Magic Comics #57

(April 1944)

David McKay, 1939 Series

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Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: David McKay Company

Editing: ?

Blondie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: ?
Inks: ?
Colors: ?

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

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The Wizard's Tower / text article / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Chic Young
Pencils: Chic Young (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: No, sir! There hasn't been a murder committed here.
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: Please -- help my husband -- some robbers are beating him up!
Genre: superhero

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

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

Genre: non-fiction; sports

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

Script: Edwina Dumm
Pencils: Edwina Dumm (signed as Edwina)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Maybe you're right -- I should pay more attention to Cap.
Genre: domestic

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

Script: Fran Striker
Pencils: Charles Flanders (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: At 'em Tonto! That's enough of that!
Genre: western-frontier

Heroes on Wings / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre: non-fiction; aviation; war

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text: M-m-smells good! What's cookin', Mom?
Genre: anthropomorphic-funny animals; domestic; humor

Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre: non-fiction
Characters: Gene Tierney; Louis Hayward

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Bill's clothing is aflame from the smashed oil lamp.
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: ?
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: I want Plopeye! No, I mean Flopeye!
Genre: humor

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1941.

Henry / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre: humor; children

Private Breger Abroad / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Dave Breger
Pencils: Dave Breger (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Genre: humor; war; military

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

Script: Frank Miller
Pencils: Frank Miller (signed)
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Hot ziggity! Instead of being bad news, it's good news!
Genre: adventure; aviation

Dinglehoofer und His Dog / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Harold Knerr
Pencils: Harold Knerr
Inks: ?
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Good likeness, ain't it Mr. Dingy!
Genre: humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children

Dollar-a-Dither / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Genre: humor

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
Blondie
1. [no title indexed]
The Wizard's Tower
2. ["No, sir! There hasn't been a murder committed here."]
Blondie
3. ["Please -- help my husband -- some robbers are beating him up!"]
Mandrake the Magician
4. [no title indexed]
High Spots
5. ["Maybe you're right -- I should pay more attention to Cap."]
Tippie and Cap Stubbs
6. ["At 'em Tonto! That's enough of that!"]
The Lone Ranger
7. Colonel John R. Kane
Heroes on Wings
8. ["M-m-smells good! What's cookin', Mom?"]
Jan and Aloysius
9. Babe Ruth
Seein' Stars
10. ["Bill's clothing is aflame from the smashed oil lamp."]
Secret Agent X-9
11. New Uniforms
Little Acorns
12. ["I want Plopeye! No, I mean Flopeye!"]
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
13. [no title indexed]
Henry
14. [no title indexed]
Private Breger Abroad
15. ["Hot ziggity! Instead of being bad news, it's good news!"]
Barney Baxter in the Air
16. ["Good likeness, ain't it Mr. Dingy!"]
Dinglehoofer und His Dog
17. [no title indexed]
Dollar-a-Dither

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