(December 1938)

Dell, 1936 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Oskar Lebeck ? (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mutt and Jeff; Skippy; Tippie; Toby; Toonerville Folks / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fontaine Fox ?
Pencils
Fontaine Fox ?
Inks
Fontaine Fox ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Duck, fellers! Katrinka's looking for her other stocking!
Genre
humor; children; animal
Characters
Mutt; Katrinka; Ted Starr (inset); Herky (inset); Shark Egan (inset); Mickey McGuire (inset)
Keywords
Christmas; Christmas stockings

Fred Hans (Table of Contents: 1)

Soldiers of Fortune / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Stookie Allen
Pencils
Stookie Allen
Inks
Stookie Allen
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; biography; military
Characters
Fred Hans

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

Ted Starr Racket Buster / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Commissioned by the FBI to shatter...
Genre
crime; adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Ted Starr

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

Toby / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Randall (credited as Stan)
Pencils
Stan Randall (credited as Stan)
Inks
Stan Randall (credited as Stan)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You big oversized not-wit!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Toby

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

Toonerville Folks / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fontaine Fox
Pencils
Fontaine Fox
Inks
Fontaine Fox
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You run with it and it whirls around like ennything!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Toonerville Folks Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Popular Crossword Puzzles / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

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

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lewis (signed)
Pencils
Clyde Lewis (signed)
Inks
Clyde Lewis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oboy! I smell pie!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Herky
Reprints
  • from Herky Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Moore
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer
Inks
Carl Pfeufer
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reunified after many years of separation...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Tad of the Tanbark; Speed
Reprints
  • from Tad of the Tanbark Sunday (The Watkins Syndicate) 1935-xx-xx - 1935-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

This is the topper to the Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday page, by the same creators.

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

Tippie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edwina Dumm
Pencils
Edwina Dumm
Inks
Edwina Dumm
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children; animal
Characters
Tippie
Reprints
  • from Tippie Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc./King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Out Our Way / cartoon / 0.85 page (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams
Pencils
J. R. Williams
Inks
J. R. Williams
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I like t'get my feet broke in early...
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Out Our Way daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Percy Crosby
Pencils
Percy Crosby
Inks
Percy Crosby
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Skippy, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Skippy / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Percy Crosby
Pencils
Percy Crosby
Inks
Percy Crosby
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If that ain't my mother all over again...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Skippy Skinner
Reprints
  • from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Always Belittlin', by the same creator.

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

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Percy Crosby
Pencils
Percy Crosby
Inks
Percy Crosby
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've been lookin' all over for ya.
Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Skippy, by the same creator.

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

Skippy / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Percy Crosby
Pencils
Percy Crosby
Inks
Percy Crosby
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Teacher...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Skippy Skinner
Reprints
  • from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Always Belittlin', by the same creator.

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

Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks, and Comics / activity / 12 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo) (movie still)
Letters
?

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

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes
Pencils
Gene Byrnes
Inks
Gene Byrnes
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is my new hunting dog...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Daisybelle
Reprints
  • from Daisybelle Sunday (Famous Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes
Pencils
Gene Byrnes
Inks
Gene Byrnes
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Daisybelle
Reprints
  • from Daisybelle Sunday (Famous Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

The Mountain Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Webb
Pencils
Paul Webb
Inks
Paul Webb
Colors
? (painting)
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from The Mountain Boys daily (Esquire Features, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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

Loco Luke / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Warren (signed)
Pencils
Jack Warren (signed)
Inks
Jack Warren (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've gotta hide my bein' scared...
Feature Logo
Loco Luke and His Charley Horse
Genre
humor; children; western-frontier
Characters
Loco Luke; Charley Horse

[Wart-hogs] (Table of Contents: 19)

