Popular Comics #81

(November 1942)

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

Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Holman (signed)

Pencils

Bill Holman (signed)

Inks

Bill Holman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That fire bug Arson Nick...

Genre

humor

Characters

Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt

Reprints

• from Smokey Stover daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1938-12-07
• 1938-12-08

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover in red & black.
Copyright 1938 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

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

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils

Boody Rogers (ghosted for Zack Mosley)

Inks

Boody Rogers (ghosted for Zack Mosley)

Colors

?

Letters

Boody Rogers (ghosted for Zack Mosley)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, Downwind, meet our white elephant...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Inspector; Mary Smith; Mummy Smith; Hop (villain)

Reprints

• from Smilin' Jack Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx [modified to fit comic book format]

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

The Return of Robin Hood [Episode 3] (Table of Contents: 3)

Robin Hood / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jon Small

Inks

Jon Small

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

The Return of Robin Hood

Genre

adventure; historical; history

Characters

Robin Hood [Robert]; Sir Guy De Beaupre (death)

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Return of Robin Hood [episode 3] as per page 786, "Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Etc. New Series Vol 39 Pt. 1."

Jon Small credited as artist for first part of this story in Popular Comics #79. Art spotters on the GCD Main list agree Jon Small did the art on this story (May 2011). Previous indexer had Arthur Jameson as artist.

The Gas Pirates (Table of Contents: 4)

Gang Busters / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed)

Inks

John Forte (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Characters

Chief John Winston; Officer Casey; Officer Jenkins; Larry Barnes; Ben Tate (death); Inspector Kerry; Horatio Miller (villain); Gus (villain); Mike (villain)

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1942 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.

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

Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Milton Caniff (credited)

Pencils

Milton Caniff (credited)

Inks

Milton Caniff (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Frank Engli

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Going to the office of Baron De Plexus...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Connie; Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Big Stoop; Reginald Smythe-Heatherstone; Weazel [M. Belette] (villain); Baron De Plexus (villain); Slugger Dunn (villain)

Reprints

• in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #44 - Terry and the Pirates (May 1944)
• From Terry and The Pirates (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938-12-05 -1938-12-10, 1938-12-12 - 1938-12-17, 1938-12-19 - 1938-12-24, 1938-12-26 - 1938-12-31, 1939-01-01 [Sunday, first 4 panels]

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

Sunday strips are part of the continuity but are not reprinted except for the first four panels of 1939.01.01.

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

The Hurricane Kids / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Albert Hartje (credited)

Pencils

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Inks

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Hurricane Kids awake in their tree house...

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]

Indexer Notes

copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender.

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

Cyclone / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

John Hampton (signed as J. W. Hampton)

Inks

John Hampton (signed as J. W. Hampton)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At the end of a big dinner...

Genre

adventure; humor; war; western-frontier

Characters

Cyclone; Midge; Calico (a horse); Cal Grant; Scarface Gowdy (villain)

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender.

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

Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Holman (signed)

Pencils

Bill Holman (signed)

Inks

Bill Holman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There goes Arson Nick, Smokey!

Genre

humor

Characters

Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Flat Foot Flanagan; Arson Nick

Reprints

• from Smokey Stover daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
• 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

Escape from the Philippines (Table of Contents: 9)

Popular Comics text / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

? (signed illustration)

Inks

? (signed illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dick Corey slipped quickly under an old red velvet curtain and opened the door of the dark room just beyond.

Genre

war

Characters

Dick Corey (a youth, son of Thomas); Thomas Corey (U.S. Consul for X---, a Philippine island); José (the Corey's male cook and housekeeper); Jap sharpshooter; Filipino guerrillas; Tomaso Hermanito (a youth not quite Dick's age); Felipe Cortes (guerrilla captain); Jap sentry

Synopsis

Young Dick is eager to join the guerrillas with his friends as Japanese advance. His father promises to follow once the documents are microfilmed. Faithful José remains also. A deadly shot by Dick saves his friends from a grenade-wielding enemy. He meets up with the guerrillas. Next day, José arrives with news the house was hit and Corey senior is trapped in the rubble. During the rescue Dick beans a sentry with a brick. On return the guerilla captain reports success contacting U.N. transport for the Coreys and the microfilm.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Du Bois Account Books, the entries in which show the Popular Comics text feature as having been his other regular assignment on the series. (Entries list story title, and identify the feature as "Popular Comics filler" up to issue #83, then as "text for Popular Comics" through to 1948 when the series folded.) Art is signed but unclear. One surmises that what the setter of the type rendered as "the door of the dark room" was "the door of the darkroom" in the original, as Corey is processing film with developer therein.

Du Bois goes to town with Spanish, the most used by him of the many foreign languages with which he peppered his didactic stories. "...los guerrillas ... Yo se muy bien ... el patron ... ---vaya! Vaya con Dios! ... Chico ... Buen' dias compadre! ... amigo ... Vamonos! ... Es nada ... Señor Corey ... both Señors Corey ..." And young Dick's slightly younger friend's name translates as Littlebrother.

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

The Owl / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Oskar Lebeck

Pencils

Frank Thomas (signed)

Inks

Frank Thomas (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Veronic Puddle to see you Chief

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Owl [Nick Terry]; Belle Wayne; Chief Murphy; Veronica Puddle; Lotta Latin; Luke Tortoni; Sharpie Sam (villain)

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender.

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

Gasoline Alley / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Frank King (signed)

Pencils

Frank King (signed)

Inks

Frank King (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've got $7.35 of Tops' I.O.U.s....

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops

Reprints

• from Gasoline Alley Sunday (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1937-10-03
• daily 1937-10-04 - 1937-10-08

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

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

Don Winslow / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank V. Martinek (credited)

Pencils

Ken Ernst

Inks

Ken Ernst

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scene - an underground airdrome...

Feature Logo

Don Winslow of the Navy

Genre

adventure; war; military

Characters

Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Captain X (villain)

Reprints

• from Don Winslow of the Navy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx [modified for comic book pages]

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

The Gumps / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gus Edson (signed)

Pencils

Gus Edson (signed)

Inks

Gus Edson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh Millie, darling - How I miss you...

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Millie Gump; Hortense De Stross

Reprints

• from The Gumps Sunday (The Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-12-05

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover in black & red. Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

Jim Prentice Announces His Super Electric Football (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Electric Game Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)