Popular Comics (1936-1948 Dell) 21

Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Edwina Dumm, Bill Holman, Harold Gray, Frank Willard, Percy Crosby, Walter Berndt, J. R. Williams, William Ferguson, Garrett Price, Alice Harvey, Martin Branner, Martha Orr, Gus Edson, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, Carl Ed, Sol Hess, Wallace Carlson, Stookie Allen, Al Posen, Henry Sperry, W. C. Brigham, A. W. Nugent, and Ed Leffingwell. Edited by comics pioneers M.C. Gaines and Sheldon Mayer. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. A hit-and-run attack on Junior leads Tracy to the mysterious Purple Cross gang, but their members are a tight-lipped bunch. The Dragon Lady laughs when she sees the leader of the bandits who are attacking her fortress. Smilin' Jack's pal Velvet is in deep trouble after he accepts farm animals in trade for one of Jack's airplanes. Also featuring popular strips Little Orphan Annie, Skippy, Smokey Stover, and The Gumps. Moon Mullins; Kitty Higgins; Dick Tracy; Skippy; Always Belittlin'; Smitty; Herby; Tippie; Sister Susie; Winnie Winkle; Winnie Winkle Fashion Film Cut-Out; The Gumps; Don Winslow; The Ruler of Bandra-Lai; Bos'n Hal Sea Scout; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Jinglet; Them Days Is Gone Forever; Gasoline Alley; Out Our Way; Let's Draw Cartoons; Huck Wyatt: Rustler's Cave; Soldiers of Fortune: Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker; Apple Mary; This Curious World; Tiny Tim; Funny Fauna; Dopey Dildock; White Boy in Skull Valley; Zipper; A Strain on the Family Tie; Spooky; Simp O'Dill; The Nebbs; Real Magic; Dill and Daffy; Be a Champion; Streaky; Terry and the Pirates; Smokey Stover; Little Joe; Smilin' Jack; Sweeney & Son. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.