King Comics #31

(October 1938)

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

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

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How to act in Oct.?

Genre

non-fiction

Lumberjack Love (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

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yer the limik, Olive!

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

Popeye; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy

Reprints

• from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-26 - 1938-01-16

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

12-26 End of storyline
01-16 Popeye and the Man from Mars storyline begins

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

Barney Baxter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)

Pencils

Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)

Inks

Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Immediately following his acceptance...

Feature Logo

Barney Baxter in the Air

Genre

adventure; aviation; war

Characters

Barney Baxter; "Hap" Walters; Patricia Katchem; Gopher Gus; "Spud" Vines; "Blackie" Barnes

Synopsis

Barney is offered a million dollars for the plans of the "Devil Cat."

Reprints

• from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-04-10 - 1938-05-01

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Outlaws of Mongo (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

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I shall go direct to my father...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Queen Aura; Emperor Ming; Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov

Synopsis

Dale and Zarkov, disguised as farmers, attempt to rescue Flash.

Reprints

• from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
12-19 = Royal Prisoner
12-26 = An Hour to Live
01-02 = Death March
01-09 = [none given]

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

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Arriving in the Rush River country...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery; western-frontier

Characters

Sergeant Dave King; Betty Blake; Kid Blake; Kurt Wilkins

Synopsis

King investigates the murder of a government forester.

Reprints

• from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Keywords

Harp

"Sure Thing" Suhr (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Created a national record...

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Gus Suhr

Reprints

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

Keywords

Pittsburgh Pirates

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

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)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There is 12 1/2 cents...

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

U. S. Silver Deposit

Jimmy Wedell; J. M.Gwinn Jr.; General Aracena (Table of Contents: 9)

Hall of Fame of the Air / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Rickenbacker (credited as Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker)

Pencils

Clayton Knight (credited, signed)

Inks

Clayton Knight (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of America's outstanding speed plane pilots...

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Characters

Jimmy Wedell; J. M.Gwinn Jr.; General Aracena

Reprints

• from Hall of Fame of the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Three Sunday half pages

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

Sappo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

E. C. Segar (signed as Segar)

Pencils

E. C. Segar (signed as Segar)

Inks

E. C. Segar (signed as Segar)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll take a sample of the soil...

Genre

humor

Characters

John Sappo; Myrtle Sappo; Professor O. G. Wotasnozzle; Professor Noodleberry

Reprints

• from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Keywords

Radio

Indexer Notes

Two Sunday pages

This is the topper to the Thimble Theatre strip, extensively reshaped to fit a comic book page

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

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

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now - what in the world...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs

Synopsis

Jiggs tries to remember why he tied a ribbon around his finger.

Reprints

• from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

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

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

Script

Frank Buck (credited)

Pencils

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

Inks

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

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With Pedro in pursuit...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Ted Towers; Catheriine Custer; Pedro

Synopsis

Ted has to land his plane with a clogged oil line and is attacked by a leopard.

Reprints

• from Ted Towers, Animal Master Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-12-18 - 1939-01-08

Keywords

leopard; red orang-utan

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Brawn, a setter belonging to Mrs. G. B. Gray...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Walter Johnson; Robert Morris

Keywords

RCA Building; scotch whiskey

The Wise Man of Og! (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Inks

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

King Kojo, Ketch, his court jester...

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

King Kojo; Ketch

Keywords

Oh-Go-Wan

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

Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk / comic story / 1.67 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

The story so far -

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Black Hawk; Red Feather

Synopsis

Red Feather and Black Hawk seek help to find a mysterious land.

Indexer Notes

Feature is the top two thirds of two pages.

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

Indian Lore / comic story / 0.67 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

There was an Indian brave...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Go-Lah

Synopsis

Go-Lah falls in love with a maiden from the snow people, but when he carries her off to his out camp, she melts.

Indexer Notes

The feature is the bottom third of two pages.

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

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

Bill - why do you stare?

Genre

humor

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

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)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The red alder tree...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Pan Chao; Samuel Pepys

Keywords

elephant; Italy

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

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

Yep, this is my birthday...

Genre

humor

Keywords

encyclopedia

Travel Through Time (Traveller In Time) (Table of Contents: 20)

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As the time-top speeds...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Brick Bradford; April Southern; Professor Horatio Southern; Jak

Synopsis

Brick, April and Horatio travel to the 70th century.

Reprints

• from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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

Script

Brandon Walsh (credited)

Pencils

Nicholas Afonsky (signed as N. Afonsky)

Inks

Nicholas Afonsky (signed as N. Afonsky)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey! What are you doing...

Genre

drama; domestic; adventure; children

Characters

Annie Rooney; Mrs. Martin; Zero; Mr. Martin

Synopsis

Annie shows her friends how plants grow, indoors, in a green house.

Reprints

• from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-01-02 - 1938-01-23

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

Keywords

umbrella

Real Champ (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Joe proved again...

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Joe Louis

Reprints

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

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

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)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jockey Fred Archer...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Fred Archer; Emile Zola

Indexer Notes

Bohemia; Hungary

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

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

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I must git to Dinty's tonight...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs

Synopsis

Jiggs goes to a director's meeting.

Reprints

• from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

The Treasure Hunt (Table of Contents: 26)

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In Cerebi, isle of headhunters...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Pete; Betty

Synopsis

Mandrake, Lothar, Pete and Betty are captured and hunted as prey. Mandrake uses an idol to trick the hunters into ending their hunt.

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's a swell job boys...

Genre

crime; adventure

Characters

Inspector Maggin; Officer Sam Maloney; Sergeant Pat O'Hara; Fred; Pinky Pinkerton; Molly Day

Synopsis

Neighborhood kids make snowmen and get ready for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's your apple cider!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx

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

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

Pencils

? [as Harte]

Inks

? [as Harte]

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fill in the section...

Genre

non-fiction

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

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

Script

? [as Arty]

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I often wonder what...

Genre

non-fiction; animal

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

Sentinel Louie / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow)

Pencils

Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow)

Inks

Otto Soglow (credited as O. Soglow)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Sentinel Louie

Reprints

• from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Your Majesty, a Christmas present...

Genre

humor

Characters

The Little King; the King's Chamberlain

Reprints

• from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

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

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

Dun-Dums / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Bob Dunn (credited)

Pencils

Bob Dunn (credited)

Inks

Bob Dunn (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let me think...

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

A selection of unrelated gag panels

Feature is a vertical two thirds of a page.

The 500 Winners (Table of Contents: 34)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Two page list of the contest winners for the "Favorite Comic Character Contest."

Indexer Notes

The second page of the list continues to the inside back cover.