Digital Comic Museum - Popular Comics 078 (c2c)


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Issue: #78
Published: August 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: George T. Delacorte, Jr. [as G. T. Delacorte, Jr.] (president); Helen Meyer [as H. Meyer] (vice-president); Margarita Delacorte (secretary)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright 1942 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Smilin' Jack
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
Characters:	Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin] Terry Lee (inset) Pat Ryan (inset) Burma (inset)

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	You're in the Army Now
Credits:	Script: Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited) \| Pencils: Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited) \| Inks: Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Genre:	Humor War

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Smilin' Jack
Credits:	Script: Zack Mosley (signed) \| Pencils: Boody Rogers [as Zack Mosley] (signed) \| Inks: Zack Mosley (signed); Boody Rogers (art assistant) \| Letters: Boody Rogers
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
Characters:	Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin] Fat Stuff Limehouse Ringtail (a Monkey) Laura (introduction, Limehouse's Daughter) Limehouse's Wife (introduction)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Smokey Stover
Credits:	Script: Bill Holman (credited) \| Pencils: Bill Holman (credited) \| Inks: Bill Holman (credited)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Smokey Stover Chief Cash U. Nutt Spooky (a Cat) Buttinski (a Goat)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Terry and the Pirates
Credits:	Script: Milton Caniff (credited) \| Pencils: Milton Caniff (credited) \| Inks: Milton Caniff (credited)
Genre:	Adventure
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)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Midnight
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.
Credits:	Pencils: Bob Jenney [as R. L. J.] (signed) \| Inks: Bob Jenney [as R. L. J.] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
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)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	The Gumps
Credits:	Script: Gus Edson (credited) \| Pencils: Gus Edson (credited) \| Inks: Gus Edson (credited)
Genre:	Drama
Characters:	Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump] Millie Gump Hortense De Stross Andrew Gump Min Gump Tom

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Cyclone
Credits:	Script: Gaylord Du Bois \| Pencils: John Hampton \| Inks: John Hampton
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Cyclone Midge The Great Inca Titaca Aunt Llo Don Manuelo McCarthy Sandy Waters Don Iago (villain) Captain Cerdoso (villain)

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Don Winslow of the Navy
Credits:	Script: Frank V. Martinek (credited) \| Pencils: Leon A. Beroth [as L. A. Beroth] (signed) \| Inks: Leon A. Beroth [as L. A. Beroth] (signed)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Don Winslow Red Pennington Professor Lancton The Purple Dictator (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Gasoline Alley
Credits:	Script: Frank King (credited) \| Pencils: Frank King (credited) \| Inks: Frank King (credited)
Genre:	Drama
Characters:	Skeezix Wallet Nina Clock Tops Walt Wallet Auntie Blossom [Phyllis Wallet] Corky Wallet Judy Wallet

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	Andy Panda Appears in New Funnies
Featuring:	Andy Panda
Genre:	Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Andy Panda

Advertisement (1 page)	Stamps
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Smokey Stover
Credits:	Script: Bill Holman (credited) \| Pencils: Bill Holman (credited) \| Inks: Bill Holman (credited)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Smokey Stover Chief Cash U. Nutt Dan Druff

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Smokey Stover
Credits:	Script: Bill Holman (credited) \| Pencils: Bill Holman (credited) \| Inks: Bill Holman (credited)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Smokey Stover Chief Cash U. Nutt

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Nick Terry as The Owl
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.
Credits:	Script: Oscar Le Beck \| Pencils: Frank Thomas (signed) \| Inks: Frank Thomas (signed)
Genre:	Superhero War
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)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Silk Hat Gang
Featuring:	Gang Busters
Credits:	Pencils: E. C. Stoner (signed) \| Inks: E. C. Stoner (signed)
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Chief John Winston The Silk Hat Gang [Sparkie Travers (villain, Death) Blondie (villain) Gyp (villain) Flash Lily (villain)]

Text Story (2 pages)	Storm Pilot
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Dan Wentworth Frank Wentworth Mrs. Wentworth Roy (a Dog)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	The Hurricane Kids
Credits:	Script: Albert Hartje (credited) \| Pencils: Will Ely (credited) \| Inks: Will Ely (credited)
Genre:	Adventure Historical
Characters:	The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham Dave Burnham] Captain Bill Brady Omu

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	You're in the Army Now
Credits:	Script: Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited) \| Pencils: Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited) \| Inks: Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Genre:	Humor War

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	Now You Can Subscribe to the New Funnies
Featuring:	New Funnies
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Andy Panda Raggedy Ann Raggedy Andy Peter Rabbit Felix The Cat Oswald Li'l Eight Ball

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