Reprints:
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #14 (1942)
Notes:
Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc
The break-in on page 3 takes place around the unused Sunday page of February 12, 1939. The Escape from Death Rock story ends on March 19, 1939.
Characters:
Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Buttinski (a goat)
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Bill Holman (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Holman (credited)
Inks:
Bill Holman (credited)
Notes:
Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
Characters:
Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Burma; Connie [George Webster Confucius]; Big Stoop; Nastalthia Vincenta Smythe-Heatherstone; Reginald Smythe-Heatherstone; Inspector Gwenn; Lo Sun; Drusilla Crail (villain); Chun Wi (villain)
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Milton Caniff (credited)
Pencils:
Milton Caniff (credited)
Inks:
Milton Caniff (credited)
Notes:
Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Characters:
Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]; Chuck Ramsay [SS-11]; unnamed farmer; Major Steele (at Secret Squadron HQ); Jack Conway (test pilot); Ivan Shark (villain); Fang (villain); Fury Shark (villain); Gardo (villain, mention only)
Synopsis:
Midnight and Chuck land in a farmer's field and talk their way out of being taken to the local Sheriff, but lose their prisoner, Gardo, in the process. They head to a squadron aerial instrument company, where they learn that several planes have been sabotaged. Captain Midnight vows to discover and capture the person responsible.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Bob Jenney [as R. L. J.] (signed)
Inks:
Bob Jenney [as R. L. J.] (signed)
Notes:
Masthead reads "Copr., 1942, by The Wander Co.".
Last appearance of Captain Midnight in a Dell magazine.
Characters:
Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Millie Gump; Hortense De Stross; Andrew Gump; Min Gump; Tom
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Gus Edson (credited)
Pencils:
Gus Edson (credited)
Inks:
Gus Edson (credited)
Notes:
Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Characters:
Cyclone; Midge; The Great Inca; Titaca; Aunt Llo; Don Manuelo McCarthy; Sandy Waters; Don Iago (villain); Captain Cerdoso (villain)
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
John Hampton
Inks:
John Hampton
Notes:
Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender.
Characters:
Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Professor Lancton; The Purple Dictator (villain)
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Frank V. Martinek (credited)
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth [as L. A. Beroth] (signed)
Notes:
Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Characters:
Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Dan Druff
Pages:
0.500
Script:
Bill Holman (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Holman (credited)
Inks:
Bill Holman (credited)
Notes:
Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Characters:
Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
Pages:
0.500
Script:
Bill Holman (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Holman (credited)
Inks:
Bill Holman (credited)
Notes:
Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Characters:
The Owl [Nick Terry]; Belle Wayne; Soto (Terry's servant); Jack Mullin (newspaperman); Von Haupt (villain, death); Von Huupt's assistant (villain); Dr. Gluck (villain)
Synopsis:
The U.S. has declared war on Germany. Von Haupt and his assistant burn all incriminating documents and take it on the lam. However, newsman Jack Mullin learns of the spies' activities and tries to enlist Nick's help in investigating them, but Nick refuses. However, the Owl investigates a mysterious new neighbor and discovers him to be an invalid Von Haupt.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Oscar Le Beck
Pencils:
Frank Thomas (signed)
Inks:
Frank Thomas (signed)
Notes:
Copyright, 1942, by R. S. Callender.
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Title:
The Silk Hat Gang
Characters:
Chief John Winston; The Silk Hat Gang [Sparkie Travers (villain, death); Blondie (villain); Gyp (villain); Flash Lily (villain)]
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
E. C. Stoner (signed)
Inks:
E. C. Stoner (signed)
Reprints:
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #24 (1943)
Notes:
Copr., 1942, by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.
Title:
Storm Pilot
Characters:
Dan Wentworth; Frank Wentworth; Mrs. Wentworth; Roy (a dog)
Pages:
2.000
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Captain Bill Brady; Omu
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Albert Hartje (credited)
Pencils:
Will Ely (credited)
Inks:
Will Ely (credited)
Notes:
Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Pencils:
Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Inks:
Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Notes:
4 single panel gags on inside back cover in black, white and red.
1941, The Register and Tribune Syndicate.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
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
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
9
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
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
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
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
9
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