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21October 1937
$0.10

Popular Comics #21

Dell · October 1937 · on sale 1937

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Series
Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
October 1937
Key date
1937-10-00
On-sale date
1937
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1
1-comic story4script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould
2The Heroes Get a Joltcomic story1script: Sol Hess; pencils: Wallace Carlson; inks: Wallace Carlson
3-comic story2script: Berndt; pencils: Berndt; inks: Berndt
4A Trick Staractivity1script: Art Nugent; pencils: Art Nugent; inks: Art Nugent
5Tornadoescomic story1script: W. M. Ferguson; pencils: W. M. Ferguson; inks: W. M. Ferguson
6-comic story1script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman
7-comic story1script: Frank King; pencils: Frank King; inks: Frank King
8-comic story4script: Harold Gray; pencils: Harold Gray; inks: Harold Gray
9-comic story2.67script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
10-comic story1.33script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
11-comic story2script: Milt Caniff; pencils: Milt Caniff; inks: Milt Caniff; letters: Frank Engli
12-comic story2script: Alice Harvey; pencils: Alice Harvey; inks: Alice Harvey
13-activity1
14-comic story0.5script: Al Posen; pencils: Al Posen; inks: Al Posen
15-comic story0.33script: Al Posen; pencils: Al Posen; inks: Al Posen
16-comic story1script: Frank King; pencils: Frank King; inks: Frank King
17-comic story1script: Martin Branner; pencils: Martin Branner; inks: Martin Branner
18Taking Wayscartoon2script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
19-comic story2script: Frank V. Martinek; pencils: Leon A. Beroth; inks: Leon A. Beroth
20Mugactivity2script: ? [as DIC]; pencils: ? [as DIC]; inks: ? [as DIC]
21The Ruler of Bandra-Laitext story2script: H. T. Sperry; pencils: Walter Cole Brigham; inks: Walter Cole Brigham
22-comic story2script: Frank V. Martinek; pencils: L. A. Beroth; inks: L. A. Beroth
23-comic story2script: Gus Edson; pencils: Gus Edson; inks: Gus Edson
24-comic story1script: Stanley Link; pencils: Stanley Link; inks: Stanley Link
25-text article1script: Montgomery Mulford
26-comic story2script: Zack Mosley; pencils: Zack Mosley; inks: Zack Mosley
27Wet Dogcomic story2script: Edwina Dumm; pencils: Edwina Dumm; inks: Edwina Dumm
28-comic story2script: Frank Willard; pencils: Frank Willard; inks: Frank Willard
29-comic story2script: Ed Leffingwell; pencils: Ed Leffingwell; inks: Ed Leffingwell
30-comic story4script: Martha Orr; pencils: Martha Orr; inks: Martha Orr
31-comic story2script: Carl Ed; pencils: Carl Ed; inks: Carl Ed
32The English Cuckoocomic story1script: W. M. Ferguson; pencils: W. M. Ferguson; inks: W. M. Ferguson
33-activity1script: Arthur William Nugent; pencils: Arthur William Nugent; inks: Arthur William Nugent
34A Short Memorycomic story1script: Sol Hess; pencils: W. A. Carlson; inks: W. A. Carlson
35-comic story1script: Loy Byrnes; pencils: Loy Byrnes; inks: Loy Byrnes
36-comic story1script: Stanley Link; pencils: Stanley Link; inks: Stanley Link
37Softballactivity0.5script: Ed Cronin; pencils: Ed Cronin; inks: Ed Cronin
38The Milk Bottlecomic story0.8script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman
39Capt. Eddie Rickenbackercomic story0.8script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen
40-comic story1script: Garrett Price; pencils: Garrett Price; inks: Garrett Price

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