King Comics, #68

Published: December 1941

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King Comics #68

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Issue Contents:
1 page humor
Characters
Credits
Story 1 4 pages adventure; western-frontier

"While the sheriff listens to the Lone Ranger, Tarbuck fires..."

Characters
  • The Lone Ranger
  • Tonto
  • The Sheriff
  • Tarbuck
Reprint Notes

from Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) 1940-05-19 - 1940-06-09

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 2 4 pages humor

"Did you know I was running for mayor?"

Characters
  • Popeye
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-27 - 1940-11-17

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 3 0 pages humor; military

"Don't worry, Captain. I got it!"

Characters
  • Private Buck
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Private Buck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx

Story Notes

Four daily gag panels on a single comic book page

Story 4 4 pages western-frontier

"After helping Captain Collins restore order at Fort Sturgis..."

Story Notes

Subtitled 'The Ventures of Black Hawk'

Story 5 1 page humor; domestic

"Come here, 'Ferocious'."

Characters
  • Archie Jiggs
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx

Story 6 1 page humor; military

"My bayonet is missing, too."

Characters
  • Private Buck
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Private Buck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx

Story Notes

Four daily gag panels

Triumph of the Blacks

Featuring Stories in Stamps

Story 7 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
Story Notes

Black and white images of stamps are shown. Includes stamp ads.

The Beachcomber (1)
Story 8 4 pages adventure; superhero

"Here are the men who tried to kill you, judge."

Characters
  • The Phantom [Kit Walker]
  • Manna Day
  • Whitey
Credits
Reprint Notes

from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-09-29 - 1940-10-20

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 9 2 pages humor

"It is from my aunt."

Characters
  • John Sappo
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx - 1940-xx-xx

Story Notes

Two Sunday pages

King, King! Double King!
Story 10 2 pages
Credits
Story 11 1 page humor; domestic

"By golly -- I wish we didn't live in this big house."

Characters
  • Archie Juggs
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx

Story 12 4 pages adventure; aviation

"Cruising at nine thousand feet, Barney hopes to draw the fire..."

Characters
  • Barney Baxter
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-02-09 - 1941-03-02

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Soap Chips (1)
Story 13 1 page humor; children
Characters
  • Henry
Reprint Notes

from Henry daily (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx

The Carver's Troubles
Story 14 2 pages
Credits
Story Notes

The centrefold spread

Power Men of Mongo (1)
Story 15 4 pages adventure; science fiction

"When Flash subdued a watchman in Ming's chemical-ray factory..."

Characters
  • Flash Gordon
Reprint Notes

from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-20 - 1940-11-10

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 original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip. 10-20 = Bath of Fire 10-27 = A Blazing Inferno 11-03 = Running the Gantlet 11-10 = Partners In Peril

On the Seas of China (In China Seas) (1)
Story 16 4 pages adventure; science fiction

"With thousands of Kung's giant, yellow-skinned sailors on holiday in Tripoli..."

Characters
  • Brick Bradford
  • Kung
Reprint Notes

from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-20 - 1940-11-10

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 17 4 pages drama; children

"Mark my words some morning we'll all wake up and find ourselves..."

Characters
  • Little Annie Rooney
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-11-03 - 1940-11-24

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 18 1 page humor; children

"Gee, Henry -- I wish my dolly could stand up by herself!"

Characters
  • Henry
Reprint Notes

from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx

'Billy' Barker; Maj. 'Bill' Long
Story 19 1 page non-fiction; aviation; war
T-Formation!
Story 20 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Football coach Jim Phelan
Credits
Giant Lollipops (1)
Story 21 1 page humor; children
Characters
  • Henry
Reprint Notes

from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx

Story Notes

No dialogue

The Flame Pearls Part 4: The Amazons (1)
Story 22 4 pages adventure; superhero

"Mandrake and Colonel Barton are captured by the Amazon warriors of Amoz Island."

Characters
  • Mandrake
  • Lothar
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-20 - 1940-11-10

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 23 4 pages adventure; crime

"Gosh, won't he ever wake up?"

Characters
  • Sergeant Pat O'Hara
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-10-20 - 1940-11-10

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

'Big Ten' Big Shots!
Story 24 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Bernie Bierman
  • Bo McMillan
  • Fritz Crisler
Credits
Story 25 2 pages humor

"Bah! It's a fake."

Characters
  • Sentinel Louie
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Script:
  • Inks:
Reprint Notes

from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1940-xx-xx - 1940-xx-xx

Story Notes

Three Sunday pages, shared with The Little King, by the same creator

Story 26 2 pages humor

"People are putting my caricature everywhere."

Characters
  • The Little King
Credits
Reprint Notes

Three Sunday pages shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator, plus a fourth half page with an ad.