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Issue: King Comics #31
Publication Date: October 1938
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Issues: #31 of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDavid McKay Company
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: David McKay Company
On Sale Date: 09/20/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 35 (29 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy; Henry
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: How to act in Oct.?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Lumberjack Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy
First Line: Yer the limik, Olive!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-26 - 1938-01-16
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

12-26 End of storyline
01-16 Popeye and the Man from Mars storyline begins
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Barney Baxter; "Hap" Walters; Patricia Katchem; Gopher Gus; "Spud" Vines; "Blackie" Barnes
First Line: Immediately following his acceptance...
Synopsis: Barney is offered a million dollars for the plans of the "Devil Cat."
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-04-10 - 1938-05-01
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Outlaws of Mongo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Queen Aura; Emperor Ming; Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov
First Line: I shall go direct to my father...
Synopsis: Dale and Zarkov, disguised as farmers, attempt to rescue Flash.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
12-19 = Royal Prisoner
12-26 = An Hour to Live
01-02 = Death March
01-09 = [none given]
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sergeant Dave King; Betty Blake; Kid Blake; Kurt Wilkins
First Line: Arriving in the Rush River country...
Synopsis: King investigates the murder of a government forester.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Henry
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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"Sure Thing" Suhr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sports Features
Character(s): Gus Suhr
First Line: Created a national record...
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Reprint Notes: from Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
First Line: There is 12 1/2 cents...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Jimmy Wedell; J. M.Gwinn Jr.; General Aracena

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Character(s): Jimmy Wedell; J. M.Gwinn Jr.; General Aracena
First Line: One of America's outstanding speed plane pilots...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Hall of Fame of the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Three Sunday half pages
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): John Sappo; Myrtle Sappo; Professor O. G. Wotasnozzle; Professor Noodleberry
First Line: I'll take a sample of the soil...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two Sunday pages

This is the topper to the Thimble Theatre strip, extensively reshaped to fit a comic book page
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs
First Line: Now - what in the world...
Synopsis: Jiggs tries to remember why he tied a ribbon around his finger.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Ted Towers; Catheriine Custer; Pedro
First Line: With Pedro in pursuit...
Synopsis: Ted has to land his plane with a clogged oil line and is attacked by a leopard.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Ted Towers, Animal Master Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-12-18 - 1939-01-08
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
Character(s): Walter Johnson; Robert Morris
First Line: Brawn, a setter belonging to Mrs. G. B. Gray...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Wise Man of Og!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): King Kojo; Ketch
First Line: King Kojo, Ketch, his court jester...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk
Character(s): Black Hawk; Red Feather
First Line: The story so far -
Synopsis: Red Feather and Black Hawk seek help to find a mysterious land.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Feature is the top two thirds of two pages.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Indian Lore
Character(s): Go-Lah
First Line: There was an Indian brave...
Synopsis: Go-Lah falls in love with a maiden from the snow people, but when he carries her off to his out camp, she melts.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: The feature is the bottom third of two pages.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
First Line: Bill - why do you stare?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
Character(s): Pan Chao; Samuel Pepys
First Line: The red alder tree...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
First Line: Yep, this is my birthday...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Travel Through Time (Traveller In Time)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Brick Bradford; April Southern; Professor Horatio Southern; Jak
First Line: As the time-top speeds...
Synopsis: Brick, April and Horatio travel to the 70th century.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Annie Rooney; Mrs. Martin; Zero; Mr. Martin
First Line: Hey! What are you doing...
Synopsis: Annie shows her friends how plants grow, indoors, in a green house.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-01-02 - 1938-01-23
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Henry
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Real Champ

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sports Features
Character(s): Joe Louis
First Line: Joe proved again...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
Character(s): Fred Archer; Emile Zola
First Line: Jockey Fred Archer...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bohemia; Hungary
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Archie Jiggs; Maggie Jiggs
First Line: I must git to Dinty's tonight...
Synopsis: Jiggs goes to a director's meeting.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Treasure Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Character(s): Mandrake; Lothar; Pete; Betty
First Line: In Cerebi, isle of headhunters...
Synopsis: Mandrake, Lothar, Pete and Betty are captured and hunted as prey. Mandrake uses an idol to trick the hunters into ending their hunt.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Inspector Maggin; Officer Sam Maloney; Sergeant Pat O'Hara; Fred; Pinky Pinkerton; Molly Day
First Line: It's a swell job boys...
Synopsis: Neighborhood kids make snowmen and get ready for Christmas.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-12-19 - 1938-01-09
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Henry
First Line: Here's your apple cider!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? [as Harte]
Inker(s): ? [as Harte]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Solve a Jigglette
First Line: Fill in the section...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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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
First Line: I often wonder what...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sentinel Louie
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Three Sunday pages, shared with The Little King, by the same creator
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Little King; the King's Chamberlain
First Line: Your Majesty, a Christmas present...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages, shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Let me think...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dun-Dums Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: A selection of unrelated gag panels

Feature is a vertical two thirds of a page.
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The 500 Winners

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Two page list of the contest winners for the "Favorite Comic Character Contest."
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The second page of the list continues to the inside back cover.

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