Popular Comics
#86
(April 1943)
Dell,
1936 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-03-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- George Delacorte (credited as G. T. Delacorte Jr.) (president); Helen Meyer (credited as H. Meyer) (vice-president); Margarita Delacorte (secretary)
Issue Notes
On sale date per 1943 Copyright Entries, Periodicals.
Copyright 1943 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Copyright 1943 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
[no title indexed]
The Three Little Gremlins / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- The Three Little Gremlins [Gassy Octane; Nutsy Boltaction; Screwy Turnbuckle]
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Grin and Bear It / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- George Lichty (signed as Lichty)
- Pencils
- George Lichty (signed as Lichty)
- Inks
- George Lichty (signed as Lichty)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop being silly and eat your dinner, Willis!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 1942.05.06
- from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 1942.05.09
- from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 1942.?
- from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 1942.05.07
Indexer Notes
Four single panel cartoons on inside front cover in black and white.
© 1942 Chicago Times, Inc.
[no title indexed]
The Three Little Gremlins / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- P.C.#86
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brother Gremlins -- we now enter the realm of higher mathematics --
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- The Three Little Gremlins [Gassy Octane; Nutsy Boltaction; Screwy Turnbuckle]; Japanese (villains)
Indexer Notes
Copr., 1943, by Daniel J. Gormley.
Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999.
[no title indexed]
Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Zack Mosley (credited)
- Pencils
- Boody Rogers (ghosted for Zack Mosley)
- Inks
- Boody Rogers (ghosted for Zack Mosley)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Boody Rogers
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mary, you've been swell
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Woo-Woo Bali [as Woo Woo Bali]; Mary Smith; Dixie Lee; Carmen; Elsa; Evelyn; Laura
- Synopsis
- After Downwind's picture appears in a national newspaper, all the women he's jilted come looking for him.
- Reprints
-
in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #36 - Smilin' Jack (1944) which is reprinted - from Smilin' Jack (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1939.xx.xx
-
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm dealing myself a hand in this game
- Genre
- drama; humor; domestic
- Characters
- Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Andrew Gump; Min Gump; Larry Slik; Gertie Slik
- Reprints
- from The Gumps Sunday (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1938.?
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Plot Luck
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.10.27
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1940 by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
Winner by a Draw
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.?
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1940 by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
Plug Ugley
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Mayor; Spooky (a cat)
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.?
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1940 by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
Snooze Boy
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Kennebunk K. Kaboose
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.?
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1940 by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
Teacher's Fret
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Earl Stover; Spooky (a cat); Quincy K. Clabber
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.?
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1940 by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
[no title indexed]
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the dough, Smoke
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.?
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1940 by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
Camera Crank
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (a cat); Montague T. Kettle
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.?
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1940 by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
The Crimson Badge of Bravery
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois (credited)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Montford; Roald Nelsen; Nels Nelsen; Anna Nelsen; Nazis (villains)
Indexer Notes
Writer credit corroborated in 1943 Copyright Entries, Pamphlets; and pg 187 in Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled by Randall W. Scott (Mich. State U. 1985), where the title as written and submitted was, "The Red Badge of Bravery."
Copyright 1943 by R. S. Callender.
The Flaming Swastika Gang
Gang Busters / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime; war
- Characters
- Joe Bedford; The Flaming Swastika Gang (villains); Dr. Anton Werber (villain); Mr. Heffernan (villain)
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1943 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Milton Caniff (credited)
- Pencils
- Milton Caniff (credited)
- Inks
- Milton Caniff (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Frank Engli
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Telling Terry to find April, Pat tackles the Baron's henchmen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Connie; The Dragon Lady; Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Big Stoop; April Kane; Mr. Higgins; Reginald Smythe-Heatherstone; Deeth Crispin; Lo Sun; Weazel [M. Belette] (villain); Slugger Dunn (villain)
- Reprints
- from Terry and the Pirates daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Copyright, 1938, by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
The Hurricane Kids / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dave's unconscious
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Captain Bill Brady; Omu
Indexer Notes
Copr., 1943, by R. S. Callender.
[no title indexed]
Grin and Bear It / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- George Lichty (signed as Lichty)
- Pencils
- George Lichty (signed as Lichty)
- Inks
- George Lichty (signed as Lichty)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you can't get the doctor, get the ice man
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 1942.?
- from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 1942.?
- from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 1942.?
- from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 1942.?
Indexer Notes
Four single panel cartoons.
© 1942 Chicago Times, Inc.
The Red Cross Goes for You
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils
- Jim Chambers ?; ? [as J. G. C.] (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Chambers ?; ? [as J. G. C.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Frank Watson; Lt. Bill Danvers; Harry
Indexer Notes
Du Bois writer credit per pg 77 Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled by Randall W. Scott (Mich. State U. 1985). "The Red Cross Goes. 2p. For Popular Comics, April 1944. Paid December 19, 1943."
Ohm Ties
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (a cat)
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.?
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1940 by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
[no title indexed]
Gasoline Alley / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Frank King (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank King (credited)
- Inks
- Frank King (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Nina, I'm awfully sorry I couldn't meet you
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Gootch; Chuck; Larry Packer; Jessica
- Reprints
- from Gasoline Alley daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1937.11.17
- from Gasoline Alley daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1937.11.18
- from Gasoline Alley daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1937.11.19
- from Gasoline Alley daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1937.11.23
- from Gasoline Alley daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1937.11.26
Indexer Notes
Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Three Little Gremlins -
1.
["Stop being silly and eat your dinner, Willis!"]
Grin and Bear It -
2.
["Brother Gremlins -- we now enter the realm of higher mathematics --"]
The Three Little Gremlins -
3.
["Mary, you've been swell"]
Smilin' Jack -
4.
["I'm dealing myself a hand in this game"]
The Gumps -
5.
Plot Luck
Smokey Stover -
6.
Winner by a Draw
Smokey Stover -
7.
Plug Ugley
Smokey Stover -
8.
Snooze Boy
Smokey Stover -
9.
Teacher's Fret
Smokey Stover -
10.
["Here's the dough, Smoke"]
Smokey Stover -
11.
Camera Crank
Smokey Stover -
12.
The Crimson Badge of Bravery
-
13.
The Flaming Swastika Gang
Gang Busters -
14.
["Telling Terry to find April, Pat tackles the Baron's henchmen"]
Terry and the Pirates -
15.
["Dave's unconscious"]
The Hurricane Kids -
16.
["If you can't get the doctor, get the ice man"]
Grin and Bear It -
17.
The Red Cross Goes for You
-
18.
Ohm Ties
Smokey Stover -
19.
["Gee, Nina, I'm awfully sorry I couldn't meet you"]
Gasoline Alley -
20.
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21.
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