New Comics #v1#7

(August 1936)

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

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

"Hello!" --From the Artists (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ? (credited as The Artists)

Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

editorial

[The Train Robbery, Part 6] (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Homer Fleming (signed)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (signed)

Inks

Homer Fleming (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bob, I think Buck Rand...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Captain Jim; Uncle Bob; Jane; Johnny

Synopsis

A posse is trailing a bunch of rustlers. Meanwhile, Jane and Johnny are attacked by a pack of wolves, but Jim and Bob rescue them.

"He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best" (Table of Contents: 4)

Don Coyote / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Patrick (credited, signed)

Pencils

Bill Patrick (credited, signed)

Inks

Bill Patrick (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Don Coyote, Hash

[Episode 6] (Table of Contents: 5)

Castaway Island / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Cooper (signed)

Pencils

Tom Cooper (signed)

Inks

Tom Cooper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Trapped by Blackface...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Larry; MacDougall; Blackface (villain); Jim Shark

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

Ol' Oz Bopp / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Pencils

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Inks

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You're going to stay in and memorize the names...

Genre

humor

Characters

Ol' Oz Bopp; Gordon

[Episode 6] (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Quick / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils

Sven Elven (credited)

Inks

Sven Elven (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sven Elven

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rather than risk the life of Marjorie...

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Kendall Quick; Marjorie; Rodriguez

Synopsis

Quick surrenders to the Spaniards to protect Marjorie, then escapes in the middle of the night.

Reprints

• in Cavalier Comics (A.W. Nugent Publishing Co., 1945 series) #2 [1945] (1945)

The Drew Mystery [Part 4] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan (credited as Ryan)

Pencils

Dick Ryan (credited as Ryan)

Inks

Dick Ryan (credited as Ryan)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Eavesdropping, eh?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dale Daring; Dick; the Old Man

Synopsis

A strange old man offers to let Dick and Dale hide in his cave.

[Knife Ambush, Part 7] (Table of Contents: 9)

Cal 'n' Alec / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Patrick (credited, signed)

Pencils

Bill Patrick (credited, signed)

Inks

Bill Patrick (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Cal; Alec; "Knife" Ambush (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

In order to get "Knife" Ambush to reveal himself as the killer, Alec dresses up as "Pickax". "Knife" is fooled and the sheriff shoots him.

[Rajah Maharajah, Part 3] (Table of Contents: 10)

Sandor and the Lost Civilization / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Homer Fleming (signed)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (signed)

Inks

Homer Fleming (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the dense jungle entanglement...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Sandor; Elaka

Synopsis

Sandor's dog frees him from his bonds so he can escape the lion.

Reprints

• in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #14 (13 agosto 1937)

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

Worth-While Films to Watch For / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

I. W. Magovern

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Jane Withers; Irvin S. Cobb; Slim Summerville

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

Needles / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Stahl (credited, signed)

Pencils

Al Stahl (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Stahl (credited, signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ding! A ling! Ding!" "Good morning, folks! Get ready for your settin'-up exercises...

Genre

humor

Characters

Needles

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The St. Pierre Mystery, Part 4] (Table of Contents: 13)

Maginnis of the Mounties / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Babe Mather

Pencils

Babe Mather

Inks

Babe Mather

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ambushed in a shallow ravine...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Maginnis; Dubois; Yvonne Dubois

Synopsis

Maginnis and Dubois are ambushed, but are rescued by Dubois' daughter Yvonne. The outlaws circle round behind and capture her, but Maginnis is close at hand.

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

Andy Handy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Leo O'Mealia

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia

Inks

Leo O'Mealia

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I shoulda put a bigger rock on the end of it!

Genre

humor

Characters

Andy Handy

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

Jungle-Town / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan

Pencils

Dick Ryan

Inks

Dick Ryan

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scat!! No samples for cubs...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

first appearance

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

Brain Teasers / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Speed (signed)

Pencils

Richard Speed (signed)

Inks

Richard Speed (signed)

Letters

?

Young Lochinvar, by Sir Walter Scott (Table of Contents: 17)

Famous Poems Pictured / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Colors

? (black, white, and red)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Lochinvar

Fore! (Table of Contents: 18)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Whitney Ellsworth (signed)

Pencils

Whitney Ellsworth (signed)

Inks

Whitney Ellsworth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Six unrelated gag panels about golfing.

[Episode 2] (Table of Contents: 19)

She / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sven Elven (credited)

Inks

Sven Elven (credited)

Letters

Sven Elven (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Leo Vincey, Hollis Holley and their man, Job...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Leo Vincey; Hollis Holley; Job

Indexer Notes

adapted from the H. Rider Haggard novel

17-20 on the Black [Part 7] (Table of Contents: 20)

Jim Gale / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Cooper (signed)

Pencils

Tom Cooper (signed)

Inks

Tom Cooper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jim and Kim follow Frog Morton...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jim Gale; Kim; Frog Morton (villain)

Synopsis

Jim steals the pearls from Morton and tries to escape but he is stopped by a mysterious woman with a gun.

On Dolorosa Isle [Part 3] (Table of Contents: 21)

Steve Conrad / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Creig Flessel

Pencils

Creig Flessel

Inks

Creig Flessel

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out-numbered...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Steve Conrad; Myra; Captain Judd; Devachan (villain)

Synopsis

Devachan orders Myra to be sacrificed to the volcano.

