Ace Comics, #144

Published: March 1949

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Ace Comics #144

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Issue Contents:
1 page adventure; superhero
Story Notes

Art may be by Joe Musial.

Double For A Princess
Story 1 9 pages adventure; superhero
Storyline

Luckily The Phantom was able to thwart wicked Rajah Simbal's plot against the Maharajah of Nimpore...but can he do the same for the Maharajah's missing daughter Princess Lakania and her friend, Diana Palmer who find herself.. a princes for a day!

Reprint Notes

From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1944-12-18 - 1944-12-23, 1944-12-25 - 1944-12-30, 1945-01-01 - 1945-01-06 and 1945-01-08 - 1945-01-12. [Parts of 2 or 3 daily strips per page; a few panels are re-arranged and a few are omitted. Some dates are completely dropped: December 21, 25, 28 and January 8.]

Story Notes

Splash page drawn by ? artist.

Story 2 2 pages humor

"Chust as regular as de sun in der morning..."

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Reprint Notes

Newspaper strip reprint from 1946.

Story 3 4 pages adventure; jungle

"'Dzam's house. You, stay,' Dzam offers. Jim smiles..."

Credits
Reprint Notes

Newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format.

Daniel Boone
Story 4 2 pages non-fiction; western-frontier
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Story 5 1 page children

"I'm the census taker, son..."

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Not Seeing is Deceiving
Story 6 2 pages humor; domestic
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The Witch Doctor of Wanchi
Story 7 11 pages adventure; science fiction

"Hope this stuff burns easily!"

Storyline

After giving his disguise as witch doctor to Sandy and finding himself still surrounded by the savages, Brick sets fire to the Wanchi Village as a means of diverting the natives' attention while he makes a break for the sacred cavern.

Reprint Notes

Newspaper reprint from 1946 modified to fit comic book format.

Trying to Smoke a Gas Pipe
Story 8 1 page humor
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Story 9 1 page humor

"Wot the sam hill are you up to?"

Reprint Notes

Newspaper reprint from 1943.

Story Notes

On back cover.