Ace Comics #45

(December 1940)

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The Phantom / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Ray Moore (credited)

Inks

Ray Moore (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Phantom has learned the identity of Mr. X. What are you writing?

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Reprints

• From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-20 - 1937-12-25, 1937-12-27 - 1938-01-01 & 1938-01-03 - 1938-01-06.
  [One panel is omitted from one of the dailies on each page, in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.]

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

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Pencils

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Inks

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

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

Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Raymond (credited)

Pencils

Alex Raymond (credited)

Inks

Alex Raymond (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jim and Kolu, reunited again, huddle in their hideout...

Genre

adventure; jungle

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

Daffydoodles / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes from readers (for $1 if published).

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The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Pencils

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Inks

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

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

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Billy DeBeck (credited)

Pencils

Billy DeBeck (credited)

Inks

Billy DeBeck (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Barney Google

Genre

humor

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Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Feg Murray

Inks

Feg Murray

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Walter Pidgeon; Ann Sheridan; Loretta Young; John Loder; Charles Starrett; Boris Karloff

Keywords

Celebrity

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Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lyman Young

Inks

Lyman Young

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; children

The Wrath of Montezuma - Part 3 (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Rutherford Montgomery (credited as Rutherford G. Montgomery)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Call Me Speedy (Table of Contents: 10)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Inks

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Ab Jenkins; Alice Marble

Indexer Notes

Feature name does not appear.

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They'll Do It Every Time / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jimmy Hatlo

Inks

Jimmy Hatlo

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

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Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Electric lights Doc!

Genre

humor

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Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Pencils

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Inks

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mama, Alvin and his mother said I could go...

Genre

humor; domestic

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

Prince Valiant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster)

Pencils

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster)

Inks

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; historical

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Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Pencils

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Inks

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

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Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Russ Westover (credited)

Pencils

Russ Westover (credited)

Inks

Russ Westover (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

drama; humor

Keywords

soap opera

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Polka-Dot Pictures; How Smart Are You? / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

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Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Pencils

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Inks

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Buster Keaton; Adolphe Menjou; Alex Kahle; Shirley Temple; Robert Preston; George Raft

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Curley Harper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lyman Young (credited)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

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Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell

Pencils

C. D. Russell

Inks

C. D. Russell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

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Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Pencils

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Inks

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children; domestic

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Elmer [a young boy] / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

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Room and Board / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gene Ahern

Inks

Gene Ahern

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; domestic