The Comics
#4
(July 1937)
Dell,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1937-05-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- M. C. Gaines (editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
© Stephen Schlesinger, Inc.
On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1937, New Series, Volume 32, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 362554. Copyright was given to Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1937, New Series, Volume 32, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 362554. Copyright was given to Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Wash Tubbs / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here, you hold the roses while I run over to the horse trough
- Genre
- humor; adventure
- Characters
- Wash Tubbs; Lulu Belle
- Reprints
- from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Out Our Way / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
- Inks
- J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't think it's fair- taking' a bath when we're so short of water
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sor'ful Wilcox, the veteran longhorn, unties Tom Mix who is held prisoner in the rustler's cabin
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tom Mix; Sor'ful Wilcox
[no title indexed]
International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Trapped by the Falcon, who hold's Doom's son, the Doctor defies torture.
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Reprints
- Reprinted and altered from Big Little book
[no title indexed]
Tom Beatty / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cornered in the Gorgon's Hideout
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
[no title indexed]
G-Man Jim / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If Hopkins can only handle the Engine room-- we have a fighting chance
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
[no title indexed]
Myra North, Special Nurse / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've talked to the Master- we don't need any help
- Genre
- medical; adventure; drama
- Reprints
- from Myra North daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Sombrero Pete / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sure that Black Diablos kidnaped the mayor's son (sic)
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Reprints
- reprinted and altered from Big Little Book #1136
[no title indexed]
Out Our Way / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
- Inks
- J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha ha Big ick is agoin' to have to move.
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Speed Bolton Air Ace / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Flight Six is late Speed! The storm is getting worse.
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
[no title indexed]
Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, whad'ya think of Foozy's new government?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alley Oop; Foozy; King Guzzle
- Reprints
- from Alley Oop daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
The Trench of Bayonets
Adventure Stamps / text article / 0.7 page
- Script
- Isidore Klein (credited as I. S. Klein)
- Pencils
- Edmund H. Gunder
- Inks
- Edmund H. Gunder
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Case of the Kidnapped Governor
State Trooper / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Reprints
- reprinted from Big Little book #1466
[no title indexed]
The Lone Marshall / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Taken prisoner by Luke Mullet
- Genre
- western-frontier
[no title indexed]
Coast Guard / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Trapped on an ice floe
- Genre
- adventure; military
- Reprints
- reprinted and modified from Whitman Big Little Book 1191 S.O.S. Coastguard
On the Bandit Trail
Arizona Kid / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- reprinted and altered from Big Little Book #1192
[no title indexed]
Out Our Way / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
- Inks
- J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why Ick! We don't need to take no brandin' fire wood-
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
In the Name of the Law / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inside the grim gray walls of the federal prison at Atlanta Georgia.
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- reprinted from Big Little Book #1155
[no title indexed]
The Shooting Sheriff / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got to get out of heah! The posse'll swear I'm a road agent if they find me with the gold!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- reprinted from Big Little book #1195
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["That's funny! I though I heard a fish splash!"]
Wash Tubbs -
1.
["Here, you hold the roses while I run over to the horse trough"]
Wash Tubbs -
2.
["I don't think it's fair- taking' a bath when we're so short of water"]
Out Our Way -
3.
["Sor'ful Wilcox, the veteran longhorn, unties Tom Mix who is held prisoner in the rustler's cabin"]
Tom Mix -
4.
How to Make the LD-3
-
5.
["Trapped by the Falcon, who hold's Doom's son, the Doctor defies torture."]
International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom -
6.
[no title indexed]
The Comics Crossword Puzzle Page -
7.
["Cornered in the Gorgon's Hideout"]
Tom Beatty -
8.
Handy with a Gun
Heroes' Hall of Fame -
9.
["If Hopkins can only handle the Engine room-- we have a fighting chance"]
G-Man Jim -
10.
Tennis
How to Become a Champion -
11.
["I've talked to the Master- we don't need any help"]
Myra North, Special Nurse -
12.
[no title indexed]
Magic! -
13.
["I'm sure that Black Diablos kidnaped the mayor's son (sic)"]
Sombrero Pete -
14.
["Ha ha Big ick is agoin' to have to move."]
Out Our Way -
15.
["Flight Six is late Speed! The storm is getting worse."]
Speed Bolton Air Ace -
16.
[no title indexed]
Let Your Imagination Run Away with You -
17.
["Well, whad'ya think of Foozy's new government?"]
Alley Oop -
18.
The Trench of Bayonets
Adventure Stamps -
19.
Case of the Kidnapped Governor
State Trooper -
20.
Champions of the King
-
21.
["Taken prisoner by Luke Mullet"]
The Lone Marshall -
22.
["Trapped on an ice floe"]
Coast Guard -
23.
On the Bandit Trail
Arizona Kid -
24.
["Why Ick! We don't need to take no brandin' fire wood-"]
Out Our Way -
25.
["Inside the grim gray walls of the federal prison at Atlanta Georgia."]
In the Name of the Law -
26.
["I've got to get out of heah! The posse'll swear I'm a road agent if they find me with the gold!"]
The Shooting Sheriff
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Donald Dale Milne
- Steven Rowe
- Jim Van Dore
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