(September 1939)

David McKay, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1939-08-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
David McKay Company
Editing
Margery McKay Cridland (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 461657. Copyright given to King Features Syndicate, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Henry / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Inks
Joe Musial (signed as Musial)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Henry

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

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Lee Falk (credited)
Pencils
Phil Davis (credited)
Inks
Phil Davis (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boris explains how the Kid Glove Kid planned the 'Mars' hoax!
Genre
adventure; superhero

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

A Clean Sweep (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? [as McKay]
Inks
? [as McKay]
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Sixto Escobar
Keywords
boxing

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

Jan and Aloysius / 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
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There you are a perfect shot.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children; humor; domestic

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

The Wright Brothers (Table of Contents: 4)

The Romance of Flying / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Clayton Knight (credited) (signed as Clayton Knight)
Pencils
Clayton Knight (credited) (signed as Clayton Knight)
Inks
Clayton Knight (credited) (signed as Clayton Knight)
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
non-fiction; aviation
Reprints

Indexer Notes

One page of art and one text page.

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

Bunky / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Billy DeBeck (credited)
Pencils
Billy DeBeck (credited)
Inks
Billy DeBeck (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm sorry, Billy Button, but I haven't the slightest idea...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

Tippie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina) (signed as EDWINA)
Pencils
Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina) (signed as EDWINA)
Inks
Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina) (signed as EDWINA)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You gimme that picture, Cap Stubbs!
Feature Logo
Tippie and Cap Stubbs
Genre
humor; domestic; animal; children

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

Inspector Wade / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sheldon Stark (credited)
Pencils
Neil O'Keeffe (credited as O'Keefe)
Inks
Neil O'Keeffe (credited as O'Keefe)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's up, Donavan? Maybe this lady knows already!
Genre
detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

Inspector Wade / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Wallace (credited)
Pencils
Neil O'Keeffe
Inks
Neil O'Keeffe
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We've left London behind.
Genre
detective-mystery

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

Secret Agent X-9 / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Max Trell (ghosted for Robert Storm)
Pencils
Austin Briggs ?
Inks
Austin Briggs ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now come out of there with your hands up.
Genre
adventure; spy

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

The Limit? (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? [as McKay]
Inks
? [as McKay]
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Earle Meadows
Keywords
pole vaulting

How Peter Rabbit Was Set Free (Table of Contents: 11)

Little Nature Stories / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Thornton Burgess (credited as Thornton W. Burgess)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Seein' Stars / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
Pencils
Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
Inks
Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Andy Devine; Basil Rathbone; Danielle Darrieux; Joan Crawford

Indexer Notes

The centrefold.

[The Cuckoo Broom] (Table of Contents: 13)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Pencils
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Inks
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Keywords
wordless

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

At Camp (Table of Contents: 14)

Little Acorns / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Dunn (credited)
Pencils
Bob Dunn (credited)
Inks
Bob Dunn (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children

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

Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
E. C. Segar
Pencils
E. C. Segar
Inks
E. C. Segar
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
See how strong I yam.
Feature Logo
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Genre
humor; adventure

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

Barney Baxter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)
Pencils
Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)
Inks
Frank Miller (credited) (signed as Frank Miller)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Barney is beginning to doubt the sincerity...
Feature Logo
Barney Baxter in the Air
Genre
adventure; aviation; war

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

Indian Lore / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jimmy Thompson (credited)
Pencils
Jimmy Thompson (credited)
Inks
Jimmy Thompson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Screaming with terror, the rest of the girls...
Genre
adventure; western-frontier

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

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
We still can't open the front door...
Genre
humor; domestic

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Pencils
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Inks
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hospital -- Quiet Zone
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

No dialogue.

[Night Baseball] (Table of Contents: 20)

Roger / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Bob Dunn (credited)
Pencils
Bob Dunn (credited)
Inks
Bob Dunn (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Beat it!
Genre
humor

[Leap Frog] (Table of Contents: 21)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Pencils
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Inks
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children

The Story of the Wax Wings (Table of Contents: 22)

Stamp Corner / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L Pollock)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

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

Little Miss Muffet / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Fanny Y. Cory (credited) (signed as Fanny Y. Cory)
Pencils
Fanny Y. Cory (credited) (signed as Fanny Y. Cory)
Inks
Fanny Y. Cory (credited) (signed as Fanny Y. Cory)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, 'Granny,' a post-card from Eph.
Genre
drama

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Bandaged Finger] (Table of Contents: 24)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Pencils
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Inks
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Keywords
wordless

Seeing Red! (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? [as McKay]
Inks
? [as McKay]
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Bill McKechnie
Keywords
baseball

[At the Zoo] (Table of Contents: 26)

Dinglehoofer und His Dog / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr)
Pencils
Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr)
Inks
Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mammy!
Genre
humor; animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Tilted Hat] (Table of Contents: 27)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Pencils
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Inks
Carl Anderson (credited) (signed as Carl Anderson)
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Keywords
wordless
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Henry
  2. 1. ["Boris explains how the Kid Glove Kid planned the 'Mars' hoax!"]
    Mandrake the Magician
  3. 2. A Clean Sweep
    News in Sports
  4. 3. ["There you are a perfect shot."]
    Jan and Aloysius
  5. 4. The Wright Brothers
    The Romance of Flying
  6. 5. ["I'm sorry, Billy Button, but I haven't the slightest idea..."]
    Bunky
  7. 6. ["You gimme that picture, Cap Stubbs!"]
    Tippie
  8. 7. ["What's up, Donavan? Maybe this lady knows already!"]
    Inspector Wade
  9. 8. ["We've left London behind."]
    Inspector Wade
  10. 9. ["Now come out of there with your hands up."]
    Secret Agent X-9
  11. 10. The Limit?
    News in Sports
  12. 11. How Peter Rabbit Was Set Free
    Little Nature Stories
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Seein' Stars
  14. 13. [The Cuckoo Broom]
    Henry
  15. 14. At Camp
    Little Acorns
  16. 15. ["See how strong I yam."]
    Thimble Theatre
  17. 16. ["Barney is beginning to doubt the sincerity..."]
    Barney Baxter
  18. 17. ["Screaming with terror, the rest of the girls..."]
    Indian Lore
  19. 18. ["We still can't open the front door..."]
    Blondie
  20. 19. ["Hospital -- Quiet Zone"]
    Henry
  21. 20. [Night Baseball]
    Roger
  22. 21. [Leap Frog]
    Henry
  23. 22. The Story of the Wax Wings
    Stamp Corner
  24. 23. ["Look, 'Granny,' a post-card from Eph."]
    Little Miss Muffet
  25. 24. [The Bandaged Finger]
    Henry
  26. 25. Seeing Red!
    News in Sports
  27. 26. [At the Zoo]
    Dinglehoofer und His Dog
  28. 27. [The Tilted Hat]
    Henry
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Karsten S.
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky