Magic Comics #42

(January 1943)

David McKay, 1939 Series

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Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
Indicia Frequency: monthly
On-sale Date: 1942-12-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: David McKay Company

Editing: ?

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.

Blondie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: ?
Inks: ?
Colors: ?

Genre: humor; domestic
Characters: Dagwood; Mandrake the Magician (inset)

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The Wizard's Tower / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script: ? [as G. Whiz]; ? [as Uncle George]
Pencils: ?
Inks: ?
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Chic Young
Pencils: Chic Young
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Dagwood, will you please open the back door...
Genre: humor; domestic

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Lee Falk
Pencils: Phil Davis
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Take your last look at the sunshine.
Genre: superhero

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Carl Anderson
Pencils: Carl Anderson
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: humor; children

Indexer Notes

No dialog.

Tippie and Cap Stubbs / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Edwina Dumm [as Edwina]
Pencils: Edwina Dumm [as Edwina]
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: It's too late for a tent this year.
Genre: humor; domestic

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

Script: Eugene L. Pollock
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Fran Striker
Pencils: Charles Flanders ?
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: While the will, leaving the ranch to Jim and Jane, is read by lawyer Timmons...
Genre: western-frontier

Aladdin, Jr. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Les Forgrave (signed)
Pencils: William Meade Prince (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Jack sets so much store by this old thing his poor father sent him...
Genre: fantasy-supernatural

Jan and Aloysius / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Joe Musial
Pencils: Joe Musial (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: The boys made me a boy scout -- how do I look?
Genre: humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; domestic

Seein' Stars / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Feg Murray
Pencils: Feg Murray (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: non-fiction

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Carl Anderson
Pencils: Carl Anderson (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Mechanical walking men 10¢ ea.
Genre: humor; children

Indexer Notes

No dialog.

Spies! / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Harry Francis Campbell
Pencils: ?
Inks: ?
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Letter gave enemy-alien censor secret of British Q-boat.

High Spots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Floyd Torbert
Pencils: Floyd Torbert (signed as Torbert)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: non-fiction; sports

Secret Agent X-9 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Robert Storm
Pencils: Mel Graff (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Doesn't look like a headquarters for troopers!
Genre: spy

Little Acorns / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Bob Dunn
Pencils: Bob Dunn
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: humor; children

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Bill Zaboly (signed as B. Z.)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Oh, yer gettin' yer weather forecask on'a weegee board?
Genre: humor

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Carl Anderson
Pencils: Carl Anderson (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Eek!
Genre: humor; children

Sport Features / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script: Jack Sords
Pencils: Jack Sords (signed as Sords)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: non-fiction; sports
Characters: Chuck Taylor; Bill Hillenbrand

Bunky / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Billy de Beck
Pencils: Billy de Beck
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Who is it? It is I - Baby Bunky.
Genre: humor

Barney Baxter in the Air / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Frank Miller
Pencils: Frank Miller
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: That fellow with the glass eye didn't lose any time handing me this note.
Genre: adventure; aviation

The Romance of Flying / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Clayton Knight
Pencils: Clayton Knight (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?; typeset

Genre: non-fiction; aviation; biography

Indexer Notes

One comic-art page and one text page.

Dinglehoofer und His Dog / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: H. H. Knerr
Pencils: H. H. Knerr
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Get away from here, yuh mutt!
Genre: humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children

Dollar-a-Dither / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script: Joe Musial
Pencils: Joe Musial (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: humor

Indexer Notes

Classroom boners sent in by readers.

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
Blondie
1. [no title indexed]
The Wizard's Tower
2. ["Dagwood, will you please open the back door..."]
Blondie
3. ["Take your last look at the sunshine."]
Mandrake the Magician
4. [no title indexed]
Henry
5. ["It's too late for a tent this year."]
Tippie and Cap Stubbs
6. The 'Romance' of the Mail Box
Stamp Corner
7. ["While the will, leaving the ranch to Jim and Jane, is read by lawyer Timmons..."]
The Lone Ranger
8. ["Jack sets so much store by this old thing his poor father sent him..."]
Aladdin, Jr.
9. ["The boys made me a boy scout -- how do I look?"]
Jan and Aloysius
10. Maureen O'Hara
Seein' Stars
11. ["Mechanical walking men 10¢ ea."]
Henry
12. ["Letter gave enemy-alien censor secret of British Q-boat."]
Spies!
13. Alex Brown
High Spots
14. ["Doesn't look like a headquarters for troopers!"]
Secret Agent X-9
15. Magic
Little Acorns
16. ["Oh, yer gettin' yer weather forecask on'a weegee board?"]
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
17. ["Eek!"]
Henry
18. All-American Nominations
Sport Features
19. ["Who is it? It is I - Baby Bunky."]
Bunky
20. ["That fellow with the glass eye didn't lose any time handing me this note."]
Barney Baxter in the Air
21. Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane
The Romance of Flying
22. ["Get away from here, yuh mutt!"]
Dinglehoofer und His Dog
23. [no title indexed]
Dollar-a-Dither

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