Issue Contents:
Characters
- Swee'pea
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Musial (uncertain)
- Inks: Joe Musial (uncertain)
"All this rain..."
Credits
- Script: Roland de Montaubert
Story Notes
The inside-front cover.
"Well -- you're not beautiful, but you're clean."
Characters
- Blondie Bumstead
- Dagwood Bumstead
Reprint Notes
from Blondie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx - 1943-xx-xx, 1943-10-08
Story Notes
Eight daily strips with panels rearranged to fit four comic book pages
"Chisholm can't come here, Tonto, but bring his daughter..."
Characters
- The Lone Ranger
- Tonto
Credits
- Script: Fran Striker
- Pencils: Charles Flanders
- Inks: Charles Flanders
Reprint Notes
from The Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-01-02 - 1944-01-23
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
"The air battle for the title of 'Ace of Aces in the Pacific War Theatre'..."
Characters
- Barney Baxter
- Gopher Gus
Credits
- Script: Seo Kim
- Pencils: Bob Naylor
- Inks: Bob Naylor
Reprint Notes
from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-08-20 - 1944-09-10
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
The Garden of Wuzzu
"Mandrake discovers the trickery of Wuzzu…"
Characters
- Mandrake
- Lothar
- Wuzzu the Wizard (villain)
Credits
- Script: Lee Falk
- Pencils: Cris Peter
- Inks: Cris Peter
Reprint Notes
from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-04-30 - 1944-05-21
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages End of storyline
"Spinach? Carrots? Asparagrask?"
Characters
- Popeye
Credits
- Script: Henry Ponciano
- Pencils: Terry Aspin
- Inks: Terry Aspin
Reprint Notes
from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-04-23 - 1944-05-07
Story Notes
Three Sunday pages
"But sentry, I always take my vacation..."
Characters
- Private Buck
Credits
- Pencils: Clyde Lewis
- Script: Clyde Lewis
- Inks: Clyde Lewis
Reprint Notes
from Private Buck daily (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx
Story Notes
Four daily gag panels on a single comic book page
Triumph in Tropica
"One of the thieves' guild reports to his chief: "I bribed my brother, a palace guard"..."
Characters
- Flash Gordon
- Dale Arden
- Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov
- Queen Desira
Credits
- Script: Ивайло Димитров
- Pencils: Austin Briggs
- Inks: Austin Briggs
Reprint Notes
from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-04-30 - 1944-05-21
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages Alex Raymond was previously credited with script and art, but Don Moore was co-creator and author from the very beginning of the strip, and Austin Briggs has now taken over the art chores. The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip. 04-30 = Night Raid 05-07 = The Doomed Mission 05-14 = Your Time is Short 05-21 = The Traitor
Famous Athletes and the War!
Featuring Sport Features
Characters
- Bitsy Grant
- Chas. Gehringer
- Wilmer Allison
- Tommy Hitchcock
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
Hamid the Terrible
"The Phantom and his party are captured by desert bandits who do not know..."
Characters
- The Phantom [Kip Walker]
- Greta Marshall
- Lana Marshall
- Hamid the Terrible
Credits
- Script: Lee Falk
- Pencils: James Otis Smith
- Inks: James Otis Smith
Reprint Notes
from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-04-09 - 1944-04-30
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
"It's finally come, Your Majesty"
Characters
- The Little King
Credits
- Pencils:
- Script:
- Inks:
Reprint Notes
from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx
Story Notes
A single Sunday half page
One Way to Cool Off
Featuring The Pet Post
Story Notes
The inside-back cover.
Junk Yard Wheels (1)
Characters
- Henry
Credits
- Script: Carl Anderson
- Pencils: Carl Anderson
- Inks: Carl Anderson
Reprint Notes
from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx
Story Notes
Pantomime; wordless comic. The back cover.