King Comics, #104

Published: December 1944

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King Comics #104

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

"Now you run and hide. While I count to twenty."

Characters
  • Blondie Bumstead
  • Dagwood Bumstead
  • Alexander Bumstead
  • Cookie Bumstead
  • Alvin
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Blondie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx, 1943-04-14, 1943-xx-xx - 1943-xx-xx, 1943-04-28

Story Notes

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

Story 2 4 pages adventure; western-frontier

"Before he died, he mentioned Roaring Creek, Tonto."

Characters
  • The Lone Ranger
  • Tonto
Reprint Notes

from The Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-03-28 - 1943-04-18

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 3 0 pages non-fiction
Credits
  • Script: business manager
Story 4 1 page humor

"You're not the right calibre!!"

Credits
Reprint Notes

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

Story Notes

Five unrelated gag panels

Story 5 4 pages adventure; aviation

"Barney, Gus, and their faithful ally Hirohotfoot, have been rescued by a Jap."

Characters
  • Barney Baxter
  • Gopher Gus
  • Hirohotfoot
  • Colonel Rokuk
  • Heinrich
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-11-14 - 1943-12-05

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 6 1 page humor; military

"I'm getting ready to tell that sergeant just what I think of him!"

Characters
  • Private Buck
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Private Buck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx - 1943-xx-xx, 1943-02-16

Story Notes

Four daily gag panels on a single comic book page

Cloud City
Story 7 4 pages adventure; fantasy

"Mandrake delivers the documents, then takes off for the Cloud City."

Characters
  • Mandrake
  • Captain Pat
  • Princess Aera
  • King Ozon
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-07-25 - 1943-08-15

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

All Set for Hallowe'en

Featuring The Pet Post

Story 8 1 page non-fiction; animal
Battle For Tropica
Story 9 4 pages adventure; science fiction

"A picked band, under Dr. Zarkov, seizes the communications center..."

Characters
  • Flash Gordon
  • Dale Arden
  • Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov
  • Queen Desira
  • Gundar
  • Colonel Mogard
Reprint Notes

from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-07-25 - 1943-08-15

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. 07-25 = The Stolen City 08-01 = Col. Mogard's Revenge 08-08 = Flash's Secret Weapon 08-15 = Boomerang

Colorful Clowning

Featuring Sport Features

Story 10 2 pages non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Max Baer
  • Dizzy Dean
  • Larry Kelley
  • Walter Hagen
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story 11 1 page humor; children

"These chops have too much fat on them!"

Characters
  • Henry
  • Henry's mother
Reprint Notes

from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx

The Ismani Cannibals (1)
Story 12 1 page adventure; jungle

"We...We did not break your law, oh, Ghost!"

Characters
  • The Phantom [Kit Walker]
  • Greta Marshall
  • Lana Marshall
Reprint Notes

from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-07-04

Story Notes

A single Sunday page End of storyline

Hamid the Terrible (1)
Story 13 3 pages jungle; superhero

"Making a bow and arrow, the Phantom shoots down some lunch for the Marshall sisters and himself."

Characters
  • The Phantom [Kit Walker]
  • Greta Marshall
  • Lana Marshall
Reprint Notes

from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-07-11 - 1943-07-25

Story Notes

Three Sunday pages New storyline begins

Story 14 3 pages drama; children

"Don't worry, Zero... it's a swell day!"

Characters
  • Little Annie Rooney
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-06-13 - 1943-06-27

Story Notes

Three Sunday pages

Story 15 4 pages humor

"Do you think we can get away with it, Wimpy?"

Characters
  • Popeye
  • J. Wellington Wimpy
  • Olive Oyl
  • Swee'pea
  • Oscar
  • Rough-House
  • Aunt Jones
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-08-01 - 1943-08-22

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 16 1 page humor; domestic

"Hey! Jerry! Mike! Ed!"

Characters
  • Archie Jiggs
  • Jerry
  • Mike
  • Ed
  • Maggie Jiggs
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Bringing Up Father Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-07-19

Story 17 4 pages crime

"Red said the gang was looking for you, Sam."

Characters
  • Sergeant Pat O'Hara
  • Officer Sam Maloney
  • Pinky Pinkerton
  • Evelyn
  • Mary
Credits
Reprint Notes

from Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-08-01 - 1943-08-22

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

In Love (1)
Story 18 1 page humor; children
Characters
  • Henry
  • Henrietta
Reprint Notes

from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx

Ultrasphere
Story 19 4 pages adventure; science fiction

"Unwittingly having destroyed part of the city, Brick finds his aircraft besieged by the Celestials."

Characters
  • Brick Bradford
  • The Ageless Three [Eon, the Elder
  • Uli, the Wise
  • Targon the Silent]
Reprint Notes

from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-07-25 - 1943-08-15

Story Notes

Four Sunday pages

Story 20 1 page humor

"Today, Your Majesty..."

Characters
  • The Little King
Credits
  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Reprint Notes

from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-03-21

Story Notes

A single Sunday half page