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Issue: Popular Comics #46 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1939
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Issues: #46 of 145 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/31/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Oskar Lebeck; George T. Delacorte, Jr. [as G. T. Delacorte, Jr.] (president); Helen Meyer [as H. Meyer] (vice-president); J. Fred Henry (vice-president); Margarita Delacorte (secretary)
Disclose Notes: Contents copyright, 1938, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.; 1938, 1939 by NEA, Inc.; 1939 by Stephen Slesinger; 1939 by R. S. Callender; 1939 by Phillips Lord, Inc.; 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, 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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): The Masked Pilot
Character(s): The Black Phantom
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Winners of the August Popular Comics Contest

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover in black, white and red.
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Winners of July Contest

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover in black and white.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Toby
Character(s): Toby; Oomog; Booey; Titus Wad (first appearance)
First Line: Once more - A-B-C-D-E
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Push-Button Railroading

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Lionel Corporation
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Pages: 0.5
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Winners of the July Popularity Poll

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Herky
Character(s): Herky; Dinny
First Line: What are ya pickin th' weeds for, Dinny?
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Reprint Notes: from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Martan the Marvel Man
Character(s): Martan the Marvel Man (first appearance, origin); Vana (first appearance, origin)
First Line: Far off in space on the planet Antaclea
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): The Hurricane Kids
Character(s): The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Maya (first appearance); Omu (first appearance)
First Line: Listen, Alan, how about setting out on a real trip
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Maya and Omu are named in Popular Comics #47.
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"Well, Herky, what do you think of your new sister by this time?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Herky
Character(s): Herky; Honey; Herky's mother
Synopsis: Herky's mother asks him what he really thinks of his baby sister.
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Reprint Notes: from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): John Winston (first appearance); Pete Baxter (first appearance); Tony Carter (first appearance); The Red Hood Gang [Dutch Orlando (villain); Kid Grant (villain); Spike Morganti (villain, death)]
First Line: At exactly 12 o'clock noon
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color #7 published July 1940
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Herky
Character(s): Herky; Herky's father
First Line: He's off!! Ol' Doc Stork is on his way...
Synopsis: Herky finds out he just got a baby sister.
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Reprint Notes: from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mystery of Mr. Wong [Part 4]

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Mr. Wong
Character(s): Mr. Wong; Sgt. Street; Officer Flaherty; Officer Morgan; Professor Janney (villain); Valerie Edwards; Peter Harrison; Count Alexis Petrovitch [as Ivan Strogonoff] (identity revealed); Sing; Mr. Carslake
Synopsis: Professor Janney is revealed as the murderer.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: An adaptation of the Monogram Pictures movie - Boris Karloff in "The Mystery of Mr. Wong."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bronc Peeler
Character(s): Bronc Peeler; Pete [also as Coyote Pete]; Wheezie; Bullneck the Terrible
First Line: This sign will attract these money hungry cowboys!
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Masked Pilot
Character(s): The Masked Pilot; Tom; The Black Phantom (villain)
First Line: At a conference of high aviation officials
Synopsis: The Masked Pilot battles the Black Phantom.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Shark Egan
Character(s): Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Mary McDermot; Kanaka Lew; Captain Mai Ti; Angkar; One-Eye Wendel [J. Wendel]; Grampus; Mr. Grype (villain); Koye (villain); Red Mack (villain)
First Line: Shark Egan has just finished a dicker with Mai Ti
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Tailspin Tommy
Character(s): Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Skeets Milligan; Betty Lou Barnes; Paul Smith; Professor Otto Bumgartner; Miss Stanley; Mrs. Wilson; Jeems; Mr. Plotz; Mr. Trevor; Slade; Mr. Dunforth
First Line: I have found in this valley potassium deposits of unusually rich properties
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Reprint Notes: from Tailspin Tommy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1938
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Penguin Pete at the Luna Park

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Penguin Pete
Character(s): Penguin Pete; Pudgie; Wilbur (a pig)
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): The Comic Zoo
Character(s): Rudy; Billy; Charlie Kangaroo
First Line: Oh lookit, Billy, there's Charlie Kangaroo!!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Signed in last panel. You can only read part of the "g" and the "e" from George, and the "rbo" from Scarbo. The "o" is stylized with a vertical line going above and below the "o."
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Miscellaneous Advertisements

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Captain Tornado
Character(s): Captain Tornado (first appearance); Professor Bordani (first appearance); Jane Bordani (first appearance)
First Line: Captain Tornado, Professor Bordani and his daughter Jane are risking their lives
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Pages: 3
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Calling All Boys - and Girls! Be a Gang Buster!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popular Comics Gang Buster Contest
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover in black, white and red.
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Boys, Girls!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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