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Issue: Popular Comics #55 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #55 of 145 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/01/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Oskar Lebeck; George T. Delacorte, Jr. [as G. T. Delacorte, Jr.] (president); Helen Meyer [as H. Meyer] (vice-president); J. Fred Henry (vice-president); Margarita Delacorte (secretary)
Disclose Notes: Contents copyright, 1940 by R. S. Callender; 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.; 1940 by Dell Publishing Co.

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. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): E. C. Stoner (signed)
Inker(s): E. C. Stoner (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Gang Busters
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Comic Contest

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover in black, white and red.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert Hartje (credited)
Penciller(s): Will Ely (credited)
Inker(s): Will Ely (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Hurricane Kids
Character(s): The Hurricane Kids [Alan; Dave]; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Maya; Bully Blackbeard; Darby
First Line: Here we are, Captain - back at the lagoon!
Synopsis: The Hurricane Kids and friends defeat a gang of pirates.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Bugg (credited)
Inker(s): Robert Bugg (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Martan the Marvel Man
Character(s): Martan; Vana; General Pelton
First Line: Martan, the Marvel Man from the faraway planet Antaclea, learning that the invading spacemen plan to poison Earth's air...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
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Rex King of the Deep

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell
Character(s): Rex
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promotional ad for The Funnies.
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Stamps

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Erwin L. Hess (signed)
Inker(s): Erwin L. Hess (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Gang Busters
Character(s): Chief John Winston; Officer Mike Bauer (death); Mr. Janes; Edwin Asher; Mrs. Asher; Mr. Pacelli; Mrs. Hall; Mabel; Joe Prince [also as Joe Klein] (villain); Rusty Hall (villain)
First Line: Late one night, a gray touring car pulls up at the Jane's Filling Station
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color #23 published January 1941
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Copr. 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): James Miller (credited)
Inker(s): James Miller (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Pylon Pete
Character(s): Pylon Pete McTag; Three Ball O'Linsky; Colonel Digby Dingle; Major Hardtack Hooley; Hawkins; Captain Pennyback; Baron Von Krunch (villain)
First Line: All was quiet on the western front...or it was until Pylon Pete McTag...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Jenney [as Bob Jenny] (credited)
Penciller(s): Bob Jenney [as Bob Jenny] (credited)
Inker(s): Bob Jenney [as Bob Jenny] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Masked Pilot
Character(s): The Masked Pilot; Tom; Joe (villain); Louie (villain)
First Line: For many long weeks, the Masked Pilot and Tom have been re-building their ship.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Kenneth Kennedy (byline)]
Penciller(s): Newt Alfred
Inker(s): Newt Alfred
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Captain Tornado
Character(s): Captain Tornado; Professor Bordani; Jane Bordani; The Barrangees
First Line: With the newly built city in ruins following an attack by the giant flies, the king of the Barrangees asks Captain Tornado and Professor Bordani for further help in combatting the insect menace.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Victor Boni (credited)
Penciller(s): Tom Hickey (credited)
Inker(s): Tom Hickey (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wally Williams, American Boy
Character(s): Wally Williams; Gramps; Arlene; Betty; Ted Jackson; Captain Martin; Reeves; Cullen
First Line: America's greatest military institution, The Citizens' Military Training Camps, are starting another thrilling season.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1940 by Dell Publishing Co.
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Death Flies the Diamonds

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Hal Bittner [as HB] (signed)
Inker(s): Hal Bittner [as HB] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Clive Reardon; Dive Jackson
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Bugg [as Bob Bugg] (credited)
Inker(s): Robert Bugg [as Bob Bugg] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Dr. Hormone
Character(s): Dr. Hormone; Jane Hormone; Prime Minister Smartenoff; General Battleski; Rassinoff (villain)
First Line: Fearful of the mysterious work of Dr. Hormone, four Urasian armies...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender. Rassinoff becomes Assinoff in the next issue.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Chambers (credited)
Inker(s): Jim Chambers (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Voice the Invisible Detective
Character(s): The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson; Major Lee; Nurse Vitelli; Giovani Toscano (first appearance; villain); Giuseppe (first appearance; villain); Arturo (first appearance; villain)
First Line: Known to be connected with The Voice -- that unseen mysterious enemy of crime...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Miscellaneous classified advertisements on inside back cover.
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War Comics #3; The Funnies #46

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell
Character(s): Phantasmo
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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