(January 1939)

United Feature, 1938 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Li'l Abner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Abner Yokum; Salomey
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Curse the luck! If I could've talked her into that marriage...
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
Marryin' Sam

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

The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Rudolph Dirks
Pencils
Rudolph Dirks
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quick - Barkis iss asleep - slide down der mast Mama und vatch out for dot cannon.
Genre
humor; domestic; adventure; children

The Return of Tarzan (Table of Contents: 3)

Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Rice Burroughs ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tantor, the elephant, was yet six or eight paces behind his prey.
Genre
adventure; jungle

In the Rink (Table of Contents: 4)

Wayne Webster / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
John Paul Frederics
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure; sports

Clark Gable (Table of Contents: 5)

Road of Romance / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Lee
Pencils
Winfield Meggs
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; biography

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

Billy Make Believe / comic story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script
H. E. Homan
Pencils
H. E. Homan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That flash of gunpowder scared the coo-coos away...
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

The top 2/3 of 2 pages.

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

Broncho Bill / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Harry O'Neill
Pencils
Harry O'Neill
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bill's kidnapper is on his trail!
Genre
western-frontier

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

Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, Pop, you go with the movers.
Genre
humor

Pipe Rack (Table of Contents: 9)

How to Make It / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
H. E. Homan
Pencils
H. E. Homan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

In Lithuania (Table of Contents: 10)

Stampin' Around / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

Paper Playmates (Table of Contents: 11)

For Junior Readers / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dudley T. Fisher Jr.
Pencils
Dudley T. Fisher Jr.
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Jokes and cut-outs.

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

Dynamite Dunn / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Go ahead, senor - you may heet me, but not hard.
Genre
sports

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

Nancy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, Pinky - I better decide what kind of an accent I'll use on that producer.
Genre
drama; domestic; humor; children

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

Cynical Susie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Becky Sharp
Pencils
Becky Sharp
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Susie - I'll go for my retake - then when Boom is ready to shoot the fire-jumping scene...
Genre
humor

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

Billy Make Believe; How to Make It / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
H. E. Homan
Pencils
H. E. Homan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Escaping from the coo-coo cave, our friends now have to find some way...
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

'Billy' is on the top 2/3 of 2 pages; 'How To Make It' is on the bottom 1/3.

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

Alice [Lewis Carroll]; Knurl the Gnome / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Olive Ray Scott
Pencils
Edward Daniel Kuekes (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
After the Queen's invitation to the Duchess had been delivered, the footmen bowed so low --
Genre
adventure; humor

Indexer Notes

'Alice' takes up the top 2/3 of 2 pages; 'Knurl' is the bottom 1/3.

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

The Pet's Club / activity / 2 pages (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

Club activities and letters.

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

Grin and Bear It / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Lichty
Pencils
George Lichty
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

A series of 1-panel jokes.

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

Little Mary Mixup / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. M. Brinkerhoff
Pencils
R. M. Brinkerhoff
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here you little snoop! What are you opening that closet for?
Genre
adventure; domestic

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

Ella Cinders / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Conselman
Pencils
Charlie Plumb
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, Sartorio -- You were right! Vendetti's got her.
Genre
adventure; humor

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

Danny Dingle / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If I do say it myself this is one pip of a story I'm writing.
Genre
humor
Characters
Danny Dingle; Nellie Maloney; Mr. Maloney; Mr. Dingle
Synopsis
Mr. Maloney, the father of Danny's girlfriend Nellie, hears Danny reading a story to his daughter over the telephone. Also, Danny is arrested as a "masher" on the beach but it's pretty clear he's been entrapped by a curvaceous policewoman in a bathing suit.

Indexer Notes

The first two pages of this feature are a continued story (probably newspaper strips pasted together). The third page is an entirely different, self-contained gag strip (a Sunday page?).

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

The Boomers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Richards
Pencils
Dick Richards
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There! I guess that finishes it!
Genre
humor; domestic

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

Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Raeburn Van Buren
Pencils
Raeburn Van Buren
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Two grand in okay for the job -- but if I'm caught racing, it'll mean jail for me.
Genre
drama; humor
Characters
Becky Groggins; Judy Hagstone; Bathless Groggins; Jasper Hagstone; Silent Sweeney

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Jest Di-Jest / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor

A Riot of Fun for Everyone (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

The Captain and the Kids / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Li'l Abner
  2. 1. ["Curse the luck! If I could've talked her into that marriage..."]
    Li'l Abner
  3. 2. ["Quick - Barkis iss asleep - slide down der mast Mama und vatch out for dot cannon."]
    The Captain and the Kids
  4. 3. The Return of Tarzan
    Tarzan
  5. 4. In the Rink
    Wayne Webster
  6. 5. Clark Gable
    Road of Romance
  7. 6. ["That flash of gunpowder scared the coo-coos away..."]
    Billy Make Believe
  8. 7. ["Bill's kidnapper is on his trail!"]
    Broncho Bill
  9. 8. ["Okay, Pop, you go with the movers."]
    Looy Dot Dope
  10. 9. Pipe Rack
    How to Make It
  11. 10. In Lithuania
    Stampin' Around
  12. 11. Paper Playmates
    For Junior Readers
  13. 12. ["Go ahead, senor - you may heet me, but not hard."]
    Dynamite Dunn
  14. 13. ["Say, Pinky - I better decide what kind of an accent I'll use on that producer."]
    Nancy
  15. 14. ["Susie - I'll go for my retake - then when Boom is ready to shoot the fire-jumping scene..."]
    Cynical Susie
  16. 15. ["Escaping from the coo-coo cave, our friends now have to find some way..."]
    Billy Make Believe; How to Make It
  17. 16. ["After the Queen's invitation to the Duchess had been delivered, the footmen bowed so low --"]
    Alice [Lewis Carroll]; Knurl the Gnome
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    The Pet's Club
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Grin and Bear It
  20. 19. ["Here you little snoop! What are you opening that closet for?"]
    Little Mary Mixup
  21. 20. ["Well, Sartorio -- You were right! Vendetti's got her."]
    Ella Cinders
  22. 21. ["If I do say it myself this is one pip of a story I'm writing."]
    Danny Dingle
  23. 22. ["There! I guess that finishes it!"]
    The Boomers
  24. 23. ["Two grand in okay for the job -- but if I'm caught racing, it'll mean jail for me."]
    Abbie an' Slats
  25. 24. [no title indexed]
    Jest Di-Jest
  26. 25. A Riot of Fun for Everyone
    The Captain and the Kids
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