Ace Comics #84

(March 1944)

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

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Ray Moore (credited)

Inks

Ray Moore (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Byron -- we've got to get him away from that stake!

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Reprints

• From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1942-05-28 - 1942-05-30, 1942-06-01 - 1942-06-06, 1942-06-08 - 1942-06-13 and 1942-06-15.
  [One panel is omitted from one of the two 4-panel strips on some pages in order to fit 2 dailies on each 7-panel page.]

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Daffydoodles / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Putting out fireflies.

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Jokes from readers.

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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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A touch of the magic wand...

Genre

humor

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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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jim and Kolu have reached the Bardo plantation on the Negro River near Manaos.

Genre

adventure; jungle

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

Script

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

Pencils

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

Inks

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

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

It looks like rain!

Genre

humor; children

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Private Breger Abroad / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dave Breger (credited as Sgt. Dave Breger)

Pencils

Dave Breger (credited as Sgt. Dave Breger)

Inks

Dave Breger (credited as Sgt. Dave Breger)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not too close!

Genre

humor; military

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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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

And tell 'em we've got everything under control here, chief.

Feature Logo

Tim Tyler

Genre

adventure

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

Script

Hal Fox (credited) (editor)

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

?; typeset

Genre

humor; non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Contributions from readers.

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

Script

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Pencils

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Inks

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Teddy, I want you to go to the butcher's for me

Genre

humor; children; domestic

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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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Miz Tuggle, ah thinks dey's mice in de pantry...

Genre

humor; children; domestic

Characters

Elmer Tuggle; Ella Tuggle; Clem Tuggle Lottie (the maid); Margie

Respect for the Opinion of Others (Table of Contents: 11)

Family Portraits / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

J. Norman Lynd (credited) (signed as J. Norman Lynd)

Pencils

J. Norman Lynd (credited) (signed as J. Norman Lynd)

Inks

J. Norman Lynd (credited) (signed as J. Norman Lynd)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The cow did so jump over the moon!

Genre

humor; domestic

Indexer Notes

The centrefold.

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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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

You'll have to get the plumber...

Genre

humor; domestic

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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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Each night he sings the love ballads of the lands he has visited.

Genre

adventure; historical

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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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Busy as a bee, eh Tillie? Hello, Fay-oh dear...

Genre

drama; military; humor

Characters

Tillie Jones; Fay Smithers; Colonel Bunt

Keywords

soap opera

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Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 4 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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mom -- it's 'most time to go to school and I don't want to go back.

Genre

humor; children

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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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When Mr. Playlock, our sports page editor, sent me here to interview you...

Genre

drama; adventure

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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

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Me! Mademoiselle Tutu marry Snoffy Smith?!! Ziss is ze beeg insult!!

Feature Logo

Barney Google

Genre

humor

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

Script

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Pencils

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Inks

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The high-school lecture.

Genre

humor