(1943)

Marvel, 1943 Series
 
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1943-09-17
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
20th Century Comic Corporation

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Catalog of Copyright Entries Part 2 Periodicals, 1943 New Series, Vol. 38, No. 3, p. 312

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Powerhouse Pepper / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Powerhouse Pepper / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Basil Wolverton
Pencils
Basil Wolverton
Inks
Basil Wolverton
Colors
?
Letters
Basil Wolverton

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Step this way, folks, and watch the world's...
Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Private Ping-Pong / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everybody out for sick call who don't feel so good!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Private Ping-Pong / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why Ping... what a cute horse and buggy!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Private Ping-Pong / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed as Art Helfant)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mary! Your soldier boy friend is waiting for you...!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Powerhouse Pepper / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Basil Wolverton
Pencils
Basil Wolverton
Inks
Basil Wolverton
Colors
?
Letters
Basil Wolverton

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That dinky duffer is now doing his darndest on a dandy dairy!
Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Ribticklers / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Marko (signed as George Marko)
Inks
George Marko (signed as George Marko)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quick! Moiphy - make up yer mind!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Hiz'onor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Paige (signed as Lou Paige)
Inks
Lou Paige (signed as Lou Paige)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There - now to pass out my cards for re-election!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Patent Pending / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Paige (signed as Lou Paige)
Inks
Lou Paige (signed as Lou Paige)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...And further more... blah, blah...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

"Pop" Corn / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)
Pencils
Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)
Inks
Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Folks, meet Cornelius ("Pop") Corn, the big banking magnate, who, in spite of plenty of dough has plenty of woe, for his "home, sweet, home" has become a combination drill field, Red Cross center, service men's canteen, and general all-around madhouse.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Billy Hill and the Blip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Inks
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pull!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Billy Hill and the Blip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Inks
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah! A perfect blackout in Jughead Junction!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Screwball Snitz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed as ART HELFANT [all caps, stacked])
Inks
Art Helfant (signed as ART HELFANT [all caps, stacked])
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You don't expect to catch any fish that way, do you, Snitz?
Genre
humor

Foolish Faces - Photos of a Few Famous Fatheads and Freaks (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)
Pencils
Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)
Inks
Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints

The Queer Case of the Crushed Conk (Table of Contents: 14)

Dr. Dimwit / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Beanbrain Wolverton)
Pencils
Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Beanbrain Wolverton)
Inks
Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Beanbrain Wolverton)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Billy Hill and the Blip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Inks
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thar's whar ye signs up fer the contest, Billy! Ah'll be yer manager lak ah said!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Billy Hill and the Blip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Inks
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whut's a spellin' bee? Sounds lak an educated swamp fly!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Billy Hill and the Blip / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Inks
Ray Gill (signed as Ray Gill)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thar's th' sign, Billy! All ah wants is fifty puh cent of what yo'll make --- as yo' manager, o' course!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Powerhouse Pepper / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Waterwit Wolverton)
Pencils
Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Waterwit Wolverton)
Inks
Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Waterwit Wolverton)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! A droop sloop with a churn stern and and a sore oar!
Genre
humor
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Powerhouse Pepper
  2. 1. ["Step this way, folks, and watch the world's..."]
    Powerhouse Pepper
  3. 2. ["Everybody out for sick call who don't feel so good!"]
    Private Ping-Pong
  4. 3. ["Why Ping... what a cute horse and buggy!"]
    Private Ping-Pong
  5. 4. ["Mary! Your soldier boy friend is waiting for you...!"]
    Private Ping-Pong
  6. 5. ["That dinky duffer is now doing his darndest on a dandy dairy!"]
    Powerhouse Pepper
  7. 6. ["Quick! Moiphy - make up yer mind!"]
    Ribticklers
  8. 7. ["There - now to pass out my cards for re-election!"]
    Hiz'onor
  9. 8. ["...And further more... blah, blah..."]
    Patent Pending
  10. 9. ["Folks, meet Cornelius ("Pop") Corn, the big banking magnate, who, in spite of plenty of dough has plenty of woe, for his "home, sweet, home" has become a combination drill field, Red Cross center, service men's canteen, and general all-around madhouse."]
    "Pop" Corn
  11. 10. ["Pull!"]
    Billy Hill and the Blip
  12. 11. ["Ah! A perfect blackout in Jughead Junction!"]
    Billy Hill and the Blip
  13. 12. ["You don't expect to catch any fish that way, do you, Snitz?"]
    Screwball Snitz
  14. 13. Foolish Faces - Photos of a Few Famous Fatheads and Freaks
  15. 14. The Queer Case of the Crushed Conk
    Dr. Dimwit
  16. 15. ["Thar's whar ye signs up fer the contest, Billy! Ah'll be yer manager lak ah said!"]
    Billy Hill and the Blip
  17. 16. ["Whut's a spellin' bee? Sounds lak an educated swamp fly!"]
    Billy Hill and the Blip
  18. 17. ["Thar's th' sign, Billy! All ah wants is fifty puh cent of what yo'll make --- as yo' manager, o' course!"]
    Billy Hill and the Blip
  19. 18. ["Look! A droop sloop with a churn stern and and a sore oar!"]
    Powerhouse Pepper
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Mark Bowen
  • Bob Hughes
  • Steve Jenner
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mark Q
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Dick Sabo
  • Carl Thiel