King Comics, #83

Published: March 1943

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King Comics #83

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Issue Contents:
1 page humor
Characters
  • Popeye
  • J. Wellington Wimpy
Credits
Story 1 4 pages humor; domestic

"I'll betcha you can't tell me what time it is"

Characters
  • Blondie Bumstead
  • Dagwood Bumstead
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Blondie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx - 1942-xx-xx

Story Notes

Eight daily strips with panels rearranged to fit four comic book pages

Story 2 4 pages adventure; western-frontier

"No matter how I figure it..."

Characters
  • The Lone Ranger
  • Tonto
Reprint Notes

from The Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-07-13 - 1941-08-03

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip. 07-13 = [not known] 07-20 = Dead Land 07-27 = Work For the Unemployed 08-03 = Labor March

Story 3 1 page humor
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Dun-Dums Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx

Featuring Tuffy

Story 4 1 page humor; children
Characters
  • Tuffy
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Tuffy daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx - 1942-xx-xx

Story Notes

Two daily strips reshaped to fit a single comic book page

Story 5 4 pages adventure; aviation
Characters
  • Barney Baxter
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-04-05 - 1942-04-26

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 6 1 page humor; military
Characters
  • Private Buck
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Private Buck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx - 1942-xx-xx

Story Notes

Four daily gag panels on a single comic book page

Stamps: Lawrence of Arabia
Story 7 2 pages
Credits

Featuring Tuffy

Story 8 1 page humor; children
Characters
  • Tuffy
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Tuffy daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx - 1942-xx-xx

Story Notes

Two daily strips reshaped to fit a single comic book page

The Flame Pearls Part 8: The Hungry Isles
Story 9 4 pages adventure; fantasy

"I'll keep the girl…"

Characters
  • Mandrake
  • Lothar
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-12-14 - 1942-01-04

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 10 1 page humor; domestic
Characters
  • Archie Jiggs
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx

Story 11 2 pages humor
Characters
  • John Sappo
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx

Story Notes

Two Sunday pages

Navy Report on the Mosquito Squadron
Story 12 2 pages
Credits
Return to Earth
Story 13 4 pages adventure; science fiction

"Flash and Dale, in a captured plane…"

Characters
  • Flash Gordon
  • Dale Arden
  • Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov
Reprint Notes

from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-12-14 - 1942-01-04

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages 12-28 End of storyline 01-04 Queen Desira 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. 12-14 = True to Tradition 12-21 = Battle Stations 12-28 = Surrender 01-04 = Secret Mission

Odd Facts and Figures

Featuring Sport Features

Story 14 2 pages sports
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys
Story 15 1 page
The Return of the Sky Band
Story 16 4 pages adventure

"Hey - - What's going on?"

Characters
  • The Phantom [Kit Walker]
  • Sala
  • Margo
Credits
Reprint Notes

from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-11-23 - 1941-12-14

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 17 4 pages drama; children
Characters
  • Little Annie Rooney
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-12-28 - 1942-01-18

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 18 3 pages humor; children
Characters
  • Henry
Reprint Notes

from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx

Story Notes

Three Sunday pages

Story 19 4 pages humor
Characters
  • Popeye
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-12-21 - 1942-01-11

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 20 4 pages crime
Characters
  • Sergeant Pat O'Hara
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-12-21 - 1942-01-11

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Lost People (The Lost World)
Story 21 4 pages adventure; science fiction

"After the deadly green mist had lifted..."

Characters
  • Brick Bradford
Reprint Notes

from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-12-14 - 1942-01-04

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages 12-28 End of storyline 01-04 Futura storyline begins

Story 22 2 pages humor
Characters
  • Sentinel Louie
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Script:
  • Inks:
Reprint Notes

from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages, three of them shared with The Little King, by the same creator, plus a stand alone half page

Story 23 2 pages humor
Characters
  • The Little King
Credits
Story Notes

3 1/2s

Our Dentist
Story 24 1 page humor
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Right Around Home Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx