Popular Comics #57

(November 1940)

Dick Tracy In Action (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

The Voice the Invisible Detective / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jim Chambers (credited)

Inks

Jim Chambers (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Curly! Look...

Genre

detective-mystery; spy

Characters

The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Colonel Bertrand (death); General Oakes; Larry; Major Pierce

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender."

Stamps for Collectors (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hi, Pedal Pals Win a Bike! (Table of Contents: 4)

Popular Comics Contest / activity / 2 pages (report information)

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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

Gang Busters / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Erwin L. Hess (signed)

Inks

Erwin L. Hess (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is on a cold January night back in 1925

Genre

crime

Characters

Chief John Winston; Officer John Floyd (death); Mr. Allen; Red Caulkett [also as H.C. Jones; also as H.C. Johnson] (villain, death); M.H. Dugan [also as J. Blake] (villain, death)

Reprints

• in Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) #23 - Gang Busters (1941)

Indexer Notes

"Copr. 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc."

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

The Sky Hawk / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Turner (credited)

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited and signed)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited and signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Something's jammed the rudder!

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Buzz Magee; Judy Baines; Lucky Lane; Storm Allen; Ah Wing (villain); Nichi Koto (villain); Suicide Squad (villains)

Keywords

Chinese; Japanese

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender."

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

The Hurricane Kids / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Albert Hartje (signed)

Pencils

Bill Ely [as Will Ely] (credited)

Inks

Bill Ely [as Will Ely] (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hope these steel saddle horns we're makin' will be strong enough, Omu!

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Maya; Bully Blackbeard

Keywords

island; The Comet

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender."

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

The Masked Pilot / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bob Jenney (credited)

Inks

Bob Jenney (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, Tom, how do you feel this morning?

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

The Masked Pilot; Tom; New Pioneers of the Americas [Count Zarbruk (villain); General Traytur (villain); Gus (villain, death)]

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1940 by R. S. Callender."

War Birds Condemned to Die! (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Blane (credited)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Characters

Captain Kirby; Colonel Kurt von Geyer; Lt. Bowden; Lt. Morton; Lt. Somers; Major Newsome; Mr. Benson; Mr. Durkin; Mr. McGowan

Keywords

British Air Corps; German Air Force; Nazi

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1940 by Dell Publishing Co."

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

Wally Williams, American Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Boni (credited)

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thank goodness, Ted and Wally have made up.

Genre

car; sports

Characters

Wally Williams; Arlene Grahame; Betty Riley; Coach Biff Harrigan; Gramps Williams; Martin; Mr. Rhodes; Ted Jackson

Keywords

car race; Elmhurst College; football

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1940, by Dell Publishing Co."

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

Martan the Marvel Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bob Bugg [as Robert Bugg] (credited)

Inks

Bob Bugg [as Robert Bugg] (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's Caucasia's biggest arms factory!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Martan; Vana

Keywords

Caucasia

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1940 by R. S. Callender."

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

Herky / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Pencils

Clyde Lewis (credited)

Inks

Clyde Lewis (credited)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Far be it from me to be personal, Herky

Characters

Herky [Hercules]; J. Granville Gurk

Synopsis

Herky tells Granville how he got his name.

Reprints

• from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?

The Following are the Winners of the May Popular Comics Contest (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

The Following are the Winners of the June Popular Comics Contest (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 0.34 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

Dr. Hormone / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bob Bugg (credited)

Inks

Bob Bugg (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oooooo! Assinoff-stop-stop-please!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dr. Hormone; Battleski; Formuloff; Jane; Masha; Smartenoff; Assinoff (villain)

Keywords

Harbow

Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender"

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

Johnson Smith & Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Be a Cowboy! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)