Ace Comics #47

(February 1941)

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

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, Pals -- Our guest of honor this month is Billy De Beck...

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Characters

Billy De Beck

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

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

Come here -- Tommy. Don't be afraid. I'm not -- either afraid...

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Characters

The Phantom; Lord Revel [Mr. X]

Reprints

• From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1938-01-26 - 1938-01-29, 1938-01-31 - 1938-02-05 & 1938-02-07 - 1938-02-12.
  [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: 3)

Daffydoodles / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

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?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hiring a guide to climb...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Readers' submissions.

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

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 4 pages (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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you know that right out of a clear sky...

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

Four 1-page strips spread through the issue.

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

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

Script

Alex Raymond (credited)

Pencils

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

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Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

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?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The tenth day after their narrow escape from the moon worshipers finds Jim, Lil, Kolu and...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Speed! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Jack Sords; ?

Pencils

Jack Sords; ?

Inks

Jack Sords; ?

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Bob Saggau; Mike Byelene

Keywords

football

Do You Know... (Table of Contents: 7)

Collectin' Stamps / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L Pollock)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

That Brazil, the largest country in South America...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

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

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look Lena! Bethca dot Rollo couldn't do it!

Genre

humor; children

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

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

Script

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Pencils

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

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Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Colors

?

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?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Daunceee, Jughaid, dinnerrr! I got a spicion they went down...

Feature Logo

Barney Google

Genre

humor

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

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

Script

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Pencils

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

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Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Claudette Colbert; Walter Pidgeon; Janice Logan

Keywords

Celebrity

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

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

Script

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young); Nat Edson [as Lyman Young]

Inks

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young); Nat Edson [as Lyman Young]

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We've got to find our way out of here...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Tim Tyler; Spud; Mr. Paxton; Talley Paxton

Synopsis

Tim and Spud help the Paxtons capture (and lose) a baby rhinoceros and then an okapi.

Reprints

• Newspaper strip reprints from April 1939 modified to fit comic book format.

Keywords

Congo

The Wrath of Montezuma - Part Five (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Rutherford Montgomery (credited as Rutherford G. Montgomery)

Pencils

?

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?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Prince Totonac of Tlascala

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

C. D. Russell (credited)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, th' local boys are losin'.

Genre

humor

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

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Fung Jr. (ghosted for Chic Young) (signed as Chic Young)

Pencils

Paul Fung Jr. (ghosted for Chic Young) (signed as Chic Young)

Inks

Paul Fung Jr. (ghosted for Chic Young) (signed as Chic Young)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've got it. You've got what?

Genre

humor; domestic

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

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

Script

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Pencils

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Inks

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Colors

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Letters

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Boisterously gay Sir Gawain welcomes his wandering squire.

Genre

adventure; historical

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Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russ Westover (credited)

Pencils

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Inks

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll let you drive my new car, Tillie.

Genre

drama; humor

Keywords

soap opera

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

Polka Dot Pictures / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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4330; 6844 (Table of Contents: 18)

Fun-to-Make Styles for Kiddies / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Send for sewing patterns.

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

Script

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Pencils

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Inks

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beautiful, dearie, beautiful!

Genre

humor

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

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

Script

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Get out of the house, quick, with the silverware!

Genre

adventure

Reliable (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Pencils

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Inks

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Jimmy Wilson

Keywords

baseball

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

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, Sittin' Bull -- I'd do most anything to get money...

Genre

humor; children; domestic

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

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

Script

Doc Winner (credited)

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How'y'do, Mrs. Norton?

Genre

children; humor

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

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

Script

Gene Ahern (credited)

Pencils

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

Inks

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What happened on Robinson Crusoe's island...

Genre

humor; domestic

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

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

Script

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Pencils

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Inks

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wouldn't leave his name, huh?

Genre

humor