(July 1937)

DC, 1937 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1937-06-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (editor and publisher); Vin Sullivan (associate editor); Whitney Ellsworth (associate editor)

Issue Notes

Indicia says "VOL. 2 No. 5", while the cover has No. 17.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1937, New Series, Volume 32, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 343380. Submitted as "New Adventure Comics" and as issue number v2#5 to the Copyright Office.

The last known issue to appear the Catalog of Copyright Entries until after the Wheeler-Nicholson bankruptcy in 1938, indicating the series probably stopped being submitted for copyright registration by Wheeler-Nicholson after this issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks
Creig Flessel (signed)
Colors
?
Characters
Boy (chased by bear)
Cover Thumbnail for New Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series) #v2#5 (17)
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The Comic Headliner! (Table of Contents: 1)

More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Inks
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

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

credits, title page / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[The Train Robbery, Part 17] (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Homer Fleming
Pencils
Homer Fleming
Inks
Homer Fleming
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier

[Pearl of the Bleeding Heart, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 4)

Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Ely
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Nadir; Arcot; Sir Thomas Ellsworth

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

Sam the Porter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Russell Cole
Pencils
Russell Cole
Inks
Russell Cole
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You knows so much 'bout hist'ry...
Genre
humor

An Open Letter (Table of Contents: 6)

Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

The Embossogram Company / advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[Episode 12] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Golden Dragon / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils
Tom Hickey
Inks
Tom Hickey
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Ian Murray; Doris Whipple; Pan Chi-Lou

[The Revenge of Devachan, Part 5] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Adventures of Steve Conrad / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Creig Flessel
Pencils
Creig Flessel
Inks
Creig Flessel
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Steve Conrad; Myra; Devachan (villain); Tangi (villain)
Synopsis
Steve is rescued by a monkey.

Junior Federal Men Club (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Carson (house name)
Letters
typeset

[Episode 15] (Table of Contents: 11)

Captain Quick / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils
Sven Elven
Inks
Sven Elven
Colors
? (black, white, and red)
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Kendal Quick

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

Andy Handy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Leo O'Mealia
Pencils
Leo O'Mealia
Inks
Leo O'Mealia
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Git out o' here!!
Genre
humor

Casabianca, by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (Table of Contents: 13)

Famous Poems Pictured / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Henry Kiefer (signed as H. C. K.)
Pencils
Henry Kiefer (signed as H. C. K.)
Inks
Henry Kiefer (signed as H. C. K.)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

"The boy stood on the burning deck" poem

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

Busty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Hermans
Pencils
Bob Hermans
Inks
Bob Hermans
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
She loves me she loves me not
Genre
humor
Characters
Busty (only appearance)

Indexer Notes

Colors are black, white, and red.

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

International Good Neighbor Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ann Leslie
Letters
typeset

[Murder at the Thousand Bleeding Dragons, Part 4] (Table of Contents: 16)

Detective Sergeant Carey of the Chinatown Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Donohoe (signed)
Pencils
Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inks
Joe Donohoe (signed)
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Sgt Carey; Sleepy

Indexer Notes

Black and white.

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

Laughing at Life / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Whitney Ellsworth
Pencils
Whitney Ellsworth
Inks
Whitney Ellsworth
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You ought to try the Hotel Biltmore...
Genre
humor

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

Sinker / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Hermans
Pencils
Bob Hermans
Inks
Bob Hermans
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sinker, that new animal arrived...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Goofo the Great / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Russell Cole
Pencils
Russell Cole
Inks
Russell Cole
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm f'm th' Evening-Journal!
Genre
humor

[Episode 11] (Table of Contents: 20)

She / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils
Sven Elven
Inks
Sven Elven
Colors
? (black, white, and red)
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

adapted from the H. Rider Haggard novel

[Episode 14] (Table of Contents: 21)

A Tale of Two Cities / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Merna Gamble
Pencils
Merna Gamble
Inks
Merna Gamble
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
historical

Indexer Notes

adapted from the Charles Dickens novel

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Ol' Oz Bopp / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Russell Cole
Pencils
Russell Cole
Inks
Russell Cole
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The first thing in th' morning I'll have Oz beat th' rugs!
Genre
humor

