Ace Comics #135
(June 1948)

David McKay, 1937 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1948-04-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
David McKay Company
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1948, page 1, registration number B137810.
Four features from earlier issues have been dropped: the inside-front cover foreword; Tim Tyler; Barney Google; and Prince Valiant. Also, Blondie and Teddy & Sittin' Bull are reduced to 2 pages.
Added are: The Lone Ranger, Fighting Americans and Henry, plus increased pages of Phantom and Brick Bradford.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Inks
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Colors
?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Hanz Katzenjammer
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Listen to this one...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On the inside-front cover.
Replaces the foreword written by 'Ace'.

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

Brick Bradford / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
William Ritt (credited)
Pencils
Clarence Gray (credited)
Inks
Clarence Gray (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brick Bradford and his friend, June Salisbury, having just returned to The Earth from an adventure on The Moon...
Genre
science fiction

[The Photographer] (Table of Contents: 3)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Anderson (credited)
Pencils
Carl Anderson (credited)
Inks
Carl Anderson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Lee Falk (credited)
Pencils
Ray Moore (credited)
Inks
Ray Moore (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Crooner's car stops before reaching the bank.
Genre
superhero; jungle
Reprints
  • From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1944-06-07 - 1944-06-10, 1944-06-12 - 1944-06-17 and 1944-06-19 - 1944-06-20.
    [Two daily strips per page, but some panels are stretched or clipped in order to fit them to the comic's pages.]

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

Blondie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Pencils
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Inks
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where's my magazine?
Genre
humor; domestic

Indexer Notes

Three daily strips.

1. Custer (Table of Contents: 6)

Fighting Americans / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Drake Williams (signed as Drake Williams)
Pencils
Drake Williams (signed as Drake Williams)
Inks
Drake Williams (signed as Drake Williams)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier

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

Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 2 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
Watch this, Sittin' Bull...
Genre
humor; children; domestic

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

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

Script
Alex Raymond (credited)
Pencils
Alex Raymond (credited)
Inks
Alex Raymond (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
'You are an engineer fininshing a bridge', Raja Sindar informs Jim, who shrugs...
Genre
adventure; jungle

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

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
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, veasels! Put 'em on -- un no stalling!
Genre
humor; children

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

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Flanders (signed as Charles Flanders)
Inks
Charles Flanders (signed as Charles Flanders)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's the 'Shiner' ring that belonged to your father, Bolo.
Genre
western-frontier

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

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 humor a 'cross' road.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes/puns from readers.

7th Year -- No. 3 -- June 1948 (Table of Contents: 12)

The Young Reporter / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Hal Fox (credited) (editor)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?; typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

On the inside-back cover.
Contributions from readers.

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