Tip Top Comics #v4#5 (41)
(September 1939)

United Feature, 1936 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Berdanier (signed as Berdanier)
Inks
Paul Berdanier (signed as Berdanier)
Colors
?

Genre
adventure; jungle

'Oil Dad' Amos; Back to Yesterday (Table of Contents: 1)

Home Towners / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Ed Dodd (credited)
Pencils
Ed Dodd (credited)
Inks
Ed Dodd (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; domestic

Indexer Notes

Two 1-panel cartoons.
The first page of the comic, with a 1/3-page ad for an Automatic Repeating 30-Shot B-B Pistol at the bottom.

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

Tarzan / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Rice Burroughs (credited)
Pencils
Rex Maxon (signed as Rex Maxon)
Inks
Rex Maxon (signed as Rex Maxon)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The weird and rhythmic beat of the Earth drum fills the jungle.
Genre
adventure; jungle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script
Rudolph Dirks (credited as R. Dirks) (signed as R. Dirks)
Pencils
Rudolph Dirks (credited as R. Dirks) (signed as R. Dirks)
Inks
Rudolph Dirks (credited as R. Dirks) (signed as R. Dirks)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Baths! Books! Dancing! Dressing! Loining!
Genre
humor; adventure; children

Indexer Notes

The top half of 5 pages.

Hawkshaw's Ruse (Table of Contents: 4)

Hawkshaw the Detective / comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script
Gus Mager (credited as Watso)
Pencils
Gus Mager (credited as Watso)
Inks
Gus Mager (credited as Watso)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

The bottom half of 5 pages.

On Poland (Table of Contents: 5)

Stamp Tips / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.
The centerfold.

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

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)
Pencils
Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)
Inks
Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wal! Wal! Hyar we is -- in Washington, whar our great presidunt Abraham Lincoln lives.
Genre
humor
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Tarzan
  2. 1. 'Oil Dad' Amos; Back to Yesterday
    Home Towners
  3. 2. ["The weird and rhythmic beat of the Earth drum fills the jungle."]
    Tarzan
  4. 3. ["Baths! Books! Dancing! Dressing! Loining!"]
    The Captain and the Kids
  5. 4. Hawkshaw's Ruse
    Hawkshaw the Detective
  6. 5. On Poland
    Stamp Tips
  7. 6. ["Wal! Wal! Hyar we is -- in Washington, whar our great presidunt Abraham Lincoln lives."]
    Li'l Abner
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Jim Stangas
  • Len Wolinsky
  • Warren Zeigler