This Curious World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
William Ferguson (signed as William Ferguson)
Pencils
William Ferguson (signed as William Ferguson)
Inks
William Ferguson (signed as William Ferguson)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Reprints
  • from This Curious World Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Hal Forrest
Pencils
Hal Forrest
Inks
Reynold Brown
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As Slade and his men start to pursue Tommy...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Slade
Reprints
  • from Tailspin Tommy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Shark Egan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Donaldson
Inks
John Donaldson
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shark Egan has the corsair's pirate crew eating out of his hand...
Genre
adventure

"G"-Men vs "Boat-Hook" Roggan (Table of Contents: 22)

G-Men on the Job / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
"G"-Men
Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
"Boat-Hook" Roggan

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

Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Moore
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer
Inks
Carl Pfeufer
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gathering together all who will follow him...
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Don Dixon
Reprints
  • from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday (The Watkins Syndicate) 1935-xx-xx - 1935-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The topper of the Sunday page is Tad of the Tanbark, by the same creators.

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

Toonerville Folks / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fontaine Fox
Pencils
Fontaine Fox
Inks
Fontaine Fox
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quick! Before he falls and breaks his neck!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Toonerville Folks Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What cha doin'?
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams
Pencils
J. R. Williams
Inks
J. R. Williams
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There it goes - right there's our trouble -
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Out Our Way daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lewis
Pencils
Clyde Lewis
Inks
Clyde Lewis
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Y'know Mom...I been thinkin'...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Herky; Herky's mother
Reprints
  • from Herky Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Nuggets for Courage (Table of Contents: 28)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Tippie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edwina Dumm
Pencils
Edwina Dumm
Inks
Edwina Dumm
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; animal; children
Characters
Tippie
Reprints
  • from Tippie Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc./King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

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

The Drawing Teacher / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
A. W. Nugent
Pencils
A. W. Nugent
Inks
A. W. Nugent
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Percy Crosby
Pencils
Percy Crosby
Inks
Percy Crosby
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
-It's the last inning folks and two down-
Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Skippy, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Skippy / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Percy Crosby
Pencils
Percy Crosby
Inks
Percy Crosby
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's an idea. Let's get a couple of sodas...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Skippy Skinner
Reprints
  • from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Always Belittlin', by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Percy Crosby
Pencils
Percy Crosby
Inks
Percy Crosby
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What say we put on the gloves...
Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Always Belittlin' Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Skippy, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Skippy / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Percy Crosby
Pencils
Percy Crosby
Inks
Percy Crosby
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fore!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Skippy Skinner
Reprints
  • from Skippy Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The Sunday page is shared with Always Belittlin', by the same creator.

Sacred Animals (Table of Contents: 35)

This Curious World / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
William Ferguson
Pencils
William Ferguson
Inks
William Ferguson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Reprints
  • from This Curious World Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lewis (signed as Clyde Lewis)
Pencils
Clyde Lewis (signed as Clyde Lewis)
Inks
Clyde Lewis (signed as Clyde Lewis)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
C'mon. Hoiky, I want you to watch me...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Herky
Reprints
  • from Herky Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Too bad we ain't got a good dog -
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shake, Jeff! Let me congratulate you!
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes (signed as Gene Byrnes)
Pencils
Gene Byrnes (signed as Gene Byrnes)
Inks
Gene Byrnes (signed as Gene Byrnes)
Colors
?
Letters
Gene Byrnes (signed as Gene Byrnes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If I didn't see it with my own eyes...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Daisybelle
Reprints
  • from Daisybelle Sunday (Famous Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Daisybelle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Gene Byrnes (signed as Gene Byrnes)
Pencils
Gene Byrnes (signed as Gene Byrnes)
Inks
Gene Byrnes (signed as Gene Byrnes)
Colors
?
Letters
Gene Byrnes (signed as Gene Byrnes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Daisybelle decides to take the money out of her bank...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Daisybelle
Reprints
  • from Daisybelle Sunday (Famous Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Toonerville Folks / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Fontaine Fox
Pencils
Fontaine Fox
Inks
Fontaine Fox
Colors
?
Letters
Fontaine Fox

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here comes that saloon keeper!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Toonerville Folks Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The footer to the Sunday page is Little Stanley, by the same creator.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Little Stanley / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Fontaine Fox
Pencils
Fontaine Fox
Inks
Fontaine Fox
Colors
?
Letters
Fontaine Fox

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mom won't gimme a cent...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Stanley
Reprints
  • from Little Stanley Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

This is the footer to the Toonerville Folks Sunday page, by the same creator.

