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Oaky Doaks / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; adventure; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sure, it's a desert island...
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Circulation: 451,375 copies (data from Audit Bureau of Circulation via Russ Mahera)

8539
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Famous Funnies Patterns / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
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Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:At Murdo's secret hideout near Niagara...

[The Birdwatcher]
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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal; domestic
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

[no title indexed]
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Jitter / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Pencils:
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Inks:
Arthur Poinier (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is as far as I go, miss...
Characters:
Jitter
Reprints (0)
  • from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed]
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Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Russell Stamm (credited)
Pencils:
Russell Stamm (credited)
Inks:
Russell Stamm (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello, Sam! How are you? How's the wife...
Characters:
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Sam; Mr. Skinch; Oliver Handlemore; Miss Smith; Charlie Charmers
Reprints (0)
  • from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (The Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx - 1942-xx-xx

Jungle Mission
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Claude Dunnagan (credited)
Pencils:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure; jungle
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don Kendrick stirred...
Characters:
Don Kendrick

[no title indexed]
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Dickie Dare / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All right, we admit you're top dog on this ship!
Characters:
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Miss Billings
Reprints (0)
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Will Your Scrap Beat the Jap?
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public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
George Carlson (credited)
Pencils:
George Carlson (credited)
Inks:
George Carlson (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; war

Autumn Activities
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Let's Get into a Huddle / text article / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
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Funland / activity / 1 page

Script:
A. W. Nugent (credited)
Pencils:
A. W. Nugent (credited)
Inks:
A. W. Nugent (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
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Scorchy Smith / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I ain't runnin' away from that two-bit racketeer!
Characters:
Scorchy Smith
Reprints (0)
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Bert Christman's last work on the strip was in 1938-06-xx, and Frank Robbins begins on 1939-05-22, with Howell Dodd handling the art chores during the intervening period. So, these reprints fall within that period, probably that immediately following Christman's departure.

Happy Ending
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High Lights of History / Highlights of History / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; history
Characters:
King Croesus of Lydia
Reprints (0)
  • from High Lights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed]
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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; historical; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wait! Here comes a flag of truce!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx

[no title indexed]
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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as Clifford McBride)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, there she sits, Napoleon.
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features [Arthur J. Lefave]) 193x-xx-xx

[no title indexed]
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Jitter / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I never like to read in a hotel room.
Characters:
Jitter; Fred Fuddle
Reprints (0)
  • from Jitter Sunday (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed]
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Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)
Pencils:
Bill Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Inks:
Bill Woggon (credited as Woggon) (signed as Wog)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Major, this is Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha and Chief Wahoo!
Characters:
Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Mr. Roper; Mrs. Roper
Reprints (0)
  • from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Emergency Rations!
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Mescal Ike / comic story / 1 page

Script:
S. L. Huntley (credited as Huntley) (signed)
Pencils:
Art Huhta (signed)
Inks:
Art Huhta (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
Characters:
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle; Yung'un
Reprints (0)
  • from Mescal Ike daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press]) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Art was previously credited to S. L. Huntley.

Four daily strips:

1 - Emergency Rations!

2 - Time to Retire!

3 - Pa Took a Trip Last Fall!

4 - Bates Was Bitten!

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Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When Olly arrives in town she sees her stolen auto...
Characters:
Olive Lane; Dink
Reprints (0)
  • from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx - 193x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period.

Our heroine reveals her first name to be Olivia.

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Pen-Pals / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
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Life's Like That / cartoon / 0.67 page

Script:
Fred Neher (credited)
Pencils:
Fred Neher (credited)
Inks:
Fred Neher (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; domestic; satire-parody
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All things come to him who waits...
Reprints (0)
  • from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features) 19xx-xx-xx - 19xx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Three daily gag panels.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Sure, it's a desert island..."]
    Oaky Doaks
  2. 8539
    Famous Funnies Patterns
  3. ["At Murdo's secret hideout near Niagara..."]
    Buck Rogers
  4. [The Birdwatcher]
    Napoleon
  5. ["This is as far as I go, miss..."]
    Jitter
  6. ["Hello, Sam! How are you? How's the wife..."]
    Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
  7. Jungle Mission
  8. ["All right, we admit you're top dog on this ship!"]
    Dickie Dare
  9. Will Your Scrap Beat the Jap?
  10. Autumn Activities
    Let's Get into a Huddle
  11. [no title indexed]
    Funland
  12. ["I ain't runnin' away from that two-bit racketeer!"]
    Scorchy Smith
  13. Happy Ending
    High Lights of History / Highlights of History
  14. ["Wait! Here comes a flag of truce!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  15. ["Well, there she sits, Napoleon."]
    Napoleon
  16. ["I never like to read in a hotel room."]
    Jitter
  17. ["Major, this is Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha and Chief Wahoo!"]
    Big Chief Wahoo
  18. Emergency Rations!
    Mescal Ike
  19. ["When Olly arrives in town she sees her stolen auto..."]
    Olly of the Movies
  20. [no title indexed]
    Pen-Pals
  21. ["All things come to him who waits..."]
    Life's Like That
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  • Per Sandell
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