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Issue: Popular Comics #50 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #50 of 145 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/29/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Contents copyright, 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.; 1940 by Stephen Slesinger; 1940 by R. S. Callender; 1940 by Phillip Lords, Inc.

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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 1
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New Fast Action Books...

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Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, crime, science fiction
Feature(s): Dell
Character(s): Donald Duck; Pinocchio; John Carter
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ads for 4 Dell Comics.
On inside front cover in black, white and red.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): John Winston; Pete Baxter; Tony Carter; Joe (death); Tony (death); Buck Moran (villain); Frank Verne (villain); Mike Bates (villain)
First Line: The Buck Moran Case
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Pages: 6
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Writer(s): G. Ellerbrock (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton; Bill; Martians (villains)
First Line: Martan, in his powerful space ship has just spotted the Martian rocket fleet
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Major Amos Hoople; Martha Hoople
First Line: Here's $50, and if those men bring that new ice box, look it over!
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Pages: 1
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Genres: sports, teen
Character(s): Wally Williams; Gramps Williams; Grandma Williams; Arlene Grahame; Ted Jackson; Peewee Saunders
First Line: Riverview, home of Wally, Gramps and the gang
Synopsis: Wally and Gramps build an ice boat.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Herky; Herky's father
First Line: Hello, son... you're just th' fellow I want to see
Synopsis: Herky's father asks him if he'd rather have a baby brother or a baby sister, and Herky tells him he'd rather have a Shetland pony.
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Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Shark Egan; Mary McDermot; Ace O'Doul; Kanaka Lew; Angkar; Captain Mai-ti [also as Captain Mai Ti]; One-Eye Wendel [J. Wendel]; Red Mack (villain); Koye (villain); Dolph (villain); The Syndicate (villains)
First Line: You burn me up, Shark Egan!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Herky; Honey
First Line: Well kiddo..... what'cha waitin' for?
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Herky; Honey
First Line: C'mon, Honey.... let's get home before we get wet
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): The Masked Pilot; Tom; Sabatino Velaz (villain); Miquel (villain)
First Line: Having successfully foiled foreign spys
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Tornado; Professor Bordani; Jane Bordani
First Line: While Professor Bordani is in the library poreing over the records of the ancient civilization
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Albert Hartje (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Maya; Omu
First Line: Alan and Dave have been shipwrecked almost a year on a strange island group
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Pages: 5
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Will-O'-the-Wisp

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 0.33
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Stamps-Hobbies

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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Ace Brady; Countess Montresque (first appearance, villain); Dr. Mancho Phyroe (villain)
First Line: Crawling from the ruins of his laboratory of horrors
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Same art on this feature as issue #49 and art style confirmed by Lambiek entry on Jack Farr.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Herky; Noodles Nelson; Mushie
First Line: So Mushie thinks he's got a harder head than me, eh?
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Herky; Noodles Nelson
First Line: I hope the ducks are flying low today
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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Penguin Pete; Pudgie
First Line: --Pete, there's no fish this close to shore!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Major Amos Hoople; Pinky
First Line: Look. Th' circus is coming to town!
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Genres: western
Character(s): Bronc Peeler; Coyote Pete; Babs Dalton; Charlie; Shorty; Otis; Baldy (villain); Blackie (villain)
First Line: Attempting to outdo the other cowhands
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Disclose Notes: Baldy and Blackie are named in the next issue.
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Calling All Gangbusters... Win a Cash Prize

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Popular Comics Gang Buster Contest
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Disclose Notes: On inside back cover in black, white and red.
Includes winners for the November 1939 Popular Comics contest.
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A Sensational Offer to Readers of Popular Comics

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Book Coupon Exchange
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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