Ace Comics
#148
(July 1949)
David McKay,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1949-06-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Brand
-
This Is a King Features Comic
- Editing
- Hal Fox
Issue Notes
All dates have been removed from the strips reprinted in the comic by the publisher.
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1949, page 151, registration number B198672.
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1949, page 151, registration number B198672.
Seven Tasks
The Phantom / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Inks
- Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; jungle
Indexer Notes
Title from the story.
8th Year - No. 4 - July 1949
The Young Reporter / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
On inside front and inside back covers. Contains seven cartoon illustrations, one photo and assorted text stories.
Seven Tasks
The Phantom / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The beauty contestants are waiting, excellency.
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; jungle
- Synopsis
- Diana is a prisoner in a high tower in Ptjar.
- Reprints
- From Phantom Sunday strips (King Features Syndicate) 1946-12-29 - 1947-03-02.
[Many panels omitted in order to fit 10 Sundays onto 8 pages.]
- From Phantom Sunday strips (King Features Syndicate) 1946-12-29 - 1947-03-02.
Indexer Notes
Newspaper strip reprints heavily modified to fit comic book format. New splash page with art by Joe Musial?
[no title indexed]
The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- Instead of punishing children for being cruel to animals...
- Genre
- humor; children
[no title indexed]
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Alex Raymond (credited); Don Moore
- Pencils
- Alex Raymond (credited); John Mayo ?
- Inks
- Alex Raymond (credited); John Mayo ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Outside, Lama Chot shouts: 'The Grand Lama orders you to come with me or be killed!'
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
Indexer Notes
Newspaper strip reprint heavily modified to fit comic book format.
Nathaniel Green
Fighting Americans / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Drake Williams (signed as D. Williams)
- Pencils
- C. Blaker (signed)
- Inks
- C. Blaker (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- history; war; non-fiction; western-frontier
Indexer Notes
Text article with two large illustrations.
The centrefold.
[no title indexed]
Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Teddy, are you getting up?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
[no title indexed]
Blondie / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- Who could it be ringing the doorbell that way?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
Indexer Notes
Newspaper strip reprint modified to fit comic book format.
[no title indexed]
Rip Kirby / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Ward Greene
- Pencils
- Alex Raymond (signed as
ALEX RAYMOND) - Inks
- Alex Raymond (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Solving the mysterious murder of band-leader Swanee Rivers would have been simple...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Rip Kirby; Honey Dorian (his assistant); Spider Grunt (blackmailer); Silky Shaw; Pagan Lee (night club singer)
Indexer Notes
Newspaper strip reprint heavily modified to fit comic book format.
[no title indexed]
Daffydoodles / cartoon / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
- Inks
- Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shooting the breeze.
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Jokes/puns sent in by readers, for $1 if used.
[no title indexed]
Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pete! We got ants!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
On back cover. Newspaper strip reprint.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Seven Tasks
The Phantom -
1.
8th Year - No. 4 - July 1949
The Young Reporter -
2.
Seven Tasks
The Phantom -
3.
["Instead of punishing children for being cruel to animals..."]
The Katzenjammer Kids -
4.
["Outside, Lama Chot shouts: 'The Grand Lama orders you to come with me or be killed!'"]
Jungle Jim -
5.
Nathaniel Green
Fighting Americans -
6.
["Teddy, are you getting up?"]
Teddy and Sitting Bull -
7.
["Who could it be ringing the doorbell that way?"]
Blondie -
8.
["Solving the mysterious murder of band-leader Swanee Rivers would have been simple..."]
Rip Kirby -
9.
["Shooting the breeze."]
Daffydoodles -
10.
["Pete! We got ants!"]
Pete the Tramp
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- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Bill Devine
- Katy Hayhurst
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Len Wolinsky
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