Ace Comics #64

(July 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Ace]

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, here we are, poised on June's grand springboard...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

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

The Phantom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Ray Moore (credited)

Inks

Ray Moore (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But who are-- ? Never mind me, Captain Neil. This man, Roark, must be tried...

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Reprints

• From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1939-01-16 - 1939-01-21 & 1939-01-23 - 1939-01-28.
  [One panel is omitted from one of the dailies on each page, in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.]

Indexer Notes

End of a story line.

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

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

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Ray Moore (credited)

Inks

Ray Moore (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For those who came in late... four hundred years ago, a man was washed up on a remote Bengal shore.

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Reprints

• From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1939-01-30 - 1939-02-02.
  [One panel is omitted from one of the dailies on each page, in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.]

Indexer Notes

Start of a new story line -- The Slave Traders.

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

Daffydoodles / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Trying to save time.

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes from readers.

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

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here comes that cocky fat sergeant...

Genre

humor

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

Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Raymond (credited)

Pencils

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)

Inks

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as ALEX RAYMOND)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Captain Kenedy's trading schooner has finally returned to Thorson's island.

Genre

adventure; jungle

Do You Know... (Table of Contents: 7)

Collectin' Stamps / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L Pollock)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That baseball is America's greatest outdoor sport...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

With stamp ads.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr)

Pencils

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Inks

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say! Vot's der big idea?

Genre

humor; children

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

Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lyman Young (credited)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

High above the Earth's surface a monster dirigible slinks...

Genre

adventure

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

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Rutherford Montgomery (credited)

Pencils

Clayton Knight (credited)

Inks

Clayton Knight (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Coffin Crew

Genre

adventure

Characters

Stormy Marsh

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

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter)

Pencils

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Inks

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mom, I can hardly wait till summer comes...

Genre

humor; children

A Shy Young Man (Table of Contents: 12)

The Battle of the Seven Seas / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Franklin Wittmack (credited as E. Franklin Wittmack) (signed as E. Franklin Wittmack)

Pencils

Franklin Wittmack (credited as E. Franklin Wittmack) (signed as E. Franklin Wittmack)

Inks

Franklin Wittmack (credited as E. Franklin Wittmack) (signed as E. Franklin Wittmack)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

Lieut. Edward H. O'Hare

Indexer Notes

The centrefold

When the Mize Is Away (Table of Contents: 13)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Pencils

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Inks

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Ray Sanders

Keywords

baseball

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

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Chic Young (credited)

Pencils

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Inks

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Everything's wrong -- the baby won't drink her formula...

Genre

humor; domestic

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

Prince Valiant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster)

Pencils

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Inks

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When they come in sight of the camp, Val cries out in astonishment...

Genre

adventure; historical

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Polka-Dot Pictures / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

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

Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Musial (credited)

Pencils

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Inks

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee Bobby -- there must be some way to make some money.

Genre

humor; children; domestic

Vol. 1 -- No. 4 July 1942 (Table of Contents: 18)

The Young Reporter / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Hal Fox (credited) (editor)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

News in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. J. Scott

Pencils

R. J. Scott

Inks

R. J. Scott

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Modern long-distance cameras...

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Pencils

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Inks

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I think I'll go out now Mom.

Genre

humor; domestic; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russ Westover (credited)

Pencils

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Inks

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, Mr. Roney, won't you tell your readers how...

Genre

drama; humor

Keywords

soap opera

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

Elmer [a young boy] / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Doc Winner (credited)

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Elmer, I want you to dig a hole...

Genre

humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Curley Harper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lyman Young (credited)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tom Latrobe, scientist, has invented an explosive...

Genre

adventure

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

Barney Google / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Billy DeBeck (credited)

Pencils

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Inks

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll tell ye jes' this oncet more, Lowizie...

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

They'll Do It Every Time / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jimmy Hatlo (credited)

Pencils

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Inks

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hurry up! Get it up there.

Genre

humor