[Episode 17] (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?
Pencils
Alex Blum
Inks
Alex Blum
Colors
? (black, white, and red)
Letters
?
Genre
historical

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

Worth-While Pictures to Watch For / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
I. W. Magovern
Letters
typeset

[Frank Mc. Hugh] (Table of Contents: 25)

Straight from Hollywood / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Laidlaw
Pencils
Laidlaw
Inks
Laidlaw
Letters
?
Characters
Frank McHugh; Jack Benny; Gracie Allen

[Rajah Maharajah, Part 13] (Table of Contents: 26)

Sandor and the Lost Civilization / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Homer Fleming
Pencils
Homer Fleming
Inks
Homer Fleming
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Sandor; Rajah Maharajah (villain); Benar

[Episode 4] (Table of Contents: 27)

The Monastery of the Blue God / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils
Munson Paddock
Inks
Munson Paddock
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Douglas Stewart; Elsa Von Saxenberg; Sgt. Miller; Corporal Drenof; Von Bolander (villain)
Synopsis
Captain Stewart is assigned to the intelligence service in Peking, China.

[The Tsin Lee Incident, Part 4] (Table of Contents: 28)

Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Ely
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Dale Daring; Captain Brewster; Ali; Tsin Lee (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Chikko Chakko / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ellis Edwards
Pencils
Ellis Edwards
Inks
Ellis Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why do you stare at me...
Genre
humor

The Case of the Clueless Crime (Table of Contents: 30)

Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Joe Shuster
Inks
Joe Shuster
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery; crime
Characters
Steve Carson; Nate Lane (introduction, villain); Blackie Farrow (introduction, villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Things You Ought to Know / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Speed ?
Pencils
Richard Speed ?
Inks
Richard Speed ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Takes in air through nostrils...
Genre
non-fiction; animal

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Sinker / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Hermans
Pencils
Bob Hermans
Inks
Bob Hermans
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy! What a swell day to go fishing!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Comic Headliner!
    More Fun Comics
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [The Train Robbery, Part 17]
    Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers
  5. 4. [Pearl of the Bleeding Heart, Part 1]
    Nadir, Master of Magic
  6. 5. ["You knows so much 'bout hist'ry..."]
    Sam the Porter
  7. 6. An Open Letter
    Detective Comics
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    The Embossogram Company
  9. 8. [Episode 12]
    The Golden Dragon
  10. 9. [The Revenge of Devachan, Part 5]
    The Adventures of Steve Conrad
  11. 10. Junior Federal Men Club
  12. 11. [Episode 15]
    Captain Quick
  13. 12. ["Git out o' here!!"]
    Andy Handy
  14. 13. Casabianca, by Felicia Dorothea Hemans
    Famous Poems Pictured
  15. 14. ["She loves me she loves me not"]
    Busty
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    International Good Neighbor Club
  17. 16. [Murder at the Thousand Bleeding Dragons, Part 4]
    Detective Sergeant Carey of the Chinatown Squad
  18. 17. ["You ought to try the Hotel Biltmore..."]
    Laughing at Life
  19. 18. ["Sinker, that new animal arrived..."]
    Sinker
  20. 19. ["I'm f'm th' Evening-Journal!"]
    Goofo the Great
  21. 20. [Episode 11]
    She
  22. 21. [Episode 14]
    A Tale of Two Cities
  23. 22. ["The first thing in th' morning I'll have Oz beat th' rugs!"]
    Ol' Oz Bopp
  24. 23. [Episode 17]
    The Vikings
  25. 24. [no title indexed]
    Worth-While Pictures to Watch For
  26. 25. [Frank Mc. Hugh]
    Straight from Hollywood
  27. 26. [Rajah Maharajah, Part 13]
    Sandor and the Lost Civilization
  28. 27. [Episode 4]
    The Monastery of the Blue God
  29. 28. [The Tsin Lee Incident, Part 4]
    Dale Daring
  30. 29. ["Why do you stare at me..."]
    Chikko Chakko
  31. 30. The Case of the Clueless Crime
    Federal Men
  32. 31. ["Takes in air through nostrils..."]
    Things You Ought to Know
  33. 32. ["Boy! What a swell day to go fishing!"]
    Sinker
  34. 33. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co.
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