The Funnies #52

(February 1941)

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

Navy Bob's Scrap Book / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a boatswain's call or pipe with which the bosun's mates pipe orders to the crew.

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Navy Bob's Scrapbook Sundays (McClure Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Phantasmo, the Master of the World / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

E. C. Stoner (signed)

Inks

E. C. Stoner

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After turning two train wreckers over to the Bushville jail, Phil Anson and Whizzer McGee are...

Genre

superhero

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

The Black Knight / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Erwin Hess (signed as Erwin L. Hess)

Inks

Erwin Hess (signed as Erwin L. Hess)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sir knight, thou hast a troubled look.

Genre

adventure; historical

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

Captain Easy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

But why, Easy?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy

Reprints

• from Captain Easy Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Rex, King of the Deep / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al McWilliams (signed)

Inks

Al McWilliams (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We have to get help somehow --- we'll be running out of water and food soon...

Genre

adventure

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

John Carter Warlord of Mars / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Coleman Burroughs

Inks

John Coleman Burroughs

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

John Carter is returning home to Helium and to his beautiful Martian princess...

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

John Carter; Carthoris; Issus; Phaidor; Dejah Thoris; Xodar

Keywords

Helium

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

Navy Bob Steele / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Erwin Greenwood

Inks

Erwin Greenwood

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The ship is underway!

Genre

adventure; military

Reprints

• from Navy Bob Steele daily (McClure Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

The Rocket Boys in Space / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

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

Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Chambers (signed)

Inks

Jim Chambers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello -- hello!

Genre

detective-mystery; drama

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

Speed Martin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Bloom

Pencils

Victor Bloom

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Back from triumphs in Nassau, Speed and Mickey relax at an Elmhurst College football game.

Genre

adventure

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The Sky Ranger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois (signed as Bob Gaylord)

Pencils

Bob Jenny (signed as Bob Gaylord)

Inks

Bob Jenny (signed as Bob Gaylord)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We'll have to find a safer place to live - or we'll end up being cat meat!

Genre

aviation

Indexer Notes

"Bob Gaylord" (Gaylord Du Bois script, Bob Jenny art) script and art credit as per Catalog of Copyright Entries 1941 - Page 499 [http://goo.gl/zgAMG8]. Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Bob Jenny art identification by David Porta, June 2014.