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81November 1942
$0.10

Popular Comics #81

Dell · November 1942 · on sale 1942-10-01

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Series
Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
November 1942
Key date
1942-11-00
On-sale date
1942-10-01
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie [George Webster Confucius]
1-comic story1script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill HolmanSmokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
2-comic story8script: Zack Mosley; pencils: Zack Mosley; inks: Zack Mosley; letters: Zack MosleySmilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Inspector; Mary Smith; Mummy Smith; Hop (villain)
3The Return of Robin Hood [Episode 3]comic story12script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: Jon Small; inks: Jon SmallRobin Hood [Robert]; Sir Guy De Beaupre (death)
4The Gas Piratescomic story4pencils: John Forte; inks: John ForteChief John Winston; Officer Casey; Officer Jenkins; Larry Barnes; Ben Tate (death); Inspector Kerry; Horatio Miller (villain); Gus (villain); Mike (villain)
5-comic story8script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank EngliConnie, Terry Lee, Pat Ryan
6-comic story8script: Albert Hartje; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElyThe Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]
7-comic story6script: Gaylord Du Bois; pencils: John Hampton; inks: John HamptonCyclone; Midge; Calico (a horse); Cal Grant; Scarface Gowdy (villain)
8-comic story1script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill HolmanSmokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Flat Foot Flanagan; Arson Nick
9Escape from the Philippinestext story2script: Gaylord Du BoisDick Corey (a youth, son of Thomas); Thomas Corey (U.S. Consul for X---, a Philippine island); José (the Corey's male cook and housekeeper); Jap sharpshooter; Filipino guerrillas; Tomaso Hermanito (a youth not quite Dick's age); Felipe Cortes (guerrilla captain)
10-comic story6script: Oskar Lebeck; pencils: Frank Thomas; inks: Frank ThomasThe Owl, Nick Terry, Belle Wayne
11-comic story4script: Frank King; pencils: Frank King; inks: Frank KingSkeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops
12-comic story5script: Frank V. Martinek; pencils: Ken Ernst; inks: Ken ErnstDon Winslow; Red Pennington; Captain X (villain)
13-comic story1script: Gus Edson; pencils: Gus Edson; inks: Gus EdsonUncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Millie Gump; Hortense De Stross

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