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Issue: Popular Comics #57 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #57 of 145 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/01/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Oskar Lebeck
Disclose Notes: 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. 4.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Martan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dick Tracy In Action

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional ad for Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) #8 on inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, mystery
Character(s): The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Colonel Bertrand (death); General Oakes; Larry; Major Pierce
First Line: Curly! Look...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender."
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Stamps for Collectors

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hi, Pedal Pals Win a Bike!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popular Comics Contest
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Chief John Winston; Officer John Floyd (death); Mr. Allen; Red Caulkett [also as H.C. Jones; also as H.C. Johnson] (villain, death); M.H. Dugan [also as J. Blake] (villain, death)
First Line: It is on a cold January night back in 1925
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFour Color #23 published January 1941
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: "Copr. 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Buzz Magee; Judy Baines; Lucky Lane; Storm Allen; Ah Wing (villain); Nichi Koto (villain); Suicide Squad (villains)
First Line: Something's jammed the rudder!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert Hartje (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Maya; Bully Blackbeard
First Line: I hope these steel saddle horns we're makin' will be strong enough, Omu!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): The Masked Pilot; Tom; New Pioneers of the Americas [Count Zarbruk (villain); General Traytur (villain); Gus (villain, death)]
First Line: Well, Tom, how do you feel this morning?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: "Copr., 1940 by R. S. Callender."
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War Birds Condemned to Die!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Blane (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Kirby; Colonel Kurt von Geyer; Lt. Bowden; Lt. Morton; Lt. Somers; Major Newsome; Mr. Benson; Mr. Durkin; Mr. McGowan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: "Copr., 1940 by Dell Publishing Co."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology, sports
Character(s): Wally Williams; Arlene Grahame; Betty Riley; Coach Biff Harrigan; Gramps Williams; Martin; Mr. Rhodes; Ted Jackson
First Line: Thank goodness, Ted and Wally have made up.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "Copr., 1940, by Dell Publishing Co."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Martan; Vana
First Line: There's Caucasia's biggest arms factory!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "Copr., 1940 by R. S. Callender."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Clyde Lewis (credited)
Penciller(s): Clyde Lewis (credited)
Inker(s): Clyde Lewis (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Herky
Character(s): Herky [Hercules]; J. Granville Gurk
First Line: Far be it from me to be personal, Herky
Synopsis: Herky tells Granville how he got his name.
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Reprint Notes: from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Following are the Winners of the May Popular Comics Contest

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Following are the Winners of the June Popular Comics Contest

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.34
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Hormone; Battleski; Formuloff; Jane; Masha; Smartenoff; Assinoff (villain)
First Line: Oooooo! Assinoff-stop-stop-please!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender"
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover.
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Be a Cowboy!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed); ? (photo)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed); ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Co.
Character(s): Fred Harman (photo); Little Beaver; Red Ryder
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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