Issue: #52
Published: November 1938, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Stephen Douglas
Color: Color Dimensions: Earlier Issues Standard Golden Age U. S.; Later Issues Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Somebody's Stenog |
Credits: |
Pencils: Victor E. Pazmiño | Inks: Victor E. Pazmiño |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Sam Smithers |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Jitter |
Synopsis: |
Two gag strips (newspaper reprints):
Jitter sees a rattlesnake in the zoo and is later spooked by toothpaste coming out of a tube as a child plays with a rattle.
Jitter has the family dog lick the dinner dishes clean. |
Credits: |
Script: Arthur Poinier | Pencils: Arthur Poinier | Inks: Arthur Poinier |
Genre: |
Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
Characters: |
Jitter (chimp) |
Cartoon (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Goofie Gags |
Synopsis: |
Four one-panel gag cartoons, two about football and two about Thanksgiving. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Victor Pazmiño [as VEP] | Inks: Victor Pazmiño [as VEP] |
Genre: |
Humor |
Cartoon (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
The Gay Thirties |
Credits: |
Pencils: Henry "Hank" Barrow | Inks: Henry "Hank" Barrow |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Roy Powers, Eagle Scout |
Credits: |
Script: Paul Powell | Pencils: Kemp Starrett ? | Inks: Kemp Starrett ? |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Roy Powers |
Text Article (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Let's Get Into a Huddle |
Credits: |
Script: Stephen Douglas | Pencils: Stephen Douglas | Inks: Stephen Douglas | Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Buck Rogers |
Credits: |
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan | Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) | Inks: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) |
Genre: |
Science Fiction |
Characters: |
Buck Rogers |
Cartoon (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Such is Life |
Synopsis: |
Goofy says he wasn't blowing a hockey player a "razzberry" (aka Bronx Cheer), he just has a cold and was blowing his nose. |
Credits: |
Script: Walt Munson | Pencils: Walt Munson | Inks: Walt Munson |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Goofy Saunders |
Cartoon (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Dumb-Bells |
Credits: |
Script: Charles. J. Dunn [as Gar] | Pencils: Charles J. Dunn [as Gar] | Inks: Charles J. Dunn [as Gar] |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Dizzy Dramas |
Synopsis: |
A woman breaks a 5,000 year old vase at a museum and tells the guard "you're lucky it wuzn't bran' new." |
Credits: |
Pencils: Hugh Joseph Deeney [as Joe Bowers] | Inks: Hugh Joseph Deeney [as Joe Bowers] |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Hairbreadth Harry |
Synopsis: |
Marooned on an island with crocodiles. |
Credits: |
Script: F. O. Alexander | Pencils: F. O. Alexander | Inks: F. O. Alexander |
Genre: |
Adventure Humor |
Characters: |
Harry Belinda |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
High-Gear Homer |
Credits: |
Script: F. O. Alexander | Pencils: F. O. Alexander | Inks: F. O. Alexander |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Homer |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Life's Like That |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Neher | Pencils: Fred Neher | Inks: Fred Neher |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
War on Crime |
Credits: |
Script: Rex Collier | Pencils: Jimmy Thompson ? | Inks: Jimmy Thompson ? |
Genre: |
Crime |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Big Chief Wahoo |
Credits: |
Script: Allen Saunders | Pencils: Elmer Woggon | Inks: Elmer Woggon |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Big Chief Wahoo Pigtails |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Theodora--Her Girlhood |
Featuring: |
High Lights of History |
Credits: |
Script: J. Carroll Mansfield | Pencils: J. Carroll Mansfield | Inks: J. Carroll Mansfield |
Genre: |
Biography History |
Characters: |
Empress Theodora |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Boys and Girls the World Over |
Synopsis: |
Information on Guatemala. |
Credits: |
Script: J. Carroll Mansfield | Pencils: J. Carroll Mansfield | Inks: J. Carroll Mansfield |
Genre: |
Non-fiction |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Would You Believe It? |
Credits: |
Script: J. Carroll Mansfield | Pencils: J. Carroll Mansfield | Inks: J. Carroll Mansfield |
Genre: |
Non-fiction |
Activity (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Funland |
Synopsis: |
Seven different panels, each with an activity or puzzle. |
Credits: |
Script: A. W. Nugent | Pencils: A. W. Nugent |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Napoleon |
Credits: |
Script: Clifford McBride | Pencils: Clifford McBride | Inks: Clifford McBride |
Genre: |
Humor Animal |
Characters: |
Napoleon (dog) Uncle Elby |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Animals in the News |
Credits: |
Script: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Pencils: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Inks: M. E. Brady [as MEB] |
Genre: |
Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Frog Pond Ferry |
Credits: |
Script: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Pencils: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Inks: M. E. Brady [as MEB] |
Genre: |
Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Napoleon |
Credits: |
Script: Clifford McBride | Pencils: Clifford McBride | Inks: Clifford McBride |
