Digital Comic Museum - Popular Comics 047 (65 of 68pgs) -fixed


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This is the same scan as before, fixed to put the fc at the front (it's now a new, large fc scan, thanks to Geo).
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My copy is coverless, so here's all 64 pages plus the Geo front cover.
No ifc/ibc/bc.
January 1940! Second appearance of Martan the Marvel Man! Also: Shark Egan, Captain Tornado, Masked Pilot, Gang Busters, Hurricane Kids, and more

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Username:	glammazon
Comment:	Bronc Peeler is the cowboy who eventually became Red Ryder, a much more famous character, who was first portrayed onscreen in the serial THE ADVENTURES OF RED RYDER by an actor named Donald Barry de la Costa, better known today as Donald "Red" Barry.

Issue: #47
Published: January 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Oskar Lebeck; Helen Meyer (Vice President)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Martan the Marvel Man
Credits:	Pencils: William Kent \| Inks: William Kent
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Martan The Marvel Man Vana

Comic Story (9 pages)
Featuring:	Martan the Marvel Man
Synopsis:	Martan and Vana land their magic plane in the heart of war-torn Europe and disgustedly want to destroy them all, but they realize that their own race on Antaclea went through the same thing before they learned to forsake war for peace. Leaving Europe and landing in America, the pair attend a performance at a local theater where news is announced that Martians have invaded the Earth.
Credits:	Script: G. Ellerbrock (credited) \| Pencils: ? [as William Kent (byline)] \| Inks: ? [as William Kent (byline)]
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Martan The Marvel Man Vana The Martians (villains)

Advertisement (1 page)	Boys! How Many of These Chemical Secrets Do You Know?
Featuring:	The A. C. Gilbert Co.

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Shark Egan
Synopsis:	Shark, Grampus and Red Mack battle under the ocean for the gold-hued pearl.
Genre:	Adventure Historical
Characters:	Shark Egan Mary McDermot Kanaka Lew Captain Mai Ti Angkar Grampus (villain, Death) Mr. Grype (villain) Red Mack (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Captain Tornado, Professor Bordani and his daughter Jane have landed their rocket ship"
Featuring:	Captain Tornado
Credits:	Script: ? [as Kenneth Kennedy] (credited) \| Pencils: Newt Alfred ? \| Inks: Newt Alfred ?
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Captain Tornado Professor Bordani Jane Bordani

Advertisement (1 page)	Think of Owning One of These Slick Ingersoll Watches
Featuring:	Ingersoll
Characters:	Mickey Mouse Donald Duck

Comic Story (4 pages)	Between Two Fires
Genre:	War
Characters:	Frank Meredith Bob Masters

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	The Masked Pilot
Credits:	Pencils: Bob Jenney (credited) \| Inks: Bob Jenney (credited)
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
Characters:	The Masked Pilot Tom B.C. Warrington Jenks

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Gangbusters
Credits:	Script: Al McWilliams \| Pencils: Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed) \| Inks: Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	John Winston Pete Baxter Tony Carter Chief Taylor Officer Ahearn Henry Louis Mary Louis The Carlson Gang [Carlson (villain) Walt (villain, Death) Michaels [as Mitchell] (villain, Death) Gip Sands (villain)]

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Herky
Credits:	Script: Clyde Lewis (credited) \| Pencils: Clyde Lewis (credited) \| Inks: Clyde Lewis (credited)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Herky Gwendolyn Noodles Nelson

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Herky
Credits:	Script: Clyde Lewis (credited) \| Pencils: Clyde Lewis (credited) \| Inks: Clyde Lewis (credited)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Herky J. Granville Gurk

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	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] Maya Omu

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Herky
Credits:	Script: Clyde Lewis (credited) \| Pencils: Clyde Lewis (credited) \| Inks: Clyde Lewis (credited)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Herky Noodles Nelson

Statement Of Ownership (0 pages)	Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.
Credits:	Script: Helen Meyer \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Advertisement (0 pages)

Miscellaneous Advertisements

Comic Story (3 pages)	Wings Over the North Sea
Genre:	War
Characters:	Bill Brandon Spud

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Herky
Credits:	Script: Clyde Lewis (credited) \| Pencils: Clyde Lewis (credited) \| Inks: Clyde Lewis (credited)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Herky Honey Noodles Nelson

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Out Our Way
Credits:	Script: J. R. Williams \| Pencils: J. R. Williams \| Inks: J. R. Williams
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Willis Willet Lil Willet Mrs. Willet

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Bronc Peeler
Credits:	Script: Fred Harman (credited) \| Pencils: Fred Harman (signed) \| Inks: Fred Harman (signed)
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Bronc Peeler Pete [also As Coyote Pete] Babs Dalton Leaping Lena Wheezie Bullneck The Terrible

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Our Boarding House
Credits:	Script: Gene Ahern \| Pencils: Gene Ahern \| Inks: Gene Ahern
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Major Hoople

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie
Credits:	Script: Win Smith (credited) \| Pencils: Win Smith (signed) \| Inks: Win Smith (signed)
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Penguin Pete Pudgie

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