Super Comics #15

(August 1939)

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

Spooky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Holman (signed)

Pencils

Bill Holman (signed)

Inks

Bill Holman (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's your hat, mayor - I'm honored you dropped in!

Genre

humor; animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Spooky (a cat)' The Mayor; Fenwick Flooky

Reprints

• from Spooky Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover, printed in black and red.

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

Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould (signed)

Inks

Chester Gould (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll be back about supper time, Mother - I'm going down to...

Genre

detective-mystery

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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

Smokey Stover / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Holman (signed)

Pencils

Bill Holman (signed)

Inks

Bill Holman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let's go Smokey - Bangs Fireworks Factory is ablaze!

Genre

humor

Characters

Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt

Reprints

• from Smokey Stover Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 193x-xx-xx

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

Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Gray

Pencils

Harold Gray

Inks

Harold Gray

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

drama; children; adventure

Characters

Little Orphan Annie

Reprints

• from Little Orphan Annie Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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

Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Milton Caniff (signed)

Pencils

Milton Caniff (signed)

Inks

Milton Caniff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Frank Engli

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hold your fire! They're goin' for Sandhurst an' ye might hit him!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Normandie; Sandhurst

Reprints

• from Terry and the Pirates Sunday and daily (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

[Unraveling Sweater] (Table of Contents: 6)

Zipper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Holman (signed)

Pencils

Bill Holman (signed)

Inks

Bill Holman (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; animal

Characters

Zipper

Synopsis

Zipper pulls on a sleeping man's sweater until it unravels.

Reprints

• from Zipper Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-02-04

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless story

When Garfield Licked a Country School (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; history

Try Big Game "Shooting!" (Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

assorted puzzles

[Cat Caught in Mousetrap] (Table of Contents: 9)

Skit, Skat and the Captain / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Basil Reynolds

Pencils

Basil Reynolds

Inks

Basil Reynolds

Colors

?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Skat; a mouse

Synopsis

A cat's tail is caught in a mousetrap.

Indexer Notes

A four panel strip.

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

Gasoline Alley / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Frank King (credited as King) (signed as King)

Pencils

Frank King (credited as King) (signed as King)

Inks

Frank King (credited as King) (signed as King)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We're a little late, girls, but here's Skeezix I've been telling you about.

Genre

drama

Characters

Skeezix Wallet; Tops; Myrtle; Tess; Uncle Walt

Reprints

• from Gasoline Alley daily (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-01-xx - 1937-01-xx

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

Little Joe / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Leffingwell

Pencils

Robert Leffingwell

Inks

Robert Leffingwell

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ugh! Close! Cut hair plenty short

Genre

children; western-frontier

Characters

Little Joe; Utah Smirk; Mrs. Oak

Reprints

• from Little Joe Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Ed Leffingwell, but his brother Bob took over the strip during 1936.

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

Skit, Skat and the Captain / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Basil Reynolds

Pencils

Basil Reynolds

Inks

Basil Reynolds

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Skat and I are thinking about making a pair of skis for next winter.

Feature Logo

Skit and Skat

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Skit; Skat; The Captain; Marmaduke (a baby)

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

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Zack Mosley (signed)

Pencils

Zack Mosley (signed)

Inks

Zack Mosley (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, Dixie -- this is ol' faithful Dude...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Smilin' Jack Martin; Dixie; Pop; Dude Duncan; Bonita

Reprints

• from Smilin' Jack daily (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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

Sweeney & Son / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Posen (signed as Posen)

Pencils

Al Posen (signed as Posen)

Inks

Al Posen (signed as Posen)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh dear

Genre

humor

Characters

Sweeney; his son

Reprints

• from Sweeney & Son Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-xx-xx - 1936-xx-xx

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

Percy Go Bang / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As there is no game about I'll do a spot of fishing!

Genre

humor

Characters

Percy Go-Bang

Indexer Notes

The "Percy Go Bang" feature was last seen in Nickel Comics (Dell, 1938 Series) #1. This issue is its final appearance.

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

The Gumps / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gus Edson

Pencils

Gus Edson (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a swell day to try out your new sled, Chester

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Andy Gump [Andrew Gump]; Chester Gump

Reprints

• from The Gumps Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Streaky / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Loy Byrnes (signed)

Pencils

Loy Byrnes (signed)

Inks

Loy Byrnes (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here, Whitey, you take this broth up to Elaine

Genre

humor

Characters

Streaky; Whitey; Jeanie; Elaine

Reprints

• from Streaky Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx – 1937-xx-xx

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

Moon Mullins / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Willard (credited) (signed as Willard)

Pencils

Frank Willard (credited) (signed as Willard)

Inks

Frank Willard (credited) (signed as Willard)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

He's a racketeer?

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Moon Mullins; Lord Plushbottom; Lady Emmy Plushbottom; Mamie; William P. Mullins

Reprints

• from Moon Mullins daily (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

Beating the Black Flag (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

? (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

? (2 spot illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was a still, sultry evening...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jeremy Grubb; Solomon Sims; Dorrie Blackthorne; Dennis Blackthorne

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Do You Know? / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

If a flying fish is a bird or a fish?

Genre

humor; non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Percy Go Bang / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

?

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now for a good day's sport!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

A four panel strip.

Out of the Blue (Table of Contents: 22)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

? (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

? (2 spot illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"What was that?"

Genre

adventure

Characters

Major Heathcote; Diana; Dick

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

Smitty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Berndt (credited as Berndt)

Pencils

Walter Berndt (credited as Berndt)

Inks

Walter Berndt (credited as Berndt)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mr. King is the gentleman who is to marry your mother...

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Smitty [Augustus Smith]; Mr. Bailey; Fairway; King; Mary

Reprints

• from Smitty daily (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-xx-xx – 1936-xx-xx

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

Harold Teen / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Ed (signed)

Pencils

Carl Ed (signed)

Inks

Carl Ed (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My Fran - look at that gang of goofs on th' walk!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Harold Teen; Shadow Smart

Reprints

• from Harold Teen (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx- xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Winnie Winkle / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Branner (signed as Branner)

Pencils

Martin Branner (signed as Branner)

Inks

Martin Branner (signed as Branner)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I thought we was gonna play football with th' East Side Maulers!!

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Winnie Winkle; Perry Winkle; Mr. Gates

Reprints

• from Winnie Winkle Sunday (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx

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

Tiny Tim / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stanley Link (signed)

Pencils

Stanley Link (signed)

Inks

Stanley Link (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dotty! Dotty! Come back, do you hear?

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Tiny Tim; Dottie

Reprints

• from Tiny Tim daily (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1933-xx-xx - 1933-xx-xx

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

Foo-lish Folks / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Bill Holman (signed)

Pencils

Bill Holman (signed)

Inks

Bill Holman (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Quick, Luke! Let me have a hunting license!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Foo-lish Folks daily (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-xx-xx, 1937-02-05

Indexer Notes

the inside-back cover, printed in black and red

Two daily gag panels :
1 How to Keep From Growing Old
2 Wotta Life! Wotta Life!

Don't Miss Them! (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)