King Comics #17

(August 1937)

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

in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

E. C. Segar (credited as Segar) (signed as Segar)

Pencils

E. C. Segar (credited as Segar) (signed as Segar)

Inks

E. C. Segar (credited as Segar) (signed as Segar)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Olive Oyl - Nice gal - I go see her

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

Popeye; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy

Reprints

• in Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) #25 - Popeye (1942) [Thimble Theatre Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1936-11-22 - 1936-12-13]
• from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-11-22 - 1936-12-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

The G-Man! / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

George Clark (credited as George Clarke)

Pencils

Lou Hanlon (credited, signed)

Inks

Lou Hanlon (credited, signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes, we're back safely, Chief!

Genre

drama; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Jimmie; Mary; Garu

Reprints

• from The G-Man! Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Don Moore

Pencils

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)

Inks

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)

Colors

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Letters

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Ming's commander reports that he has killed Flash...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov; Ming; King Barin

Synopsis

Flash, Dale and Dr. Zarkov travel to the Forest Kingdom of King Barin, where they are attacked by squirlongs and Zarkov is bitten.

Reprints

• from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-11-22 - 1936-12-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
11-22 = Tragic News
11-29 = The Forest Plague
12-06 = Mad Siege
12-13 = A Grim Choice

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

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited, signed)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited, signed)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Patty Berg (Table of Contents: 6)

Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Pencils

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Inks

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

That something extra makes winners

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Patty Berg

Reprints

• from Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

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

Script

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Pencils

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Inks

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

First boxing glove

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Roman boxers; flying frogs

Reprints

• from News in Pictures Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

King Kojo Goes to the Ball! Part 1 (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson (credited, signed)

Pencils

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Inks

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was a soft, summer evening in late August,...

Genre

adventure

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

Solve a jigglette / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fill in the section...

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

The Pet Post / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson (credited as R. P. T.)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The prize winner n the first camera contest...

Genre

non-fiction; animal

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

Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott

Pencils

R. J. Scott

Inks

R. J. Scott

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Groucho Marx had a fighter...

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Synopsis

Celebrities such as Bing Crosby, Clark Gable, and Groucho Marx have ownership stakes in sports teams and facilities.

Reprints

• from Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Bringing Up Father / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Pencils

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Inks

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come back here, you big walrus-

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs

Reprints

• from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-11-28

Anthony Fokker; Art Goebel; Ted Parsons; Capt. A. Heurteaux (Table of Contents: 13)

Hall of Fame of the Air / comic story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Rickenbacker (credited as Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker)

Pencils

Clayton Knight (credited, signed)

Inks

Clayton Knight (credited, signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Born in Java, of Dutch parents...

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Characters

Anthony Fokker; Art Goebel; Ted Parsons; Capt. A. Heurteaux

Reprints

• from Hall of Fame of the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages shared with Ace Drummond, by the same creators

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

Ace Drummond / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Rickenbacker (credited as Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker)

Pencils

Clayton Knight (credited, signed)

Inks

Clayton Knight (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, wise guy - what happens now?

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Ace Drummond; Fat Peter

Synopsis

Fat Peter and his renegades burn Ace's plane. Ace builds an ice-boat from a zeppelin wreck to give chase.

Reprints

• from Ace Drummond Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages shared with Hall of Fame of the Air, by the same creators

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

Ted Towers, Animal Master / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Buck (credited)

Pencils

Ed Stevenson (credited as Ed. Stevenson) (signed as Ed. Stevenson)

Inks

Ed Stevenson (credited as Ed. Stevenson) (signed as Ed. Stevenson)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ted, in his fight with Rawson,...

Genre

adventure; animal

Characters

Ted Towers; Catherine Custer

Reprints

• from Ted Towers, Animal Master Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Zane Grey (credited)

Pencils

Charles Flanders (signed as Flanders)

Inks

Charles Flanders (signed as Flanders)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

After reporting to Inspector McKenzie...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery; western-frontier

Characters

Sergeant Dave King; Inspector McKenzie; Andre of the Red Beard

Reprints

• from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-11-22 - 1936-12-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

The Mayan Empire (In The Middle Of The Earth) (Table of Contents: 17)

Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

William Ritt (credited)

Pencils

Clarence Gray (credited) (signed as Clarence Gray)

Inks

Clarence Gray (credited) (signed as Clarence Gray)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Under the tutelage of Cap Harvey...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Brick Bradford; Cap Harvey

Synopsis

Brick Bradford listens to the story of how the Aztecs and Mayans found their way to Middle Earth.

