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Issue: King Comics #56
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #56 of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDavid McKay Company
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Indicia Publisher: David McKay Company
On Sale Date: 10/18/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ruth Plumly Thompson; Margery McKay Cridland (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
Owners:
David McKay Company; Alexander McKay; John McKay; Mrs. A. Conard Myers; Jennie S. McKay
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Musial (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Musial (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Character(s): Wimpy; Kid Glove
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jo King
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fran Striker
Penciller(s): Charles Flanders (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Lone Ranger
First Line: The sheriff is forced to surrender The Lone Ranger or have his daughter murdered...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
First Line: Hm... a very nice string of beads.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alex Raymond
Penciller(s): Alex Raymond
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Flash Gordon
First Line: Zarkov tried vainly to revive Flash, who was drowned and frozen in the glacier stream.
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Pages: 4
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Reversia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sappo
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Pages: 2
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The March of the Forty Thousand

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eugene L. Pollock
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamps
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: With stamp ads.
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The Army-Navy Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley [as Burnley] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Features
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zane Grey
Penciller(s): Jim Gary [as Gary] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): King of the Royal Mounted
First Line: After apprehending Miss Drurie, wealthy society kleptomaniac...
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Pages: 4
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ruth Plumly Thompson
Penciller(s): Marge Buell [as M] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
First Line: Oh, boy, how I hate these fireside hogs...
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Pages: 1
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The Wizard of Way-Up and King Ripitik Arrive in Rockwood

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ruth Plumly Thompson
Penciller(s): Marge Buell [as M] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George McManus
Penciller(s): George McManus [as Geo. McManus] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Feature(s): Bringing Up Father
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Miller
Penciller(s): Frank Miller (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Barney Baxter in the Air
First Line: Barney, responding to an urgent telegram from his old boss, Mr. Ullman, bids farewell to Patricia...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jimmy Thompson
Penciller(s): Jimmy Thompson
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk
First Line: Saved from death by a beautiful Indian girl, Black-Hawk learns from her that he is marked for death...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Ritt
Penciller(s): Clarence Gray (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Brick Bradford
First Line: Long before Brick has removed the treasure hidden on Johanna Island...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Dunn
Penciller(s): Bob Dunn
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dun-Dums
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Pages: 0.67
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George McManus
Penciller(s): George McManus [as Geo. McManus] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Feature(s): Bringing Up Father
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brandon Walsh
Penciller(s): Nicholas Afonsky [as N. Afonsky] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Little Annie Rooney
First Line: Honest, no foolin', Beauty, you look grand, if it wasn't for that black...
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Pages: 4
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Nick Drahos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Features
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Pages: 1
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Arty]
Penciller(s): ? [photo]
Inker(s): ? [photo]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Pet Post
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Anderson
Penciller(s): Carl Anderson
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Henry
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Pages: 1
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Cloyd Clevenger; Maj. Wm. Centner; Alton Parker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
Penciller(s): Clayton Knight (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Feature(s): Hall of Fame of the Air
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Pages: 1.5
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ruth Plumly Thompson
Penciller(s): Marge Buell [as M] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
First Line: War has its perils, but so has peace...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An illustrated poem.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lee Falk
Penciller(s): Phil Davis
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mandrake the Magician
First Line: In Glass Inn, atop Glass Mountain, Marsha Dale is held by Bruk at the mouth of a pipe...
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Pages: 4
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Return of the Hare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eddie Sullivan
Penciller(s): Charlie Schmidt
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Radio Patrol
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. J. Scott
Penciller(s): R. J. Scott
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures - Scott's Scrapbook
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Soglow
Penciller(s): Otto Soglow (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sentinel Louie; The Little King
First Line: I will bestow upon you this bottle of water...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The 2 strips share the 4 pages.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alexander McKay (business manager)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 0.33

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