The Comics
#5
(September 1937)
Dell,
1937 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1937-07-19
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- M. C. Gaines (editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant)
Issue Notes
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 362555. Copyright was given to Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Wash Tubbs / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That guy can't put me out!!
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Keywords
- baseball
[no title indexed]
Kaptain Kiddum / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heigh ho! Heres the port for ye merry hearties.
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
inside-front-cover
This is the only appearance of the "Kaptain Kiddum" feature.
[no title indexed]
Wash Tubbs / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why wot on earth ails ye?
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy; Lulu Belle; Hollis Wallis
- Reprints
- from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
G-Man Jim / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That was a close one! Those rats bombed the bridge as they passed!
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jim; Hopkins
[no title indexed]
Arizona Kid / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You won't git a chance to holler yuh polecat!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Arizona Kid
- Reprints
- from Big Little Book #1192 (altered)
Dr. Margaret Mead
Heroes' Hall of Fame / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Margaret Mead
[no title indexed]
Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gentlemen, we now head th' Republic of Moo!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alley Oop; Foozy; Ooola
- Reprints
- from Alley Oop daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Cowboy Comics
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
- ?
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After drugging the fortress guards, Mark Cameron and Gerver lead Dr. Doom and the others to freedom.
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery; spy
- Characters
- Mark Cameron; Dr. Doom; Gerver
[no title indexed]
Sombrero Pete / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Mort Cowen (signed)
- Pencils
- Mort Cowen (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Cowen (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! Here are the records kept by Mike and Diablos
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Big Little Book #1136 (altered)
[no title indexed]
Coast Guard / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That civilian observer with you on the patrol tried to have you discharged, Jerry
- Genre
- military
- Characters
- Jerry Minton
- Reprints
- from Whitman Big Little Book 1191 S.O.S. Coastguard (altered)
[no title indexed]
In the Name of the Law / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! That looks like our men, Verne!
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Legs Diamond; Pretty Boy Floyd; Verne Miller
- Reprints
- from Big Little Book #1155
[no title indexed]
Myra North, Special Nurse / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A word of warning, Miss
- Genre
- adventure; drama
- Reprints
- from Myra North daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Cowboy Comics
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
- ?
- 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
- Somebody's firin' from in back of us!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tom Mix; Sor'ful Wilcox; Scott Sommers (villain)
Indexer Notes
No word balloons. All captions.
The Miracle of St. Martin's Cloak
Adventure Stamps / text story / 1 page
- Script
- Isidore Klein (credited as I. S. Klein)
- Pencils
- Edmund H. Gunder
- Inks
- Edmund H. Gunder
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Deadwood Gulch / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Boody Rogers (credited as Gordon Rogers)
- Pencils
- Boody Rogers (credited as Gordon Rogers)
- Inks
- Boody Rogers (credited as Gordon Rogers)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wa'al Pete-- I'm glad we found that kid
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
[no title indexed]
The Lone Marshall / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The girl may be trapped in hyar
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Arlene Doran; Lone Marshall; Vajo
[no title indexed]
Tom Beatty / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They didn't see me behind that wreckage
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tom Beatty
Cowboy Comics
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
- ?
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
The Shooting Sheriff / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I tell yuh, it's no trick!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Terry Dean; Tommy Cole; Ben Thompson (villain)
- Reprints
- from Big Little book #1195
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["That guy can't put me out!!"]
Wash Tubbs -
1.
["Heigh ho! Heres the port for ye merry hearties."]
Kaptain Kiddum -
2.
["Why wot on earth ails ye?"]
Wash Tubbs -
3.
["That was a close one! Those rats bombed the bridge as they passed!"]
G-Man Jim -
4.
["You won't git a chance to holler yuh polecat!"]
Arizona Kid -
5.
Dr. Margaret Mead
Heroes' Hall of Fame -
6.
["Gentlemen, we now head th' Republic of Moo!"]
Alley Oop -
7.
Cowboy Comics
Out Our Way -
8.
["After drugging the fortress guards, Mark Cameron and Gerver lead Dr. Doom and the others to freedom."]
International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom -
9.
["Look! Here are the records kept by Mike and Diablos"]
Sombrero Pete -
10.
["That civilian observer with you on the patrol tried to have you discharged, Jerry"]
Coast Guard -
11.
[no title indexed]
Pencil Lines of Fun -
12.
["Look! That looks like our men, Verne!"]
In the Name of the Law -
13.
[no title indexed]
The Comics Crossword Puzzle Page -
14.
Mystery Island
-
15.
["A word of warning, Miss"]
Myra North, Special Nurse -
16.
How to Make the LD-4
-
17.
Case of the Kidnapped Governor
State Trooper -
18.
Cowboy Comics
Out Our Way -
19.
["Somebody's firin' from in back of us!"]
Tom Mix -
20.
The Miracle of St. Martin's Cloak
Adventure Stamps -
21.
Captain Boelke
Soldiers of Fortune -
22.
["Wa'al Pete-- I'm glad we found that kid"]
Deadwood Gulch -
23.
["The girl may be trapped in hyar"]
The Lone Marshall -
24.
["They didn't see me behind that wreckage"]
Tom Beatty -
25.
Cowboy Comics
Out Our Way -
26.
[no title indexed]
Magic! -
27.
["I tell yuh, it's no trick!"]
The Shooting Sheriff -
28.
Tennis
How to Become a Champion
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Steven Rowe
- Jim Van Dore
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