Ace Comics, #31

Published: October 1939

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Ace Comics #31

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

"Well, pals, vacation's almost over..."

Story Notes

The inside-front cover.

Story 2 4 pages adventure; jungle

"Jim and Lil have gone into the jungle on a tiger hunt..."

Credits
The Best
Story 3 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Charley Ruffing
  • Johnny Oros
Credits
Story Notes

baseball; horse racing

Story 4 3 pages humor

"Whew, it's hot!"

Story Notes

First of 3 single-page strips spread through the issue.

Story 5 4 pages humor; children

"What are you going to do with that hornet's nest?"

Credits
  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Louis Pasteur (1)

Featuring Collectin' Stamps

Story 6 1 page non-fiction

"Do you know that the picture of Louis Pasteur was printed..."

Credits
Story 7 3 pages humor; children

"I just read a story about a man who robbed a bank..."

Credits
Story Notes

First of four 2/3-page strips spread through the comic.

Story 8 1 page children; fantasy

"What's the hurry -- Palsy Walsy?"

Story Notes

Part of 4 pages, above the Just Kids strip.

Featuring Dream Land

Story 9 0 pages humor; children; domestic

"And now -- Mr. Stebbins..."

Credits
Story Notes

At the top of the 4 Just Kids pages.

Story 10 4 pages adventure

"It's Curly Harper, Hogan -- may I come in?"

Story 11 1 page humor

"Trying to tie a rainbow."

Credits
Story Notes

Jokes/puns sent in by readers.

Story 12 2 pages humor; children; domestic

"Elmer! El-mer!! Are you going to get up?"

Credits
Story 13 2 pages teen

"Okay, my chick-a-dee, I'll deliver the body in ten minutes!"

Story 14 2 pages humor

"Gee -- what's up!!??? Marcy sakes, Mistofer Google..."

Story 15 1 page non-fiction

"Cecilia Parker got a job in a serial-thriller..."

Characters
  • Joan Crawford
  • Basil Rathbone
  • Cecilia Parker
  • Jean Negulesco
  • 'Wild Bill' Wellman
Story 16 4 pages adventure; children

"The tribesmen must have driven off from the oasis..."

White Buffalo - Part One
Story 17 3 pages adventure; western-frontier
Credits
At the Banana Erl Company (1)
Story 18 1 page humor
Credits
Story Notes

No dialogue.

Story 19 4 pages humor; domestic

"Mama, Daisy fell in the tub."

Credits
Story 20 4 pages adventure; historical

"Sir Gawain finds Val practising and tells him of the king's wish."

Story 21 2 pages drama

"This is Cole Bradley, Mac -- he wants to take us..."

Featuring Krazy Kat

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

"In the long ago days -- when a jail was a gaol -- kops wasted not their precious moments..."

Credits
Puz-L-Zoo
Story 23 1 page humor
Storyline

Cut out the pieces and rearrange them to form an animal.

Story 24 1 page non-fiction

"Ruby Keeler - 'the 10-letter girl'..."

Characters
  • Don Ameche
  • Ruby Keeler
Story 25 4 pages adventure; jungle; superhero

"Hill, through greed, you and your partner Smiley started this jungle war!"

Credits
Reprint Notes

From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1937-06-07 - 1937-06-12 and 1937-06-14 - 1937-06-15, 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.

Headliners
Story 26 1 page non-fiction; sports
Characters
  • Helen Perry
  • Dizzy Dean
  • Walter Hagen
Credits
Story 27 4 pages humor; animal; children

"But I tell you, Margie -- there are some ducks 6 feet high!"

Credits
Story 28 2 pages anthropomorphic-funny animals

"The drowsy Duke, the sleepiest cat in Tabbyland, grows weary..."

Credits
Story 29 2 pages humor; domestic

"Did you shoot that polar bear, judge?"

Credits