Digital Comic Museum - Popular Comics 097


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Issue: #97
Published: March 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 1. Class B periodical. p. 81. Copyright registration number B 617945.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Smilin' Jack
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
Characters:	Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin] Pat Ryan Smokey Stover

Comic Story (1 page)
Genre:	Humor Domestic
Characters:	Chester Gump Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]

Comic Story (8 pages)
Synopsis:	After Jack spurns her advances, Joy decides to set a new altitude record for gliding. Despite Jack and Downwind's warnings, she dives into a thunderhead and her glider is torn apart. She parachutes down, but lands hard and is injured. Jack has to fly her to the hospital, despite not having a pilot's license. Joy needs a blood transfusion and the only one with her blood type is Dixie Lee.
Genre:	Adventure Aviation
Characters:	Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin] Dixie Lee Downwind Jaxon Fat Stuff Joy Beaverduck

Comic Story (8 pages)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Pat Ryan April Kane Captain Blaze Cheery Blaze (in A Sack) Hiawawaw Pokyhontus Sittee Bulee Twiddle-Wit Cue-Ball (villain) Singh-Singh (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)
Genre:	Humor Domestic
Characters:	Ferdinand Hope Jessica Nina Clock Skeezix Wallet

Comic Story (6 pages)	"Protection" Racket
Synopsis:	Jewish tailors are targeted to pay. They won't cooperate with police. Detective Murdock goes undercover as "Sam Moskowitz," Dry Cleaners proprietor. The mobsters and their boss fight it out with the law. They all die, except the boss, who survives to stand trial, but as a hopeless cripple.
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Detective Murdock [also As Samuel Moskowitz] Mr. Goodman Mr. Perrin Sgt. Lynch Gunner (villain) Nick (villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	The Jailbird and Bonnie Lass
Synopsis:	Beth Walsh pleads with Tom to stay home, fearing that Puglio, having broken jail and sworn to get even with Tom for putting him in jail, may harm Baby Rose, but Tom trusts Bonnie Lass, their snow white Collie will be protection enough, and heads out to the station house. Puglio kidnaps Baby Rose. Tom and Bonnie Lass give pursuit. Cornered, Puglio threatens the baby, Tom drops his gun, Puglio pulls his, but Bonnie Lass charges in the nick of time, biting Puglio, who drops the baby and his gun before falling down the ravine to his death.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Beth Walsh Rose Walsh Lt. Tom Walsh Bonnie Lass (a Dog) Lefty Puglio (villain, Death)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Genre:	Humor Domestic
Characters:	Ash [Ashur Perkins] Sam'l Perkins [Paw] Suzie Perkins [Maw] Kitty (a Cat)

Comic Story (5 pages)
Featuring:	Dr. Bobbs
Genre:	Medical
Characters:	Dr. Stephen Bobbs Dr. Ernest Rennick Dr. Luana Higgans Dr. Van Curtsey Mary Professor Parchisi Slapsy McGonigle

Comic Story (2 pages)
Genre:	Domestic Military Teen
Characters:	Etta Kett Hank Jeff Mr. Kett

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Elza Poppin
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Elza Poppin

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Elza Poppin
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Elza Poppin

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Elza Poppin
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Elza Poppin

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Elza Poppin
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Elza Poppin

Comic Story (4 pages)
Synopsis:	Toots and Casper scheme to break up Cousin Johnny and Stella Clinker before she can steal all his money.
Genre:	Humor Domestic
Characters:	Toots Hawkins Casper Hawkins Alfred Skidder Cousin Johnny Stella Clinker

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Lew Loyal
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Lew Loyal Betsy Uncle Mack

Comic Story (1 page)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Smokey Stover Chief Cash U. Nutt

Text Story (1 page)	Smilin' Jack to the Rescue
Synopsis:	Jack scolds Fat Stuff for burning newspapers and old cartoons instead of recycling them for the war effort.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure Aviation War
Characters:	Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin] Fat Stuff

Public Service Announcement (0 pages)	How to Save Your Paper for Easy Handling
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (1 page)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Smokey Stover Chief Cash U. Nutt Major Bedd Spooky (a Cat)

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