([1937])

Dell, 1937 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
100
On-sale Date
1937 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Company Inc.
Editing
M. C. Gaines (editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
Squarebound ?; Saddle-stitched ?

Issue Notes

Issue is undated, although ascribed by most sources to 1937, including Denis Gifford. All contents supposedly reprinted from early issues of Dell titles, The Comics, Popular and the Funnies.

At the end of most of the story features there's a statement: "Read about [feature] in the Big-Little books".

Issue number on back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tom Mix / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Tom Mix
Cover Thumbnail for 100 Pages of Comics (Dell, 1937 series) #101
Edit cover

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

The Nut Bros, Ches and Wal; Our Boarding House / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gene Ahern
Pencils
Gene Ahern
Inks
Gene Ahern
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, if there were eight more of me...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.
Dated 11/15.

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

Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tom Mix with Tony make their way up the winding trail.
Genre
western-frontier

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

Og, Son of Fire / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
J. Irving Crump
Pencils
Kevin Hoyt
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am weary of staying here, Ru and Tao, and I want to see beyond...
Genre
adventure; historical

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

Apple Mary / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Martha Orr (credited)
Pencils
Martha Orr (credited)
Inks
Martha Orr (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, boys, the time has come when we must think up a name for my spiced apples.
Genre
drama; domestic; humor

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

Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Hal Forrest
Pencils
Hal Forrest
Inks
Hal Forrest
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tommy and Skeeter arrived at Mazatlan, after their thrilling adventures in the Island in the Sky.
Genre
adventure; aviation

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

Arizona Kid / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Peter K. Maple
Pencils
Hal Arbo
Inks
Hal Arbo
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's that! High on the mesa overlooking the plains, a rough cowboy is curled up...
Genre
western-frontier

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

Myra North, Special Nurse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Thompson (credited)
Pencils
Charles Coll (credited) (signed as Charles Coll)
Inks
Charles Coll (credited) (signed as Charles Coll)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You say no one saw who brought the injured boy to the dispensary, doctor?
Genre
adventure; medical; drama

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

Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
V. T. Hamlin (credited)
Pencils
V. T. Hamlin (credited)
Inks
V. T. Hamlin (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now that I've been exiked from Moo, I guess the first thing I'd better do...
Genre
humor

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

Captain Easy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Crane (credited)
Pencils
Roy Crane (credited) (signed as R. Crane)
Inks
Roy Crane (credited) (signed as R. Crane)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Like rollicking school botys on a holiday vacation, the men of Nikkateena rode off to war.
Feature Logo
Captain Easy Solider of Fortune
Genre
adventure

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

Buffalo Bill / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Buffalo meat is good but I like a change.
Genre
western-frontier

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

Flying the Sky Clipper / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dougal Lee
Pencils
Dougal Lee
Inks
Dougal Lee
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Two bodyguards keep a careful watch of Jane Sprague, twelve year old heiress.
Genre
aviation

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Conrad Vane
Pencils
Jim Gary ?
Inks
Jim Gary ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the drawing room of his Casa Marne on an island off the coast of Maine...
Genre
adventure; spy

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

The Nut Bros, Ches and Wal; Our Boarding House / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gene Ahern (credited)
Pencils
Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)
Inks
Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Uncle Filbert suggested we give over this space...
Genre
humor
Characters
Major Hoople

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

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Merrill Blosser (credited as Blosser)
Pencils
Merrill Blosser (signed as BLOSSER) (credited as Blosser)
Inks
Merrill Blosser (signed as BLOSSER) (credited as Blosser)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Salty, hurry... I can't hang onto this rope...
Genre
adventure; humor

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

Tom Beatty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Hickey
Inks
Tom Hickey
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, this is the chief. Come to headquarters, Beatty...
Feature Logo
Tom Beatty, Ace of the Service
Genre
detective-mystery

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

Coast Guard / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
William Engle
Pencils
Henry Vallely
Inks
Henry Vallely
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As a wintry gale howls outside, Pop Berley, veteran radio operator of the U.S. Coast Guard station...
Genre
adventure; military

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

The Texas Rangers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Benson in captain of the Texas Rangers. Kit, his favorite horse, is the pride of his heart.
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

The only appearance of "The Texas Rangers" feature at Dell, although many years later they will have a feature named "Tales of the Texas Rangers" (aka "Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers" aka "Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers") based on the radio show "Tales of the Texas Rangers".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Herky / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Clyde Lewis (credited)
Pencils
Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Lewis)
Inks
Clyde Lewis (credited) (signed as Lewis)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Mr. Morrill! Mom told me to wait in here for her...
Genre
humor; children

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

Wash Tubbs / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Crane (credited as Crane)
Pencils
Roy Crane (credited as Crane)
Inks
Roy Crane (credited as Crane)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heedless of danger, Easy gives chase to the bandit who shot Lulu Belle.
Genre
adventure; humor

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

Otto Honk / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Zaboly (signed as Bela Zaboly)
Inks
Bill Zaboly (signed as Bela Zaboly)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oboy! At last!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The top 1/5 of 2 pages.

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

Out Our Way / comic story / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams (signed as J. R. Williams) (credited as Williams)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (signed as J. R. Williams) (credited as Williams)
Inks
J. R. Williams (signed as J. R. Williams) (credited as Williams)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Breakfast is nearly ready.
Feature Logo
Out Our Way with the Willets
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
The Willets

Indexer Notes

The bottom 4/5 of 2 pages.