[Episode 2] (Table of Contents: 22)

The Golden Dragon / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, here we are in Peking...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Ian Murray; Doris; Willis; Pan Chi-Lou; Reilly; Torgadoff

Synopsis

Willis offers Murray a job delivering guns to a bandit in the Gobi desert.

Reprints

• in Mirim (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1937 series) #14 (13 agosto 1937)

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

Slim and Tex / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Leslie Ross (credited as A. Leslie Ross)

Pencils

Leslie Ross (credited as A. Leslie Ross)

Inks

Leslie Ross (credited as A. Leslie Ross)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Looks like I sorta beat you to it...

Genre

humor

Characters

Slim; Tex; Miss Helen

[Heading South, Part 6] (Table of Contents: 24)

Cap'n Spiniker / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Cooper (signed)

Pencils

Tom Cooper (signed)

Inks

Tom Cooper (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nice mans sing nice love songs for Koo-Koo and Lu-Lu-?

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Cap'n Spiniker; Captain Sternpipe; Koo-Koo; Lu-Lu;

Synopsis

Spinaker and Sternpipe lead the natives of Pheu-Pheu in warding off an attack by the natives of Phut-Phut. But Stern[pipe goes missing and is discovered in a giant cooking pot over a fire. He pushes the lid off with a hail of invective, but is too fat to pry out of the pot.

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

Magic! / text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Andrini (credited as Andrini the Great)

Pencils

Russell Cole

Inks

Russell Cole

Letters

typeset

Keywords

magic

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

The House of Magic / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

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

The Book Shelf / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Marjorie Knight

Letters

typeset

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

Chikko Chakko / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Inks

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I never go riding with you again, Cheeko!

Genre

humor

Characters

Chikko Chakko; Lupe; Peppi (a fighting cock); Carlos

Synopsis

Chikko loans his fighting cock Peppi to his friend Carlos. Peppi wins, but Carlos keeps all of the winnings. Chikko shakes the coins loose from Carlos' clothes and he and Lupe go off to eat.

[War with the Bear Sarks, Episode 7] (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils

Alex Blum (credited as Anthony)

Inks

Alex Blum (credited as Anthony)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ivars little fleet of Viking ships [sic]...

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

King Ivar; Djorg

Synopsis

King Ivar's small fleet make landfall in an unknown country. The king and a bodyguard go off to explore, when they are attacked by men of the Bear-Sarks. His companion is killed and Ivar is taken before Djorg, the chieftain of the clan, who declares that Ivar be sacrificed to the God of War. Tied to a stake, the flames lick around him and the situation looks hopeless.

Indexer Notes

title from last issue blurb

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

Goofo the Great / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Pencils

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Inks

Russell Cole (credited as Alger)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hear Miss Brown is coming to the party...

Genre

humor

Characters

Goofo the Great; Miss Brown

Synopsis

At a formal dance, Goofo is given the honor of dancing with the almost legendary Miss Brown. When she arrives, Goofo goes behind a screen and disappears, declaring that he wouldn't mind dancing with a bean-pole but not with one of the Rocky Mountains!

[Episode 5] (Table of Contents: 31)

King Arthur / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils

Rafael Astarita (signed as Astarita)

Inks

Rafael Astarita (signed as Astarita)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All through the night...

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

King Arthur; Lancelot; Guinevere

Reprints

• in Atomic Comics (Green Publishing, 1946 series) #1 (January 1946)

Indexer Notes

Astarita was formerly credited with the script, but this is very unlikely. In his extensive list of credits, the Who's Who gives only one writing credit, and that a decade later at another company.

[The Secret Cruise, Part 6] (Table of Contents: 32)

Ray & Gail / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Clem Gretter (credited as Clemens Gretter) (signed as Clemens Gretter)

Pencils

Clem Gretter (credited as Clemens Gretter) (signed as Clemens Gretter)

Inks

Clem Gretter (credited as Clemens Gretter) (signed as Clemens Gretter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Ray; Gail; Aunt Millie

Synopsis

Aunt Millie's map is missing and each crook thinks the other one has it.

[Episode 4] (Table of Contents: 33)

A Tale of Two Cities / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils

Merna Gamble (credited)

Inks

Merna Gamble (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When the Marquis and his valet had reached the chateau...

Genre

adventure; historical

Indexer Notes

adapted from the Charles Dickens novel.

The script was previously credited to Merna Gamble, but the Who's Who only gives her as artist on this feature. Wheeler-Nicholson is a much more likely scriptwriter.

[Attack on Washington, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 34)

Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel); Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster); Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster); Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Attired in the uniform of the criminal...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Steve Carson

Synopsis

In disguise, Steve mows down part of the invading army in order to reach the Experimental Science Building where he hopes to find something to end the invasion.

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

It's a Dern Lie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Patrick (signed)

Pencils

Bill Patrick (signed)

Inks

Bill Patrick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When my uncle was a young man...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Story from Francis Bacheller, Phillips, Me.

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

credits, title page / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

Harmonica Playing Made Easy / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Boys! Earn Money and Big Prizes (Table of Contents: 38) (Expand) /

The Crowell Publishing Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Factory to You (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

Remington Rand / advertisement / 1 page (report information)