Ace Comics, #29

Published: August 1939

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Ace Comics #29

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

"Calling all Pen Pals"

Story Notes

The inside-front cover.

Story 2 4 pages jungle

"Harvey Brant lands his plane in a large clearing in the dense Borneo jungle..."

Credits
Just How Good
Story 3 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Fred Hutchinson
Credits
Story 4 1 page humor

"Replace that divot, son!"

Story 5 4 pages humor; children

"See? In a chiffy der white nightie iss a blue vun!"

Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
  • Script:
Story 6 1 page children; fantasy
Story Notes

Shares 3 of 4 pages with Just Kids (the fourth page has an ad instead), and shares one later page with an ad. Four 1/3-pages.

Story 7 3 pages humor; children

"Mom -- it's a very nice day, today..."

Story Notes

Four 2/3 pages spread through the issue.

Do You Know...

Featuring Collectin' Stamps

Story 8 1 page non-fiction

"That because the airplane was printed upside down..."

Credits
  • Script:
Story 9 4 pages adventure

"What's happened? It sounded like fighting."

Story 10 1 page humor

"Trying to tame wild flowers."

Credits
Story Notes

Jokes sent in by readers.

Story 11 2 pages humor; children

"Gee! They're cat-fish, ain't they..."

Credits
Story 12 2 pages teen

"Heck. It's Etta's birthday..."

Story 13 2 pages humor

"Hold it, Barney. Make it snappy boys."

Story 14 1 page non-fiction
Characters
  • Betty Grable
  • Ronald Colman
  • C. Aubrey Smith
Story 15 4 pages adventure

"We were sent to take you back to headquarters..."

Rustlers of Shadow Canyon - part 5
Story 16 2 pages adventure
Credits
  • Script:
Story 17 1 page humor

"Where'll we put these, Pa?"

Credits
Story 18 1 page humor

"Boy! It's hot!"

Story 19 4 pages humor; domestic

"I'll give you the tickets, Dagwood..."

Credits
Story 20 4 pages adventure; historical

"'A pretty bit of fighting,' smiles the knight."

Characters
Reprint Notes

from the Prince Valiant newspaper strips dated 05-08-1937, 05-15-1937, 05-22-1937, 05-29-1937.

Story 21 2 pages drama

"Boys, did I show you the ring Mumsy gave me?"

Story 22 2 pages humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

"A tide rupp walk a - werra kleeva. Yes, a very clever funambulist."

Credits

Featuring Puz-L-Zoo; How Smart Are You

Story 23 1 page non-fiction
Story 24 1 page non-fiction
Characters
  • Dorothy Lamour
  • Ricardo Cortez
  • Deanna Durbin
  • Jackie Cooper
Story 25 4 pages adventure; jungle; superhero

"As Hill's finger tightens on his gun-trigger, The Phantom's hand moves..."

Credits
Reprint Notes

From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1937-05-19 - 1937-05-22 and 1937-05-24 - 1937-05-27, but one panel is omitted from one of the dailies on each page, in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.

Another Sisler
Story 26 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Dick Sisler
Credits
Story 27 4 pages humor; children

"Look -- I've invented a new arrow..."

Credits
Story 28 2 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"A five-pound steak! And make it snappy!"

Credits
Story 29 2 pages humor

"Ah-h -- my old pith helmet!"

Credits
Presto! A New Magazine
Story 30 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

House ad for Magic Comics #1, with vignettes of all the characters, and a small cover repro.