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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie [George Webster Confucius]
STORY DETAILS
Characters:
Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Bill Holman
Pencils:
Bill Holman (signed)
Inks:
Bill Holman (signed)
Notes:
On inside front cover in red & black.
Copyright 1938 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Characters:
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Inspector; Mary Smith; Mummy Smith; Hop (villain)
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils:
Boody Rogers [as Zack Mosley] (credited)
Inks:
Boody Rogers [as Zack Mosley] (credited)
Letters:
Boody Rogers
Notes:
Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Title:
The Return of Robin Hood [Episode 3]
Characters:
Robin Hood [Robert]; Sir Guy De Beaupre (death)
Pages:
12.000
Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Jon Small
Inks:
Jon Small
Notes:
Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Return of Robin Hood [episode 3] as per page 786, "Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Etc. New Series Vol 39 Pt. 1."
Jon Small credited as artist for first part of this story in Popular Comics #79. Art spotters on the GCD Main list agree Jon Small did the art on this story (May 2011). Previous indexer had Arthur Jameson as artist.
Title:
The Gas Pirates
Characters:
Chief John Winston; Officer Casey; Officer Jenkins; Larry Barnes; Ben Tate (death); Inspector Kerry; Horatio Miller (villain); Gus (villain); Mike (villain)
Pages:
4.000
Pencils:
John Forte (signed)
Inks:
John Forte (signed)
Notes:
Copyright 1942 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.
Characters:
Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie [George Webster Confucius]; Big Stoop; Reginald Smythe-Heatherstone; Weazel [M. Belette] (villain); Baron De Plexus (villain); Slugger Dunn (villain)
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Milton Caniff
Pencils:
Milton Caniff (signed)
Inks:
Milton Caniff (signed)
Reprints:
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #44 (May 1944)
Notes:
Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Sunday strips are part of the continuity but are not reprinted except for the first four panels of 1939.01.01.
Characters:
The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Albert Hartje (credited)
Pencils:
Will Ely (credited)
Inks:
Will Ely (credited)
Notes:
copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender.
Characters:
Cyclone; Midge; Calico (a horse); Cal Grant; Scarface Gowdy (villain)
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
John Hampton [as J. W. Hampton] (signed)
Inks:
John Hampton [as J. W. Hampton] (signed)
Notes:
Copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender.
Characters:
Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Flat Foot Flanagan; Arson Nick
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Bill Holman
Pencils:
Bill Holman (signed)
Inks:
Bill Holman (signed)
Notes:
Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Title:
Escape from the Philippines
Characters:
Dick Corey (a youth, son of Thomas); Thomas Corey (U.S. Consul for X---, a Philippine island); José (the Corey's male cook and housekeeper); Jap sharpshooter; Filipino guerrillas; Tomaso Hermanito (a youth not quite Dick's age); Felipe Cortes (guerrilla captain); Jap sentry
Synopsis:
Young Dick is eager to join the guerrillas with his friends as Japanese advance. His father promises to follow once the documents are microfilmed. Faithful José remains also. A deadly shot by Dick saves his friends from a grenade-wielding enemy. He meets up with the guerrillas. Next day, José arrives with news the house was hit and Corey senior is trapped in the rubble. During the rescue Dick beans a sentry with a brick. On return the guerilla captain reports success contacting U.N. transport for the Coreys and the microfilm.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
? (signed illustration)
Inks:
? (signed illustration)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Writer credit per Du Bois Account Books, the entries in which show the Popular Comics text feature as having been his other regular assignment on the series. (Entries list story title, and identify the feature as "Popular Comics filler" up to issue #83, then as "text for Popular Comics" through to 1948 when the series folded.) Art is signed but unclear. One surmises that what the setter of the type rendered as "the door of the dark room" was "the door of the darkroom" in the original, as Corey is processing film with developer therein.
Du Bois goes to town with Spanish, the most used by him of the many foreign languages with which he peppered his didactic stories. "...los guerrillas ... Yo se muy bien ... el patron ... ---vaya! Vaya con Dios! ... Chico ... Buen' dias compadre! ... amigo ... Vamonos! ... Es nada ... Señor Corey ... both Señors Corey ..." And young Dick's slightly younger friend's name translates as Littlebrother.
Characters:
Owl [Nick Terry]; Belle Wayne; Chief Murphy; Veronica Puddle; Lotta Latin; Luke Tortoni; Sharpie Sam (villain)
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Oskar Lebeck
Pencils:
Frank Thomas (signed)
Inks:
Frank Thomas (signed)
Notes:
Copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender.
Characters:
Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Frank King
Pencils:
Frank King (signed)
Inks:
Frank King (signed)
Notes:
Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Characters:
Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Captain X (villain)
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
NG
PG
CVR
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CGCxJSA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
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