Issue: #31
Published: April 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Edward Cronin
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was On-going Series
Notes: On sale date given in the previous issue.
On sale date confirmed by the publication date and a volume number was found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 449966. Volume number not listed in the indicia.
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Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Off the Record |
Credits: |
Script: Ed Reed (signed) | Pencils: Ed Reed (signed) | Inks: Ed Reed ? |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Death Room |
Featuring: |
The Doll Man |
Synopsis: |
Doll Man borrows a model plane owned by Tim Smith to use as his personal aircraft in going after Grimes, a hideous jewel thief. After capturing the felon, Doll Man returns the plane to Smith along with a $10 bill. |
Credits: |
Script: Will Eisner [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed) | Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] Tim Smith Grimes (villain, Jewel Thief, Introduction) |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
Credits: |
Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Jane Arden |
Credits: |
Script: Monte Barrett (signed) | Pencils: Russell E. Ross (signed) | Inks: Russell E. Ross (signed) |
Genre: |
Drama |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Big Top |
Credits: |
Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Joe Palooka |
Credits: |
Script: Ham Fisher (signed) | Pencils: Ham Fisher (signed) | Inks: Ham Fisher (signed) |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
Cal Hennings's Rustlers |
Featuring: |
Rance Keane, the Knight of the West |
Credits: |
Script: William A. Smith [as Will Arthur] (signed) | Pencils: William A. Smith | Inks: William A. Smith |
Genre: |
Western-frontier |
Characters: |
Rance Keane |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Toddy |
Credits: |
Script: George Marcoux (signed) | Pencils: George Marcoux (signed) | Inks: George Marcoux (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Mortimer Mum |
Credits: |
Script: Bill Sakren [as Sakren] (signed) | Pencils: Bill Sakren [as Sakren] (signed) | Inks: Bill Sakren [as Sakren] (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Off the Record |
Credits: |
Script: Ed Reed (signed) | Pencils: Ed Reed (signed) | Inks: Ed Reed ? |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Lala Palooza |
Credits: |
Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Lala Palooza |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
Episode 31 |
Featuring: |
Slim and Tubby |
Credits: |
Script: John J. Welch (signed) | Pencils: John J. Welch (signed) | Inks: John J. Welch (signed) |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Ned Brant |
Credits: |
Script: Bob Zuppke (signed) | Pencils: R. W. Depew (signed) | Inks: R. W. Depew (signed) |
Genre: |
Sports |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Dr. Croft Ruby Mystery: Part 2 |
Featuring: |
Charlie Chan |
Credits: |
Script: Alfred Andriola (signed) | Pencils: Alfred Andriola (signed) | Inks: Alfred Andriola (signed) |
Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
Characters: |
Charlie Chan |
Text Story (2 pages) |
Magic on the Rink |
Credits: |
Script: Robert E. Jones (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
Open Season on Car Salesmen |
Featuring: |
Bungle Family |
Credits: |
Script: H. J. Tuthill (signed) | Pencils: H. J. Tuthill (signed) | Inks: H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Escaped Convicts |
Featuring: |
Reynolds of the Mounted |
Credits: |
Script: Art Pinajian (signed) | Pencils: Art Pinajian (signed) | Inks: Art Pinajian (signed) |
Genre: |
Western-frontier |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Mike McTigue's Grand Display of Gameness |
Featuring: |
They're Still Talking About |
Genre: |
Non-fiction Sports |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
Credits: |
Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Dixie Dugan |
Credits: |
Script: J. P. McEvoy (signed) | Pencils: J. H. Striebel (signed) | Inks: J. H. Striebel (signed) |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Off the Record |
Credits: |
Script: Ed Reed (signed) | Pencils: Ed Reed (signed) | Inks: Ed Reed ? |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Mickey Finn |
Credits: |
Script: Lank Leonard (signed) | Pencils: Lank Leonard (signed) | Inks: Lank Leonard (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor |
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