(February 1940)

Dell, 1936 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1939-12-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Editing
Oskar Lebeck; Helen Meyer (Vice President)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.

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Martan the Marvel Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
William Kent
Inks
William Kent
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Martan
Cover Thumbnail for Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #48
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Captain Tornado / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Kenneth Kennedy
Pencils
Kenneth Kennedy
Inks
Kenneth Kennedy
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
While trying to locate the rocket ship...

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

Shark Egan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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?
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?
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?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shark Egan dives into the sea...

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

Martan the Marvel Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
G. Ellerbrook
Pencils
William Kent
Inks
William Kent
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Behold, Vana, more war, more bloodshed...

Mosquitoes (Table of Contents: 5)

This Curious World / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
William Ferguson (signed)
Pencils
William Ferguson (signed)
Inks
William Ferguson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; nature

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Our Boarding House / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Gene Ahern
Pencils
Gene Ahern
Inks
Gene Ahern
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
But, gee, Uncle Amos!

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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Bobby and Chip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll make a hunting dog of Dud yet

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Out Our Way / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
J. R. Williams
Pencils
J. R. Williams
Inks
J. R. Williams
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look out, now - look out!

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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Masked Pilot / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Jenney
Inks
Bob Jenney
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Returning from a two day tour of the Canal Zone...

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Gang Busters / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Al McWilliams
Pencils
Al McWilliams (signed)
Inks
Al McWilliams (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
An early summer morning finds a holdup in progress...
Genre
crime
Reprints

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Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lewis
Pencils
Clyde Lewis
Inks
Clyde Lewis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oboy, oh joy...

Indexer Notes

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Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lewis
Pencils
Clyde Lewis
Inks
Clyde Lewis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hiya, Granville, ol' sock!

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

The Hurricane Kids / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Albert Hartje (signed)
Pencils
Will Ely (signed)
Inks
Will Ely (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Hurricane Kids, shipwrecked on an island group which, thru a freak...

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Herky / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lewis
Pencils
Clyde Lewis
Inks
Clyde Lewis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Every so often, Hoik...

[Introducing Wally Williams] (Table of Contents: 15)

Wally Williams / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Victor Boni
Pencils
Tom Hickey
Inks
Tom Hickey
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Wally Williams (first appearance)

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Bronc Peeler / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bullneck the Terrible, has been unsuccessful...

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Penguin and His Pal Pudgie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Win Smith
Pencils
Win Smith
Inks
Win Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cheer up Pete!!
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Martan the Marvel Man
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["While trying to locate the rocket ship..."]
    Captain Tornado
  4. 3. ["Shark Egan dives into the sea..."]
    Shark Egan
  5. 4. ["Behold, Vana, more war, more bloodshed..."]
    Martan the Marvel Man
  6. 5. Mosquitoes
    This Curious World
  7. 6. ["But, gee, Uncle Amos!"]
    Our Boarding House
  8. 7. ["I'll make a hunting dog of Dud yet"]
    Bobby and Chip
  9. 8. ["Look out, now - look out!"]
    Out Our Way
  10. 9. ["Returning from a two day tour of the Canal Zone..."]
    Masked Pilot
  11. 10. ["An early summer morning finds a holdup in progress..."]
    Gang Busters
  12. 11. ["Oboy, oh joy..."]
    Herky
  13. 12. ["Hiya, Granville, ol' sock!"]
    Herky
  14. 13. ["The Hurricane Kids, shipwrecked on an island group which, thru a freak..."]
    The Hurricane Kids
  15. 14. ["Every so often, Hoik..."]
    Herky
  16. 15. [Introducing Wally Williams]
    Wally Williams
  17. 16. ["Bullneck the Terrible, has been unsuccessful..."]
    Bronc Peeler
  18. 17. ["Cheer up Pete!!"]
    Penguin and His Pal Pudgie
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