Ace Comics #57

(December 1941)

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

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

Script

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello HELLO! Regular football weather!

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

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

The Phantom / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Ray Moore (credited)

Inks

Ray Moore (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Baron Grover says he'll test the legend of The Phantom's immortality...

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Reprints

• From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1938-09-07 - 1938-09-10, 1938-09-12 - 1938-09-17 & 1938-09-19 - 1938-09-24.
  [One panel is omitted from one of the dailies on each page, in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.]

Indexer Notes

"Copyright 1938"

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

Private Buck / cartoon / 0.3 page (report information)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

You needn't salute me, Major.

Genre

humor; military

Indexer Notes

A one-panel joke.

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

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Pencils

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Inks

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you know I'm going to become a famous band leader, mom?

Genre

humor; children; domestic

Indexer Notes

Each page is at a different place in the comic.

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

Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

Pencils

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

Inks

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While Jungle Jim spies on J-7's underground workshop, the master saboteur traps him.

Genre

adventure; jungle

[Fish Dish] (Table of Contents: 6)

Henry / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)

Pencils

Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)

Inks

Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

Do You Know... (Table of Contents: 7)

Collectin' Stamps / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L Pollock)

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That fewer new postage stamps were issued...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

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

The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Pencils

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Inks

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Weren't fireflies used for illumination in ancient days, Professor?

Genre

humor; children

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

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, buddy, I ain't had a bite to eat...

Genre

humor

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

Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I can see where we're going to like being in the Coast Patrol, Tim.

Genre

adventure; war

Rose Raid (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Rutherford Montgomery (credited)

Pencils

Clayton Knight (credited) (signed as Clayton Knight)

Inks

Clayton Knight (credited) (signed as Clayton Knight)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

Squadron Leader Brian Kent; Stormy Marsh; Mel Lester

Renown Versus Scharnhorst (Table of Contents: 12)

The Battle of the Atlantic / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Franklin Wittmack (credited as E. Franklin Wittmack)

Pencils

Franklin Wittmack (credited as E. Franklin Wittmack)

Inks

Franklin Wittmack (credited as E. Franklin Wittmack)

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

Vice-admiral Sir James Somerville; Commander von Housemack

Runaway (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Pencils

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Inks

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Greg Rice

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

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Pencils

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Inks

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here you are — I brought you a real football.

Genre

humor; domestic

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

Prince Valiant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Pencils

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Inks

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Down a secret passage beneath the moat Camoran leads the remnant...

Genre

adventure; historical

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

Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Pencils

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Inks

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you mind coming in with me, Mac -- I'd like to get a hat.

Genre

drama; humor

Keywords

soap opera

Gloria Jean (Table of Contents: 17)

Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Pencils

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Inks

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Andy Devine; Johnny Weissmuller

Keywords

Celebrity

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

Polka-Dot Pictures / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Letters

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Genre

humor

[The Golf Game] (Table of Contents: 19)

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

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

Curley Harper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We're printing your Ferndell-Kneff story today in all editions...

Genre

adventure

Lefty Grove (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

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Genre

non-fiction; sports

Keywords

baseball

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

Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Pencils

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Inks

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Teddy -- I want you to run down-town and get me change...

Genre

humor; children; domestic

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

Elmer / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sure, Butch, I like to shovel snow...

Genre

humor; children

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

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Pencils

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Inks

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Really, Horace -- I think it's perfectly shocking the way you...

Feature Logo

Barney Google

Genre

humor

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Alexander McKay (credited) (business manager)

Letters

typeset