Genre: |
Humor Animal |
Characters: |
Napoleon (dog) Uncle Elby |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Cat O' 9 Lives |
Credits: |
Script: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Pencils: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Inks: M. E. Brady [as MEB] |
Genre: |
Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Frog Pond Ferry |
Credits: |
Script: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Pencils: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Inks: M. E. Brady [as MEB] |
Genre: |
Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Oaky Doaks |
Synopsis: |
Sergei Shadows makes his living haunting castles. Then Oaky is summoned back to Maple Island to fight a giant. |
Credits: |
Script: William McCleery ? | Pencils: Ralph Fuller | Inks: Ralph Fuller |
Genre: |
Adventure Humor |
Characters: |
Oaky Doaks King Cedric Sergei Shadows |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Seaweed Sam |
Credits: |
Pencils: Victor Pazmiño [as VEP] | Inks: Victor Pazmiño [as VEP] |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Seaweed Sam Jibsail Jerry |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Big Chief Wahoo |
Credits: |
Script: Allen Saunders | Pencils: Elmer Woggon | Inks: Elmer Woggon |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Big Chief Wahoo Pigtails |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Olly of the Movies |
Synopsis: |
Two schemers try to convince Olly they've kidnapped Buddy. |
Credits: |
Script: Julian Ollendorf ? | Pencils: Julian Ollendorf | Inks: Julian Ollendorf |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Olly Lane Buddy Lane |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Scorchy Smith |
Synopsis: |
The adventure over, Scorchy takes his reward money and goes to buy his own plane. |
Credits: |
Script: Noel Sickles | Pencils: Noel Sickles | Inks: Noel Sickles |
Genre: |
Adventure Aviation |
Characters: |
Scorchy Jay Tanta Randolph Amara Himmlestoff |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Somebody's Stenog |
Credits: |
Pencils: A. E. Hayward | Inks: A. E. Hayward |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
The Back-Seat Driver |
Credits: |
Pencils: A. E. Hayward | Inks: A. E. Hayward |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Above the Crowd |
Synopsis: |
Biography of 19th century photographer W.H. Jackson. |
Credits: |
Script: Stookie Allen | Pencils: Stookie Allen | Inks: Stookie Allen |
Genre: |
Non-fiction |
Characters: |
W.H. Jackson |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Mescal Ike |
Credits: |
Script: S. L. Huntley | Pencils: Art Huhta | Inks: Art Huhta |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Mescal Ike Pa Piffle |
Activity (1 page) |
Magic Made Easy |
Credits: |
Pencils: Stephen Douglas ? | Inks: Stephen Douglas ? | Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Napoleon |
Credits: |
Script: Clifford McBride | Pencils: Clifford McBride | Inks: Clifford McBride |
Genre: |
Humor Animal |
Characters: |
Napoleon (dog) |
Cartoon (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
There's a Town |
Credits: |
Script: M. E. Brady | Pencils: M. E. Brady | Inks: M. E. Brady |
Genre: |
Non-fiction |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Punky |
Credits: |
Pencils: Fred Belk (signed) | Inks: Fred Belk (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor Children |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Connie |
Credits: |
Script: Frank Godwin | Pencils: Frank Godwin | Inks: Frank Godwin |
Genre: |
Adventure Humor |
Characters: |
Connie Daddy Johnny |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
The Wet Blanket |
Credits: |
Script: Frank Godwin | Pencils: Frank Godwin | Inks: Frank Godwin |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Life's Like That |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Neher | Pencils: Fred Neher | Inks: Fred Neher |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Queenie |
Credits: |
Script: S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss] | Pencils: S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss] | Inks: S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss] |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Queenie Auntie Jitters |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Ghost of Devil Key |
Credits: |
Script: Connye M. Hyatt | Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Homer Hoopee |
Synopsis: |
Homer is searching for buried treasure- but only under duress. |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Locher (signed) | Pencils: Fred Locher (signed) | Inks: Fred Locher (signed) |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Homer Hoopee Pasquale Obregado |
Activity (0 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Artistic Artie |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Butty and Fatty |
Credits: |
Script: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Pencils: M. E. Brady [as MEB] | Inks: M. E. Brady [as MEB] |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Spunky Dory |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Napoleon |
Credits: |
Script: Clifford McBride | Pencils: Clifford McBride | Inks: Clifford McBride |
Genre: |
Humor Animal |
Characters: |
Napoleon (dog) Uncle Elby |
Text Article (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Pen Pal Page |
Synopsis: |
List of pen pals for readers to correspond with. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Stephen Douglas | Inks: Stephen Douglas | Letters: typeset |
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