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Issue: Popular Comics #75 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #75 of 145 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/01/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George T. Delacorte, Jr. [as G. T. Delacorte, Jr.] (president); Helen Meyer [as H. Meyer] (vice-president); Margarita Delacorte (secretary)
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1942 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack; Terry and the Pirates
Character(s): Terry Lee; Burma [also as Burmadine Lee]; Connie [George Webster Confucius]; Big Stoop; Nastalthia Vincenta Smythe-Heatherstone
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Penciller(s): Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Inker(s): Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): You're in the Army Now
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 4 single panel gags on inside front cover in black, white and red.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley (credited)
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inker(s): Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]; Boona Goo; Fat Stuff; Sun Priest; Limehouse
First Line: Gosh, Fat Stuff--
Synopsis: Smilin' Jack is still being mistaken as someone named Powder, and he is forced to marry Boona Goo. Jack escapes the island before consumating the marriage with Boona, but is captured by Limehouse, a prison guard who also mistakes him as Powder.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFour Color #14 published January 1942
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Smilin' Jack (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1938.11.xx - 1938.xx.xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. One strip dated 11 November.
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Bill Holman & Smokey Stover Wish You a Merry Xmas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Penciller(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Inker(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Earl Stover; Spooky (a cat); Old Man Rivers [Jimmy D. Window] (villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.12.2?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Milton Caniff (credited)
Penciller(s): Milton Caniff (credited)
Inker(s): Milton Caniff (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates
Character(s): Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Burma [also as Burmadine Lee]; Connie [George Webster Confucius]; Big Stoop; Nastalthia Vincenta Smythe-Heatherstone; Hunter Yurk
First Line: Do come in, Lieutenant!
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Reprint Notes: from Terry and the Pirates daily and Sundays (Chicago Tribune Syndicate-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1938.06.23 - 1938.07.21
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Dailies and Sundays are printed in one continuous sequence, with the dailies in color.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Penciller(s): Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Inker(s): Jack Ficklen [as Herc Ficklen] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): You're in the Army Now
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 4 single panel gags.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank V. Martinek (credited)
Penciller(s): Leon A. Beroth [as L. A. Beroth] (signed)
Inker(s): Leon A. Beroth [as L. A. Beroth] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Don Winslow of the Navy
Character(s): Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Billy; Captain Dorne; Lawson Lugg (villain)
First Line: Billy! Billy! Where are you?
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Reprint Notes: from Don Winslow of the Navy newspaper strip (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank King (credited)
Penciller(s): Frank King (credited)
Inker(s): Frank King (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Gasoline Alley
Character(s): Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops; Mr. Avery; Mr. Clock (Nina's father); Grimes; Uncle Walt Wallet; Phyllis Wallet; Mr. Topper
First Line: Before I take a chattel mortgage...
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Reprint Notes: from Gasoline Alley daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1937.?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
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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; Antone Thanie (death); Walter Garwood; Sadie [also as Maude Garwood] (villain); Ambrose (villain)
First Line: Antone Thanie--A leading New York jeweler...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender
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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 [Dave Burnham]; Omu
First Line: Ah-h-hum!
Synopsis: Dave and Omu try to find their way back to the others.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender
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Sweet Hat of Sigma Foo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Penciller(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Inker(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (a cat)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.04.07
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Thomas (credited)
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas (credited)
Inker(s): Frank Thomas (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Owl
Character(s): Owl [Nick Terry]; Owl Girl [Belle Wayne]; Chief Murphy; Nancy; Sue Sweet (villain); Gizzard Sweet (villain)
First Line: Enroute from Cape Town, South Africa, to New York City
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender
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Action! Captain Midnight Appears in The Funnies

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Midnight
Character(s): Captain Midnight
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
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Stamps

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
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Secret Wireless in the Alps

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): True Spy Stories
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender
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The D'Ambrosio Brothers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Gang Busters
Character(s): Chief John Winston; Officer Dwyer (death); Lefty Billings (villain, death); Al D'Ambrosio (villain); Lou D'Ambrosio (villain, death); Mae D'Ambrosio (villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFour Color #24 published January 1943
as The D'Ambrosio Brothers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1942, by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Micale
Inker(s): Al Micale
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Crusoes
Character(s): John Crusoe; Mae Crusoe; Paul Crusoe; Andy
First Line: Safe inside the limestone walls of Cave House, the Crusoes sleep soundly...
Synopsis: John and Paul go on a bear hunt.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender.

Pencil and ink credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999.
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How About Two Two's Till Tuesday

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Holman (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Holman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.03.10
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover in black, white and red.
Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
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Amazing Gift Offer to "Comic" Readers!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Modern Concise Encylopedia
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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