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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published December 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin

Cover Details

1 page Nippie story

Genre gag
Script Lank Leonard
Pencils Lank Leonard
Inks Lank Leonard
Letters Lank Leonard?
Notes Nippie is a top-piece to Mickey Finn Sunday-page reprints.
Reprinted Looks like a Sunday page reprint.

4 page Mickey Finn story

Genre sitcom
Pencils Lank Leonard
Inks Lank Leonard
Notes Nippie is a top-piece to Mickey Finn Sunday-page reprints.
Reprinted Looks like a Sunday page reprint.

Half page Off the Record story

Genre Gags
Pencils Ed Reed
Inks Ed Reed

4 page Doll Man story "How's your new experiment working out, Darrel?"] [Meet the Dollman

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Iger; Will Eisner (as William Erwin Maxwell; probably some work by the shop too)
Inks Jerry Iger; Will Eisner (as William Erwin Maxwell; probably some work by the shop too)

Half page Little Brother story

Pencils H. J. Tuthill
Inks H. J. Tuthill
Notes Little Brother is a top-piece to The Bungle Family
Reprinted Looks like a Sunday page reprint.

1 page The Bungle Family story

Pencils H. J. Tuthill
Inks H. J. Tuthill
Notes Little Brother is a top-piece to The Bungle Family
Reprinted Looks like a Sunday page reprint.

4 page Ned Brant story

Genre sports
Script Bob Zuppke
Pencils B. W. Depew
Inks B. W. Depew

1 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show story

Genre Gags
Script Rube Goldberg
Pencils Rube Goldberg
Inks Rube Goldberg

Half page Good Deed Dottie story

Pencils J. P. McEvoy; J. H. Streibel
Inks J. P. McEvoy; J. H. Streibel
Notes Good Deed Dottie is a top-piece to Dixie Dugan
Reprinted Looks like a Sunday page reprint.

3 page Dixie Dugan story

Pencils J. P. McEvoy; J. H. Streibel
Inks J. P. McEvoy; J. H. Streibel
Notes Good Deed Dottie is a top-piece to Dixie Dugan
Reprinted Looks like a Sunday page reprint.

2 page Slim and Tubby story "Episode 27"

Pencils John J. Welch
Inks John J. Welch

4 page Reynolds of the Mounted story

Genre western
Pencils Art Pinajian
Inks Art Pinajian

1 page They're Still Talking story

5 page The Clock story "Phantom Gang Escapes Police Again"

Characters The Clock [Brian O'Brien]
Genre Superhero
Pencils George E. Brenner
Inks George E. Brenner

2 page Big Top story

Pencils John Devlin
Inks John Devlin

4 page Jane Arden story

Genre soap opera
Script Monte Barrett
Pencils Russell Ross
Inks Russell Ross

4 page Captain Fortune story

Characters Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]
Genre period
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

Half page Toddy story

Genre Gags
Pencils George Marcoux
Inks George Marcoux

Half page Mortimer Mum story

Genre Gags

Half page Toddy story

Genre Gags
Pencils George Marcoux
Inks George Marcoux

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre humor
Pencils John Devlin?
Inks John Devlin?

2 page text story "Cove of the Beasts (Part 2)"

Script Robert M. Hyatt
Letters typeset

4 page Rance Keane story

Characters Rance Keane
Genre western
Pencils Will Arthur
Inks Will Arthur

Half page Off the Record story

Genre Gags
Pencils Ed Reed
Inks Ed Reed

6 page Charlie Chan story

Characters Charlie Chan
Genre detective
Pencils Alfred Andriola
Inks Alfred Andriola

Half page Joe Palooka's Album story

Genre sports
Pencils Ham Fisher
Inks Ham Fisher
Notes Joe Palooka's Album is a top-piece to Joe Palooka
Reprinted Looks like a Sunday page reprint.

3 page Joe Palooka story

Script Ham Fisher
Pencils Ham Fisher
Inks Ham Fisher
Letters Ham Fisher?
Notes Joe Palooka's Album is a top-piece to Joe Palooka
Reprinted Looks like a Sunday page reprint.