Reprints

• from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-11-08 - 1936-11-29

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Titled here 'Brick Bradford in the Middle of the Earth'.

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

Sentinel Louie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Soglow (credited)

Pencils

Otto Soglow (credited)

Inks

Otto Soglow (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Sentinel Louie

Reprints

• from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages, shared with The Little King, by the same creator

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

The Little King / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)

Pencils

Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)

Inks

Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd like to have a lock...

Genre

humor

Characters

The Little King

Reprints

• from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages, shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator

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

Little Annie Rooney / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Brandon Walsh (credited)

Pencils

Nicholas Afonsky (credited) (signed as N. Afonsky)

Inks

Nicholas Afonsky (credited) (signed as N. Afonsky)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's the funniest thing I ever saw...

Genre

drama; children; domestic; adventure

Characters

Annie Rooney; Mrs. Elmira File

Reprints

• from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-11-22 - 1936-12-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited, signed)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited, signed)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

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

Script

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Pencils

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Inks

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Musket barrels of colonial times...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from News in Pictures Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Keywords

Muskets; Volcano

Suero Ohe (Table of Contents: 23)

Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Pencils

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Inks

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A threat in the next Olympics

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Suero Ohe

Reprints

• from Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Keywords

Japanese athletes

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

Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk / comic story / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script

Jimmy Thompson (credited, signed)

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson (credited, signed)

Inks

Jimmy Thompson (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Jimmy Thompson (credited, signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Finding a place so his enemies...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Black Hawk

Indexer Notes

Feature is 80% of two pages.

Indian Weather Beliefs (Table of Contents: 25)

Indian Lore / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Jimmy Thompson (credited, signed)

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson (credited, signed)

Inks

Jimmy Thompson (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Jimmy Thompson (credited, signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pointing at a storm...

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier; adventure

Indexer Notes

Feature is 20% of two pages. First page is "Indian Weather Beliefs," the second, "What the Word "Coup" Means."

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

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

Script

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Pencils

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Inks

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dutch Guinean males...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from News in Pictures Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

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

Script

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Pencils

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Inks

R. J. Scott (credited) (signed as Scott)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This rifle, captured in a raid...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from News in Pictures Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Bringing Up Father / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Pencils

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Inks

George McManus (credited as Geo. McManus) (signed as Geo McManus)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Daddy - it was dandy of you...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs

Reprints

• from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-12-26

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Radio Patrol / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Sullivan (credited)

Pencils

Charlie Schmidt (credited) (signed as Charlie Schmidt)

Inks

Charlie Schmidt (credited) (signed as Charlie Schmidt)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh, that's this district, Irish!

Genre

drama; crime; detective-mystery; adventure

Characters

Pinky Pinkerton

Reprints

• from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-11-22 - 1936-12-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Chamber into the X Dimension (Table of Contents: 30)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Phil Davis (credited) (signed as PHIL DAVIS)

Inks

Phil Davis (credited) (signed as PHIL DAVIS)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Escaping from the Metal Men from X,...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Fran

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1936-11-22 - 1936-12-13

Keywords

Flesh-eating plants

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Sis Sez / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Inks

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fred took me out sailing...

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited, signed)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited, signed)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Keywords

Kite

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Dun-Dums / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Bob Dunn (credited)

Pencils

Bob Dunn (credited)

Inks

Bob Dunn (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Somebody smuggled prisoner 10834...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Dun-Dums daily (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

A selection of daily gag panels

Vertical half page, balance are house ads for David McKay Company.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Sis Sez / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Marge Buell (credited as Marge) (signed as M)

Inks

Marge Buell (credited as Marge) (signed as M)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Vacation is a merry time.

Genre

humor

Hap Lee's Radio Joke Book (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)