(July 1942)

Columbia, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1942-05-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Columbia Comic Corporation
Editing
Vin Sullivan

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sparky Watts / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Boody Rogers (signed)
Inks
Boody Rogers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Sparky Watts; Slap Happy
Keywords
submarines

[Adventure in Panama] (Table of Contents: 1)

Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney ?
Inks
Ogden Whitney ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure

[Lost in the Woods] (Table of Contents: 2)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ham Fisher
Pencils
Ham Fisher
Inks
Ham Fisher
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports
Reprints
  • Strip reprints

[Crime in the Blackout] (Table of Contents: 3)

Cloak / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
James Marronel (villain, introduction)

[The World's Mightiest Baseball Player] (Table of Contents: 4)

Sparky Watts / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Boody Rogers
Pencils
Boody Rogers
Inks
Boody Rogers
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; superhero
Reprints
  • strip reprints

[The Secret Japanese Island Base] (Table of Contents: 5)

Raja / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Aerial Torpedo] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Skyman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
V: Herr Freyburg (I)

[The Secret Room] (Table of Contents: 7)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
J. P. McEvoy
Pencils
John Striebel
Inks
John Striebel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints
  • strip reprints

Jibby Jones Does His Part (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Jibby Jones

When Murder Rode under the Big Top (Table of Contents: 9)

Face / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
a female animal trainer (villain, introduction); Tako (introduction)

[Peril in the Phillipines] (Table of Contents: 10)

Captain Devildog / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pauline Loth (credited as PL) (signed)
Inks
Pauline Loth (credited as PL) (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sparky Watts
  2. 1. [Adventure in Panama]
    Rocky Ryan
  3. 2. [Lost in the Woods]
    Joe Palooka
  4. 3. [Crime in the Blackout]
    Cloak
  5. 4. [The World's Mightiest Baseball Player]
    Sparky Watts
  6. 5. [The Secret Japanese Island Base]
    Raja
  7. 6. [The Aerial Torpedo]
    The Skyman
  8. 7. [The Secret Room]
    Dixie Dugan
  9. 8. Jibby Jones Does His Part
  10. 9. When Murder Rode under the Big Top
    Face
  11. 10. [Peril in the Phillipines]
    Captain Devildog
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