Ace Comics, #53

Published: August 1941

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Ace Comics #53

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Issue Contents:
1 page humor; children
Characters
  • Fritz
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Story 1 8 pages adventure; jungle; superhero

"You have the choice of signing these abdication papers and going into permanent exile..."

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Reprint Notes

From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1938-05-18 - 1938-05-21, 1938-05-23 - 1938-05-28 & 1938-05-30 - 1938-06-04. [One panel is omitted from one of the dailies on each page, in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.]

Story 2 1 page humor

"Phooey! Nothing but sand..."

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Story Notes

Jokes sent in by readers.

Featuring Just Kids

Story 3 5 pages children

"You don't appreciate a thing..."

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Newspaper reprint from 1940.

Story Notes

Story pages are mixed through out the issue.

Story 4 4 pages adventure; jungle

"Jungle Jim swings from his lofty perch and hits the unsuspecting Indian..."

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Reprint Notes

Newspaper strip reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.

Lefty
Story 5 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Al Milnar
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Reprint Notes

Newspaper reprint from 1941.

Story Notes

Part of the Sports in Pictures series, but with no feature named.

Featuring Collectin' Stamps

Story 6 2 pages non-fiction
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Story Notes

Includes stamp ads.

Story 7 4 pages humor; children

"Shame on you, Captain!"

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  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
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Newspaper reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.

Story 8 4 pages adventure; children

"This downpour will slow down our trip..."

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Newspaper strip reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.

Story 9 1 page humor

"Wot's th' matter of ya Pete?"

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Arctic Hunter Part Four
Story 10 4 pages adventure
Laird Cregar (1)
Story 11 2 pages non-fiction
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Newspaper strip reprint from 1940

Story 12 1 page humor
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Newspaper strip reprints from 1940.

Story 13 4 pages humor; domestic

"You haven't time for a four minute egg!"

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Newspaper strip reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.

Story 14 4 pages adventure; historical

"Since Ilene is gone and I can never love again..."

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Newspaper strip reprint modified to fit comic book format. Dates have been removed.

Story 15 4 pages drama

"A puppy for Miss Tille Jones."

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Newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format from 1940.

Story 16 1 page humor

"Yes dear, what is it? What's that? You say your Mother slipped..."

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Reprint Notes

Newspaper strip reprint from 1938.

Story 17 4 pages adventure

"As I just informed you, Miss Brighton, Mr. Kurt Kneff has a $100,000 policy..."

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Reprint Notes

Newspaper reprints from 1940 modified to fit comic book format.

Belting Bobby
Story 18 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Bobby Doerr
Story Notes

Part of the Sports in Pictures series, but with no feature named.

Story 19 4 pages children

"Hello, what's your name? My name's Teddy."

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Featuring Elmer

Story 20 2 pages children

"Hi, Elmer's startin' a club..."

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Newspaper strip reprints from 1939 modified to fit comic book format.

Story 21 2 pages humor

"Land o' goshen Snuffy!"

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Reprint Notes

Newspaper strip reprints from 1938 modified to fit comic book format.