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Issue: Ace Comics #38
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #38 of 151 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDavid McKay Company
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: David McKay Company
On Sale Date: 03/29/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (21 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 461649. Copyright given to King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
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Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Genres: childrens, humorous
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Pages: 1
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Genres: adventure, jungle, superhero
First Line: I'm keeping you gagged for a while longer, Miss Palmer. The Phantom's cashed in, but...
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Reprint Notes: From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1937-08-11 - 1937-08-14, 1937-08-16 - 1937-08-21, and 1937-08-23 - 1937-08-28, but one panel is omitted from one of the dailies on each page, in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: First issue with The Phantom, now increased to 8 pages, as the lead feature.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: 'Shooing' a fly.
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Men working. Hey!
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Genres: adventure, jungle
First Line: The crazed Karnak determines to kill Lil when he discovers that she set his cabin afire...
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Pages: 4
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Of Bikes and Bowling

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Genres: non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Jimmy Walthour; Al Crossley; William McGeorge
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Pages: 1
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Do You Know...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Collectin' Stamps
First Line: That an American penny will buy 333 unused copies...
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Pages: 2
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Look! Tventy bucks vot I von from der Kink, playing pinochle.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: The jury's still out, Snuffy -- there's nothing we can do...
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Genres: celebrity, non-fiction
Character(s): Anita Louise; Al Jolson; Joan Blondell
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Genres: adventure, childrens
First Line: Here's where we part, Tim, you go south -- we go north.
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Hey -- Mr. Branner! I saw you smilin' this morning...
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Disclose Notes: First of four pages spread through the issue.
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King Eagle's Revenge - Part Two

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Hosteen Tso
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Pages: 3
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Genres: drama, humorous
First Line: You promised to help me this afternoon...
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Genres: adventure, historical
First Line: Synopsis - Val's trick clears the castle of outlaws, but he is discovered by two who remain.....
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Genres: drama, romantic
First Line: I'm leaving early to pick up Joe Dunfield and catch the early train...
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Let Top Pile Be

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Polka-Dot Pictures
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Anita Louise; C. Aubrey Smith; Shirley Temple; Martin Goodrider
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Pages: 0.8
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Boy, oh, boy -- the sun feels good today.
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Genres: adventure
First Line: The monoplane, loaded with the valuable tapestries, hops off...
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Gracie, I'm gettin' up a Indian tribe in th' neighborhood
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Pages: 4
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Now Elmer should know better than leave his sled out...
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Genres: drama, humorous
First Line: I was waiting for you to relax so you couldn't think up...
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Yessir - I always say you can tell a real outdoor man...
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