(October 1940)

Eastern Color, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Eastern Color Printing Company
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hydroman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Everett (signed as Everett)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed as Everett)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hydroman [Bob Blake]; The Great One
Reprints
Keywords
patriotic

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

Hydroman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Everett (signed)
Pencils
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Everett

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Harry Thurston, a young chemical engineer...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hydroman [Bob Blake] (origin re-cap); Harry Thurston; Joyce Church; Soo Lee (villain); Chang Yen (villain); Rocky Dawson (villain); The Great One (villain)
Synopsis
Harry creates a fabric made of Translite for Bob so that he will be protected from bullets and the like, then, with Joyce in tow, returns to the hideout of the foreign invaders he faced in the last issue. He listens in on their conversation, learning that the invaders have undercover men at work in Chicago, Washington D.C., Boston, San Francisco, and New York, mobilized at key points and in possession of key military secrets. Hydroman makes himself known and battles the invaders, but one, Rocky Dawson, escapes.
Reprints
Keywords
patriotic

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

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

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Pencils
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Inks
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Today is my boithday...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Pinhead Duffy; Jimmie Dugan
Reprints
  • from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

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

Flyin' Jenny / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Russell Keaton (credited)
Pencils
Russell Keaton (credited)
Inks
Russell Keaton (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cochran Field is a bedlam of roaring motors...
Genre
adventure; aviation; war
Characters
Flyin' Jenny Dare; Amy Winsome; Spinner; Rick
Reprints
  • from Flyin' Jenny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 1940-01-28 - 1940-02-18

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Star Flashes / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bud Thompson (signed)
Inks
Bud Thompson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Constance Bennett is attended...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Boris Karloff; Constance Bennett; Martha Raye; Juanita Quigley; W. C. Fields; Otto Kruger; Gwen Kenyon; George Bancroft

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

The Purple Zombie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Tarpé Mills (credited)
Pencils
Tarpé Mills (credited)
Inks
Tarpé Mills (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When Dr. Malinsky used young Kimberly Hale's invention...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Purple Zombie [Zoro]; Kimberly Hale; Joe Coroza (villain)
Reprints

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

Sergeant Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Rentfrow (credited)
Pencils
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Inks
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You birds are going to stay right here...
Genre
adventure; military
Characters
Sergeant Stony Craig; Captain Cutter; Marine Jed Fink; Skipper Johnson; Cam Hunter
Reprints
  • from Sergeant Stony Craig Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Pencils
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Inks
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you want to make a quarter, Jimmie?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Jimmie Dugan
Reprints
  • from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dinky Dinkerton / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Huhta (signed as Jim Wallace)
Inks
Art Huhta (signed as Jim Wallace)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's about time for Dinky to reconstruct the crime...
Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Dinky Dinkerton
Reprints
  • from Dinky Dinkerton, Secret Agent 6 7/8 Sunday or daily (Jones Syndicate)

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

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Moore
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer (signed)
Inks
Carl Pfeufer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Suddenly the huge ship pitches...
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Don Dixon; Princess Wanda; Doctor Lugoff
Reprints
  • from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) 1938-05-06 - 1938-05-27

Indexer Notes

The topper to this Sunday page was Tad of the Tanbark.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Pencils
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Inks
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's a doctor who says...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Jimmie; Pinhead Duffy
Reprints
  • from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

Puddin' Head (Table of Contents: 11)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

A Hit in Africa (Table of Contents: 12)

Reg'lar Fellers in the News / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Byrnes
Inks
Gene Byrnes
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Jimmie Dugan

Draw Comics the Easy Way (Table of Contents: 13)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Byrnes
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Slug McFee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm Smoothy Schmidt...
Genre
humor
Characters
Slug McFee; Smoothy Schmidt

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Mann of India / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tarpé Mills (credited)
Inks
Tarpé Mills (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are fourteen million people in India whose religion is crime...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Chickering Mann; Indira, Cobra Queen of the Dacoits; Hakim; Kalla Khan (villain)
Synopsis
Indira rescues Chick from Kalla Khan's trap.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Bill and Davey / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
James McCague (signed as McCague)
Pencils
James McCague (signed as McCague)
Inks
James McCague (signed as McCague)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wot's that Chinese guy doin' at the wheel?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Bill; Davey; Steven Slink; Patricia
Reprints
  • from Bill and Davey Sunday

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

Daredevils of Destiny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Rentfrow (credited)
Pencils
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Inks
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The career of John Quick...
Genre
adventure; non-fiction
Characters
John Quick; Lt. Moore
Reprints
  • from Daredevils of Destiny Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

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

Gordon Fife and the Boy King / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Moore
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer
Inks
Carl Pfeufer
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, I hope this convinces you!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Gordon Fife; Baron Mannheim; Mimi; Ali
Reprints
  • from Gordon Fife and the Boy King Sunday or daily (Watkins Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Pfeufer drew the strip between December 1936 and its final appearance in January 1942.

