for some air.
- Genre
- humor; domestic; children
[no title indexed]
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Inspector's former sweetheart continues the story of his infamy...
- Genre
- humor; adventure; children
[no title indexed]
Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now - Ma - into the kitchen with you!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George Dilbury; Looy; Ma Dilbury
- Synopsis
- Looy and Dilbury try their hand at hanging wallpaper.
[no title indexed]
Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd like to see some April Fool novelties
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Looy
- Synopsis
- Looy visits a novelty shop.
[no title indexed]
Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Attaboy bird!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Looy
- Synopsis
- Looy tries to write a poem to spring but crude reality keeps interrupting.
The Son of Tarzan
Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hidden in the bush at one side of the trail, the Son of Tarzan choked the life...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
In Mexico
Stampin' Around / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Includes stamp ads.
[no title indexed]
Ella Cinders / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Not a chance! I tried it the other night and she had sewed the legs closed...
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Mrs. Mytie Cinders
[no title indexed]
Dynamite Dunn / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His romance with Miss McLovely wrecked, Dunn is willing to take on all contenders.
- Genre
- drama; sports
[no title indexed]
Little Mary Mixup / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mary! Did you take my pans and things?
- Genre
- domestic
[no title indexed]
Danny Dingle / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Danny and his pop are making plans for opening an antique furniture shop...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Danny Dingle; Ma Dingle; Dilbury Dingle; Mr. Maloney; Nellie Maloney
- Synopsis
- Danny has a crush on Nellie but "she loves me like a lobster loves boiling water and understands me like a duck does dogmatic theology."
[no title indexed]
Danny Dingle / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's no use, Nellie!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Danny Dingle; Nellie Maloney; Mr. Maloney; Ma Dingle; Dilbury Dingle
- Synopsis
- Danny renounces Nellie "forever." Ma sends Dilbury out to borrow a dollar.
[no title indexed]
The Boomers / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- By a strange quirk of fate Freddy has become a hero...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
[no title indexed]
Unbelievable - But True / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Junipero Serra; Harry Vardon
[no title indexed]
Alice / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Alice, the White King, and the King's messenger, Haigha, reached the town...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
"Story from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll"
[no title indexed]
Broncho Bill / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Harry O'Neill (signed)
- Pencils
- Harry O'Neill (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bill Redmond lays his plans for trouble by having his two tough sons plant...
- Genre
- western-frontier
[no title indexed]
Cynical Susie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Laverne Harding
- Pencils
- Laverne Harding ?; Bernard Dibble ?
- Inks
- Bernard Dibble ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A very cross chap indeed was old Hermit Jones!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Susie; Hermit Jones
[no title indexed]
Cynical Susie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now run along Mr. Hermit
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Susie; Hermit Jones
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Mammy hears Li'l Abner wailing in his sickness for Pappy...
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Billy Make Believe; How to Make It / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Billy's pet bear cub, Buster, determined not to be left behind...
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
The 'How to Make It' strip takes up the bottom 1/4 of each page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner -
1.
["In the passenger compartment of the crippled air-liner, imprisoned in the sinister valley..."]
Tailspin Tommy -
2.
["Tony Turkle has persuaded her father, the rich soup king, to buy and operate the Crabtree Canneries..."]
Abbie an' Slats -
3.
[no title indexed]
Grin and Bear It -
4.
[no title indexed]
Jasper -
5.
["Oh, Aunt Fritzi - I think I'll take Tootsie out to the park for some air."]
Nancy -
6.
Continental Uniforms
How It Began -
7.
Cure for Laziness
Twice Told Tales -
8.
["The Inspector's former sweetheart continues the story of his infamy..."]
The Captain and the Kids -
9.
["Now - Ma - into the kitchen with you!"]
Looy Dot Dope -
10.
["I'd like to see some April Fool novelties"]
Looy Dot Dope -
11.
["Attaboy bird!"]
Looy Dot Dope -
12.
The Son of Tarzan
Tarzan -
13.
In Mexico
Stampin' Around -
14.
["Not a chance! I tried it the other night and she had sewed the legs closed..."]
Ella Cinders -
15.
[no title indexed]
Grin and Bear It -
16.
["His romance with Miss McLovely wrecked, Dunn is willing to take on all contenders."]
Dynamite Dunn -
17.
["Mary! Did you take my pans and things?"]
Little Mary Mixup -
18.
["Danny and his pop are making plans for opening an antique furniture shop..."]
Danny Dingle -
19.
["It's no use, Nellie!"]
Danny Dingle -
20.
["By a strange quirk of fate Freddy has become a hero..."]
The Boomers -
21.
[no title indexed]
Unbelievable - But True -
22.
["When Alice, the White King, and the King's messenger, Haigha, reached the town..."]
Alice -
23.
["Bill Redmond lays his plans for trouble by having his two tough sons plant..."]
Broncho Bill -
24.
["A very cross chap indeed was old Hermit Jones!"]
Cynical Susie -
25.
["Now run along Mr. Hermit"]
Cynical Susie -
26.
["When Mammy hears Li'l Abner wailing in his sickness for Pappy..."]
Li'l Abner -
27.
["Billy's pet bear cub, Buster, determined not to be left behind..."]
Billy Make Believe; How to Make It -
28.
[no title indexed]
Comics on Parade Patterns -
29.
An Invitation to Adventure!
Tarzan
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- Clint Maxwell
- David Wilt
- Len Wolinsky
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