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Issue: Ace Comics #17
Publication Date: August 1938
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Issues: #17 of 151 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDavid McKay Company
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: David McKay Company
On Sale Date: 07/01/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 32 (27 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1941, page 137, registration number B499949.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Hans; Fritz; Captain
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Ace]
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Ad Carter
First Line: Hi there! Hi everywhere!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside-front cover.
Includes info on Just Kids creator Ad Carter, with a photo.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
First Line: Kolu has finally reached the small village where Captain Carstairs, of the British Secret Service...
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Pages: 4
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Joseph Ellenbecker

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: First of 4 pages spread through the issue.
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Deanna Durbin; Clark Gable

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Genres: celebrity, non-fiction
Character(s): Ritz Brothers; Grace Moore
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: You would pull the ladder out from under me...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: He's smart as a whip, Chief.
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Comeback Again?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: adventure, drama, sports
First Line: You haven't the authority to strike out that part of the play...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, drama, humorous
First Line: Elmer, Mrs. Jones is coming to call.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama, teen
First Line: The trouble with me is...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Gee -- I hate to go out in this weather...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: adventure, childrens, jungle
First Line: Tim, I want you and Spud to deliver this license to Ben Flint...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, fantasy
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Pages: 0.88
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: childrens, fantasy
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Pages: 0.44
Disclose Notes: 1/3 of the top 1/3 of 4 pages.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: There goes Montague von Elderberry - the third!
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Pages: 2.67
Disclose Notes: The bottom 2/3 of 4 pages.
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Billy Gilbert; Sonja Henie

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Genres: non-fiction
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: What d'ya think we oughta do with our two bucks?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: drama, humorous
First Line: Oh, mama, I just had a swell fight with Alvin...
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Black Shadow - Part 5

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
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Pages: 3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
First Line: We're playing the Tigers a double-header...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: drama, romantic
First Line: Happy birthday Tillie -- here's a little present for you.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: I'm going to give a look at a wolcano.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Puz-L-Zoo
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Cut out the pieces and fit them together to make an animal.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Professor Quiz
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle, superhero
Character(s): The Phantom; The Baroness (cold, inhuman leader of the Sky Band)
First Line: I laughed when I heard that the military boys were holding you for helping me escape.
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Reprint Notes: Reprints daily strips from Jan 13-16 & 18-21, 1937, but one panel is omitted from one 4-panel strip on each page in order to fit 2 dailies on each 7-panel page.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Cubs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Charlie Grimm; Gabby Hartnett; Lon Warnecke
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: childrens
First Line: With this new camera I ought to get some swell pictures!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: A boon, oh, Princess, a boon. Step forward, please.
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Haw, by Jove, this gun reminds me that duck season...
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Pages: 2
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Watering the lawn with a silk hose.
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Jokes sent in by readers.
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At the Movie Theatre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Two!
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Pages: 1

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