King Comics #50

(June 1940)

[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

So many things to do in spring!

Genre

non-fiction

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

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Maryland Kressy (adaption of Fran Striker radio script)

Pencils

Ed Kressy (credited)

Inks

Ed Kressy (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rustler's Bend, a narrow, evil strip of land...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

The Lone Ranger; Tonto; Don Rafael; Trig Schuyler; Breed; Wilson; Jose

Synopsis

Trig Schuyler's band of cutthroats are raiding along the Texas side of the Rio Grande. The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride into Mexico to seek the assistance of Don Rafael.

Reprints

• from The Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-01-01 - 1939-01-24

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Fran Striker was previously credited as writer, but Maryland Kressy, the wife of artist Ed Kressy, adapted Striker's radio scripts for the comic strip. < https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/09/11/first-and-last-the-lo…>

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

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

Ahoy, Olive, Where didja get the infink?

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

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

Reprints

• from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-11 - 1939-07-02

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Ice Kingdom 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

Desperate to rescue Dale from the giants...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Flash Gordon; Queen Fria; Prince Ronal; Dale Arden

Synopsis

Flash and Fria attempt to rescue Dale and Barin from the giants.

Reprints

• from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Alex Raymond was previously credited with script, but Don Moore was co-creator and author from the very beginning of the strip.

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
06-04 = The Fight at the Bridge
06-11 = Savage Pursuit
06-18 = A Cry For Help
06-25 = The Third Degree

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

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 first miltary airship...

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

piranha

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

Sappo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Doc Winner

Pencils

Doc Winner

Inks

Doc Winner

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The most astounding of all inventions.

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

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

Reprints

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

Keywords

barber; manicurist

Indexer Notes

Two Sunday pages

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

The World's First Stunt Flyer (Table of Contents: 7)

Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L. Pollock)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was the year 1898...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Feature is the middle of two vertical half pages with ads for stamps on both sides.

Bees' Job (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Casey is used to tough jobs...

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Casey Stengel

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

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

Script

Zane Grey ? (credited); Gaylord Du Bois ? (credited as Zane Grey); Romer Zane Grey ? (credited as Zane Grey)

Pencils

Jim Gary

Inks

Jim Gary

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

King, returning to the circus...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery; western-frontier

Characters

Sergeant Dave King; Betty Blake; Caldini; Kid Blake; Mr. Hall; Bart

Synopsis

King captures Caldini. Betty sends a letter to King to investigate a series of accidents on the set of a movie.

Reprints

• from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Information that Zane Grey's son Romer wrote some King of the Royal Mounted stories is from Don Markstein, but specific stories are not listed. <https://www.toonopedia.com/king-rm.htm> He was a prolific author in his own right, and has certainly been credited with writing the Big Little Books featuring the character. In addition, Gaylord Du Bois once claimed in an interview, "In 1939 I worked as a script writer on King of the Royal Mounted, when Jim Gary was doing the art work".(Comics Interview #17 (November 1984))

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

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

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Inks

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After a long, hard squint...

Genre

humor

The Wizard of Way-Up and King Ripitik Fight the Underdogs (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ruth Plumly Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Marge Buell

Inks

Marge Buell

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Synopsis: Not so long ago...

Genre

humor

Characters

King Ripitik; Woff; Little Dwarf King

[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

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello - oh, hello - Mrs. Ivy...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Maggi Jiggs; Archie Jiggs; Mrs. Ivy Poisson

Synopsis

Maggie has to feign illness after Jiggs tells Mrs. Poisson she was too sick to come to the phone.

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

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

The balls got stuck.

Genre

humor

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Feature is a vertical 2/3 page.

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

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

Disregarding danger, Barney sets the wing-control...

Feature Logo

Barney Baxter in the Air

Genre

adventure; aviation; war

Characters

Barney Baxter; Gopher Gus; Patricia Katchem

Synopsis

Barney rescues Patricia from a desperado.

Reprints

• from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-07-30 - 1939-08-20

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jimmy Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson (credited)

Inks

Jimmy Thompson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Jimmy Thompson (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After eluding the furious attempts..

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Black-Hawk; Bad-Bear

Synopsis

Black-Hawk is taken prisoner and has to best Bad-Bear in an archery contest to win his freedom.

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

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 loftiest capital in the world...

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

La Paz Bolivia

The Mummy (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

Natives of Johanna, angered by the pirates...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Brick Bradford; The Mummy

Synopsis

After natives attack, Brick is captured but The Mummy helps him escape.

Reprints

• from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25

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

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry

Synopsis

Henry breaks into his piggy bank to go to the circus.

Keywords

Elephant

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

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

Mother - how are the men getting along...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Maggie Jiggs; Archie Jiggs

Synopsis

Jiggs wakes up in his newly redecorated room, thinks he's on a ship and jumps out the window.

[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

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I can hardly wait for our lawyer...

Genre

drama; domestic; adventure; children

Characters

Little Annie Rooney; Mr. Warde; Mrs. Warde; Mr. Barnes; Mrs. McMack; Mrs. Flowers

Synopsis

As Mr. and Mrs. Warde attempt to adopt Annie, Mrs. Flowers sets a trap to lure Annie.

Reprints

• from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

Short-Stop Honors (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Arky is not a very graceful fielder...

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Arky Vaughan; Honus Wagner

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

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

Indexer Notes

Feature is the top half of a page.

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

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

Script

? [as Arty]

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Knowing that spring is here...

Genre

non-fiction; animal

Keywords

Philadelphia Zoo

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

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

Keywords

dancing

Maj. F. La Guardia; Allan Bonnalie; Douglas Coorrigan (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)

Inks

Clayton Knight (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The mayor of the city of New York...

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Characters

Maj. F. La Guardia; Allan Bonnalie; Douglas Coorrigan

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 (credited)

Pencils

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Inks

Marge Buell (signed as M)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Old English folk dances!

Genre

humor

City of Gold (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

The clues come to an end...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Mandrake; Lothar; Dr. Cole; Babs Cole

Synopsis

Mandrake and his party find the City of Gold at the bottom of a huge crater.

Reprints

• from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

[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

Sammy is about to be released...

Genre

crime; adventure

Characters

Sergeant Pat O'Hara; Officer Sam Maloney; Butch Kelly; Pinky Pinkerton

Synopsis

Pat has a fight with Butch Kelly.

Reprints

• from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25

Indexer Notes

Four Sunday pages

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

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 tallest king in the world...

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

Fiji Island women

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

Sentinel Louie / comic story / 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

I weigh too much

Genre

humor

Characters

Sentinel Louie

Reprints

• from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

King Jobowotz's army...

Genre

humor

Characters

The Little King

Reprints

• from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

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

[Black Eye] (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Synopsis

Henry gets a black eye.

Children's Crusade for Children (Table of Contents: 33)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Gee, Mom, I'm starved!"

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

From April 22 to April 30, donation cans are used to collect, in the U. S., for refugee children around the world.