Ace Comics, #13

Published: April 1938

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Ace Comics #13

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Issue Contents:
1 page humor
Characters
  • Snuffy Smith
  • The Katzenjammer Kids
Credits
Story 1 4 pages adventure; jungle

"In the search for Peter Hawkins' lost son, Hawkins and Kolu were captured..."

Storyline

Jim and his friends search for Peter's lost son, Ronald in the wild borderlands between India and China.

Characters
  • Peter Hawkins
  • Prince Bhutan
  • Jungle Jim
  • Lil
  • Kolu
Reprint Notes

from Jungle Jim Sundays (King Features) 3.28.1937 - 4.18.1937

Main Street of Texas
Story 2 1 page non-fiction
Characters
  • Rev. Guy Bellamy
Credits
Joe E. Brown
Story 3 1 page non-fiction
Story 4 4 pages humor

"Ain't it vunderful how der ladies could change der face mit a liddle lipstick."

Credits
  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story Notes

Fritz in drag as Sadie Sassafras.

Oscar Vitt
Story 5 1 page non-fiction; sports
Credits
Story 6 4 pages adventure; sports

"I'm going down the the lake for some skating, Curley"

Story 7 1 page humor; domestic

"I bet even th' dog gets ice cream."

Storyline

Four one-panel jokes.

Credits
  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story 8 2 pages humor

"Now mistah Elmer, yo' stay in yo' own yawd."

Credits
Story 9 2 pages drama

"Be seein' ya at the dance, Etta!"

Characters
  • Etta Kett
  • Tommy Todd
  • Prexy
Story 10 2 pages humor

"Looky, Paw -- th' leetle varmint's tuck a powerful likin' to ye..."

Characters
  • Barney Google
  • Snuffy Smiff

Featuring Puz-L-Zoo; It's Fun To Be Fooled

Story 11 1 page non-fiction
Story 12 4 pages adventure; jungle

"If Owijiji, the witch doctor's magic pool told the truth, Sarge..."

Characters
  • Tim Tyler
  • Sergeant Gates
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Tim Tyler Sundays (King Features) 1937-

Story 13 1 page humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Story Notes

The strip appears on the top 1/3 of four pages.

Story 14 3 pages humor; children

"What a relief, not to have Wistful Willie with us today!"

Story Notes

The strip appears on the bottom 2/3 of four pages.

Donald Duck - a New Constellation
Story 15 1 page non-fiction
Characters
  • Marlene Dietrich
Story 16 1 page humor

"If you two bozos don't provide a better bed..."

Story 17 4 pages humor; domestic

"Our Daddy's going to take us to the circus and we're going to see..."

Characters
  • Dagwood
  • Blondie
  • Baby Dumpling
Credits
Poison Cup
Story 18 1 page non-fiction
Credits
Black Shadow - Part 1
Story 19 2 pages adventure; western-frontier
Credits
  • Script:
At the Circus Freak Show (1)
Story 20 1 page humor
Story 21 2 pages drama; humor

"Good grief! There goes my new hat, Mac!"

Story 22 2 pages humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

"There's nothing in the statutes that says listening to a radio is unlawful."

Credits
Reprint Notes

from Krazy Kat Sundays (King Features) 1936

This and That in Sports
Story 23 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Leo Durocher
  • Kelly Petillo
  • Henry Armstrong
Credits
Story 24 4 pages jungle; superhero

"Well, Horton, have you come to gloat over the body?"

Credits
Reprint Notes

From The Phantom dailies (King Features) 1936.12.04 - 1936.12.05 and 1936.12.07 - 1936.12.12 [On each page, one panel is omitted from one of the dailies in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.]

Story Notes

These 4 pages are reprints of dailies #23-40 of the Sky Band story.

The Scrap of Paper
Story 25 1 page non-fiction
Credits
Story 26 4 pages humor; children; domestic

"Teddy, please go to the butcher and bring home..."

Credits
Story Notes

First page is wordless.

At the Royal Art Exhibit (1)
Story 27 2 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Marvelous! Wonderful! Swell!"

Credits
Story 28 2 pages humor; domestic

"Faw, Bunny -- you don't know what a real wind-storm is like!"

Credits
Black Bart
Story 29 1 page non-fiction
Characters
  • Chas. E. Boles
Credits
Story 30 1 page humor

"Getting out from under..."

Credits
Story Notes

Bloopers sent in by readers.

Story 31 1 page humor

"Whoever threw this away must be crazy!"