Popular Comics #48 (1940) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: William Kent; inks: William Kent	Martan
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	John Carter
2	-	comic story	8	script: Kenneth Kennedy; pencils: Kenneth Kennedy; inks: Kenneth Kennedy
3	-	comic story	4
4	-	comic story	8	script: G. Ellerbrock; pencils: William Kent; inks: William Kent
5	Mosquitoes	comic story	0.5	script: William Ferguson; pencils: William Ferguson; inks: William Ferguson
6	-	comic story	0.5	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
7	-	comic story	1
8	-	comic story	0.5	script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
9	-	comic story	8	pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney
10	-	comic story	6	script: Al McWilliams; pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams
11	-	comic story	1	script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis
12	-	comic story	1	script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis
13	-	comic story	6	script: Albert Hartje; pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
14	-	comic story	0.6	script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis
15	Introducing Wally Williams	comic story	8	script: Victor Boni; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey	Wally Williams (first appearance)
16	-	comic story	4
17	-	comic story	4	script: Win Smith; pencils: Win Smith; inks: Win Smith

Collection	Year
Gang Busters	1940	On eBay ›
The Masked Pilot #[nn]	1939	On eBay ›

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