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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published April 1938
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin
Notes Correct story sequence order and additional sequences info from Darrell Coons, November 2008: the original indexer had included only 19 sequences. The indicia lists the publisher as Comic Favorites, Inc.

Cover Details - "Michael - Nobody ever put over an April Fool joke on me..."

Genre sitcom
Pencils Lank Leonard (signed)
Inks Lank Leonard (signed)
Notes Correct story sequence order and additional sequences info from Darrell Coons, November 2008: the original indexer had included only 19 sequences. The indicia lists the publisher as Comic Favorites, Inc.

1 page Fisher's History of Boxing story

Notes This feature is at the top of all 4 Joe Palooka pages; exact size of the strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.25.

3 page Joe Palooka story

Script Ham Fisher
Pencils Ham Fisher
Inks Ham Fisher
Notes Begins on inside front-cover; Fisher's History of Boxing is at the top of all 4 pages of this sequence. Exact size of this strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.75.
Reprinted From (newspaper strips, ) ?

1 page Off the Record story

Genre gag
Script Ed Reed
Pencils Ed Reed
Inks Ed Reed

2 page Jane Arden story

Genre soap
Script Monte Barrett
Pencils Russell E. Ross
Inks Russell E. Ross
Notes This strip is on top half of 4 pages.
Reprinted From (newspaper strips, ) ?

2 page Lena Pry story

Script Monte Barrett
Pencils Russell E. Ross
Inks Russell E. Ross
Notes This strip is on bottom half of 4 pages.
Reprinted From (newspaper strips, ) ?

1 page Strange as It Seems story

Script John Hix
Pencils John Hix
Inks John Hix

1 page Modern 'Planes story

1 page They're Still Talking story

3 page Bungle Family story "Also A Problem For the Neighbors"

Script H. J. Tuthill
Pencils H. J. Tuthill
Inks H. J. Tuthill
Reprinted From (newspaper strips, ) ?

1 page Off the Record story

Genre gag
Script Ed Reed
Pencils Ed Reed
Inks Ed Reed

1 page Screen Snapshots story

Script Bernard Baily
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily

4 page Gallant Knight story "The Coming of the Gallant Knight"

Characters Tyrone Neville [the Gallant Knight] (introduction, origin); Baron Melrot (introduction, villain)
Genre period
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

4 page Lala Palooza story

Genre humor
Script Rube Goldberg
Pencils Rube Goldberg
Inks Rube Goldberg
Reprinted From (newspaper strips, ) ?

1 page Strange as It Seems story

5 page The Clock story "The Owl"

Characters The Owl [Baldy Getzmore] (introduction, villain)
Genre superhero
Script George Brenner
Pencils George Brenner
Inks George Brenner

2 page text story "Pirates Ahoy! Captain Kidd Is Done To Death"

Script Charles B. Driscoll
Letters typeset

1 page Nippie story

Notes This feature is at the top of all 4 Mickey Finn pages; exact size of the strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.25.

3 page Mickey Finn story

Genre sitcom
Script Lank Leonard
Pencils Lank Leonard
Inks Lank Leonard
Notes Nippie is at the top of all 4 pages of this sequence. Exact size of this strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.75.
Reprinted From (newspaper strips, ) ?

1 page Off the Record story

1 page Puzzle Phun activity

1 page "Good Deed" Doty story

Notes This feature is at the top of all 4 Dixie Dugan pages; exact size of the strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.25.

3 page Dixie Dugan story

Script J. P. McEvoy
Pencils J. H. Striebel
Inks J. H. Striebel
Notes "Good Deed" Doty is at the top of all 4 pages of this sequence. Exact size of this strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.75.
Reprinted From (newspaper strips, ) ?

2 page Big Top story "Episode 7"

Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan

4 page Hawks of the Seas story "Claw Carlos"

Characters Carlos (villain)
Genre period
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes Reformatted from original form, which was published overseas, and reprinted -- re-translated into English -- in Will Eisner's Hawks of the Seas (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1986 series) #1.
Reprinted From (?). In Will Eisner's Hawks of the Seas (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1986 series) #1.

1 page Toddy story

Genre gag
Script George Marcoux
Pencils George Marcoux
Inks George Marcoux
Notes This strip is on top half of 2 pages.

1 page Flossie story

Script Al Zere
Pencils Al Zere
Inks Al Zere
Notes This strip is on bottom half of 2 pages.

1 page They're Still Talking story

4 page Ned Brant story "The Athletic Board"

Genre sports
Script Bob Zuppke
Pencils R. W. Depew
Inks R. W. Depew
Reprinted From (newspaper strips, ) ?

1 page Strange as It Seems story

2 page Slim and Tubby story "Episode 7"

Script John J. Welch
Pencils John J. Welch
Inks John J. Welch

5 page Clip Chance at Cliffside story "The Suspension of Clip Chance"

Characters Clip Chance (introduction); Slim (introduction); Chink (introduction); Bart (introduction, villain)
Script George Brenner
Pencils George Brenner (Scott Sheridan)
Inks George Brenner