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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: 31 (26 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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): J. Wellington Wimpy; a lion
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside-front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy
First Line: Let's spread our picnic lunch here
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-16 - 1939-05-07
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: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Barney Baxter; "Hap" Walters; Patricia Katchem; Lt. Rockwell; Gopher Gus; Nancy
First Line: If this isn't a miracle my name is mud.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-07-30 - 1939-08-20
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Ice Kingdom of Mongo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov; Queen Fria; Count Malo
First Line: Flash has saved the life of Queen Fria of the ice world.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-09 - 1939-04-30
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

Alex Raymond was previously credited with script, but Don Moore was co-creator and author from the very beginning of the strip.

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
04-09 = The Ice Palace
04-16 = The Shroud of Ice
04-23 = Death Stalks Again
04-30 = The Pool of Peril
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Musical Snails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Wotasnozzle's Reducing Mist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): John Sappo; Myrtle Sappo; Professor O. G. Wotasnozzle
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two Sunday pages, the first titled 'Wotasnozzle's Reducing Mist', the second 'Speak No Evil Pills'.

This is the topper to the Thimble Theatre strip, extensively reshaped to fit a comic book page
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The 'Never Was' Airplane of Fra Bartholomeu

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Features
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Sergeant Dave King; Kid Blake; Captain Bitsy; Blackie; Cyclops; Caldini; Babette
First Line: King attends a traveling circus with Kid...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-09 - 1939-04-30
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
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
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): The Wizard of Way Up
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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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: Now - Remember -
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: It's the longest hit ball I ever saw, folks...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dun-Dums Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Five unrelated gag panels
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Ted Towers; Sheila Blane; Blane; Catherine Custer; Ali; Kragg; Putney Harper; Linda Harper; Parks; Blount
First Line: The landslide will smash what's left of the circus.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Ted Towers, Animal Master Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-04-07 - 1940-04-28
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Stairway of 7,000 Steps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mummy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Brick Bradford; Douglas McKay; Queen Anne; Captain Pepper
First Line: Ye be to late! [sic]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-02 - 1939-04-23
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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Character(s): Little Annie Rooney; Eva Le Vivant; Rodwell; Barnes
First Line: Gloryosky, Zero -- you an' me is terrible lucky...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Comeback!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Featues
Character(s): Bill DeLancey; Monte Stratton
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Man Eating Rabbit

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) 1939-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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G. Hall Roosevelt; Mary Nicholson; Julius Barr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Character(s): G. Hall Roosevelt; Mary Nicholson; Julius Barr
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Hall of Fame of the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Three Sunday half pages
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
First Line: Home movies are fun...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An illustrated poem.
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City of Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Mandrake; Dr. Cole; Lothar
First Line: On the upper Amazon, Mandrake and Dr. Cole search for a legendary city of gold.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-09 - 1939-04-30
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: crime
Character(s): Officer Sam Maloney; Pinky Pinkerton; Sergeant Pat O'Hara; Red
First Line: Just in time for the motorcycle and sidecar race
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-16 - 1939-04-30
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: humorous
Character(s): Sentinel Louie
First Line: My jockey is sick...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.2
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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.2
Disclose Notes: Three Sunday pages, shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator
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Dick Conover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Character(s): Dick Conover
First Line: Transport pilot...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Hall of Fame of the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sunday half page

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