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Issue: King Comics #48
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #48 of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDavid McKay Company
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: David McKay Company
On Sale Date: 02/21/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 29 (24 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Musial (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Character(s): Wimpy; a lion
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jo King
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Let's spread our picnic lunch here.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Miller
Penciller(s): Frank Miller (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Barney Baxter in the Air
First Line: If this isn't a miracle my name is mud.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alex Raymond
Penciller(s): Alex Raymond
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Flash Gordon
First Line: Flash has saved the life of Queen Fria of the ice world.
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Pages: 4
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Musical Snails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. J. Scott
Penciller(s): ? [as Sid]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
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Pages: 1
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Wotasnozzle's Reducing Mist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sappo
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Pages: 2
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The 'Never Was' Airplane of Fra Bartholomeu

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eugene L. Pollock
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamps
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: With stamp ads.
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Don Budge; Bill Tilden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley [signed]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Featues
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zane Grey
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): King of the Royal Mounted
First Line: King attends a traveling circus with Kid...
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Pages: 4
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ruth Plumly Thompson
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
First Line: When we have a soda or a dog...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An illustrated poem.
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The Wizard and King Ripitik Go Way Down the Mountain

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ruth Plumly Thompson
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): The Wizard of Way Up
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George McManus
Penciller(s): George McManus [as Geo. McManus] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Feature(s): Bringing Up Father
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Dunn
Penciller(s): Bob Dunn
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dun-Dums
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Pages: 0.67
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Buck
Penciller(s): Ed Stevenson
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Feature(s): Ted Towers
First Line: The landslide will smash what's left of the circus.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jimmy Thompson
Penciller(s): Jimmy Thompson
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk
First Line: As Black-hawk and his young companion, Spotted-horse, attempt to smash through the strong-bow blockade...
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Pages: 2
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A Stairway of 7,000 Steps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. J. Scott
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Anderson
Penciller(s): Carl Anderson
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Henry
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George McManus
Penciller(s): George McManus [as Geo. McManus] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Feature(s): Bringing Up Father
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brandon Walsh
Penciller(s): Nicholas Afonsky [as N. Afonsky] (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Little Annie Rooney
First Line: Gloryosky, Zero -- you an' me is terrible lucky...
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Comeback!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Featues
Character(s): Bill DeLancey; Monte Stratton
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Pages: 1
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Arty]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Pet Post
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Pages: 0.67
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Anderson
Penciller(s): Carl Anderson
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Henry
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Pages: 1
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G. Hall Roosevelt; Mary Nicholson; Julius Barr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
Penciller(s): Clayton Knight (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Feature(s): Hall of Fame of the Air
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Pages: 1.5
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ruth Plumly Thompson
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
First Line: Home movies are fun...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lee Falk
Penciller(s): Phil Davis
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mandrake the Magician
First Line: On the upper Amazon, Mandrake and Dr. Cole search for a legendary city of gold.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eddie Sullivan
Penciller(s): Charlie Schmidt
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Radio Patrol
First Line: Just in time for the motorcycle and sidecar race.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Soglow
Penciller(s): Otto Soglow (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sentinel Louie; The Little King
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The 2 strips share the 3 pages.
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Dick Conover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
Penciller(s): Clayton Knight (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Feature(s): Hall of Fame of the Air
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5

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