King Comics
#68
(December 1941)
David McKay,
1936 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-10-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Editing
- Ruth Plumly Thompson (editor)
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. 4.
[no title indexed]
Thimble Theatre / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Inks
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; adventure
- Characters
- Popeye
[no title indexed]
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Fran Striker (credited)
- Pencils
- Charles Flanders (credited) (signed as Flanders)
- Inks
- Charles Flanders (credited) (signed as Flanders)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While the sheriff listens to the Lone Ranger, Tarbuck fires...
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Lone Ranger; Tonto; The Sheriff; Tarbuck
- Reprints
- from Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) 1940-05-19 - 1940-06-09
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Tom Sims
- Pencils
- Bill Zaboly (signed as Bee [image] Z)
- Inks
- Bill Zaboly (signed as Bee [image] Z)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
- Genre
- humor; adventure
- Characters
- Popeye
- Reprints
- from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-27 - 1940-11-17
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Private Buck / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)
- Pencils
- Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)
- Inks
- Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Clyde Lewis)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Private Buck
- Reprints
- from Private Buck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Four daily gag panels on a single comic book page
[no title indexed]
Bringing Up Father / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George McManus (credited)
- Pencils
- George McManus (credited)
- Inks
- George McManus (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Archie Jiggs
- Reprints
- from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Private Buck / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Clyde Lewis (credited)
- Pencils
- Clyde Lewis (credited)
- Inks
- Clyde Lewis (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Private Buck
- Reprints
- from Private Buck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Four daily gag panels
Stamps: Triumph of the Blacks
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Eugene Pollock
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Black and white images of stamps are shown.
The Beachcomber
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- The Phantom [Kit Walker]; Manna Day; Whitey
- Reprints
- from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-09-29 - 1940-10-20
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Sappo / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Tom Sims
- Pencils
- Bill Zaboly (signed as Bee [image] Z)
- Inks
- Bill Zaboly (signed as Bee [image] Z)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- John Sappo
- Reprints
- from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx - 1940-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Two Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Bringing Up Father / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George McManus (credited)
- Pencils
- George McManus (credited)
- Inks
- George McManus (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Archie Juggs
- Reprints
- from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Barney Baxter / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
- ?
- Feature Logo
- Barney Baxter in the Air
- Genre
- adventure; aviation; war
- Characters
- Barney Baxter
- Reprints
- from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-02-09 - 1941-03-02
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Henry / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Carl Anderson (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Anderson (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Anderson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Henry
- Reprints
- from Henry daily (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx
Power Men of Mongo
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
- When Flash subdued a watchman...
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Flash Gordon
- Reprints
- from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-20 - 1940-11-10
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.
10-20 = Bath of Fire
10-27 = A Blazing Inferno
11-03 = Running the Gantlet [sic]
11-10 = Partners In Peril
On The Seas Of China (In China Seas)
Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
- With thousands of Kung's giant, yellow-skinned sailors...
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Brick Bradford; Kung
- Reprints
- from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-20 - 1940-11-10
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Little Annie Rooney / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Brandon Walsh (credited)
- Pencils
- Nicholas Afonsky (signed as N. Afonsky)
- Inks
- Nicholas Afonsky (signed as N. Afonsky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- drama; children; adventure
- Characters
- Little Annie Rooney
- Reprints
- from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-11-03 - 1940-11-24
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Henry / comic story / 1 page
- 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) 1940-xx-xx
Jim Phelan
Sport Features / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sports
[no title indexed]
Henry / comic story / 1 page
- 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) 1940-xx-xx
The Flame Pearls Part 4: The Amazons
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Lee Falk (credited)
- Pencils
- Phil Davis (credited) (signed as
PHIL DAVIS) - Inks
- Phil Davis (credited) (signed as PHIL DAVIS)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Mandrake; Lothar
- Reprints
- from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-20 - 1940-11-10
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Radio Patrol / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Eddie Sullivan (credited)
- Pencils
- Charlie Schmidt (credited)
- Inks
- Charlie Schmidt (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol
- Genre
- crime; adventure
- Characters
- Sergeant Pat O'Hara
- Reprints
- from Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-20 - 1940-11-10
Indexer Notes
Four Sunday pages
[no title indexed]
Sentinel Louie / comic story / 1.5 pages
- 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) 1940-xx-xx - 1940-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Three Sunday pages, shared with The Little King, by the same creator
[no title indexed]
The Little King / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)
- Pencils
- Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)
- Inks
- Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Little King
- Reprints
- Three Sunday pages shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator, plus a fourth half page
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Thimble Theatre -
1.
["While the sheriff listens to the Lone Ranger, Tarbuck fires..."]
The Lone Ranger -
2.
[no title indexed]
Thimble Theatre -
3.
[no title indexed]
Private Buck -
4.
[no title indexed]
Redmen The Ventures of Black Hawk -
5.
[no title indexed]
Bringing Up Father -
6.
[no title indexed]
Private Buck -
7.
Stamps: Triumph of the Blacks
-
8.
The Beachcomber
The Phantom -
9.
[no title indexed]
Sappo -
10.
King, King! Double King!
-
11.
[no title indexed]
Bringing Up Father -
12.
[no title indexed]
Barney Baxter -
13.
[no title indexed]
Henry -
14.
The Carver's Troubles
Family Portraits -
15.
Power Men of Mongo
Flash Gordon -
16.
On The Seas Of China (In China Seas)
Brick Bradford -
17.
[no title indexed]
Little Annie Rooney -
18.
[no title indexed]
Henry -
19.
[no title indexed]
Hall of Fame of the Air -
20.
Jim Phelan
Sport Features -
21.
[no title indexed]
Henry -
22.
The Flame Pearls Part 4: The Amazons
Mandrake the Magician -
23.
[no title indexed]
Radio Patrol -
24.
Big Ten Big Shots
Sport Features -
25.
[no title indexed]
Sentinel Louie -
26.
[no title indexed]
The Little King
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Dick Sabo
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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