Issue Contents:
Credits
- Script: Roland de Montaubert
Story Notes
On the inside-front cover.
Popeye Alias Poopdeck
"I hates to admit it at me age, but I feels love creepin' through me veins."
Storyline
By impersonating his son, Poopdeck Pappy conspires to marry Olive Oyl, and is thwarted only when Popeye makes an appearance.
Characters
- Popeye
- Olive Oyl
- Poopdeck Pappy
- Olive Oyl's mother
Reprint Notes
from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-09-04 - 1938-09-25
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages New storyline Script was previously credited to Tom Sims, and art to Doc Winner
"Spud, Blackie and Captain Wing rush to the hospital with anxiety in their hearts!"
Storyline
Doctors announce they will have to amputate Barney's arm, but Gopher Gus holds them at bay until his Eskimo friend can administer a restorative potion.
Characters
- Barney Baxter
- Spud Barnes
- Blackie Barnes
- Captain Wing
- "Hap" Walters
- Patricia Katchem
- Gopher Gus
- Charlie Red Dirt Wampumtuk
Reprint Notes
from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-12-18 - 1939-01-08
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
The Tyrant of Mongo
"It was a costly victory -- paid for by the lives of Sudin, Kugor and many others."
Characters
- Flash Gordon
- Dale Arden
- Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov
- Emperor Ming
- General Linchu
- Sonja
- Chulan
Credits
- Script: Ивайло Димитров
- Pencils: Alex Raymond
- Inks: Alex Raymond
- Pencils: Austin Briggs
- Inks: Austin Briggs
Reprint Notes
from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-08-28 - 1938-09-18
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages Alex Raymond was previously credited with script, but Don Moore was co-creator and author from the very beginning of the strip. The 1938-09-04 Sunday (unsigned by Raymond) was pencilled and inked by Raymond's assistant Austin Briggs. The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip. 08-28 = An Empire at Stake! 09-04 = Treachery! 09-11 = The Search 09-18 = Out of Hiding
"Put 'em down, boys! They're a little quick on the draw, Sergeant..."
Characters
- Sergeant Dave King
- Renor
- Cecile
- Bandru
- Deke
- Dirk
- Jockey Perrone
Credits
- Script: Jens Jeddeloh
- Pencils: Charles Flanders
- Inks: Charles Flanders
Reprint Notes
from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-08-28 - 1938-09-18
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
The Foreign Legion in Africa
Featuring Stamps
Credits
- Script:
Winning Ways!
Featuring Sport Features
Characters
- Henry Armstrong
- Ralph Gudahl
- Don Meade
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
Reprint Notes
from Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
"I hardly know what flower seeds to plant this year."
Characters
- John Sappo
- Myrtle Sappo
- Professor O. G. Wotasnozzle
Credits
- Script: Doc Winner
- Pencils: Doc Winner
- Inks: Doc Winner
Reprint Notes
from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx
Story Notes
Two Sunday pages This is the topper to the Thimble Theatre strip, extensively reshaped to fit a comic book page
A Tree Full of Pennies
Featuring News in Pictures - Scott's Scrapbook
Credits
- Script: Deb Picker
- Pencils: Deb Picker
"I've thought a lot about the future..."
Credits
- Script: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Pencils: Marge Buell
The Wizard of Way-Up! Part IV
Credits
- Script: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Pencils: Marge Buell
"By Jove - Here's my bathing-suit..."
Characters
- Archie Jiggs
- Maggie Jiggs
- Sir Von Platter
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils:
- Inks:
Reprint Notes
from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx
"Are you sure there was a white man with the Mogis?"
Characters
- Ted Towers
- Catherine Custer
- Ali
- Grusha
- Chief Mogi-Lan
Credits
- Script: 一分咲
- Pencils: Ed Stevenson
- Inks: Ed Stevenson
Reprint Notes
from Ted Towers, Animal Master Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-08-27 - 1939-09-17
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
Pie Traynor
Featuring Sport Features
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
Reprint Notes
from Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Featuring Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk
"Outsmarted and cornered by the giant whom he had hoped to trap..."
Characters
- Black Hawk
Credits
- Script: Jimmy Thompson
- Pencils: Jimmy Thompson
- Inks: Jimmy Thompson
Said Mohammed
Featuring News in Pictures - Scott's Scrapbook
Credits
- Script: Deb Picker
- Pencils: Deb Picker
Pirates Of The 17th Century
"Light yon candle, lad -- but have care ye make no false move..."
Characters
- Brick Bradford
- Captain Tophet
Credits
- Script: Giulio Chierchini
- Pencils: Carol McGreal
- Inks: Carol McGreal
Reprint Notes
from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-08-28 - 1938-09-18
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
Mouth organ (1)
Characters
- Henry
Credits
- Script: Carl Anderson
- Pencils: Carl Anderson
- Inks: Carl Anderson
Reprint Notes
from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
"Well - Now that you're here..."
Characters
- Archie Jiggs
- Sir Von Platter
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils:
- Inks:
Reprint Notes
from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx
"No - I'm not a detective or a spy - I'm just looking for information..."
Characters
- Little Annie Rooney
- Mr. Baldy
- Stanley James
Credits
- Script: 森康二
- Pencils: Mehdi Azizi
- Inks: Mehdi Azizi
Reprint Notes
from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
John Allen
Featuring Sport Features
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
Reprint Notes
from Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 193x-xx-xx
Featuring The Pet Post
Household Pest (1)
Characters
- Henry
Credits
- Script: Carl Anderson
- Pencils: Carl Anderson
- Inks: Carl Anderson
Reprint Notes
from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
Paul Mantz; Col. William Tipton; Col. C. deF. Chandler; Howard Rinehart
"The famous Hollywood pilot..."
Characters
- Paul Mantz
- Col. William Tipton
- Col. C. deF. Chandler
- Howard Rinehart
Credits
- Script: Benjamin Abitan
- Pencils: Clayton Knight
- Inks: Clayton Knight
Reprint Notes
from Hall of Fame of the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Story Notes
Four Sunday half pages
"No ruffles, PLEASE, no bows!"
Credits
- Script: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Pencils: Marge Buell
The Lunar Trip
"At the Moon's core, in a world of fire hotter than a blast furnace!"
Characters
- Mandrake
- Lothar
- Garo
- Hyra
- Amon
- Professor Thursby
- Laura Thursby
Credits
- Script: Lee Falk
- Pencils: Cris Peter
- Inks: Cris Peter
Reprint Notes
from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-08-28 - 1938-09-18
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages End of storyline
"It's a stick-up, sister, an' hand over the dough - quick!"
Characters
- Sergeant Pat O'Hara
- Officer Sam Maloney
Credits
- Script: Manuel Lizay
- Pencils: Rudy Koghej
- Inks: Rudy Koghej
Reprint Notes
from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-08-28 - 1938-09-18
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
Andrew Jackson
Featuring News in Pictures - Scott's Scrapbook
Credits
- Script: Deb Picker
- Pencils: Deb Picker
"Henry - My daddy is taking me to the seashore..."
Characters
- Henry
- Henrietta
Credits
- Script: Carl Anderson
- Pencils: Carl Anderson
- Inks: Carl Anderson
Reprint Notes
from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
"A cyclone"
Characters
- Sentinel Louie
Credits
- Pencils:
- Script:
- Inks:
Reprint Notes
from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx
Story Notes
Three Sunday pages, shared with The Little King, by the same creator
"- But Your Majesty..."
Characters
- The Little King
Credits
- Script: Enea Riboldi
- Pencils: Enea Riboldi
- Inks: Enea Riboldi
Reprint Notes
from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx
Story Notes
Three Sunday pages, shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator
Presto! A New Magazine!
Story Notes
House ad for Magic Comics, with cover repro and original art.