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Editing: Ed Cronin (editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

The Bungle Family / cover / 1 page

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?
  • Genre:humor; domestic
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:George, throw him back in the water - he isn't a fish!!
  • Keywords:octopus
Characters:
The Bungles

Issue Data

[Introducing Charlie Chan]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Viscount Hilary Stacey; Peter Charing; Michael Ramsgate; Keena Charing
Synopsis:
British intelligence calls Chan in to help them find a missing chemist, Peter Charing.

Indexer Notes

McNaught Syndicate: October 31,1938- December 17, 1938

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 3 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yes! We're all joining the tourist brigade part??

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McNaught Syndicate Strip reprints. Across the top quarter of each page runs the feature Good Dead Dotty.

Thunder in the Orient
(Table of Contents: 3)

Gallant Knight / comic story / 4 pages

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?
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  • Genre:historical; adventure
Characters:
Sir Raymond; Lady Alice; Tartars (villains)

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title from last issue blurb

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Toddy / comic story / 1 page

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?
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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here's your allowance for the week, Son!!

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The top half of two consecutive pages, shared with Mortimer Mum.

[An Apple for the Judge]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Mortimer Mum / comic story / 1 page

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?
  • Genre:humor

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The bottom half of two consecutive pages, shared with Toddy.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll borrow a car and notify the constable~

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strip reprints- Register and Tribune Syndicate

[Episode 23]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Slim and Tubby / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; aviation; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There goes Roger again- an' I bet I know where he's goin'!!
Characters:
Bullet Benton; Slim; Tubby

Indexer Notes

From Bullet Benton- Register and Tribune syndicated strip: A231:Dec 25, 1935 to A240:January 4, 1936 (Galveston Daily News)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Off the Record / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wake Up Butch!!- I hear cops downstairs!

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Panel reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate

[The Burton Kidnapping]
(Table of Contents: 9)

The Clock / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Burton (introduction); Inspector Kane; Butch (villain); Squint (villain)
Synopsis:
Brian attempts to work his way into Inspector Kane's latest case, but Kane, who really doesn't mind help, merely considers O'Brien nothing more than his golfing buddy, leaving Brian to his undercover devices as the Clock in rounding up Butch and Squint.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Our latest invention: How to open garage doors without leaving the car.

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Reprints from the Register and Tribune Syndicate. Sideshow began June 19,1938. It is likely that Quality reprinted them from the beginning. Contains Brain Derby, Our Latest Invention, Foolish Questions, Candid Cartoon, Nibbsy the Newsboy, Blame it on Wilbur and Twisted Tales, all in one page.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I think we should hang a nice picture there, Ma-- Not a mirror!

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strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate. Running across the top quarter of these pages is the feature Nippie.

[Bob Feller]
(Table of Contents: 12)

They're Still Talking / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; sports
Characters:
Bob Feller (baseball player)

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strip reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Jane Arden; Lena Pry / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:drama; adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm glad the snow is deep here!
  • Keywords:soap opera
Synopsis:
Jane leaps from a window to escape the killer who entered her room.

Indexer Notes

Strip reprints. Register and Tribune Syndicate. Split pages with Jane Arden on the top half, Lena Pry on the bottom half.

Cause of War
(Table of Contents: 14)

The Bungle Family / comic story / 2 pages

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?
  • Genre:humor; domestic

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strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate

[Jim Slade's Plot]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
Characters:
Jim Slade and his gang (first appearance; villains); Mr. Brewster (first appearance); Bess Brewster (first appearance)

Rain Bird, Chapter II
(Table of Contents: 16)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Robert M. Hyatt
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?
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typeset

[Episode 23]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Big Top / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's on your mind, Red?

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strip reprints: Frank J. Markey Syndicate

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Our latest invention: The simple summer husband catcher

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Reprints from the Register and Tribune Syndicate

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 19)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Bite the dust redskins
Characters:
Lala Palooza; Vince Doolittle

Indexer Notes

Sunday strip reprints: Frank Jay Markey syndicate

[Trouble At the Mountain Valley Ranch]
(Table of Contents: 20)

Rance Keane / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure
Characters:
Rance Keane; Joan Hern (first appearance); Jess Hern (first appearance)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 21)

Off the Record / cartoon / 1 page

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?
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Too late boys- My wife beat you to it
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  • Panel reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 22)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mo Leff (ghost for Ham Fisher)
Inks:
Mo Leff (ghost for Ham Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I got a chance t'buy an interest in that new lightweight star!
Characters:
Joe Palooka; Nobby

Indexer Notes

strip reprints McNaught Syndicate

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["George, throw him back in the water - he isn't a fish!!"]
    The Bungle Family
  2. [Introducing Charlie Chan]
    Charlie Chan
  3. ["Yes! We're all joining the tourist brigade part??"]
    Dixie Dugan
  4. Thunder in the Orient
    Gallant Knight
  5. ["Here's your allowance for the week, Son!!"]
    Toddy
  6. [An Apple for the Judge]
    Mortimer Mum
  7. ["I'll borrow a car and notify the constable~"]
    Ned Brant
  8. [Episode 23]
    Slim and Tubby
  9. ["Wake Up Butch!!- I hear cops downstairs!"]
    Off the Record
  10. [The Burton Kidnapping]
    The Clock
  11. ["Our latest invention: How to open garage doors without leaving the car."]
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  12. ["I think we should hang a nice picture there, Ma-- Not a mirror!"]
    Mickey Finn
  13. [Bob Feller]
    They're Still Talking
  14. ["I'm glad the snow is deep here!"]
    Jane Arden; Lena Pry
  15. Cause of War
    The Bungle Family
  16. [Jim Slade's Plot]
    Reynolds of the Mounted
  17. Rain Bird, Chapter II
  18. [Episode 23]
    Big Top
  19. ["Our latest invention: The simple summer husband catcher"]
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  20. ["Bite the dust redskins"]
    Lala Palooza
  21. [Trouble At the Mountain Valley Ranch]
    Rance Keane
  22. ["Too late boys- My wife beat you to it"]
    Off the Record
  23. ["I got a chance t'buy an interest in that new lightweight star!"]
    Joe Palooka
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