New Comics #v1#2

(January 1936)

Give the Kid a Break! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Gilbert / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Greetings! (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils:

Bill Cook (illustrations, signed)

Inks:

Bill Cook (illustrations, signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

editorial

["Mm-mm-m!! I'm gettin' hungry thinkin' about it!!"] (Table of Contents: 3)

Jibby Jones / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Pencils:

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Inks:

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

["I call myself 'Knight Errant' Cowhide, because I seek wrongs to right..."] (Table of Contents: 4)

Sir Loin of Beef / comic story / 1.83 pages (report information)

Script:

R. G. Leffingwell

Pencils:

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Inks:

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Sir Loin; Cowhide; Hash (introduction, a boy)

Synopsis:

Sir Loin gives his last coin to an orphan boy.

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

Axel / comic story / 0.17 page (report information)

Script:

R. G. Leffingwell

Pencils:

R. G. Leffingwell

Inks:

R. G. Leffingwell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

[Knife Ambush, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 6)

Sagebrush n' Cactus / comic story / 1.83 pages (report information)

Script:

R. G. Leffingwell

Pencils:

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Inks:

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Sagebrush; Cactus; Pickax Pete; Knife Ambush (villain)

Synopsis:

Sagebrush and Cactus come upon the body of Pickax Pete and find a map to his gold strike.

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

Fanny / comic story / 0.17 page (report information)

Script:

R. G. Leffingwell

Pencils:

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Inks:

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

["There's not going to be a happy Christmas for Farmer Gray..."] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dickie Duck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Matt Curzon

Pencils:

Matt Curzon (signed)

Inks:

Matt Curzon (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Dickie Duck; Farmer Gray

Synopsis:

Dickie captures three bank robbers

[Episode One] (Table of Contents: 9)

Castaway Island / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Tom Cooper

Pencils:

Tom Cooper

Inks:

Tom Cooper

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Larry; Dot

Synopsis:

After a storm at sea Larry and Dot find themselves alone on an abandoned sailing ship.

["Hey, Billy!! I jes' saw Butch O'Brien give another feller a awful bad beatin'!"] (Table of Contents: 10)

Billy the Kid / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Whitney Ellsworth

Pencils:

Whitney Ellsworth

Inks:

Whitney Ellsworth

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

children

[The Stagecoach, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 11)

J. Worthington Blimp, Esq. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Sheldon Mayer

Pencils:

Sheldon Mayer

Inks:

Sheldon Mayer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[Episode 2] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils:

Robert H. Livingstone

Inks:

Robert H. Livingstone

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Sigrid; Jarl-eirik; Hagbard; Ivar son of Kol; Kol

Synopsis:

Kol adopts the baby and names him Ivar. He is favored of Thor, but Loki means him mischief.

Big Linda's Revenge (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 3.33 pages (report information)

Script:

Wallace Kirk

Pencils:

Bill Cook

Inks:

Bill Cook

Letters:

typeset

Talk About Fun (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

More Fun / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

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

The Radio Dialer / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

(photos)

Inks:

(photos)

Letters:

typeset

These Cold Days (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Meccano / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

It's Magic / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Andrini the Great

Pencils:

Bill Cook

Inks:

Bill Cook

Letters:

typeset

The Test of a Man (Table of Contents: 18)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Rosemary Volk

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

[Getting Into the Movies] (Table of Contents: 19)

Freddie Bell / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Matt Curzon

Pencils:

Matt Curzon

Inks:

Matt Curzon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Pantomime strip.

[Sons of the Red Cormorant, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 20)

"Wing" Walker / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

? [as Thor]

Pencils:

? [as Thor]

Inks:

? [as Thor]

Letters:

?

Characters:

Kolar (introduction, villain); Nipper; Red Cormorant

["Lincoln had been accepted when he applied for a minor clerkship..."] (Table of Contents: 21)

Just Suppose / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

A. D. Kiefer

Pencils:

H. C. Kiefer

Inks:

H. C. Kiefer

Letters:

?

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

Pastime Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Emma McKean

Pencils:

Emma McKean

Inks:

Emma McKean

Letters:

?

