Ace Comics
#53
(August 1941)
David McKay,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-06-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Comic consists of newspaper reprints from King Features Syndicate.
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. 3.
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. 3.
[no title indexed]
The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Inks
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Fritz
- Keywords
- beach; ice cream; weight lifting
[no title indexed]
The Phantom / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You have the choice of signing these abdication papers and going into permanent exile...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle; superhero
- Reprints
- From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1938-05-18 - 1938-05-21, 1938-05-23 - 1938-05-28 & 1938-05-30 - 1938-06-04.
[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.]
- From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1938-05-18 - 1938-05-21, 1938-05-23 - 1938-05-28 & 1938-05-30 - 1938-06-04.
[no title indexed]
Daffydoodles / cartoon / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
- Inks
- Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Phooey! Nothing but sand...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Jokes sent in by readers.
[no title indexed]
Just Kids / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You don't appreciate a thing...
- Genre
- children
- Reprints
- Newspaper reprint from 1940.
Indexer Notes
Story pages are mixed through out the issue.
[no title indexed]
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jungle Jim swings from his lofty perch and hits the unsuspecting Indian...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.
Lefty
Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Al Milnar
- Reprints
- Newspaper reprint from 1941.
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
Part of the Sports in Pictures series, but with no feature named.
[no title indexed]
Collectin' Stamps / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L Pollock)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Includes stamp ads.
[no title indexed]
The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
- Shame on you, Captain!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- Newspaper reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.
[no title indexed]
Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This downpour will slow down our trip...
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.
[no title indexed]
Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wot's th' matter of ya Pete?
- Genre
- humor
Arctic Hunter Part Four
text story / 4 pages
- Script
- Rutherford Montgomery (credited)
- Pencils
- Jimmy Thompson (illustrations)
- Inks
- Jimmy Thompson (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
[Laird Cregar]
Seein' Stars / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprint from 1940
- Keywords
- Celebrity
[no title indexed]
Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprints from 1940.
[no title indexed]
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You haven't time for a four minute egg!
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.
[no title indexed]
Prince Valiant / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Since Ilene is gone and I can never love again...
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprint modified to fit comic book format. Dates have been removed.
[no title indexed]
Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A puppy for Miss Tille Jones.
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format from 1940.
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
They'll Do It Every Time / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes dear, what is it? What's that? You say your Mother slipped...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprint from 1938.
[no title indexed]
Curley Harper at Lakespur / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As I just informed you, Miss Brighton, Mr. Kurt Kneff has a $100,000 policy...
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- Newspaper reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.
Belting Bobby
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Characters
- Bobby Doerr
Indexer Notes
Part of the Sports in Pictures series, but with no feature named.
[no title indexed]
Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, what's your name? My name's Teddy.
- Genre
- children; humor; domestic
[no title indexed]
Elmer / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Elmer's startin' a club...
- Genre
- children
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprints from 1939 modified to fit comic book format.
[no title indexed]
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Land o' goshen Snuffy!
- Feature Logo
- Barney Google
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- Newspaper strip reprints from 1938 modified to fit comic book format.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Katzenjammer Kids -
1.
["You have the choice of signing these abdication papers and going into permanent exile..."]
The Phantom -
2.
["Phooey! Nothing but sand..."]
Daffydoodles -
3.
["You don't appreciate a thing..."]
Just Kids -
4.
["Jungle Jim swings from his lofty perch and hits the unsuspecting Indian..."]
Jungle Jim -
5.
Lefty
Sports in Pictures -
6.
[no title indexed]
Collectin' Stamps -
7.
["Shame on you, Captain!"]
The Katzenjammer Kids -
8.
["This downpour will slow down our trip..."]
Tim Tyler's Luck -
9.
["Wot's th' matter of ya Pete?"]
Pete the Tramp -
10.
Arctic Hunter Part Four
-
11.
[Laird Cregar]
Seein' Stars -
12.
[no title indexed]
Pete the Tramp -
13.
["You haven't time for a four minute egg!"]
Blondie -
14.
["Since Ilene is gone and I can never love again..."]
Prince Valiant -
15.
["A puppy for Miss Tille Jones."]
Tillie the Toiler -
16.
["Yes dear, what is it? What's that? You say your Mother slipped..."]
They'll Do It Every Time -
17.
["As I just informed you, Miss Brighton, Mr. Kurt Kneff has a $100,000 policy..."]
Curley Harper at Lakespur -
18.
Belting Bobby
-
19.
["Hello, what's your name? My name's Teddy."]
Teddy and Sitting Bull -
20.
["Hi, Elmer's startin' a club..."]
Elmer -
21.
["Land o' goshen Snuffy!"]
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
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