(October 1942)

David McKay, 1937 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-08-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
David McKay Company
Editing
?

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. 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Inks
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Hans; Fritz
Keywords
math
Cover Thumbnail for Ace Comics (David McKay, 1937 series) #67
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
? [as Ace]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Though we can still look for some warm days...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

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

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

Script
Lee Falk (credited)
Pencils
Ray Moore (credited)
Inks
Ray Moore (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wouldn't hurt him, Gray Wolf. I wouldn't hurt him for the world.
Genre
adventure; jungle; superhero
Reprints
  • From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-13 - 1939-03-18, 1939-03-20 - 1939-03-25 & 1939-03-27 - 1939-03-30. [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.]

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

Daffydoodles / comic story / 0.5 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
Picking air currents.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes sent in by readers (for $1).

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

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

Script
C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
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
Ya missed it again!!
Genre
humor

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

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

Script
Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)
Pencils
Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)
Inks
Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jim is warned by Hacker O'Neill's wife that her husband is an enemy agent.
Genre
adventure; jungle

Do You Know... (Table of Contents: 6)

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 the postage stamp collection of the late...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

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

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
Ve got to gif der poor geezer more air!
Genre
humor; children

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

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
This wind gauge at the lighthouse...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Assorted facts.

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

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

Script
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Pencils
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Inks
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Captain Bellows, it was one of our new recruits, Hugo Ronoh!
Genre
adventure

Washed Out! (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Rutherford Montgomery (credited)
Pencils
Clayton Knight (credited, signed)
Inks
Clayton Knight (credited, signed)
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Stormy Marsh

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

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

Script
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Pencils
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Inks
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll say I've got a job today.
Genre
humor; children

We'll Cripple 'em! (Table of Contents: 12)

Battle of the Seven Seas / text 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
Major Lofton R. Henderson

Indexer Notes

The centrefold.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Pencils
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Inks
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dagwood, quick! Where are last month's reports?
Genre
humor; domestic

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

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

Script
Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL 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
This is Hulta, chieftainess of the defenders of the pass.
Genre
adventure; historical

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

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
If we jes' had one more nickel...
Genre
humor; children; domestic

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

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)
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 called off this week's jamboree, Sut...
Feature Logo
Barney Google
Genre
humor

Big Year (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
Jack Sords (credited) (signed as Sords)
Pencils
Jack Sords (credited) (signed as Sords)
Inks
Jack Sords (credited) (signed as Sords)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Bobby Doerr
Keywords
baseball

Vol. 1 -- No. 7 Oct. 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

Indexer Notes

Readers' page.

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

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

Script
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Pencils
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Inks
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy -- won't Tillie be pleased with this swell perfume...
Genre
drama; humor
Keywords
soap opera

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Puzzle Page

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

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 4 pages (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
Mom -- I'm going to change my outlook on life...
Genre
humor; children

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

News in Pictures / comic story / 0.85 page (report information)

Script
R. J. Scott
Pencils
R. J. Scott
Inks
R. J. Scott
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The foot of the ancient dinosaur...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

No feature name.
Assorted facts, not news.

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

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

Script
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Pencils
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Inks
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Springton - all out for Springton. It's strange that Brinn Brighton should be on...
Genre
adventure

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

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
Workday mornings...
Genre
humor
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Katzenjammer Kids
  2. 1. ["Though we can still look for some warm days..."]
  3. 2. ["I wouldn't hurt him, Gray Wolf. I wouldn't hurt him for the world."]
    The Phantom
  4. 3. ["Picking air currents."]
    Daffydoodles
  5. 4. ["Ya missed it again!!"]
    Pete the Tramp
  6. 5. ["Jim is warned by Hacker O'Neill's wife that her husband is an enemy agent."]
    Jungle Jim
  7. 6. Do You Know...
    Collectin' Stamps
  8. 7. ["Ve got to gif der poor geezer more air!"]
    The Katzenjammer Kids
  9. 8. ["This wind gauge at the lighthouse..."]
    News in Pictures
  10. 9. ["Captain Bellows, it was one of our new recruits, Hugo Ronoh!"]
    Tim Tyler's Luck
  11. 10. Washed Out!
  12. 11. ["I'll say I've got a job today."]
    Elmer [a young boy]
  13. 12. We'll Cripple 'em!
    Battle of the Seven Seas
  14. 13. ["Dagwood, quick! Where are last month's reports?"]
    Blondie
  15. 14. ["This is Hulta, chieftainess of the defenders of the pass."]
    Prince Valiant
  16. 15. ["If we jes' had one more nickel..."]
    Teddy and Sitting Bull
  17. 16. ["I called off this week's jamboree, Sut..."]
    Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
  18. 17. Big Year
    Sports in Pictures
  19. 18. Vol. 1 -- No. 7 Oct. 1942
    The Young Reporter
  20. 19. ["Boy -- won't Tillie be pleased with this swell perfume..."]
    Tillie the Toiler
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Polka-Dot Pictures
  22. 21. ["Mom -- I'm going to change my outlook on life..."]
    Just Kids [1920s-50s]
  23. 22. ["The foot of the ancient dinosaur..."]
    News in Pictures
  24. 23. ["Springton - all out for Springton. It's strange that Brinn Brighton should be on..."]
    Curley Harper
  25. 24. ["Workday mornings..."]
    They'll Do It Every Time
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