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

G-Men on the Job / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
G-man Tod Morgan, his face lined with anguish over the worst blow of his life...
Feature Logo
G-Man and the Red X
Genre
adventure; crime; detective-mystery

In Africa (Table of Contents: 23)

Mac of the Marines / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A cry of terror cuts the still African night...
Genre
adventure; jungle

Indexer Notes

This is the only appearance of the "Mac of the Marines" feature.

Lone Marshall and the Lost River (Table of Contents: 24)

The Lone Marshall / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Hal Arbo ?
Pencils
Hal Arbo ?
Inks
Hal Arbo ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sight of the flats brought old memories back to the Lone Marshall...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
The Lone Marshall; Vajo (his Indian aide); Lobo (his faithful horse)

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

Boots and Her Buddies / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Abe Martin (credited as Edgar Martin)
Pencils
Abe Martin (credited as Edgar Martin)
Inks
Abe Martin (credited as Edgar Martin)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dern! There's Jim in there -- datin' with Boots again.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Two Gun Montana / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sleepy noontime peace of High Forks, Montana is broken by...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Two Gun Montana; Cyclone (his faithful horse); Black Bart Kreuger

Indexer Notes

This is the only appearance of the "Two Gun Montana" feature

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Out Our Way / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams (credited)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (credited) (signed as J. R. Williams)
Inks
J. R. Williams (credited) (signed as J. R. Williams)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, say, fellows -- I found a way we can make a million...
Feature Logo
School Days - Out Our Way
Genre
humor; domestic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Norman Marsh (credited)
Pencils
Norman Marsh (credited) (signed as Marsh)
Inks
Norman Marsh (credited) (signed as Marsh)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You have planned the escape well, Wu Fang -- and sending that engine on with the engineer...
Feature Logo
Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48
Genre
adventure; spy; detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

The fourth page is on the back cover.

The Safety Pins and Ribbons (Table of Contents: 29)

Magic Tricks / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?; typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The inside-back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Tom Mix
  2. 1. ["Now, if there were eight more of me..."]
    The Nut Bros, Ches and Wal; Our Boarding House
  3. 2. ["Tom Mix with Tony make their way up the winding trail."]
    Tom Mix
  4. 3. ["I am weary of staying here, Ru and Tao, and I want to see beyond..."]
    Og, Son of Fire
  5. 4. ["Now, boys, the time has come when we must think up a name for my spiced apples."]
    Apple Mary
  6. 5. ["Tommy and Skeeter arrived at Mazatlan, after their thrilling adventures in the Island in the Sky."]
    Tailspin Tommy
  7. 6. ["What's that! High on the mesa overlooking the plains, a rough cowboy is curled up..."]
    Arizona Kid
  8. 7. ["You say no one saw who brought the injured boy to the dispensary, doctor?"]
    Myra North, Special Nurse
  9. 8. ["Now that I've been exiked from Moo, I guess the first thing I'd better do..."]
    Alley Oop
  10. 9. ["Like rollicking school botys on a holiday vacation, the men of Nikkateena rode off to war."]
    Captain Easy
  11. 10. ["Buffalo meat is good but I like a change."]
    Buffalo Bill
  12. 11. ["Two bodyguards keep a careful watch of Jane Sprague, twelve year old heiress."]
    Flying the Sky Clipper
  13. 12. ["In the drawing room of his Casa Marne on an island off the coast of Maine..."]
    International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom
  14. 13. ["Uncle Filbert suggested we give over this space..."]
    The Nut Bros, Ches and Wal; Our Boarding House
  15. 14. ["Salty, hurry... I can't hang onto this rope..."]
    Freckles and His Friends
  16. 15. ["Hello, this is the chief. Come to headquarters, Beatty..."]
    Tom Beatty
  17. 16. ["As a wintry gale howls outside, Pop Berley, veteran radio operator of the U.S. Coast Guard station..."]
    Coast Guard
  18. 17. ["Benson in captain of the Texas Rangers. Kit, his favorite horse, is the pride of his heart."]
    The Texas Rangers
  19. 18. ["Hi, Mr. Morrill! Mom told me to wait in here for her..."]
    Herky
  20. 19. ["Heedless of danger, Easy gives chase to the bandit who shot Lulu Belle."]
    Wash Tubbs
  21. 20. ["Oboy! At last!"]
    Otto Honk
  22. 21. ["Breakfast is nearly ready."]
    Out Our Way
  23. 22. ["G-man Tod Morgan, his face lined with anguish over the worst blow of his life..."]
    G-Men on the Job
  24. 23. In Africa
    Mac of the Marines
  25. 24. Lone Marshall and the Lost River
    The Lone Marshall
  26. 25. ["Dern! There's Jim in there -- datin' with Boots again."]
    Boots and Her Buddies
  27. 26. ["The sleepy noontime peace of High Forks, Montana is broken by..."]
    Two Gun Montana
  28. 27. ["Oh, say, fellows -- I found a way we can make a million..."]
    Out Our Way
  29. 28. ["You have planned the escape well, Wu Fang -- and sending that engine on with the engineer..."]
    Dan Dunn
  30. 29. The Safety Pins and Ribbons
    Magic Tricks
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Bob Hughes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Len Wolinsky
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