Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1944
Editing: ?
Cover Thumbnail for Ace Comics (David McKay, 1937 series) #86 Edit Cover
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The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children

Issue Data

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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

Script:
? [as Ace]
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello, how's the going?

Indexer Notes

The inside-front cover.

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The Phantom / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Lee Falk (credited)
Pencils:
Ray Moore (credited)
Inks:
Ray Moore (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; jungle; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:They reach the deep woods -- We'll have you tip-top in no time, Byron.
Reprints (0)
  • From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1942-07-04, 1942-07-06 - 1942-07-11, 1942-07-13 - 1942-07-18 and 1942-07-20 - 1942-07-22.
    [One panel is omitted from one of the two 4-panel strips on some pages in order to fit 2 dailies on each 7-panel page.]

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Daffydoodles / comic story / 0.67 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Doc Winner (signed as Winner)
Inks:
Doc Winner (signed as Winner)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Putting your brain child to bed.

Indexer Notes

Jokes from readers.

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Pete the Tramp / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Pencils:
C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Inks:
C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:50ยข a day isn't much for totin' this lumber, Whozie!

Indexer Notes

First page is dated 1-4.

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Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Alex Raymond (credited)
Pencils:
Alex Raymond (credited)
Inks:
Alex Raymond (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; jungle
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jim has discovered that Bardo's real name is von Barden and that he is a Nazi agent.

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The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)
Pencils:
Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)
Inks:
Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children; jungle
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Captain! Anyone who eats the leaves of this plant will immediately lose his memory!

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Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Pencils:
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Inks:
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • Feature Logo:Tim Tyler
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I tell you, Spud, I'm sure of it! This floating log...

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Blondie / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Pencils:
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Inks:
Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; domestic
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who could that be, ringing the doorbell so early in the morning?

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Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
Pencils:
Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
Inks:
Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children; domestic
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Teddy, I want you to take this shopping cart with you...

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Prince Valiant / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Val suspects he has been tricked, but the rules of chivalry demand he protect this homeless lady.

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Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Pencils:
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Inks:
Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; military; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mumsy took a job so a girl could join the WAC.
  • Keywords:soap operas

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Elmer / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Pencils:
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Inks:
Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now, Elmer, take this money and go down to the dentist...

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Private Breger Abroad / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sir, is it possible for one man to bewitch another?

Indexer Notes

Four 1-panel jokes.

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Curley Harper / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Pencils:
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Inks:
Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who is that man? Why, Curley, that's Tiger Draper...

Indexer Notes

The first 2 pages are dated 1-24 and 1-31.

Vol. 3 - No. 2 May 1944
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The Young Reporter / text story / 1 page

Script:
Hal Fox (credited) (editor)
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset
?
  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Contributions from readers.

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Just Kids / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)
Pencils:
A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)
Inks:
A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What has come over our boy, John? He just mopes around.

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Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)
Pencils:
Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)
Inks:
Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; military
  • Feature Logo:Barney Google
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Lissen, Snuffy, how about puttin' on some sort of a hillbilly skit th' day of th' picnic?

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They'll Do It Every Time / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo')
Pencils:
Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo')
Inks:
Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo')
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, yeah? Get a load of Johnny...

Indexer Notes

The 2 strips are dated 11-25 and 2-28.

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Captain Tootsie / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Katzenjammer Kids
  2. ["Hello, how's the going?"]
  3. ["They reach the deep woods -- We'll have you tip-top in no time, Byron."]
    The Phantom
  4. ["Putting your brain child to bed."]
    Daffydoodles
  5. ["50ยข a day isn't much for totin' this lumber, Whozie!"]
    Pete the Tramp
  6. ["Jim has discovered that Bardo's real name is von Barden and that he is a Nazi agent."]
    Jungle Jim
  7. ["Captain! Anyone who eats the leaves of this plant will immediately lose his memory!"]
    The Katzenjammer Kids
  8. ["I tell you, Spud, I'm sure of it! This floating log..."]
    Tim Tyler's Luck
  9. ["Who could that be, ringing the doorbell so early in the morning?"]
    Blondie
  10. ["Teddy, I want you to take this shopping cart with you..."]
    Teddy and Sitting Bull
  11. ["Val suspects he has been tricked, but the rules of chivalry demand he protect this homeless lady."]
    Prince Valiant
  12. ["Mumsy took a job so a girl could join the WAC."]
    Tillie the Toiler
  13. ["Now, Elmer, take this money and go down to the dentist..."]
    Elmer
  14. ["Sir, is it possible for one man to bewitch another?"]
    Private Breger Abroad
  15. ["Who is that man? Why, Curley, that's Tiger Draper..."]
    Curley Harper
  16. Vol. 3 - No. 2 May 1944
    The Young Reporter
  17. ["What has come over our boy, John? He just mopes around."]
    Just Kids
  18. ["Lissen, Snuffy, how about puttin' on some sort of a hillbilly skit th' day of th' picnic?"]
    Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
  19. ["Oh, yeah? Get a load of Johnny..."]
    They'll Do It Every Time
  20. [no title indexed]
    Captain Tootsie
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