Popular Comics
#54
(August 1940)
Dell,
1936 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-07-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Oskar Lebeck (editor); Robert Callender (copyright holder); Helen Meyer (credited as H. Meyer) (vice-president); Fred Henry (vice-president); Margarita Delacorte (secretary); George Delacorte (credited as G. T. Delacorte Jr.) (president)
Issue Notes
Contents copyright, 1940 by R. S. Callender; 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.; 1940 by Dell Publishing Co.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
[War Comics #3]
Dell / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Martan the Marvel Man / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our fighting forces all over America...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton
Indexer Notes
Story (c) 1940 by R. S. Callender.
[no title indexed]
The Hurricane Kids / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kim zoo mor!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Logo; Maya
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender.
Art is signed on last page of story.
[no title indexed]
Herky / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- C'mon, Noodles...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Herky; Honey; Noodles Nelson
- Reprints
- from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938.11.06
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.
The Case of the Mysterious Pear
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Hal Bittner (signed as HB)
- Inks
- Hal Bittner (signed as HB)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Aunt Teeney; Clifford Ramey (corpse); Dr. C. O. Abher; Elmer Britten; Judge James G. Burnside; Lela Ramey; Sheriff H. E. Watkins; Charles Kibler (villain); Effie Ramey (villain)
[no title indexed]
Doctor Hormone / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After a lifetime of secret experimentation...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dr. Hormone; Jane Hormone; General Battlesky; Prime Minister Smartenoff; Rassinoff (villain)
Indexer Notes
Story (c) R. S. Callender
[no title indexed]
The Masked Pilot / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Jenney (signed as Bob Jenny)
- Inks
- Bob Jenney (signed as Bob Jenny)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Soon after the last unsuccesful attempt...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation; science fiction
- Characters
- The Masked Pilot; Tom; Officer Riley; Officer Yorke; Boris (villain); Mr. Brenner (villain)
Indexer Notes
(c) 1940 by R.S. Callender.
[no title indexed]
The Voice the Invisible Detective / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Chambers (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Chambers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Still trying to improve your machine...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson; Inspector Gyves; Cyrus Cadroller (villain)
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender.
[no title indexed]
Gang Busters / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Fletcher (signed as Fletcher)
- Inks
- Dick Fletcher (signed as Fletcher)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whitey Day left his father's farm at the age of twenty to seek the 'easy money'
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Chief John Winston; Officer Tobin; Officer Ryan; Mr. Morton; Mrs. Morton; Whitey Day (villain, death); Sharp (villain); Nick (villain); Smiley (villain)
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.
[Lt. Tito Falconi]
Did You Know That / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Roy Humphries (signed)
- Inks
- Roy Humphries (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Lt. Tito Falconi; Henry Bushmeyer; Emperor Hirohito
[no title indexed]
Wally Williams, American Boy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Victor Boni (signed)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! What a picture!
- Genre
- sports; teen
- Characters
- Wally Williams; Gramps Williams; Arlene Grahame; Betty Riley; Ted Jackson
- Keywords
- The World's Fair
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1940 by Dell Publishing Co.
Story signed on last page.
[no title indexed]
Captain Tornado / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Kenneth Kennedy (byline, house name)
- Pencils
- Newt Alfred ?
- Inks
- Newt Alfred ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After the death of the high priest, the Barangees, under the direction of Captain Tornado, continue to build their new city.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Tornado; Professor Bordani; Jane Bordani
Indexer Notes
According to Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., Hames Ware identified Newt Alfred as the artist for the story in Popular Comics #49. The art in this story looks very similar to the art in that story (Greg Fischer, July 2012).
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Gang Busters -
1.
[War Comics #3]
Dell -
2.
["Our fighting forces all over America..."]
Martan the Marvel Man -
3.
["Kim zoo mor!"]
The Hurricane Kids -
4.
["C'mon, Noodles..."]
Herky -
5.
Boys--Girls! Solve This Puzzle!
Junior Sales Club of America -
6.
The Case of the Mysterious Pear
-
7.
Hi, Contest Fans
Comic Contests -
8.
["After a lifetime of secret experimentation..."]
Doctor Hormone -
9.
["Soon after the last unsuccesful attempt..."]
The Masked Pilot -
10.
["Still trying to improve your machine..."]
The Voice the Invisible Detective -
11.
["Whitey Day left his father's farm at the age of twenty to seek the 'easy money'"]
Gang Busters -
12.
[Lt. Tito Falconi]
Did You Know That -
13.
Become a Stamp Collector
-
14.
["Boy! What a picture!"]
Wally Williams, American Boy -
15.
["After the death of the high priest, the Barangees, under the direction of Captain Tornado, continue to build their new city."]
Captain Tornado -
16.
[The Funnies #46]
Dell -
17.
Four Color #7
Gang Busters
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Edgar Loftin
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Dave Porta
- Tony R. Rose
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