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Issue: King Comics #50
Publication Date: June 1940
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Issues: #50 of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDavid McKay Company
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: David McKay Company
On Sale Date: 04/19/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 34 (27 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 461655. Copyright given to King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye; J. Wellington Wimpy
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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
First Line: So many things to do in spring!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Maryland Kressy (adaption of Fran Striker radio script)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): The Lone Ranger; Tonto; Don Rafael; Trig Schuyler; Breed; Wilson; Jose
First Line: Rustler's Bend, a narrow, evil strip of land...
Synopsis: Trig Schuyler's band of cutthroats are raiding along the Texas side of the Rio Grande. The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride into Mexico to seek the assistance of Don Rafael.
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Reprint Notes: from The Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-01-01 - 1939-01-24
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

Fran Striker was previously credited as writer, but Maryland Kressy, the wife of artist Ed Kressy, adapted Striker's radio scripts for the comic strip. < https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/09/11/first-and-last-the-lone-ranger/>
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy; Swee'pea
First Line: Ahoy, Olive, Where didja get the infink?
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Reprint Notes: from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-11 - 1939-07-02
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; Queen Fria; Prince Ronal; Dale Arden
First Line: Desperate to rescue Dale from the giants...
Synopsis: Flash and Fria attempt to rescue Dale and Barin from the giants.
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Reprint Notes: from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25
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.
06-04 = The Fight at the Bridge
06-11 = Savage Pursuit
06-18 = A Cry For Help
06-25 = The Third Degree
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
First Line: The first miltary airship...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): John Sappo; Myrtle Sappo; Professor O. G. Wotasnozzle
First Line: The most astounding of all inventions.
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Reprint Notes: from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-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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The World's First Stunt Flyer

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamps
First Line: It was the year 1898...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Feature is the middle of two vertical half pages with ads for stamps on both sides.
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Bees' Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sports Features
Character(s): Casey Stengel
First Line: Casey is used to tough jobs...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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; Caldini; Kid Blake; Mr. Hall; Bart
First Line: King, returning to the circus...
Synopsis: King captures Caldini. Betty sends a letter to King to investigate a series of accidents on the set of a movie.
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Reprint Notes: from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

Information that Zane Grey's son Romer wrote some King of the Royal Mounted stories is from Don Markstein, but specific stories are not listed. He was a prolific author in his own right, and has certainly been credited with writing the Big Little Books featuring the character. In addition, Gaylord Du Bois once claimed in an interview, "In 1939 I worked as a script writer on King of the Royal Mounted, when Jim Gary was doing the art work".(Comics Interview #17 (November 1984))
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
First Line: After a long, hard squint...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Wizard of Way-Up and King Ripitik Fight the Underdogs

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): King Ripitik; Woff; Little Dwarf King
First Line: Synopsis: Not so long ago...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Maggi Jiggs; Archie Jiggs; Mrs. Ivy Poisson
First Line: Hello - oh, hello - Mrs. Ivy...
Synopsis: Maggie has to feign illness after Jiggs tells Mrs. Poisson she was too sick to come to the phone.
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: The balls got stuck.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dun-Dums Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Feature is a vertical 2/3 page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Barney Baxter; Gopher Gus; Patricia Katchem
First Line: Disregarding danger, Barney sets the wing-control...
Synopsis: Barney rescues Patricia from a desperado.
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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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; Bad-Bear
First Line: After eluding the furious attempts..
Synopsis: Black-Hawk is taken prisoner and has to best Bad-Bear in an archery contest to win his freedom.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
First Line: The loftiest capital in the world...
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; The Mummy
First Line: Natives of Johanna, angered by the pirates...
Synopsis: After natives attack, Brick is captured but The Mummy helps him escape.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25
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
Synopsis: Henry breaks into his piggy bank to go to the circus.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Maggie Jiggs; Archie Jiggs
First Line: Mother - how are the men getting along...
Synopsis: Jiggs wakes up in his newly redecorated room, thinks he's on a ship and jumps out the window.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Little Annie Rooney; Mr. Warde; Mrs. Warde; Mr. Barnes; Mrs. McMack; Mrs. Flowers
First Line: I can hardly wait for our lawyer...
Synopsis: As Mr. and Mrs. Warde attempt to adopt Annie, Mrs. Flowers sets a trap to lure Annie.
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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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Short-Stop Honors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sports Features
Character(s): Arky Vaughan; Honus Wagner
First Line: Arky is not a very graceful fielder...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Feature is the top half of a page.
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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: Knowing that spring is here...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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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:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Maj. F. La Guardia; Allan Bonnalie; Douglas Coorrigan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Character(s): Maj. F. La Guardia; Allan Bonnalie; Douglas Coorrigan
First Line: The mayor of the city of New York...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Three Sunday half pages
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
First Line: Old English folk dances!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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City of Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Character(s): Mandrake; Lothar; Dr. Cole; Babs Cole
First Line: The clues come to an end...
Synopsis: Mandrake and his party find the City of Gold at the bottom of a huge crater.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25
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): Sergeant Pat O'Hara; Officer Sam Maloney; Butch Kelly; Pinky Pinkerton
First Line: Sammy is about to be released...
Synopsis: Pat has a fight with Butch Kelly.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-06-04 - 1939-06-25
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): News in Pictures
First Line: The tallest king in the world...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sentinel Louie
First Line: I weigh too much
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Four 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
First Line: King Jobowotz's army...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages, shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator
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Black Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Henry
Synopsis: Henry gets a black eye.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Children's Crusade for Children

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: "Gee, Mom, I'm starved!"
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: From April 22 to April 30, donation cans are used to collect, in the U. S., for refugee children around the world.

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