Ace Comics, #54

Published: September 1941

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Ace Comics #54

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Issue Contents:
1 page humor; children
Characters
  • der Captain
  • Hans
  • Fritz
Credits
Story 1 1 page non-fiction

"Counting noses in midsummer..."

Characters
  • Edwina Dumm (creator of Tippie and Cap Stubbs).
Story Notes

The inside-front cover.

Story 2 8 pages adventure; jungle; superhero

"Bart's guards continue the search for the Phantom and Gar on the snow-covered slopes."

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Reprint Notes

From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1938-06-06 - 1938-06-11, 1938-06-13 - 1938-06-18 & 1938-06-20 - 1938-06-23. [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 3 1 page humor

"Putting glasses on a 'blind date'."

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Story Notes

Jokes from readers.

Story 4 3 pages children
Story Notes

First of three 1-page strips spread through the issue.

Story 5 4 pages adventure; jungle

"Having bidden farewell to lieutenant Watkins, who returns to Cristobal..."

Credits
Story 6 1 page non-fiction

"Plane passengers may read a newspaper..."

Credits
Story Notes

No 'feature'. Assorted facts.

Featuring Collectin' Stamps

Story 7 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
Story Notes

Includes stamp ads.

Story 8 4 pages humor; children

"Gulp! Bang! He brought it on himself, Miss Twiddle!"

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  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story 9 1 page humor

"Gosh! They're beauties!"

Story 10 4 pages adventure

"What was that terrible shriek?"

Arctic Hunter Part Five
Story 11 4 pages adventure
Characters
  • Metek (a young Eskimo hunter)
Credits
Queens of the Tennis Courts!
Story 12 2 pages non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Helen Wills Moody
  • Alice Marble
  • Helen Jacobs
Story Notes

The centrefold.

Story 13 4 pages humor; domestic

"Come on, pop, we're going swimming in the brook."

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Story 14 4 pages adventure; historical

"'It seems', says the king, 'that I am not the only one who misses the impudent rascal.'"

Story 15 4 pages drama

"Hello Tillie, let's go toboganning."

Story 16 1 page non-fiction
Characters
  • Vera Zorina
  • Jeffrey Lynn
  • Ann Sheridan
  • Bill Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy)

Featuring Polka-Dot Pictures

Story 17 1 page humor
Story 18 1 page humor

"They're tossin' pennies..."

Story 19 4 pages adventure

"We have not only retrieved the Maharajah of Ripor's stolen jewels..."

Story 20 1 page non-fiction
Characters
  • Vivien Leigh
  • George Melford
Story 21 4 pages humor; children

"I wonder what's goin' on around here?"

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Story 22 2 pages humor; children

"Oh deah me, if it isn't Elmer Tuggle, the dear little boy..."

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Story 24 2 pages humor

"Last set, folks -- git yorese'fs ontangled fer Hum, Sweet Hum."