New Comics #v1#2

(January 1936)

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

credits, title page / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Indicia. Inside front page (top).

Give the Kid a Break! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Gilbert / advertisement / 0.8 page (report information)

Greetings! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

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

Script

Vin Sullivan (credited, signed)

Pencils

Vin Sullivan (credited, signed)

Inks

Vin Sullivan (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mm-mm-m!! I'm gettin' hungry thinkin' about it!!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Jibby Jones; Ma Jones

Synopsis

Jibby suggest having turkey for dinner, but his mother says it is too expensive, so she has ordered a chicken instead. Jibby takes a shotgun and goes hunting. He finds a turkey, but it is bigger than himself, and it gives Jibby a sound thrashing. At home he agrees with his mother than turkeys ARE too expensive.

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

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

Script

R. G. Leffingwell (credited, signed)

Pencils

R. G. Leffingwell (credited, signed)

Inks

R. G. Leffingwell (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I call myself 'Knight Errant' Cowhide, because I seek wrongs to right...

Genre

adventure; humor

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: 6)

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: 7)

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

Script

R. G. Leffingwell (credited, signed)

Pencils

R. G. Leffingwell (credited, signed)

Inks

R. G. Leffingwell (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; 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: 8)

Fanny / comic story / 0.17 page (report information)

Script

R. G. Leffingwell

Pencils

R. G. Leffingwell

Inks

R. G. Leffingwell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Fanny (a donkey)

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

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

Script

Matt Curzon (credited, signed)

Pencils

Matt Curzon (credited, signed)

Inks

Matt Curzon (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There's not going to be a happy Christmas for Farmer Gray...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Dickie Duck; Farmer Gray

Synopsis

Dickie captures three bank robbers

[Episode 1] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Tom Cooper (credited)

Pencils

Tom Cooper (credited)

Inks

Tom Cooper (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out on the Pacific...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Larry; Dot

Synopsis

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Whitney Ellsworth [as Whit Ellsworth] (credited)

Pencils

Whitney Ellsworth [as Whit Ellsworth] (credited)

Inks

Whitney Ellsworth [as Whit Ellsworth] (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, Billy!! I jes' saw Butch O'Brien give another feller a awful bad beatin'!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Billy the Kid; Butch O'Brien

Synopsis

Billy brags that he can lick the bully Butch O'Brien, and it turns out that he can.

[The Stagecoach, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Sheldon Mayer (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, well, well...

Genre

humor

Characters

J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.; Juniper Jones; Willis Blimp

Synopsis

Blimp is on his way from New York to San Diego when he ends up in jail at Pottersville, Pennsylvania. There he meets Juniper Jones and they steal an historical stagecoach from the museum in order to continue their trip.

[Episode 2] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils

R. H. Livingstone (credited as Livingstone)

Inks

R. H. Livingstone (credited as Livingstone)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The lovely Sigrid sits all day...

Genre

adventure; 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: 14)

text story / 3.33 pages (report information)

Script

Wallace Kirk (credited)

Pencils

Bill Cook (signed)

Inks

Bill Cook (signed)

Letters

typeset

Talk About Fun (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

(photos)

Inks

(photos)

Letters

typeset

These Cold Days (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Meccano / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Andrini the Great

Pencils

Bill Cook (signed)

Inks

Bill Cook (signed)

Letters

typeset

The Test of a Man (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rosemary Volk (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

[Getting into the Movies] (Table of Contents: 20)

Freddie Bell He Means Well / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Matt Curzon (credited, signed)

Pencils

Matt Curzon (credited, signed)

Inks

Matt Curzon (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One please.

Genre

humor

Characters

Freddie Bell

Indexer Notes

Pantomime strip.

[Sons of the Red Cormorant, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

? [as Thor] (credited and signed)

Pencils

? [as Thor] (credited and signed)

Inks

? [as Thor] (credited and signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Wing" Walker, kidnapped pilot...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

"Wing" Walker; Kolar (introduction, villain); Nipper; Red Cormorant

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

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

Script

A. D. Kiefer (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (credited as H. C. Kiefer)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (credited as H. C. Kiefer)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lincoln had been accepted when he applied for a minor clerkship...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Abraham Lincoln; Napoleon Buonaparte

Indexer Notes

Two "what if" tales.

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

Pastime Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Emma McKean (signed)

Pencils

Emma McKean (signed)

Inks

Emma McKean (signed)

Letters

?

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

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

Script

Joe Archibald (signed)

Pencils

Joe Archibald (signed)

Inks

Joe Archibald (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No living person knows what William Shakespear [sic] really looked like...

Genre

non-fiction

[The Train Robbery, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison] (credited)

Pencils

Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison] (credited)

Inks

Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison] (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Jane & Johnny...

Genre

adventure; children; western-frontier

Characters

Captain Bill (intro); Johnny; Jane; Uncle Bob

Synopsis

Johnny and Jane are traveling to Buffalo Junction to meet their Uncle Bob, when the train is held up. They tell Captain Bill, and later identify Rancher Lane's foreman as the outlaw.

[Part 2] (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

Jonathan Swift (original story) (credited); Walt Kelly ? (adaption)

Pencils

Walt Kelly (signed) (credited as Walter C. Kelly)

Inks

Walt Kelly (signed) (credited as Walter C. Kelly)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The tiny people cart Gulliver into the Town of Lilliput.

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Gulliver

Synopsis

Gulliver is provided with a house, while hundreds of chefs prepare a meal for him.

Reprints

• in DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics (Hermes Press, 2018 series) (2018)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Secret Cruise, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Clem Gretter (credited as Clemens Gretter) (signed as gretter)

Pencils

Clem Gretter (credited as Clemens Gretter) (signed as gretter)

Inks

Clem Gretter (credited as Clemens Gretter) (signed as gretter)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Map! Map! Why Aunt Millie! What are you talking about?

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: 28)

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: 29)

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

Script

Matt Curzon (signed)

Pencils

Matt Curzon (signed)

Inks

Matt Curzon (signed)

Letters

?

[Episode 2] (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Jon Blummer (credited as John Elby)

Pencils

Jon Blummer (credited as John Elby)

Inks

Jon Blummer (credited as John Elby)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

1586 A.D. - Plymouth Harbor...

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Captain Kendal Quick; Marjorie; Lord Barlow

Synopsis

With Lord Barlow in command and Kendal Quick as his second, the "Black Bess" sails south out of Plymouth to harry the Spanish fleet. On the second day a Spanish Man o'War is taken and the treasure laid out on deck. Lord Barlow decides to return on the Spanish vessel to England, and leaves Quick in command of the "Black Bess". Quick promises that under his command the treasure they just captured will be as nothing.

Reprints

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

17-20 On the Black [Part 2] (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script

Billy Weston (credited)

Pencils

Tom Cooper ?

Inks

Tom Cooper ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Receiving the pearls...

Genre

drama

Characters

Jim Gale; Kim; The Lady in Black

Synopsis

Pearls are stolen from the Lady in Black, and Kim fetches Jim to help out.

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

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

Script

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Inks

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Si - Chicos! I dig worms for fishes!

Genre

humor

Characters

Chikko Chakko

Synopsis

Failing to catch any fish, he decides to serenade a senorita. She throws a fish at him, which he cooks and eats with gusto.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Big Premium Offer (Table of Contents: 34) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Hobbies / activity / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Ryan

Pencils

?; ? (photos)

Inks

?; ? (photos)

Letters

typeset

A Real... Shirley Temple Doll! (Table of Contents: 36) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

? (photos)

Inks

? (photos)

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

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

Script

Rosemary Volk

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Needles / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Stahl (credited, signed)

Pencils

Al Stahl (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Stahl (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ever since I've tried out my hair-cutting machine...

Genre

humor

Characters

Needles

Synopsis

Needles' hair has not grown back since his hair cutting machine exploded. A concoction fails to work, but after reading a blood-thirsty story he gets a full head of hair. Looking at the cover he finds it is "Hair-raising detective stories".

[The Time Machine, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 40)

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

Script

Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wrll, m'boy - Here we are 100 years behind the times...

Genre

humor; science fiction

Characters

Mr. Weed; Professor Mowther; Fritz; Blumel the innkeeper; Abigail Blumel (his niece)

Synopsis

Weed, Mowther and little Fritz have traveled back in time one hundred years. Putting up at Blumel's inn, Weed falls head-over-heels for his niece Abigail.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

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

Script

Tom Cooper (credited)

Pencils

Tom Cooper (credited)

Inks

Tom Cooper (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gizzle me slivers ye spalpeens!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Sternpipe; Spiniker; James

Synopsis

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

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

Script

Stan Randall (credited) (signed as Randall)

Pencils

Stan Randall (credited) (signed as Randall)

Inks

Stan Randall (credited) (signed as Randall)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you're gonna be my manager...

Genre

humor

Characters

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

Synopsis

Dunk is embarking on his stunting career, but his manager says they need capital. A sign in a window offers $200 to anyone who can make Mr. Gloom laugh. Dunk smashes the window with a brick and tickles Mr. Gloom, causing him to break up. The store owner says they owe him $150 for the window, and they tell him to take it out of the reward and demand the $50 balance.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

Beany / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Vin Sullivan (credited, signed)

Pencils

Vin Sullivan (credited, signed)

Inks

Vin Sullivan (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't know why - But things don't seem to be just right to me today!!

Genre

humor

Characters

Beany (introduction)

Synopsis

Weird things happen to Beany, such as giant cats, odd shaped buildings, having two shadows and trying to walk on a glued pavement. It turns out he was dreaming.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

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

Script

R. H. Livingstone (credited as Liv)

Pencils

R. H. Livingstone (credited as Liv)

Inks

R. H. Livingstone (credited as Liv)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I made this target out of an old tire rim...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Peter; Ho-lah-an

Synopsis

Peter and Ho-lah-an are playing at target practice, but Ho-lah-an misses and shoots a farmer planting his garden, in the rear end. He gives chase but bumps into a woman with a basket of eggs. The eggs smash over the farmer's head and she chases him with a big stick, while the boys watch from an out building.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Blast it! You never miss!

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Script

Rosemary Volk (credited)

Pencils

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Inks

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our dog 'Scratcher' had a severe case of fleas...

Indexer Notes

Tall tales concerning fleas.

Little Miss Muffet Play Sets for Little Misses (Table of Contents: 47) (Expand) /

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

Factory to You (Table of Contents: 48) (Expand) /

Remington Rand / advertisement / 1 page (report information)