(September-October 1939)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Picture Publications, Inc.
Editing
C. Elbert (editor); M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

MOVIE COMICS No. 414499—September-October, 1939—Volume 1, No. 6. Published monthly by PICTURE PUBLICATIONS, INC., 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y., M. C. Gaines, Managing Editor. C. Elbert, Editor; Sheldon Mayer, Assistant Editor. Entered as second class matter February 14, 1926, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Yearly subscriptions in the U. S. A. and Canada $1.50, elsewhere $2.20. U. S. A. Patent Office Trade Mark No. 414499 under the act of February 20, 1905. Entire contents copyrighted, 1939.

The Phantom Creeps (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo);Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Jean Drew ? (photo of Dorothy Arnold ? ); Dr. Alex Zorka [Dr. Zane] (photo of Bela Lugosi)

Indexer Notes

From "The Phantom Creeps" (1939). Female character & actress may not be correct; names taken from top billed female character.

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

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Now Showing (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

American Specialty Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Real Glory (Table of Contents: 4)

photo story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
adventure

Rescue on a Bicycle (Table of Contents: 5)

Buddy Tibbit / text story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script
John B. Wentworth
Pencils
Sheldon Mayer
Inks
Sheldon Mayer
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure

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

Fotoshop / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

In Old Monterey (Table of Contents: 7)

photo story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gene Autry

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

Movie Comics Stamp Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Oregon Trail

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

Movie Varieties / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils
Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks
Harry Lampert (signed)
Colors
? (red only)
Letters
Harry Lampert (signed)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've simply got to forget he's your husband...
Genre
humor

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

Movietown / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils
Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks
Harry Lampert
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vom Hunger Fraud
Genre
adventure; humor

The Phantom Creeps (Table of Contents: 11)

photo story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction
Synopsis
The mad inventor Dr. Zorka builds a powerful robot called the "Phantom", an invisibility device, and a powerful meteor ray which he hopes will help him conquer the world. Heroic Bob West thwarts his plans.

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the 12 chapter serial by Universal Pictures.

[Phantom Creeps Contest] (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Underpup (Table of Contents: 13)

photo story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
drama

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

Action Camera / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Smitty
Pencils
Smitty
Inks
Smitty
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Something must be done around here...
Genre
humor

Sun and Sand [Episodes 11-14] (Table of Contents: 15)

Minute Movies / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan
Pencils
Ed Wheelan
Inks
Ed Wheelan
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; humor

The Oregon Trail, Conclusion (Table of Contents: 16)

photo story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier

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

All-American Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

A Bike for You (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

The Cromwell-Collier Publishing Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Mutiny on the Black Hawk (Table of Contents: 19)

photo story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure

A Chump at Oxford (Table of Contents: 20)

Laurel and Hardy / photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Inks
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Colors
Jack Adler (airbrush); Emery Gondor (airbrush)
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy

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

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Phantom Creeps
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co.
  3. 2. Now Showing
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    American Specialty Company
  5. 4. The Real Glory
  6. 5. Rescue on a Bicycle
    Buddy Tibbit
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Fotoshop
  8. 7. In Old Monterey
  9. 8. ["The Oregon Trail"]
    Movie Comics Stamp Page
  10. 9. ["You've simply got to forget he's your husband..."]
    Movie Varieties
  11. 10. ["Vom Hunger Fraud"]
    Movietown
  12. 11. The Phantom Creeps
  13. 12. [Phantom Creeps Contest]
  14. 13. The Underpup
  15. 14. ["Something must be done around here..."]
    Action Camera
  16. 15. Sun and Sand [Episodes 11-14]
    Minute Movies
  17. 16. The Oregon Trail, Conclusion
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    All-American Comics
  19. 18. A Bike for You
    The Cromwell-Collier Publishing Company
  20. 19. Mutiny on the Black Hawk
  21. 20. A Chump at Oxford
    Laurel and Hardy
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co.
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles
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