King Comics #42

(October 1939)

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

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

Script

Doc Winner

Pencils

Doc Winner

Inks

Doc Winner

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I wonder what Swee'pea is spending his money on?

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

Popeye; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy; Swee'pea; Poopdeck Pappy

Reprints

• from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-10-30 - 1938-11-20

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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

The army fliers have little trouble in mastering the hi-performance "devil cats"!

Feature Logo

Barney Baxter in the Air

Genre

adventure; aviation; war

Characters

Barney Baxter; Lieutenant Rockwel; "Hap" Walters; Patricia Katchem

Reprints

• from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-02-12 - 1939-03-05

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

The Tyrant of Mongo (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Poor Zarkov and the others---all drowned!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov; Bulok; Chong the smuggler; King Barin; Queen Aura; Prince Alan of Arboria; Prince Ronal

Reprints

• from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-10-23 - 1938-11-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
10-23 = Lost
10-30 = Strange Voyage
11-06 = Barin's Amazing News
11-13 = An Unwelcome Guest

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

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

Kid, riding White Star, after Jockey Perrone was kidnaped, wins the Northern Handicap...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery; western-frontier

Characters

Sergeant Dave King; Betty Blake; Kid Blake; Bandru; Cecile; Dirk; Jockey Perrone; Inspector McKenzie; Professor Clyde; Black Eagle; Heath

Reprints

• from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-10-23 - 1938-11-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

The Kingdom of Canada (Table of Contents: 5)

Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Eugene Pollock

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Paul Derringer -- 'Red' Riot of the Mound (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Reprints

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

Keywords

baseball

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

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

No rough stuff now!

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

A selection of unrelated gag panels

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

Sappo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Doc Winner

Pencils

Doc Winner

Inks

Doc Winner

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

John, what have you got there?

Genre

humor

Characters

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

Reprints

• from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Two Sunday pages

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

News in Pictures (Table of Contents: 9)

Scott's Scrapbook / 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

All the weddings in Flougastel, Brittany...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• From Scott's Scrapbook Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1939-XX-XX

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

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

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Pencils

Marge Buell

Inks

Marge Buell

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've always loved a Pirate's rig

Genre

children; humor

The Wizard of Way-Up! Part VI (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Pencils

Marge Buell

Inks

Marge Buell

Letters

typeset

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

Bringing Up Father / comic story / 0.85 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'm sorry - But I must be going...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs; ; Mr. Jay Gee

Reprints

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

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

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ted defies the native legend of the tiger-haunted gold mine!

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Ted Towers; Catherine Custer; Ali

Reprints

• from Ted Towers, Animal Master Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-10-22 - 1939-11-12

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Pepper Martin (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Pepper Martin

Reprints

• from Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

Keywords

baseball

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

Redmen / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jimmy Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson (credited)

Inks

Jimmy Thompson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After the Deamon Warriors turned the evil two-faced giant to stone

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Black Hawk

News in Pictures (Table of Contents: 16)

Scott's Scrapbook / 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

A Japanese priest must purify himself...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Scott's Scrapbook Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1939-XX-XX

Pirates of the 17th Century (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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Canby, you promised me, because I saved you from the sea...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Brick Bradford; Captain Southern; April Southern; Canby; Captain Tophet

Reprints

• from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-10-23 - 1938-11-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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

Henry! Run this note over to Daddy's office...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry; Henry's mother

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

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

Bringing Up Father / comic story / 0.85 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

Why - Mrs. Jiggs - That's perfectly preposterous...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs; Mrs. Newsdisher; Mr. Newsdisher

Reprints

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

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

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

As the sister of Mr. James you have every right to be worried...

Genre

drama; children; adventure

Characters

Little Annie Rooney; Lawyer Harcourt; Matilda Van Major

Reprints

• from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-10-23 - 1938-11-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Speed Kings (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed as Burnley)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Walter Johnson; Bob Feller

Reprints

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

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

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

Pencils

? [as Harte] (signed)

Inks

? [as Harte] (signed)

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

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

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Letters

typeset

Genre

animal

[Carrying Packages] (Table of Contents: 24)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

Keywords

pantomime; wordless comic

Capt. C. D. Barnard; Eugene B. Ely; "Ken" Porter (Table of Contents: 25)

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 as Clayton Knight)

Inks

Clayton Knight (credited) (signed as Clayton Knight)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Famous British pilot...

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Characters

Capt. C. D. Barnard; Eugene B. Ely; "Ken" Porter

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: 26)

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

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Pencils

Marge Buell

Inks

Marge Buell

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To the county fair I took the nephew

Genre

children; humor

Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival (Table of Contents: 27)

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

At the carnival, Mandrake and Lother are attacked by a giant gorilla...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Mandrake the Magician; Lothar; Donna; Harker

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-10-23 - 1938-11-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

10-23 End of storyline
10-30 The Haunted Range storyline begins

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

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

I'm sorry to get you over here so early...

Genre

crime; adventure

Characters

Sergeant Pat O'Hara; Officer Sam Maloney; Miss Sales

Reprints

• from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-10-23 - 1938-11-13

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

News in Pictures (Table of Contents: 29)

Scott's Scrapbook / 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

A boxing ring is not a ring...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Scott's Scrapbook Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 193X-XX-XX

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

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

Henry! Get Mr. Zoop's hat...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry; Henry's mother; Mr. Zoop

Reprints

• from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx

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

Sentinel Louie / comic story / 1.2 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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The idea of a little burro...

Genre

humor

Characters

Sentinel Louie

Reprints

• from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-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 / 1.2 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, the Numerian army is ready...

Genre

humor

Characters

The Little King

Reprints

• from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

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

A Page from Jo King's Dream Book (Table of Contents: 33)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Some winners in The Castle Contest.

Indexer Notes

Some winning pictures from the Castle Contest