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

Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Pencils
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Inks
Gene Byrnes (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Haunted Bedroom or The Three Ghosts
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Jimmie Dugan; Pinhead Duffy
Reprints
  • from Reg'lar Fellers Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

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

Movie Hooey / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Romer (signed as Romer)
Pencils
Jack Romer (signed as Romer)
Inks
Jack Romer (signed as Romer)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Huh, of all the things I pick out for a vacation...
Genre
humor
Characters
Jibby

Indexer Notes

Signed "ROMER" on bottom of 2nd page, last panel.

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

Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Moore
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer (signed)
Inks
Carl Pfeufer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The cave men seem more friendly than dangerous...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Tad; Speed (Tad's father); Almira
Reprints
  • from Tad of the Tanbark Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

This was the topper to the Don Dixon Sunday. It ceased publication on 1941-03-06.

Four Sundays on two comic book pages, with the strip logos removed and art redrawn.

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

Kitty Moran and Her Hound / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Romer (signed as Romer)
Inks
Jack Romer (signed as Romer)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why Angus, where did you ever get such a big lolly pop?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Kitty Moran; Angus

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

Idioddities / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Romer (signed)
Inks
Jack Romer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sammy Kaye
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Sammy Kaye
Synopsis
Incidents in the life of swing band leader Sammy Kaye.

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

Daredevils of Destiny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Rentfrow (credited)
Pencils
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Inks
Don Dickson (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Following the War Between the States...
Genre
adventure; biography
Characters
Texas Ranger John Armstrong; John Wesley Hardin (villain)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hydroman
  2. 1. ["Harry Thurston, a young chemical engineer..."]
    Hydroman
  3. 2. ["Today is my boithday..."]
    Reg'lar Fellers
  4. 3. ["Cochran Field is a bedlam of roaring motors..."]
    Flyin' Jenny
  5. 4. ["Constance Bennett is attended..."]
    Star Flashes
  6. 5. ["When Dr. Malinsky used young Kimberly Hale's invention..."]
    The Purple Zombie
  7. 6. ["You birds are going to stay right here..."]
    Sergeant Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines
  8. 7. ["Do you want to make a quarter, Jimmie?"]
    Reg'lar Fellers
  9. 8. ["It's about time for Dinky to reconstruct the crime..."]
    Dinky Dinkerton
  10. 9. ["Suddenly the huge ship pitches..."]
    Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire
  11. 10. ["Here's a doctor who says..."]
    Reg'lar Fellers
  12. 11. Puddin' Head
  13. 12. A Hit in Africa
    Reg'lar Fellers in the News
  14. 13. Draw Comics the Easy Way
  15. 14. ["I'm Smoothy Schmidt..."]
    Slug McFee
  16. 15. ["There are fourteen million people in India whose religion is crime..."]
    Mann of India
  17. 16. ["Wot's that Chinese guy doin' at the wheel?"]
    Bill and Davey
  18. 17. ["The career of John Quick..."]
    Daredevils of Destiny
  19. 18. ["Well, I hope this convinces you!"]
    Gordon Fife and the Boy King
  20. 19. ["The Haunted Bedroom or The Three Ghosts"]
    Reg'lar Fellers
  21. 20. ["Huh, of all the things I pick out for a vacation..."]
    Movie Hooey
  22. 21. ["The cave men seem more friendly than dangerous..."]
    Tad of the Tanbark
  23. 22. ["Why Angus, where did you ever get such a big lolly pop?"]
    Kitty Moran and Her Hound
  24. 23. ["Sammy Kaye"]
    Idioddities
  25. 24. ["Following the War Between the States..."]
    Daredevils of Destiny
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Darci
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Dan Kocher
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore