Issue Contents:
"Blondie, throw me down a handkerchief please"
Characters
- Blondie Bumstead
- Dagwood Bumstead
Reprint Notes
from Blondie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx - 1943-xx-xx, 1943-12-08
Story Notes
Eight daily strips with panels rearranged to fit four comic book pages
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) 1944-03-26 - 1944-04-16
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
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) 1944-11-12 - 1944-12-03
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages
The Circus Adventure
"It still beats me how Gombo, the gorilla, got out of his cage…"
Characters
- Mandrake
- Lothar
- Gombo, the giant gorilla
Credits
- Script: Lee Falk
- Pencils: Cris Peter
- Inks: Cris Peter
Reprint Notes
from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-07-23 - 1944-08-13
Story Notes
Three Sunday pages
Characters
- Popeye
Credits
- Script: Henry Ponciano
- Pencils: Terry Aspin
- Inks: Terry Aspin
Reprint Notes
from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-06-25 - 1944-07-09
Story Notes
Three Sunday pages
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
Characters
- Flash Gordon
- Dale Arden
- Trico
- Queen Desira
- Brazor
Credits
- Script: Ивайло Димитров
- Pencils: Austin Briggs
- Inks: Austin Briggs
Reprint Notes
from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-07-23 - 1944-08-13
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. 07-23 = Flash to the Rescue 07-30 = Brazor's Doom 08-06 = Hour of Triumph 08-13 = [not known]
Football
Featuring Sport Features
Credits
- Pencils:
- Inks:
The Childhood of The Phantom
"The line of The Phantom began four centuries ago..."
Storyline
The legend of The Phantom begins centuries earlier during the time of buccaneers roving the high seas, and the role of jungle authority is passed from father to son over succeeding generations, to create the legend of the undying Ghost Who Walks.
Characters
- The Phantom [Kit Walker]
- Kit's father, the 20th Phantom
Credits
- Script: Lee Falk
- Pencils: James Otis Smith
- Inks: James Otis Smith
Reprint Notes
from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1944-07-02 - 1944-07-23
Story Notes
Four Sunday pages The protagonist of practically all of the adventures from beginning to now is Kit Walker, the 21st Phantom. This sequence details his upbringing with his mother's relatives in America, meeting his future wife Diana Palmer as a young girl, his education up to university level, and his return to the jungle when a late teen to say goodbye to his dying mother and begin his training to inherit the mantle of Phantom from his father.
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
Characters
- Henry
Credits
- Pencils: Carl Anderson
- Script: Carl Anderson
- Inks: Carl Anderson
Reprint Notes
from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943-xx-xx
Story Notes
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