(March 1944)

Dell, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine
Editing
Oskar Lebeck (editor)

Issue Notes

Copyright 1944 by K. K. Publications, Inc
First 52-page issue

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Tracy; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Moon Mullins / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
drama; humor; detective-mystery; teen; adventure; children

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

Sweeney & Son / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Posen (signed)
Pencils
Al Posen (signed)
Inks
Al Posen (signed)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Will you take these eggs to Mrs. Touster, Pa?
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Sweeney & Son Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

the inside-front cover

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

Dick Tracy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why, man, we couldn't give this place away!
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Jerome Trohs; Mamma; Chief Brandon; Pat Patton
Synopsis
Trosh decides to buy the tourist camp as a hideout. Meanwhile, Mamma has seen a newsreel of Trosh performing as "Joe Atom," midget cowboy and escapes from jail and goes west to confront Trosh herself. Trosh steals the money he was paid for the tourist camp and the Doggie City Sheriff calls Tracy about the midget thief. Mamma and Tracy both end up at Trosh's hideout at the same time.
Reprints

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

Clyde Beatty / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jim Chambers (signed)
Inks
Jim Chambers
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The leopard, hearing the child, snarls and breaks away from the men!
Genre
adventure; jungle; animal
Characters
Clyde Beatty; Mr. Gibbon; Ann Gibbon
Synopsis
The circus plays Madison Square Garden. Gaywood kidnaps Ann Gibbon.
Keywords
leopards; Madison Square Garden; parades

Indexer Notes

Jim Chambers art credit corroborated as per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, [B] Group 2, Pamphlets, Etc. New Series, 1944 - Page 264. Jim Chambers art identification corroboration by David Porta, June 2014.

Du Bois script credit from the Catalog of Copyright Entries.

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

Brenda Starr / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dale Messick (credited)
Pencils
Dale Messick (credited)
Inks
Dale Messick (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here, wear a pair of mine!
Genre
detective-mystery; adventure
Characters
Brenda Starr
Reprints
  • from Brenda Starr Sundays (Chicago Tribune) 1940-09-08 (Panel 15) - 1940-09-29 (Panel 1)

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

Winnie Winkle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Branner (credited)
Pencils
Martin Branner (credited)
Inks
Martin Branner (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Darling, just because I've changed my hairstyle...
Genre
drama; humor
Reprints
  • from Winnie Winkle daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Moon Mullins / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Willard (credited)
Pencils
Frank Willard (credited)
Inks
Frank Willard (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Moon, will you ever forget how Lord Plushbottom used to jump...
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Moon Mullins daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Smitty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Berndt (signed)
Pencils
Walter Berndt (signed)
Inks
Walter Berndt (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, captain! Aren't you worried that the boat might go down?
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Smitty daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Tiny Tim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Stanley Link (credited)
Pencils
Stanley Link (credited)
Inks
Stanley Link (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As you know, he's a problem -
Genre
adventure
Reprints
  • from Tiny Tim daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

Harold Teen / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Ed (signed)
Pencils
Carl Ed (signed)
Inks
Carl Ed (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say - how'ja like that?
Genre
teen
Reprints
  • from Harold Teen daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Secret Weapon (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Characters
Arnie Ericson

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984) - Page 135. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta, June 2014.

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

Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Gray (credited)
Pencils
Harold Gray (credited)
Inks
Harold Gray (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While Annie is ashore a tornado comes up. When it is over, the boat and the Tecums have disappeared.
Genre
drama; adventure; children
Reprints
  • from Little Orphan Annie daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Let's War on Waste (Table of Contents: 12)

Dick Tracy; Harold Teen / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

C3 [cover 3] the inside-back cover

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984) - Page 135. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta, June 2014.