["No living person knows what William Shakespear really looked like..."] (Table of Contents: 23)

Live and Learn / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Joe Archibald

Pencils:

Joe Archibald

Inks:

Joe Archibald

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

[The Train Robbery, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 24)

Captain Bill of the Rangers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

W. M. Allison

Pencils:

W. M. Allison

Inks:

W. M. Allison

Letters:

?

Characters:

Captain Bill (intro)

[Part Two] (Table of Contents: 25)

Gulliver's Travels / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Walt Kelly

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Secret Cruise, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 26)

Ray and Gail / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Clem Gretter

Pencils:

Clem Gretter

Inks:

Clem Gretter

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Ray; Gail; Capt. Bill Gewgaw (Introduction); Aunt Millie (introduction); Sir Henry Ghaut; Willie Gewgaw; Joe Macula

Synopsis:

Aunt Millie shows up and demands her map. She ends up staying on board. Gail has second thoughts about the trip.

Lesson 2: Comic Heads (Table of Contents: 27)

Cartoon Corner / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Stan Randall

Pencils:

Stan Randall [as Stanley] (signed)

Inks:

Stan Randall [as Stanley] (signed)

Letters:

?

Synopsis:

how to draw feature

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

The Pixie Puzzle Adventures / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Matt Curzon

Pencils:

Matt Curzon

Inks:

Matt Curzon

Letters:

?

[Episode Two] (Table of Contents: 29)

Captain Quick / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Jon Blummer

Pencils:

Jon Blummer (John Elby)

Inks:

Jon Blummer

Letters:

?

Reprints:

• in Atomic Comics (Green Publishing, 1946 series) #1 (January 1946)

17-20 On the Black [Part 2] (Table of Contents: 30)

Jim Gale / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Billy Weston

Pencils:

Billy Weston

Inks:

Billy Weston

Letters:

?

["Si - Chicos! I dig worms for fishes!"] (Table of Contents: 31)

Chikko Chakko / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Ellis Edwards

Pencils:

Ellis Edwards

Inks:

Ellis Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Stamps and Coins / text article / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Big Premium Offer (Table of Contents: 33) (Expand) /

New Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Hobbies / activity / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Dan Ryan

Letters:

typeset

A Real... Shirley Temple Doll! (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

Shirley Temple Doll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Worth-While Films to Watch For / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

The Book Shelf / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Rosemary Volk

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

["Ever since I've tried out my hair-cutting machine..."] (Table of Contents: 38)

Needles / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Al Stahl

Pencils:

Al Stahl

Inks:

Al Stahl

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

[The Time Machine, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 39)

The Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Sheldon Mayer

Pencils:

Sheldon Mayer

Inks:

Sheldon Mayer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

science fiction

["Gizzle me slivers ye spalpeens!"] (Table of Contents: 40)

Capt'n Spiniker / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Tom Cooper

Pencils:

Tom Cooper

Inks:

Tom Cooper

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Sternpipe; Spiniker; James

Synopsis:

Spiniker discovers a submarine is hitching a ride on his stern.

["If you're gonna be my manager..."] (Table of Contents: 41)

Dare-Devil Dunk / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Stan Randall

Pencils:

Stan Randall

Inks:

Stan Randall

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dare-Devil Dunk (introduction); Drizzle (introduction)

["I don't know why - But things don't seem to be just right to me today!!"] (Table of Contents: 42)

Beany / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Pencils:

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Inks:

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Beany (introduction)

["I made this target out of an old tire rim..."] (Table of Contents: 43)

Peter and Ho-lah-an / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

R. H. Livingstone

Pencils:

R. H. Livingstone

Inks:

R. H. Livingstone

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Characters:

Peter; Ho-lah-an

["Blast it! You never miss!"] (Table of Contents: 44)

The Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Steve Carson (introduction); Officer Walsh (villain); Kate Lane (villain, dies)

Synopsis:

Steve discovers that Kate Lane and Patrolman Walsh are behind the kidnapping. Mayhem ensues.

["Our dog 'Scratcher' had a severe case of fleas..."] (Table of Contents: 45)

It's a Dern Lie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Rosemary Volk

Pencils:

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Inks:

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Little Miss Muffet Play Sets for Little Misses (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

Little Miss Muffet Play Sets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Factory to You (Table of Contents: 47) (Expand) /

Remington Rand / advertisement / 1 page (report information)