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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie [George Webster Confucius]

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Pages: 1

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt

First Line: That fire bug Arson Nick...

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Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1938-12-07; 1938-12-08

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Pages: 1

Notes: On inside front cover in red & black.
Copyright 1938 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

[untitled]

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Genres: adventure, aviation

Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Inspector; Mary Smith; Mummy Smith; Hop (villain)

First Line: Well, Downwind, meet our white elephant...

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Reprint Notes: from Smilin' Jack Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx [modified to fit comic book format]

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Pages: 8

The Return of Robin Hood [Episode 3]

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Genres: adventure, historical

Character(s): Robin Hood [Robert]; Sir Guy De Beaupre (death)

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Pages: 12

Notes: Copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender.
Gaylord Du Bois was credited as the writer for the first part of this story in Popular Comics #79, so including him as possible writer for this chapter.
Jon Small credited as artist for first part of this story in Popular Comics #79.

The Gas Pirates

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Chief John Winston; Officer Casey; Officer Jenkins; Larry Barnes; Ben Tate (death); Inspector Kerry; Horatio Miller (villain); Gus (villain); Mike (villain)

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Pages: 4

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Big Stoop; Reginald Smythe-Heatherstone; Weazel [M. Belette] (villain); Baron De Plexus (villain); Slugger Dunn (villain)

First Line: Going to the office of Baron De Plexus...

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Four Color #44 published May 1944
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Reprint Notes: From Terry and The Pirates (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938-12-05 -1938-12-10, 1938-12-12 - 1938-12-17, 1938-12-19 - 1938-12-24, 1938-12-26 - 1938-12-31, 1939-01-01 [Sunday, first 4 panels]

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Pages: 8

Notes: Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

Sunday strips are part of the continuity but are not reprinted except for the first four panels of 1939.01.01.

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]

First Line: The Hurricane Kids awake in their tree house...

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Pages: 8

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Genres: adventure, humorous, war, western

Character(s): Cyclone; Midge; Calico (a horse); Cal Grant; Scarface Gowdy (villain)

First Line: At the end of a big dinner...

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Pages: 6

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Flat Foot Flanagan; Arson Nick

First Line: There goes Arson Nick, Smokey!

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Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover daily (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx; 1938-xx-xx

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Pages: 1

Escape from the Philippines

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Genres: war

Feature(s): Popular Comics text

Character(s): Dick Corey (a youth, son of Thomas); Thomas Corey (U.S. Consul for X---, a Philippine island); José (the Corey's male cook and housekeeper); Jap sharpshooter; Filipino guerrillas; Tomaso Hermanito (a youth not quite Dick's age); Felipe Cortes (guerrilla captain); Jap sentry

First Line: Dick Corey slipped quickly under an old red velvet curtain and opened the door of the dark room just beyond.

Synopsis: Young Dick is eager to join the guerrillas with his friends as Japanese advance. His father promises to follow once the documents are microfilmed. Faithful José remains also. A deadly shot by Dick saves his friends from a grenade-wielding enemy. He meets up with the guerrillas. Next day, José arrives with news the house was hit and Corey senior is trapped in the rubble. During the rescue Dick beans a sentry with a brick. On return the guerilla captain reports success contacting U.N. transport for the Coreys and the microfilm.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Writer credit per Du Bois Account Books, the entries in which show the Popular Comics text feature as having been his other regular assignment on the series. (Entries list story title, and identify the feature as "Popular Comics filler" up to issue #83, then as "text for Popular Comics" through to 1948 when the series folded.) Art is signed but unclear. One surmises that what the setter of the type rendered as "the door of the dark room" was "the door of the darkroom" in the original, as Corey is processing film with developer therein.

Du Bois goes to town with Spanish, the most used by him of the many foreign languages with which he peppered his didactic stories. "...los guerrillas ... Yo se muy bien ... el patron ... ---vaya! Vaya con Dios! ... Chico ... Buen' dias compadre! ... amigo ... Vamonos! ... Es nada ... Señor Corey ... both Señors Corey ..." And young Dick's slightly younger friend's name translates as Littlebrother.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Chief Murphy; Veronica Puddle; Lotta Latin; Luke Tortoni; Sharpie Sam (villain)

First Line: Veronic Puddle to see you Chief

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Pages: 6

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Genres: drama, humorous

Character(s): Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops

First Line: I've got $7.35 of Tops' I.O.U.s....

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Reprint Notes: from Gasoline Alley Sunday (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1937-10-03; daily 1937-10-04 - 1937-10-08

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Pages: 4

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Genres: adventure, war

Character(s): Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Captain X (villain)

First Line: Scene - an underground airdrome...

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Reprint Notes: from Don Winslow of the Navy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx [modified for comic book pages]

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Pages: 5

[untitled]

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Millie Gump; Hortense De Stross

First Line: Oh Millie, darling - How I miss you...

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Reprint Notes: from The Gumps Sunday (The Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1937-12-05

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Pages: 1

Jim Prentice Announces His Super Electric Football

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: sports

Feature(s): Electric Game Company

Character(s): Jim Prentice

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover.