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"Soup! Soup! Two Soups!"
Storyline
Wimpy is a ventriloquist who makes his soup and golf ball talk.
Characters
- Popeye
- J. Wellington Wimpy
Credits
- Script: Doc Winner
- Pencils: Doc Winner
- Inks: Doc Winner
Reprint Notes
from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-19 - 1939-04-09
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
"Barney's plan to escape..."
Storyline
Barney and Hap are released from a jail cell to race to Patricia, before she gets married.
Characters
- Barney Baxter
- "Hap" Walters
- Patricia Katchem
- Gopher Gus
Reprint Notes
from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-07-02 - 1939-07-23
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
Ice Kingdom of Mongo
"Their rocketship roars through utter stillness..."
Storyline
When their rocketship crashes, Flash goes to hunt for food and meets Fria.
Characters
- Flash Gordon
- Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov
- Fria, Queen of Frigia
Credits
- Script: Ивайло Димитров
- Pencils: Alex Raymond
- Inks: Alex Raymond
Reprint Notes
from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-12 - 1939-04-02
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages New storyline begins Alex Raymond was previously credited with script, but Don Moore was co-creator and author from the very beginning of the strip. The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip. 03-12 = Crash Landing 03-19 = The Snow Dragon 03-26 = Interrupted Feast 04-02 = The Snow Queen
"How do you make your polka dot paint?"
Characters
- John Sappo
- Professor Wotasnozzle
Credits
- Script: Doc Winner
- Pencils: Doc Winner
- Inks: Doc Winner
Story Notes
Two Sunday pages This is the topper to the Thimble Theatre strip, extensively reshaped to fit a comic book page
Featuring Stamps
"Four hundred years ago..."
Credits
- Script: Eugene Pollock
Story Notes
Feature is the center 2/3rds of two pages, with a column of ads for stamps on either side.
Featuring Sports Features
"Tom Farr, now in the British Air Force..."
Characters
- Tom Farr
- Joe Louis
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
"As King and Drew, the Diamond Exchange President..."
Storyline
King and Laroux set a trap, with fake diamonds, for Vendry and forces his plane to crash.
Characters
- Sergeant Dave King
- Mr. Drew
- Laroux
- Kid Blake
- Vendry
- Chipp
- Tom Dorn
Credits
- Script: Jens Jeddeloh
- Pencils: Charles Flanders
- Inks: Charles Flanders
- Pencils: Jim Gary
- Inks: Jim Gary
Reprint Notes
from King of the Royal Mounted Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-12 - 1939-04-02
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages, the third of which is Flanders' final strip before moving on to The Lone Ranger, and the fourth marks Gary's debut.
Featuring Sis Sez
"To send out comic valentines..."
Credits
- Script: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Pencils: Marge Buell
- Inks: Marge Buell
The Wizard of Way Up and King Ripitik the Tenth
"On Star Top, the tallest of the Silver Mountains..."
Characters
- King Ripitik
- Wizard of Way Up
- Woff
Credits
- Script: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Pencils: Bastien Vivès
- Inks: Bastien Vivès
"I'll go down another floor..."
Storyline
Jiggs attempts to complain to someone in the building about his wife's singing.
Characters
- Archie Jiggs
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils:
- Inks:
Reprint Notes
from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
"These look like powder burns..."
Storyline
After someone dynamites the bridge they're crossing, Ted tries to save the remains of Blane's circus
Characters
- Ted Towers
- Sheila
- Silva
- Blane
Credits
- Script: 一分咲
- Pencils: Ed Stevenson
- Inks: Ed Stevenson
Reprint Notes
from Ted Towers, Animal Master Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-10 - 1940-03-31
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
Featuring Redmen - The Ventures of Black Hawk
"Black-Hawk and Spotted-Horse..."
Storyline
Black-Hawk and Spotted-Horse are ambushed by Strong-Bow braves.
Characters
- Black-Hawk
- Spotted-Horse
Credits
- Script: Jimmy Thompson
- Pencils: Jimmy Thompson
- Inks: Jimmy Thompson
- Letters: Jimmy Thompson
Featuring News in Pictures
"Tiger boxes are built..."
Credits
- Script: Deb Picker
- Pencils: Deb Picker
- Inks: Deb Picker
The Mummy
"We've no chance, lad..."
Storyline
Brick is held captive as a pirate and uses his knowledge of history "to predict the future" in the past.
Characters
- Brick Bradford
- Captain Horatio Southern
- April Southern
Credits
- Script: Giulio Chierchini
- Pencils: Carol McGreal
- Inks: Carol McGreal
Reprint Notes
from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-05 - 1939-03-26
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
Characters
- Henry
Credits
- Script: Carl Anderson
- Pencils: Carl Anderson
- Inks: Carl Anderson
Reprint Notes
from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx
"Now - just stop pouting..."
Storyline
Jiggs sees his daughter leave the house in Maggie's coat, and thinks Maggie has gone out.
Characters
- Archie Jiggs
- Maggie Jiggs
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils:
- Inks:
Reprint Notes
from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx
"Drat that door..."
Storyline
Flora and Annie get dressed up for a party.
Characters
- Little Annie Rooney
- Eva
- Flora
- Mr. Rodwell Warde
- Zero
- Mrs. Flowers
Credits
- Script: 森康二
- Pencils: Mehdi Azizi
- Inks: Mehdi Azizi
Reprint Notes
from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
Just a Memory
Featuring Sports Features
"Ruth did more for the game..."
Characters
- Babe Ruth
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
Featuring Solve a Jigglette
"Fill in the section..."
Featuring The Pet Post
"A fine winter pal..."
Characters
- Henry
Credits
- Script: Carl Anderson
- Pencils: Carl Anderson
- Inks: Carl Anderson
Reprint Notes
from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx
W. W. "Chic" White; F. Dalrymple; Leslie Mac Dill; Lt. Charles Veil
"Former U. S. Army Air Corps pilot..."
Characters
- W. W. "Chic" White
- F. Dalrymple
- Leslie Mac Dill
- Lt. Charles Veil
Credits
- Script: Benjamin Abitan
- Pencils: Clayton Knight
- Inks: Clayton Knight
Reprint Notes
from Hall of Fame of the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx - 1938-xx-xx
Story Notes
Four Sunday half pages
Featuring Sis Sez
"Frankly, pals, I am no hero..."
Credits
- Script: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Pencils: Marge Buell
- Inks: Marge Buell
City of Gold
"Searching for the legendary city..."
Storyline
Mandrake, Dr. Cole and Lothar fly a floatplane up the Amazon in search of the City of Gold.
Characters
- Mandrake
- Dr. Cole
- Lothar
Credits
- Script: Lee Falk
- Pencils: Cris Peter
- Inks: Cris Peter
Reprint Notes
from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-12 - 1939-04-02
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
"He's either sick or in love..."
Storyline
Pat and Sam go after a prowler at the dock.
Characters
- Officer Sam Maloney
- Sergeant Pat O'Hara
- Inspector Maggin
- Molly Day
Credits
- Script: Manuel Lizay
- Pencils: Rudy Koghej
- Inks: Rudy Koghej
Reprint Notes
from Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-19 - 1939-04-09
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
Featuring News in Pictures
"Lionel De Jersey Harvard, the only..."
Credits
- Script: Deb Picker
- Pencils: Deb Picker
- Inks: Deb Picker
Characters
- Henry
Credits
- Script: Carl Anderson
- Pencils: Carl Anderson
- Inks: Carl Anderson
Reprint Notes
from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx
Characters
- Sentinel Louie
Credits
- Pencils:
- Script:
- Inks:
Reprint Notes
from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages, shared with The Little King, by the same creator
"Your majesty, the United States wishes..."
Characters
- The Little King
Credits
- Script: Enea Riboldi
- Pencils: Enea Riboldi
- Inks: Enea Riboldi
Reprint Notes
from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-xx-xx - 1939-xx-xx
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages, shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator