Popular Comics
#126
(August 1946)
Dell,
1936 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1946
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Magazine [circle]
[no title indexed]
Felix the Cat / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- P.C. #126-468
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Felix the Cat; Mouse
Indexer Notes
Cover #1. Front cover. Left inset shows: Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates (Terry); Smokey Stover
[no title indexed]
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Holman
- Pencils
- Bill Holman
- Inks
- Bill Holman
- Colors
- ? (magenta monochrome)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wake up, Chief - We've got a bite!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief
Indexer Notes
Cover #2. Inside front cover. Strip reprint: "Copr. 1943, by News Syndicate Co., Inc."
[no title indexed]
Felix the Cat / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think I'll relax with a little music!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Felix the Cat; Mouse; Ginger Jam; Mr. Felix Jam; Mrs. Jam ("Ma"); maid; house dog; street dog; mice
Indexer Notes
Strip reprints. Bottom of first panel states: "Copr. 1945, King Features Syn., Inc."
[no title indexed]
Smilin' Jack / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- C-Ch-Cherry! How did you get down here?
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Jack; Stretch; Cherry; Cindy; Downwind; Mr. Brotherly; barber; farmer; pilot (grocery worker vacationing with his sister, a steno, and entourage who introduce themselves: a milkman and a shoe salesman); Screwball (Jack's mechanic who gets fired); Fuzzwuzz (Jack's new mechanic, an old acquaintance Jack fails to recognize); a boy and a girl making mud pies
- Reprints
-
in Smilin' Jack (Dell, 1948 series) #3 (July-September 1948) [Pages 1-3], #4 (October-December 1948) [4 pages out of 7. Some dialogue rewritten.] - from Smilin' Jack (Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate) 1941-12-xx - 1942-01-xx
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Bottom of first panel states: "Copr. 1942 by News Syndicate Co., Inc."
[no title indexed]
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Chiefie - This is Spark's birthday - We oughta get this bone polisher a present!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Sparks (dog); Chief; fireman
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint. Bottom of first panel states: "Copr. 1943 by News Syndicate Co., Inc."
[no title indexed]
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For Pete's sake, Smokey - Where've you been all morning?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief; doctor
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint. Bottom of first panel states: "Copr. 1943 by News Syndicate Co., Inc."
[no title indexed]
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What luck?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Terry Lee; Burma
- Reprints
- from Terry and the Pirates daily (Chicago Tribune) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint. Bottom of first panel states: "Copr. 1941 by News Syndicate Co., Inc."
[no title indexed]
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Poppy - Will you read me this story of the knights of old?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Son; Cookie; Cousin Molly and her six kids
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint. Bottom of first panel states: "Copr. 1943 by News Syndicate Co., Inc."
[no title indexed]
Smokey Stover / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smoley Hoke - There's a fire - Hurry up with those wieners!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; meat clerk; Chief
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint. Bottom of first panel states: "Copr. 1943 by News Syndicate Co., Inc."
[no title indexed]
Gang Busters / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The six day bike race.
- Genre
- crime
Indexer Notes
Original story from Western. "Copyright, 1944, by Phillips H. Lord, Inc."
Wings Over the Prairie
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils
- Irving Tripp (signed)
- Inks
- Irving Tripp (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Billy Fields; Pa Fields; fifty wild mustangs; 'Wild Hoss' Jeff Boudry; Boudry's hunters
- Synopsis
- Pa admonishes Billy for having buzzed and stampeded neighbor Jim Thorbel's beef herd. Billy agrees to fly business only. Billy avoids 50 wild mustangs Jeff & crew herd to the trap-corral. The plane's shadow stampedes the herd. Billy sees a rider thrown from his mount into the stampede. Billy dives at the leading mares, who swerve into Jeff, who dives to ground. Stallion leaps. Jeff fumes. Billy descends, apologizes, invites Jeff as he air-herds the herd. Jeff sees a plane equals profits, asks Billy to teach him. Billy is delighted, as now he can buzz horse while keeping his word to Pa.
Indexer Notes
Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 80 Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984). Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta, February, 2014.
[no title indexed]
Gasoline Alley / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, it's nice to have that raise, Nina...
- Genre
- adventure; drama
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint. Bottom of first panel states: "Copr. 1941, by The Chicago Tribune"
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is awful, Uncle Bim - We'll never be able to clear Rose's father now
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; domestic
Indexer Notes
Cover #3 and cover #4 (inside back cover and back cover). Cover #3 is magenta monochrome.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Felix the Cat -
1.
["Wake up, Chief - We've got a bite!"]
Smokey Stover -
2.
["I think I'll relax with a little music!"]
Felix the Cat -
3.
["C-Ch-Cherry! How did you get down here?"]
Smilin' Jack -
4.
["Hey, Chiefie - This is Spark's birthday - We oughta get this bone polisher a present!"]
Smokey Stover -
5.
["For Pete's sake, Smokey - Where've you been all morning?"]
Smokey Stover -
6.
["What luck?"]
Terry and the Pirates -
7.
["Oh, Poppy - Will you read me this story of the knights of old?"]
Smokey Stover -
8.
["Smoley Hoke - There's a fire - Hurry up with those wieners!"]
Smokey Stover -
9.
["The six day bike race."]
Gang Busters -
10.
Wings Over the Prairie
-
11.
["Gee, it's nice to have that raise, Nina..."]
Gasoline Alley -
12.
["This is awful, Uncle Bim - We'll never be able to clear Rose's father now"]
The Gumps
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Dave Porta
- Mark Q
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