Ace Comics #15

(June 1938)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

Pencils

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

Inks

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hawkins has discovered that Blackie, his unconscious cellmate, is his son...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

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

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Ripley (credited as Robert L. Ripley) (signed as Ripley)

Pencils

Robert Ripley (credited as Robert L. Ripley) (signed as Ripley)

Inks

Robert Ripley (credited as Robert L. Ripley) (signed as Ripley)

Letters

Robert L. Ripley

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Val Menges

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

Mischa Auer (Table of Contents: 4)

Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Pencils

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Inks

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Simone Simon

Keywords

Celebrity

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

The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Pencils

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Inks

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Colors

?

Letters

Harold Knerr?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll get even with that shrimp, Fritz, for switching pies on me!

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

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

On Our Block / cartoon / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Jack Welch (credited)

Pencils

Jack Welch (credited) (signed as JJW)

Inks

Jack Welch (credited) (signed as JJW)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The baby ain't so much trouble...

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

Indexer Notes

Four 1-panel jokes.

Dynamite Dick Bartell (Table of Contents: 7)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Pencils

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Inks

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Reprints

• "Copr. 1938 Central Press"

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

Curley Harper at Lakespur / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lyman Young (credited)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't let Frost's bragging get your goat, Horace...

Genre

drama; adventure

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Ripley (credited as Robert L. Ripley) (signed as Ripley)

Pencils

Robert Ripley (credited as Robert L. Ripley) (signed as Ripley)

Inks

Robert Ripley (credited as Robert L. Ripley) (signed as Ripley)

Letters

Robert L. Ripley

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mrs. Lilian Albright

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

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

Elmer / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, Ma, Spot has learned how to 'fetch' swell.

Genre

humor; children; domestic

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

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

Etta Kett / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Robinson (credited) (signed as Paul Robinson)

Pencils

Paul Robinson (credited) (signed as Paul Robinson)

Inks

Paul Robinson (credited) (signed as Paul Robinson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I simply adore Taylor Robert!

Genre

teen; humor

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

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

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Billy DeBeck (credited as Billy De Beck) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Pencils

Billy DeBeck (credited as Billy De Beck) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Inks

Billy DeBeck (credited as Billy De Beck) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Colors

?

Letters

Billy DeBeck

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's th' matter with you, Snuffy???

Feature Logo

Barney Google

Genre

humor

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

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

Puz-L-Zoo; It's Fun to be Fooled / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Kenny the Magician]

Pencils

? [as Kenny the Magician]

Inks

? [as Kenny the Magician]

Colors

?

Letters

? [as Kenny the Magician]

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937?

Indexer Notes

Puzzle and text features.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pidgee and his pygmy herd have run off with young Tim...

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

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

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Pencils

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Inks

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hurry up, young man!

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

The strip occupies 2/3 of each of four pages.

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

Nicodemus O'Malley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Pencils

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Inks

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm thru with yuh, Palsy.

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; humor

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

Indexer Notes

The Nicodemus strip occupies the top 1/3 of three Just Kids pages.

Invent Your Own Comics (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Clarence D. Russell [as C. D. Russell]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doctor, I want to see you...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Chic Young (credited)

Pencils

Chic Young (credited)

Inks

Chic Young (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Murat Young [as Chic Young]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I feel guilty about going to the movies with Mrs. Woodley and leaving you...

Genre

humor; domestic

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

Henry Sledge (Table of Contents: 20)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Ripley (credited) (signed as Ripley)

Pencils

Robert Ripley (credited) (signed as Ripley)

Inks

Robert Ripley (credited) (signed as Ripley)

Letters

Robert L. Ripley

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

Black Shadow -- Part 3 (Table of Contents: 21)

Timberline Tales / text story / 2.6 pages (report information)

Script

Rutherford Montgomery (credited as Rutherford G. Montgomery)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Bill Bailey; Jarvis Eddy

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Clarence D. Russell [as C. D. Russell]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Bo' Smith sez he's gonna pop you one...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Pencils

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Inks

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't be silly Mac - I wouldn't have loaned my engagement ring to Bubbles...

Genre

drama; humor

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

Keywords

soap opera

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George Herriman (signed as Herriman)

Pencils

George Herriman (signed as Herriman)

Inks

George Herriman (signed as Herriman)

Colors

?

Letters

George Herriman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A one-fruit, one-liff, one-tree fig orchard, heh?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

Blondie Ryan (Table of Contents: 25)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Pencils

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Inks

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Ray Moore (credited)

Inks

Ray Moore (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Meanwhile -- hanging underneath the floating canoe...

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Reprints

• Daily newspaper reprints from Dec 25-26 & Dec 28 to 31, 1936 and Jan 1-2, 1937.
  One panel is omitted from each 4-panel strip in order to fit 2 dailies on each 7-panel page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Colors

?

Letters

Clarence D. Russell [as C. D. Russell]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yea! The doctor says little Whoozie here has gotta have fish...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Pencils

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Inks

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll put my box of birthday candy up on the shelf...

Genre

humor; children; domestic

Indexer Notes

May be original material.
First page is wordless.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

The Pussycat Princess / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Anthony (credited)

Pencils

Ruth Carroll (credited)

Inks

Ruth Carroll (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The gold-toothed woolywoof, captured by the royal huntsmen...

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Room and Board / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

Pencils

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

Inks

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look at the fog-bank rolling in, judge!

Genre

humor; domestic

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Ripley (credited as Robert L. Ripley) (signed as Ripley)

Pencils

Robert Ripley (credited as Robert L. Ripley) (signed as Ripley)

Inks

Robert Ripley (credited as Robert L. Ripley) (signed as Ripley)

Letters

Robert L. Ripley

First Line of Dialogue or Text

S. Martin

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Daffydoodles / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Trying to catch the time that flies.

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Puns & jokes sent in by readers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Clarence D. Russell [as C. D. Russell]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doc, the paper says there's good fishing today!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)