(December 1940)

David McKay, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1940-11-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
David McKay Company
Editing
Ruth Plumly Thompson (editor); Margery McKay Cridland (managing editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mandrake the Magician / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Musial
Inks
Joe Musial
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Mandrake the Magician
Cover Thumbnail for Magic Comics (David McKay, 1939 series) #17
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Cover gallery

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

The Wizard's Tower / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as G. Whiz; Uncle George]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

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

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Lee Falk
Pencils
Phil Davis
Inks
Phil Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mandrake has been cornered by thugs...
Genre
adventure; superhero
Reprints
  • strip reprints (1940)

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

Indian Lore / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jimmy Thompson ?
Pencils
Jimmy Thompson
Inks
Jimmy Thompson
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On still evenings...
Genre
non-fiction

Talent (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Acorns / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Dunn
Pencils
Bob Dunn
Inks
Bob Dunn
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; children

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

Dollar-A-Dither / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Musial
Inks
Joe Musial
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

The Ugly Duckling (Table of Contents: 6)

Stamp Corner / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Eugene Pollock
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

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

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fran Striker ? (credited)
Pencils
Charles Flanders ?
Inks
Charles Flanders ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's a house, Tonto...
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
  • strip reprints (1940)

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

Thimble Theatre starring Popeye / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Sims ?
Pencils
Bill Zaboly ?
Inks
Bill Zaboly ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Captain is missing so that makes me Captain...
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • strip reprints (1939)

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

Jan and Aloysius / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Musial ?
Pencils
Joe Musial
Inks
Joe Musial
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, Aloysius-- you must leave my golf ball alone...
Genre
humor

[Brice/H.Herbert/Flynn/Mix/Bennett/Del Rio] (Table of Contents: 10)

Seein' Stars / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Feg Murray (signed)
Pencils
Feg Murray (signed)
Inks
Feg Murray (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
biography
Characters
Fanny Brice; Hugh Herbert; Errol Flynn; Olivia De Havilland; Constance Bennett; Dolores Del Rio; Tom Mix

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Secret Agent X-9 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Max Trell (ghosted for Robert Storm)
Pencils
Austin Briggs
Inks
Austin Briggs
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Excellency! It's Mrs. Double!
Genre
adventure; spy
Reprints
  • Strip reprints from 1939.

Billy Minx Outwits the Trapper (Table of Contents: 12)

Little Nature Stories / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Thornton Burgess
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[wet paint] (Table of Contents: 13)

Henry / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (credited to Carl Anderson)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

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

Blondie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Chic Young
Pencils
Chic Young
Inks
Chic Young
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here are your slippers, Daddy.
Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • strip reprints from 1939

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

The Cartoon Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

[Thorpe/Grange/Nevers] (Table of Contents: 16)

News in Sports! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
McKay ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
biography
Characters
Jim Thorpe; Red Grange; Ernie Nevers

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

Bunky / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Billy DeBeck
Pencils
Billy DeBeck
Inks
Billy DeBeck
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Madam- prepare yourself for a great shock...
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • strip reprints from 1939

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

Barney Baxter in the Air / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller
Pencils
Frank Miller
Inks
Frank Miller
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Because I'm tellin' you it can't carry enough fuel!
Genre
adventure; aviation
Reprints
  • strip reprints from 1939

First Non-Stop Flight Across U.S.A. (Table of Contents: 19)

The Romance of Flying / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Clayton Knight (signed)
Pencils
Clayton Knight (signed)
Inks
Clayton Knight (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Genre
non-fiction; aviation; history
Characters
Lt. John A. MacReady; Lt. Oakley G. Kelly
Reprints

Indexer Notes

One comic-art page and one text page.

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

Dingle-Hoofer Und His Dog / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Knerr
Pencils
Harold Knerr
Inks
Harold Knerr
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • gag strips from 1939

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Alexander McKay (business manager)
Letters
typeset
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Mandrake the Magician
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Wizard's Tower
  3. 2. ["Mandrake has been cornered by thugs..."]
    Mandrake the Magician
  4. 3. ["On still evenings..."]
    Indian Lore
  5. 4. Talent
    Little Acorns
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Dollar-A-Dither
  7. 6. The Ugly Duckling
    Stamp Corner
  8. 7. ["There's a house, Tonto..."]
    The Lone Ranger
  9. 8. ["The Captain is missing so that makes me Captain..."]
    Thimble Theatre starring Popeye
  10. 9. ["Now, Aloysius-- you must leave my golf ball alone..."]
    Jan and Aloysius
  11. 10. [Brice/H.Herbert/Flynn/Mix/Bennett/Del Rio]
    Seein' Stars
  12. 11. ["Excellency! It's Mrs. Double!"]
    Secret Agent X-9
  13. 12. Billy Minx Outwits the Trapper
    Little Nature Stories
  14. 13. [wet paint]
    Henry
  15. 14. ["Here are your slippers, Daddy."]
    Blondie
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    The Cartoon Page
  17. 16. [Thorpe/Grange/Nevers]
    News in Sports!
  18. 17. ["Madam- prepare yourself for a great shock..."]
    Bunky
  19. 18. ["Because I'm tellin' you it can't carry enough fuel!"]
    Barney Baxter in the Air
  20. 19. First Non-Stop Flight Across U.S.A.
    The Romance of Flying
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Dingle-Hoofer Und His Dog
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
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