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Issue: Popular Comics #76 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #76 of 145 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/01/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation, drama, humorous, war
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Terry Lee (inset); Connie [George Webster Confucius] (inset); Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright] (inset); Skeezix Wallet (inset); Tops (inset); Don Winslow (inset)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Before I finish
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 1941-xx-xx; 1941-05-11
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six single panel cartoons on inside front cover in black, white and red.
© 1941 Chicago Times, Inc.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder; also as Ghost Killer]; Fat Stuff; Limehouse; Leonard; Fergus; Le Meuix; Eagle Eye (villain); Lizard (villain); Slab (villain); The Head (villain); The Claw (villain)
First Line: Before you completely lose your mind
Synopsis: Limehouse puts Jack and Fat Stuff in Death Rock, a jail in the South Sea Islands.
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-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
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Andy Panda Appears in New Funnies

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Stamps

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Burma [also as Burmadine Lee]; Big Stoop; Nastalthia Vincenta Smythe-Heatherstone; Reginald Smythe-Heatherstone; Lan; Drusilla Crail
First Line: Listen, Terry-you've been swell to Burma
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Terry and the Pirates daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1938-07-22; 1938-07-25 - 1938-07-30; 1938-08-01; 1938-08-03 - 1938-08-06; 1938-08-08 - 1938-08-10; 1938-08-13; 1938-08-15 - 1938-08-17
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Captain Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]; Lyle William Kelly [SS-11] (Midnight's Chief Lieutenant); Chuck Ramsay; Joyce Ryan; SS-29; Ivan Shark (villain); Fury Shark (villain, Ivan's daughter); Ivan Shark's gang (villains, some die)
First Line: Captain Midnight, leader of the Secret Squadron
Synopsis: Captain Midnight and Kelly rescue SS-29 from Ivan Shark's seaplane base, but the rescued agent is seriously injured during the escape. Midnight and company jump into a seaplane and head for a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, then, having delivered him to the doctors, head out with other squadron members to attack Shark's seaplane stronghold.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Midnight Archives #1 published December 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The masthead reads "Copr., 1942, by The Wander Co.".

Storyline continued from previous issue.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Captain Dorne; Lawson Lugg [also as Baron] (villain)
First Line: Winslow is now en route to Palm City
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Reprint Notes: from Don Winslow of the Navy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 194x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Captain Bill Brady; Omu
First Line: After spending a night off shore in the turtle-shell boat
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
First Line: Guess who I've invited here
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from You're in the Army Now daily (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 4 single panel gags.
1941, The Register and Tribune Syndicate.
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Flame Fluke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Earl Stover; Spooky (a cat)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940-06-02
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
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Bence Fuster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Sparks (a dog)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover Sunday (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940-05-xx
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): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chief Murphy; Willie the Wart (death)
First Line: Our scene -- a squalid section of New York's water front
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender.
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Fight for Freedom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Philippe Duval; Pierre; Jacques (a dog, death)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Artist signature combines the "l" and "B", making it look like HaBiT.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops; Walt Wallet; Sheriff J. P. Lindsay (first appearance)
First Line: We need some metal braces.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Gasoline Alley daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1937-07-17; 1937-07-20 - 1937-07-23
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): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Chief John Winston; Gates; Henry Duffy (villain); Dodger [James Willis] (villain, death)
First Line: The story of "Dodger" Willis, the one-man crime wave
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFour Color #24 published January 1943
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Copr., 1942, by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Naw, it ain't a toy boat
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Grin and Bear It daily (Chicago Times, Inc.) 194x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six single panel cartoons on inside back cover in black, white and red.
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Presenting the New Daisy Defender

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

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