King Comics, #97

Published: May 1944

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King Comics #97

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Issue Contents:
1 page humor
Characters
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Story 1 4 pages humor; domestic

"Blondie! This coffee is too weak!"

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
Characters
Reprint Notes

from Lone Ranger Sunday (King Feature Syndicate) 1942-09-13 - 1942-10-04

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Four Sunday pages

Story 3 1 page humor
Credits
Reprint Notes

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

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

from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-05-02 - 1943-05-23

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 5 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

Mystery of the Girls With Red Hair
Story 6 4 pages adventure; fantasy

"Mandrake hears the story of Griswold's daughter..."

Characters
  • Mandrake
  • Policewoman Martin
  • Craven
  • Lilly
  • Griswold
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-01-10 - 1943-01-31

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Fiery Desert of Mongo
Story 7 4 pages adventure; science fiction

"On a hill surrounded by flaming lava…"

Reprint Notes

from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-01-10 - 1943-01-31

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. 01-10 = Perfect Form 01-17 = The Last Sleep 01-24 = Mirage 01-31 = The Little People

Story 8 2 pages sports
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story 9 1 page humor; children
Characters
Reprint Notes

from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx

Castle in the Clouds
Story 10 4 pages adventure; fantasy

"Where is this old man of the mountains…"

Characters
Reprint Notes

from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-12-20 - 1943-01-10

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages Moore has now joined the Army and his assistant McCoy performs art duties until his discharge.

Story 11 3 pages drama; children
Characters
  • Little Annie Rooney
  • Mrs. Rance
  • Robert Rance
  • Bernadina Rance
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-01-17 - 1943-01-31

Story Notes

Three Sunday pages

Story 12 4 pages humor
Characters
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate)

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 13 1 page humor; domestic
Characters
  • Archie Jiggs
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx

Story 14 4 pages crime
Characters
  • Sergeant Pat O'Hara
  • Officer Sam Maloney
  • The "Man in the Moon"
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-01-17 - 1943-02-07

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 15 1 page humor; children
Characters
Reprint Notes

from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx

The Men Of The North (The Ice King)
Story 16 4 pages adventure; science fiction
Characters
Reprint Notes

from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-01-17 - 1943-02-07

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 17 1 page humor
Characters
  • The Little King
Credits
Reprint Notes

from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx

Story Notes

A single Sunday half page

Bumbershoot Jump
Story 18 1 page
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