(September 1941)

David McKay, 1937 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1941-07-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
David McKay Company
Editing
?

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. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Inks
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Colors
?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
der Captain; Hans; Fritz
Keywords
camera
Cover Thumbnail for Ace Comics (David McKay, 1937 series) #54
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Cover gallery

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

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Ace]
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Counting noses in midsummer...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Edwina Dumm (creator of Tippie and Cap Stubbs).

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

[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
Bart's guards continue the search for the Phantom and Gar on the snow-covered slopes.
Genre
adventure; jungle; superhero
Reprints
  • From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1938-06-06 - 1938-06-11, 1938-06-13 - 1938-06-18 & 1938-06-20 - 1938-06-23.
    [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 / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Inks
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Putting glasses on a 'blind date'.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes from readers.

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

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 3 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
?
Genre
children; humor

Indexer Notes

First of three 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) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)
Pencils
Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)
Inks
Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Having bidden farewell to lieutenant Watkins, who returns to Cristobal...
Genre
adventure; jungle

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

comic story / 0.85 page (report information)

Script
R. J. Scott (signed as Scott)
Pencils
R. J. Scott (signed as Scott)
Inks
R. J. Scott (signed as Scott)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Plane passengers may read a newspaper...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

No 'feature'.
Assorted facts.

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

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

Script
Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L Pollock)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
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
Gulp! Bang! He brought it on himself, Miss Twiddle!
Genre
humor; children

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

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
Gosh! They're beauties!
Genre
humor

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

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)
Inks
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What was that terrible shriek?
Genre
adventure

Arctic Hunter Part Five (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Rutherford Montgomery (credited)
Pencils
Jimmy Thompson
Inks
Jimmy Thompson
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure
Characters
Metek (a young Eskimo hunter)

Queens of the Tennis Courts! (Table of Contents: 12)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? [as McKay]
Inks
? [as McKay]
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Helen Wills Moody; Alice Marble; Helen Jacobs

Indexer Notes

The centrefold.

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

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Chic Young (credited)
Pencils
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Inks
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on, pop, we're going swimming in the brook.
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) (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
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
'It seems', says the king, 'that I am not the only one who misses the impudent rascal.'
Genre
adventure; historical

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

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

Script
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Pencils
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Inks
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello Tillie, let's go toboganning.
Genre
drama; humor
Keywords
soap opera

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

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
Vera Zorina; Jeffrey Lynn; Ann Sheridan; Bill Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy)
Keywords
Celebrity

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

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

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
They're tossin' pennies...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

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
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We have not only retrieved the Maharajah of Ripor's stolen jewels...
Genre
adventure

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

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
Vivien Leigh; George Melford

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

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
I wonder what's goin' on around here?
Genre
humor; children; domestic

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

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
Oh deah me, if it isn't Elmer Tuggle, the dear little boy...
Genre
humor; children

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

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
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last set, folks -- git yorese'fs ontangled fer Hum, Sweet Hum.
Feature Logo
Barney Google
Genre
humor
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Katzenjammer Kids
  2. 1. ["Counting noses in midsummer..."]
  3. 2. ["Bart's guards continue the search for the Phantom and Gar on the snow-covered slopes."]
    The Phantom
  4. 3. ["Putting glasses on a 'blind date'."]
    Daffydoodles
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Just Kids [1920s-50s]
  6. 5. ["Having bidden farewell to lieutenant Watkins, who returns to Cristobal..."]
    Jungle Jim
  7. 6. ["Plane passengers may read a newspaper..."]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Collectin' Stamps
  9. 8. ["Gulp! Bang! He brought it on himself, Miss Twiddle!"]
    The Katzenjammer Kids
  10. 9. ["Gosh! They're beauties!"]
    Pete the Tramp
  11. 10. ["What was that terrible shriek?"]
    Tim Tyler's Luck
  12. 11. Arctic Hunter Part Five
  13. 12. Queens of the Tennis Courts!
    Sports in Pictures
  14. 13. ["Come on, pop, we're going swimming in the brook."]
    Blondie
  15. 14. ["'It seems', says the king, 'that I am not the only one who misses the impudent rascal.'"]
    Prince Valiant
  16. 15. ["Hello Tillie, let's go toboganning."]
    Tillie the Toiler
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Seein' Stars
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Polka-Dot Pictures
  19. 18. ["They're tossin' pennies..."]
    Pete the Tramp
  20. 19. ["We have not only retrieved the Maharajah of Ripor's stolen jewels..."]
    Curley Harper
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Seein' Stars
  22. 21. ["I wonder what's goin' on around here?"]
    Teddy and Sitting Bull
  23. 22. ["Oh deah me, if it isn't Elmer Tuggle, the dear little boy..."]
    Elmer [a young boy]
  24. 23. ["Last set, folks -- git yorese'fs ontangled fer Hum, Sweet Hum."]
    Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
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