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Issue: King Comics #58
Publication Date: February 1941
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Issues: #58 of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDavid McKay Company
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: David McKay Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 29 (24 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye; J. Wellington Wimpy
Reprinting
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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside-front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): The Lone Ranger; Tonto; Mrs. Dixon
First Line: Dorn tried once to murder you, Tonto.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-08-13 - 1939-09-03
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
08-13 = Flight From Death
08-20 = A Shot in the Night
08-27 = The Silver Bullet
09-03 = Doomed
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-01-21 - 1940-02-11
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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
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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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-01-14 - 1940-02-04
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.
01-14 = A Gamble With Death
01-21 = A Ghastly End
01-28 = Flash Rebels
02-04 = Queen Fria's Scheme
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Reversia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): John Sappo; Professor O. G. Wotasnozzle
Synopsis: A professor invents a straw-hat making machine.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-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 Temple of the Tooth

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stories in Stamps
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A poem with one large illustration.
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On the Trail of the Kidnapped Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Romer Zane Grey ? [as Zane Grey] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sergeant Dave King
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-01-14 - 1940-02-04
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

According to Don Markstein it is likely that Zane Grey's son Romer wrote at least some King of the Royal Mounted stories, although 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.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Scott's Scrapbook
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Terrible Time in Tickaloo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Who Stole the Devil Cat?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation, war
Character(s): Barney Baxter
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-04-14 - 1940-05-05
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: western
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Crown Of The Desert’s Kings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Brick Bradford
First Line: A terrific sand storm hurtles down upon Brick...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-01-14 - 1940-02-04
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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To Swat or ----?

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) 19xx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-01-28 - 1940-02-18
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Harte]
Penciller(s): ? [as Harte]
Inker(s): ? [as Harte]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Solve a Jigglette
Synopsis: Activity where readers can create a picture by blackening in dotted areas
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Arty] (signed)
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Pet Post
Synopsis: Readers send in info & pictures of their pets.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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At the Races

Text 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) 19xx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Oswald Boeleke; Helen Richey; Harold I. June

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Oswald Boeleke; Helen Richey; Harold I. June
Synopsis: Profiles of three noted persons involved in aviation.
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]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Sis Sez
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A poem with one large illustration.
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Jam Session; Mandrake and the Burglar; The Music Lesson; The Theatre Mysteries

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Character(s): Mandrake; Lothar
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-01-14 - 1940-02-04
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

01-14 Jam Session
01-21 Mandrake and the Burglar
01-28 The Music Lesson
02-04 The Theatre Mysteries
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Renegade Inspector Maggin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Sergeant Pat O'Hara; Inspector Maggin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-01-14 - 1940-02-04
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Remarkable Records

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sentinel Louie
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Little King
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages, shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator
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The Cat Gets Filed

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) 19xx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5

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