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73March 1942
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Popular Comics #73

Dell · March 1942 · on sale 1942-02-02

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Identification plate

Series
Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#73
Publication date
March 1942
Key date
1942-03-00
On-sale date
1942-02-02
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Terry Lee; Skeezix Wallet (inset); Tops (inset); Owl [Nick Terry] (inset); The Voice [Tim Brant] (inset)
1-cartoon1script: Herc Ficklen; pencils: Herc Ficklen; inks: Herc Ficklen
2-comic story8script: Zack Mosley; pencils: Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers; inks: Zack Mosley, Boody Rogers; letters: Boody RogersSmilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]; Bunny Wing; Gull Wing; Inspector; Laura; The Head (villain); Claw (villain)
3-comic story8script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank EngliConnie, Terry Lee, Pat Ryan
4-comic story8pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersThe Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson; Tex Wilson; Dort (villain); Pete (villain); Don Ricard (villain)
5Action! Thrills! Read! Red Ryder Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
7Ice Jamcomic story0.5script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill HolmanSmokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Old Gray Mayor
8-comic story0.5script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill HolmanSmokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
9-comic story7pencils: Frank Thomas; inks: Frank ThomasOwl [Nick Terry]; Owl Girl [Belle Wayne]; Soto; Chief Murphy; Aunt Flossie; Donald Penrose (corpse); Charles
10Boy Spy of the West Coasttext story1letters: typesetJohn Biddle; Karl Biddle
11-comic story4John Crusoe; Mae Crusoe; Paul Crusoe; Ted Crusoe; Andy
12-comic story1script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill HolmanSmokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
13Termite Spiestext story1letters: typeset
14-comic story4script: Frank King; pencils: Frank King; inks: Frank KingSkeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops; Mr. Grimes; Uncle Avery
15The Higgins Gangcomic story6pencils: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan GormleyChief John Winston; Officer Murphy; The Higgings Gang [Ace Higgins (villain); Batty (villain, death); Putsey (villain, death); Slim (villain, death)]
16-comic story6script: Bob Jenney; pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob JenneyThe Masked Pilot; Tom; Mrs. White
17-comic story8script: Albert Hartje; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElyThe Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Captain Bill Brady; Omu
18-cartoon1script: Herc Ficklen; pencils: Herc Ficklen; inks: Herc Ficklen

Plus 1.67 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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