Starlight Over Texas (Table of Contents: 43)

Tex Ritter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
? (painting)
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; western-frontier
Characters
Tex Newman

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the Monogram film with Tex Ritter

Football Guard (Table of Contents: 44)

Popular Sports / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; sports

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher) (signed as Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You say you got a job on the radio?
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • from Mutt & Jeff Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Duck, fellers! Katrinka's looking for her other stocking!"]
    Mutt and Jeff; Skippy; Tippie; Toby; Toonerville Folks
  2. 1. Fred Hans
    Soldiers of Fortune
  3. 2. ["Commissioned by the FBI to shatter..."]
    Ted Starr Racket Buster
  4. 3. ["You big oversized not-wit!"]
    Toby
  5. 4. ["You run with it and it whirls around like ennything!"]
    Toonerville Folks
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Popular Crossword Puzzles
  7. 6. ["Oboy! I smell pie!"]
    Herky
  8. 7. ["Reunified after many years of separation..."]
    Tad of the Tanbark
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Tippie
  10. 9. ["I like t'get my feet broke in early..."]
    Out Our Way
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Always Belittlin'
  12. 11. ["If that ain't my mother all over again..."]
    Skippy
  13. 12. ["I've been lookin' all over for ya."]
    Always Belittlin'
  14. 13. ["Dear Teacher..."]
    Skippy
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks, and Comics
  16. 15. ["This is my new hunting dog..."]
    Daisybelle
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Daisybelle
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    The Mountain Boys
  19. 18. ["I've gotta hide my bein' scared..."]
    Loco Luke
  20. 19. [Wart-hogs]
    This Curious World
  21. 20. ["As Slade and his men start to pursue Tommy..."]
    Tailspin Tommy
  22. 21. ["Shark Egan has the corsair's pirate crew eating out of his hand..."]
    Shark Egan
  23. 22. "G"-Men vs "Boat-Hook" Roggan
    G-Men on the Job
  24. 23. ["Gathering together all who will follow him..."]
    Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire
  25. 24. ["Quick! Before he falls and breaks his neck!"]
    Toonerville Folks
  26. 25. ["What cha doin'?"]
    Mutt and Jeff
  27. 26. ["There it goes - right there's our trouble -"]
    Out Our Way
  28. 27. ["Y'know Mom...I been thinkin'..."]
    Herky
  29. 28. Nuggets for Courage
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Tippie
  31. 30. [no title indexed]
    The Drawing Teacher
  32. 31. ["-It's the last inning folks and two down-"]
    Always Belittlin'
  33. 32. ["Here's an idea. Let's get a couple of sodas..."]
    Skippy
  34. 33. ["What say we put on the gloves..."]
    Always Belittlin'
  35. 34. ["Fore!"]
    Skippy
  36. 35. Sacred Animals
    This Curious World
  37. 36. ["C'mon. Hoiky, I want you to watch me..."]
    Herky
  38. 37. ["Too bad we ain't got a good dog -"]
    Mutt and Jeff
  39. 38. ["Shake, Jeff! Let me congratulate you!"]
    Mutt and Jeff
  40. 39. ["If I didn't see it with my own eyes..."]
    Daisybelle
  41. 40. ["Daisybelle decides to take the money out of her bank..."]
    Daisybelle
  42. 41. ["Here comes that saloon keeper!"]
    Toonerville Folks
  43. 42. ["Mom won't gimme a cent..."]
    Little Stanley
  44. 43. Starlight Over Texas
    Tex Ritter
  45. 44. Football Guard
    Popular Sports
  46. 45. ["You say you got a job on the radio?"]
    Mutt and Jeff
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Lionel English
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Dan Kocher
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore