Notes:
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.
Character(s):
The Owl [Nick Terry] (introduction); Belle Wayne (introduction); Carver (villain, introduction)
First Line:
In his luxurious New York penthouse...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
5
Notes:
Art previously credited to Thomas.
Previous indexer credited R. S. Callendar as writer. Callender was not a writer. He was a co-owner of Western Printing related by marriage to the founder, and he registered copyrights for the company to items the company created (generally through its work-for-hire employees).
First Line:
Bill and Sunny, acting as Delilah's husband and child...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
strip reprints
Miscellaneous
Pages:
3
Notes:
This is the final appearance of the "Apple Mary" feature in Crackajack Funnies. The feature appears next (as "Mary Worth") in Major Hoople Comics (Pines, 1942 Series) #1.
First Line:
After Mary had been rescued from the savages...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
8
Notes:
Previous indexer credited Callender as writer. Callender was not a writer. He was a co-owner of Western Printing related by marriage to the founder, and he registered copyrights for the company to items the company created (generally through its work-for-hire employees).
The premise, a shipwrecked family surviving under primitive conditions, has all the hallmarks of a Du Bois creation. And the strip's begin date fits the time that Du Bois began working for Lebeck.