Ace Comics, #73

Published: April 1943

Cover

Ace Comics #73

Reviews

No reviews yet
Posts About This Issue

No discussions yet.

Issue Contents:
1 page humor; children
Characters
  • Hans
  • Fritz
  • Captain
Credits
Story 1 1 page non-fiction

"Even in the middle of this war --"

Story Notes

The inside-front cover.

Story 2 8 pages adventure; jungle; superhero

"Struck by an arrow of Timo, the renegade pigmy, The Phantom falls from the roof."

Credits
Reprint Notes

From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1941-09-24 - 1941-09-27, 1941-09-29 - 1941-10-04 & 1941-10-06 - 1941-10-11. [One panel is omitted from one of the two 4-panel strips on some pages in order to fit 2 dailies on each 7-panel page.]

Story 3 1 page humor

"Trying to make a cloud burst."

Credits
Story Notes

Readers send in jokes.

Story 4 2 pages humor

"I had a day off so I thought I'd run down..."

Story 5 4 pages adventure; jungle

"Jim, Kolu and Lieutenant Lee, are reunited with their men..."

Credits

Featuring Collectin' Stamps

Story 6 1 page non-fiction

"Do you know... that in 1844..."

Credits
Story 7 4 pages humor; children

"Oh, Miss Tviddle! Such a oxciting story! All about a invisible man..."

Credits
  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Peppy Pep
Story 8 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Willie Pep
Credits
Decoy
Story 9 3 pages adventure; war
Characters
  • Colonel Yeager
Story 10 4 pages adventure; spy

"The scene: a shooting-gallery at the county fair..."

Characters
  • Tim Tyler
  • Pang (a caged gorilla)
  • Myrna Marsh
Story 11 2 pages humor; children

"I'll finish building the raft..."

Credits
Making an Impression
Story 12 2 pages humor; domestic
Credits
Story Notes

The centrefold spread.

Shorty
Story 13 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Jack Wallaesa
Story 14 4 pages humor; domestic

"Gosh, how I dread going home to supper."

Credits
Story 15 4 pages adventure; historical

"Aetius wanders in the dusk alone. Tristam and Val, tired out, stride homeward..."

Story 16 1 page non-fiction; nature

"The highest passenger station in the world..."

Storyline

Geographical and animal facts.

Credits
Story Notes

Feature name doesn't appear.

Story 17 4 pages humor; children

"Teddy, I heard you're training Sittin' Bull to do war work."

Credits

Featuring Polka-Dot Pictures

Story 18 1 page humor
Story Notes

Join the dots to male a picture, and unscramble the title.

Vol 2 - No. 1 April 1943

Featuring The Young Reporter

Story 19 1 page humor; non-fiction
Credits
Story Notes

Readers send in stories & cartoons.

Story 20 4 pages drama; military

"That will be all for today -- you may have the rest of the afternoon off."

Story Notes

Tillie is in the army.

Story 21 3 pages humor; children

"Mr. Branner, sir! Good morning..."

Story 22 1 page humor; military

"Put up your hands..."

Credits
Story Notes

Four 1-panel jokes.

Story 23 4 pages adventure

"Curley is investigating three brothers and a sister for rich uncle Burkwell..."

Story 24 2 pages humor

"Reveille 6:30 A.M. -- C'mon, Snuffy -- time's a-wastin'!"

Story 25 1 page humor; domestic

"Yeth, momma, did you call me?"

Credits