Comics on Parade
#v3#4 (28)
(July 1940)
United Feature,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-06-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- United Feature Syndicate Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date from the previous issue.
Spinner Game
activity / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
On the inside-front cover.
Playing the game requires cutting off the top half of the cover.
[no title indexed]
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tommy and Skeeter were all set to take a vacation after safely transporting their cargo...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
Indexer Notes
The 8th page is a plan for a model plane.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Abner has been snared into a proposal of marriage by Madame Mercedes, a crook posing as...
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Grin and Bear It / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- George Lichty (credited as Lichty)
- Pencils
- George Lichty (credited as Lichty)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
A series of 1-panel jokes.
[no title indexed]
Nancy / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh it's hot today - I'm gonna enjoy my bath!
- Genre
- humor; children
Follscap
How It Began / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Paul Berdanier
- Pencils
- Paul Berdanier (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; historical
[no title indexed]
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ralph Weezil has substituted an insane gorilla for tame Andrew...
- Genre
- humor; adventure; children
[no title indexed]
Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! Do I look the business in this suit!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Looy
- Synopsis
- Looy trains to become a professional baseball player. He's hired as a member of the grounds crew.
[no title indexed]
Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Supreme Court's O.K. in its silly way of course...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George Dilbury; Looy; Ma Dilbury
- Synopsis
- Dilbury makes sure to advise everyone he meets on their own profession. For some reason, he isn't popular.
[no title indexed]
Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See if you two drones can't show a little life in that garden...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Looy; George Dilbury; Ma Dilbury
- Synopsis
- Ma sends Looy and Dilbury to work in the backyard but their attention spans are too short.
[no title indexed]
The Son of Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unknown to Jenssen, Malbihn sneaked into Meriem's tent.
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Korak [Son of Tarzan]
- Reprints
- from Tarzan daily (United Feature Syndicate) #59 1930-01-31 - #68 1930-02-11
[no title indexed]
Ella Cinders / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Pa Cinders; Ma Cinders
[no title indexed]
Dynamite Dunn / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's the Limited! Stop! Stop!
- Genre
- drama; sports
- Characters
- Joe Jinks
[no title indexed]
Unbelievable - But True / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Nicholas Horthy
[no title indexed]
The Young Idear / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
Indexer Notes
A series of 1-panel jokes.
[no title indexed]
Danny Dingle / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha! Ma's half awake!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dilbury Dingle; Ma Dingle; Danny Dingle; Mrs. Ermentrude Flibbertigibbet
- Synopsis
- Dilbury Dingle tries to impress his wife by praising her while she's asleep. Danny wears a gorilla mask for a party and a visitor remarks on his resemblance to his father. Danny decides to join a lodge.
Indexer Notes
3 daily strips pasted together.
[no title indexed]
Danny Dingle / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why yes -- Danny -- I think I can get you in our order of Benevolent Buffaloes...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Danny Dingle; Mr. Goofalis; Nellie
- Synopsis
- Danny decides to join the Order of Benevolent Buffaloes.
Indexer Notes
5 daily strips in continuity over 2 pages.
[no title indexed]
Billy Make-Believe; How to Make It / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
How to Make It takes up the bottom 1/3 of each page.
[no title indexed]
Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Becky, having fled from Crabtree Corners, now finds herself in the big city about to...
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Becky Groggins; Val Gaylord
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tailspin Tommy -
1.
Spinner Game
-
2.
["Tommy and Skeeter were all set to take a vacation after safely transporting their cargo..."]
Tailspin Tommy -
3.
["Abner has been snared into a proposal of marriage by Madame Mercedes, a crook posing as..."]
Li'l Abner -
4.
[no title indexed]
Grin and Bear It -
5.
[no title indexed]
Jasper -
6.
["Gosh it's hot today - I'm gonna enjoy my bath!"]
Nancy -
7.
Follscap
How It Began -
8.
Grace Darling's Heroism
Twice Told Tales -
9.
["Ralph Weezil has substituted an insane gorilla for tame Andrew..."]
The Captain and the Kids -
10.
["Boy! Do I look the business in this suit!"]
Looy Dot Dope -
11.
["The Supreme Court's O.K. in its silly way of course..."]
Looy Dot Dope -
12.
["See if you two drones can't show a little life in that garden..."]
Looy Dot Dope -
13.
["Unknown to Jenssen, Malbihn sneaked into Meriem's tent."]
The Son of Tarzan -
14.
Australia
Stampin' Around -
15.
[no title indexed]
Ella Cinders -
16.
["It's the Limited! Stop! Stop!"]
Dynamite Dunn -
17.
[no title indexed]
Unbelievable - But True -
18.
[no title indexed]
The Young Idear -
19.
[no title indexed]
The Boomers -
20.
[no title indexed]
Little Mary Mixup -
21.
["Ha! Ma's half awake!"]
Danny Dingle -
22.
["Why yes -- Danny -- I think I can get you in our order of Benevolent Buffaloes..."]
Danny Dingle -
23.
[no title indexed]
Broncho Bill -
24.
[no title indexed]
Cynical Susie -
25.
[no title indexed]
Billy Make-Believe; How to Make It -
26.
["Becky, having fled from Crabtree Corners, now finds herself in the big city about to..."]
Abbie an' Slats -
27.
[no title indexed]
Comics on Parade Patterns
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- Glenn MacKay
- Keith Alan Morgan
- David Wilt
- Len Wolinsky
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