(1944)
Fox,
1944 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 132
- On-sale Date
- 1944-09-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Wm H. Wise & Co. Inc.
- Brand
- Great Comic Library; World's Best Comics
- Editing
- Victor Fox
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Golden Age U. S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding
- Squarebound
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
Copyright date is listed for the book's on-sale date above.
The Crime Family
Captain V / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- A. C. Hollingsworth [as Alec Hope]
- Inks
- A. C. Hollingsworth [as Alec Hope]
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain V [Alan Dale] (introduction); Stogie (villain, introduction); Cheroot (villain, introduction); Upsweep (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Same artist as All-Good Comics signed Alec Hope. Next app. (as the Puppeteer) in ALL YOUR COMICS #1; title from contents page.
[no title indexed]
Merciless the Sorceress / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Deep in the unexplored regions of the Amazon...
- Genre
- jungle; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Merciless the Sorceress (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
next app. in ALL YOUR COMICS #1
[no title indexed]
Mike the M.P. / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mike!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Mike the M.P. / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy, of all the details I get resort!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Mike the M.P. / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Chuck, pipe dem inishals on de sojer!
- Genre
- humor
Adventure In the Sahara
Bull and Slats / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Bull (sailor, introduction, only appearance); Slats (sailors, introduction, only appearance)
[The Wrath of Reltih]
Red Robbins / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Red Robbins (introduction); Reltih (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Red Robbins next appearance is in All Good Comics #1. Same artist as All Good Comics.
[no title indexed]
Gussie the Gob / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hot dog! I got me a three day pass!
- Genre
- humor; military
[no title indexed]
Gussie the Gob / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Marko (signed)
- Inks
- George Marko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One hour later...
- Genre
- humor; military
Indexer Notes
Art credits corrected by Tristan Lapoussiere via the GCD Error Tracker.
[no title indexed]
The O'Brine Twins / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larry Page (house name)
- Inks
- Larry Page (house name)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whenever the O'Brine Twins are on the go...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Wetmore O'Brine; Waterman O'Brine
[no title indexed]
Imagine That! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tyrant king of the dinosaurs...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- alligator gar; Egypt; hummingbird; Tyrannosaurus Rex
[no title indexed]
Imagine That! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pretzels originally were given by priests...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- pretzels; weaverbird; Welcome gold nugget
Rogue's Gallery
Crime at Number Nine / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Indexer Notes
next app. in ALL YOUR COMICS #1
[no title indexed]
Doc Dazy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Take that, Gerald Flatback, you viper!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Doc Dazy (first appearance, only appearance)
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Doc Dazy" feature
[no title indexed]
Snooky / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Ferstadt (signed as LGF)
- Inks
- N. S. Smaak (signed as NS)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Honey Bear! Stay away--that tree's haunted!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Snooky; Honey Bear (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
next app. in ALL GOOD COMICS #1
Hidden signatures on the blocks in the first panel of the fourth page, which aligns with the Lou Ferstadt and N. S. Smaak credits for the Lash Lightning story from Four Favorites #16 (November, 1944).
Pussy Katnip Saves the Day at the Races
Pussy Katnip / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Pussy Katnip; Hutch; George
- Synopsis
- Pussy Katnip catches Hutch fixing the races, thanks to her catnip fizz.
Indexer Notes
Contents page title. Same Artist as All Good Comics.
[no title indexed]
Pussy Katnip / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why, hello George!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Pussy Katnip; George; The Firebug
- Synopsis
- Pussy catches a fire bug.
- Reprints
Automatic Restaurant
Karrots / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Cy King (signed)
- Pencils
- Frank Little
- Inks
- Frank Little
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
[no title indexed]
Facts and Fantasies / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Men subsist on many foods that to us seem odd and fantastic
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Facts and Fantasies" feature
[no title indexed]
Nifty Gags / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, I hope I don't catch cold, in this rain!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Nifty Gags" feature
The Case of Professor Zoff
Ghost Hunters / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Ghost Hunters [Hugo Best (first appearance); Peter Storm (first appearance)] (only appearance?)
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Ghost Hunters" feature
[no title indexed]
Foto Jenny / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oops! I grabbed the wrong body!
- Genre
- humor
Minding Mortimer
Timmy and Tubby / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Timmy (introduction); Tubby (introduction)
Indexer Notes
Timmy and Tubby appear next in Zoot Comics (Fox, 1946 Series) #1 (Spring 1946)
[no title indexed]
Alphonso / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Id like to try out for a job as knife-thrower! [sic]
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alphonso
- Synopsis
- Alphonso hits a talent agent with all of his knives.
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Alphonso" feature
[no title indexed]
Butch / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy! Rubber-bands are hard to get nowadays!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Butch
- Synopsis
- Butch breaks into a safe to steal a rubber-band which is around a wad of bills.
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of this "Butch" feature at Fox. Not to be confused with any other "Butch" feature at other publishers.
The Lone Stranger
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man seems to be an action hero with a rifle but he's simply shooting at the target gallery at a carnival.
[no title indexed]
Johnny Earthquake / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A group of racketeers and gangsters escape...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Johnny Earthquake (detective); Rusty Ringle (detective)
[no title indexed]
Ribticklers / cartoon / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come, come, Zacchini, you're not in the circus now!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
One Round Hogan / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One Round Hogan gets his chance at the title...
- Genre
- sports; adventure
- Characters
- Tim "One Round" Hogan; Spigot Barnett; Mr. Howie; Barbara La Tour; Blimp
- Synopsis
- Hogan is supposed to be training for his upcoming fight with Bat Ears Mooney, but movie actress Barbara convinces him to appear in a film in the meantime. She and Howie scheme to have Hogan lose a fight scene on film to promote the other boxer. Hogan learns the truth and knocks out the man.
- Keywords
- boxing
[no title indexed]
Tippy Tyler / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's have a piece of cherry pie!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Tippy Tyler" feature
[no title indexed]
Titan / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Blacey Department Store recently had a number of "accidents".
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Titan (first appearance, a detective)
Indexer Notes
Next app. in ALL GOOD COMICS #1. Same artist as All Good Comics.
[no title indexed]
Connie / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Connie has at last reached Col. Marsh...
- Feature Logo
- Adventures of Connie
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
strip reprints.
Page numbered 125 reprints portions of Connie released on October 6 and 13, 1940, and Page 126 reprints portions of Connie released on October 20 and 27, 1940. (Information from Arnaud Wirschel in July 2012).
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain V -
1.
The Crime Family
Captain V -
2.
["Deep in the unexplored regions of the Amazon..."]
Merciless the Sorceress -
3.
["Mike!"]
Mike the M.P. -
4.
["Boy, of all the details I get resort!"]
Mike the M.P. -
5.
["Hey, Chuck, pipe dem inishals on de sojer!"]
Mike the M.P. -
6.
Adventure In the Sahara
Bull and Slats -
7.
[The Wrath of Reltih]
Red Robbins -
8.
["Hot dog! I got me a three day pass!"]
Gussie the Gob -
9.
["One hour later..."]
Gussie the Gob -
10.
["Whenever the O'Brine Twins are on the go..."]
The O'Brine Twins -
11.
["Tyrant king of the dinosaurs..."]
Imagine That! -
12.
["Pretzels originally were given by priests..."]
Imagine That! -
13.
Rogue's Gallery
Crime at Number Nine -
14.
["Take that, Gerald Flatback, you viper!"]
Doc Dazy -
15.
["Honey Bear! Stay away--that tree's haunted!"]
Snooky -
16.
Pussy Katnip Saves the Day at the Races
Pussy Katnip -
17.
["Why, hello George!"]
Pussy Katnip -
18.
Automatic Restaurant
Karrots -
19.
["Men subsist on many foods that to us seem odd and fantastic"]
Facts and Fantasies -
20.
["Gee, I hope I don't catch cold, in this rain!"]
Nifty Gags -
21.
The Case of Professor Zoff
Ghost Hunters -
22.
["Oops! I grabbed the wrong body!"]
Foto Jenny -
23.
Minding Mortimer
Timmy and Tubby -
24.
["Id like to try out for a job as knife-thrower! [sic]"]
Alphonso -
25.
["Oh boy! Rubber-bands are hard to get nowadays!"]
Butch -
26.
The Lone Stranger
-
27.
["A group of racketeers and gangsters escape..."]
Johnny Earthquake -
28.
["Come, come, Zacchini, you're not in the circus now!"]
Ribticklers -
29.
["One Round Hogan gets his chance at the title..."]
One Round Hogan -
30.
["Let's have a piece of cherry pie!"]
Tippy Tyler -
31.
["The Blacey Department Store recently had a number of "accidents"."]
Titan -
32.
["Connie has at last reached Col. Marsh..."]
Connie
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- Steven Rowe
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