(January 1948)

David McKay, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1947-12-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
David McKay Company
Editing
Jean S. McKay (editor); Ruth V. Cridland (managing editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Blondie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Musial (signed)
Inks
Joe Musial (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
Dagwood; Mandrake the Magician (cameo)
Cover Thumbnail for Magic Comics (David McKay, 1939 series) #102
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
? [as G. Whiz]; ? [as Uncle George]
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

On the inside-front cover.

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

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Chic Young
Pencils
Chic Young
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm going to tell your mother on you!
Genre
humor; domestic

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

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Lee Falk
Pencils
Phil Davis
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Some more of him! Well! So that's the Earth-shaker!
Genre
superhero

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Musial
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes sent in by readers.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Charles Cridland (business manager)
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

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

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

Script
Joe Musial
Pencils
Joe Musial (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; domestic

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

Buz Sawyer / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Crane
Pencils
Roy Crane
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mountain lions! Help!
Genre
adventure; aviation

Capt. William A. Shomo (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Clayton Knight
Pencils
Clayton Knight (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Genre
non-fiction; aviation

Indexer Notes

The centerfold spread.

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

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Fran Striker
Pencils
Charles Flanders (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shoot 'em down! We've got to make it, Tonto!
Genre
western-frontier

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bela Zaboly [as B. Z.] (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Popeye, where's your ambassador's hat?
Genre
humor

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

Secret Agent X-9 / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Storm
Pencils
Mel Graff (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No... I'm not married, your Majesty -- but what has that to do with the stolen crown?
Genre
adventure; spy

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

Hi Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Floyd Torbert
Pencils
Floyd Torbert (signed as Torb)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; sports

Indexer Notes

'Record thrills of high school heroes'

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

Best Laughs / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Four 1-panel jokes by assorted artists.
On the inside-back cover.

Shopping (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Bob Dunn
Pencils
Bob Dunn
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

On the back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Blondie
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Wizard's Tower
  3. 2. ["I'm going to tell your mother on you!"]
    Blondie
  4. 3. ["Some more of him! Well! So that's the Earth-shaker!"]
    Mandrake the Magician
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Dollar-a-Dither
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Jan and Aloysius
  8. 7. ["Mountain lions! Help!"]
    Buz Sawyer
  9. 8. Capt. William A. Shomo
    Heroes on Wings
  10. 9. ["Shoot 'em down! We've got to make it, Tonto!"]
    The Lone Ranger
  11. 10. ["Popeye, where's your ambassador's hat?"]
    Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
  12. 11. ["No... I'm not married, your Majesty -- but what has that to do with the stolen crown?"]
    Secret Agent X-9
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Hi Stars
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Best Laughs
  15. 14. Shopping
    Little Acorns
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