Issue | #113 |
Published | December 1943 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 60 |
Editing | ? |
Characters | Oaky Doaks; Santa Claus |
Genre | humor |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; Black and white, with red highlights. Illustrated ad for Aircraft Spotters Handbook to be used to identify Allied and Axis aircraft. Cost is $1 from National Aeronautics Council, Inc., New York, N.Y. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustrated ad for Super Strength Crusher Grip from Muscle Power Co., New York, N.Y. Cost is $1.98 plus postage. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Dress patterns available for 15 cents each from Famous Funnies Patterns. Numbers 8465, 8490, and 8486 depicted. |
Characters | Buddy Deering; Hypno-Cheato (villain); Doc Huer; Barney; Sissy |
Synopsis | Buddy Deering is disguised as a member of Hypno-Cheato's army. Doc Huer, Barney, and Sissy try to escape through the water-filled tunnels of the Impervion mine. |
Genre | science fiction |
Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
Reprinted | from Buck Rogers newspaper strips. |
Characters | Invisible Scarlet O'Neil |
Synopsis | Scarlet saves Eddie, a blind man, from falling off a rising drawbridge. |
Genre | crime; fantasy |
Script | Russell Stamm |
Pencils | Russell Stamm |
Inks | Russell Stamm |
Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
Reprinted | from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil (Chicago Times Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1942. |
Characters | Napoleon (dog) |
Synopsis | Napoleon's owner dresses up as Santa, but finds the the competing Santas are not friendly. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Clifford McBride |
Pencils | Clifford McBride |
Inks | Clifford McBride |
Reprinted | from Napoleon Sunday newspaper strip. |
Characters | Oaky Doaks (cameo) |
Synopsis | Text page with promos for Heroic Comics #22 and Jingle Jangle Comics #6. Also names and addresses from 14 persons wanting penpals. |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Dickie Dare |
Synopsis | Dickie is saved from drowning when a ship sinks. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Colton Waugh |
Pencils | Colton Waugh |
Inks | Colton Waugh |
Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
Reprinted | from Dickie Dare newspaper strips. |
Characters | Jitter (monkey) |
Synopsis | Jitter steals the food left for Santa on Christmas Eve. |
Genre | animal; humor |
Script | Arthur Poinier |
Pencils | Arthur Poinier |
Inks | Arthur Poinier |
Reprinted | from Jitter Sunday newspaper strip. |
Characters | Oaky Doaks; Cedric |
Synopsis | Oaky and Cedric find a sleeping dragon. |
Genre | humor; period; fantasy |
Script | R. B. Fuller |
Pencils | R. B. Fuller |
Inks | R. B. Fuller |
Notes | Part of a continued story. |
Reprinted | from Oaky Doaks daily newspaper strips. |
Characters | Connie; Jack |
Synopsis | Connie tries to stop a rebel named Morlon from overthrowing the government of the lost city. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Frank Godwin |
Pencils | Frank Godwin |
Inks | Frank Godwin |
Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
Reprinted | from Connie newspaper strips. |
Characters | Joe Bonomo |
Notes | Ad in comic form for the Joe Bonomo Power-Plus strength-building course. Cost is $1.95 plus C.O.D. postage from Joe Bonomo, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
Notes | List of names, ages, and addresses of those wanting pen pals. One large illustration. |
Characters | Scorchy Smith |
Synopsis | Scorchy stops a sailor from beating a teen boy and finds that the boy is a runaway who needs a way back to the United States. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Bert Christman |
Pencils | Bert Christman |
Inks | Bert Christman |
Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
Reprinted | from Scorchy Smith newspaper strips. |
Characters | Jitter (monkey) |
Synopsis | Aboard a ship, Jitter tries to use a fishing net to wash the dishes. |
Genre | animal; humor |
Script | Arthur Poinier |
Pencils | Arthur Poinier |
Inks | Arthur Poinier |
Reprinted | from Jitter Sunday newspaper strip. |
Characters | Roy Powers |
Synopsis | Roy and the Scouts try to prove that Joan's father is innocent of arson. |
Genre | teen; adventure |
Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
Reprinted | from Roy Powers newspaper strips. |
Synopsis | In the desert, teen Jim Farnham has his water and burro stolen by a fugitive fleeing a murder. |
Genre | western |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with two illustrations. |
Script | A. W. Nugent |
Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
Inks | A. W. Nugent |
Notes | Puzzles and word games. |
Reprinted | from Funland Sunday newspaper strip. |
Characters | Olly |
Synopsis | Olly has a nervous breakdown. |
Genre | soap opera |
Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
Reprinted | from Olly of the Movies newspaper strips. |
Characters | Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper |
Synopsis | Wahoo and Roper try to find a way to get from India to the United States. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Bill Woggin |
Pencils | Bill Woggin |
Inks | Bill Woggin |
Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
Reprinted | from Big Chief Wahoo newspaper strips. |
Characters | Pythagoras of Croton |
Genre | fact |
Script | J. Carroll Mansfield |
Pencils | J. Carroll Mansfield |
Inks | J. Carroll Mansfield |
Notes | Part of page is small ad for 54 colored western star pictures for 30 cents or 25 colored movie star pictures for 30 cents from Screen Art Studios, Chicago, Ill. |
Reprinted | from Highlights of History newspaper strips. |
Characters | Prof. Louis Ruben (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for simplified method of playing piano by Prof. Louis Ruben for $1.00 from Vanguard Piano Studios, New York, N.Y. |
Notes | Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad, part in comic form, for Vacutex blackhead remover. $1.00 from Ballco Products, New York, N.Y. |
Genre | war |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover, color. Illustrated ad for Air Corps die-cut cardboard model kits (assembly required). Army Combat Unit and Navy Combat Unit kits also available. $2.00 each from Kay Novelty Co., New York, N.Y. |