Super Comics (1938-1949 Western/Dell) comic books 1948
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Issue #116
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Stories and art by Bill Holman and Al Posen. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. For its last half-dozen issues, Super Comics switches to a 32-page format, with only a handful of its former cartoon stars. This issue features Bill Holman's madcap Smokey Stover. Con men Quincy Quackpott and Fenwick Flooky meet by chance and spend hours catching up, leaving Quincy's leashed cat sinking into wet cement. A fire at a bee farm is a stinging experience for Smokey Stover. Using the new technology of helicopters, Clyde and Chet rescue Chet's brother from the lost Inca city, but then Clyde falls out of the chopper and into the city. Smokey Stover; Spooky; Sweeney & Son; A Gentleman Is Courteous; Clyde Beatty. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #117
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Stories and art by Frank King and Al Posen. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. For its last half-dozen issues, Super Comics switches to a 32-page format, with only a handful of its former cartoon stars. This issue features Frank King's Gasoline Alley. Walt helps Judy fly a kite. Judy's little dog Lollypop tries to herd any animal she sees, including the elephant in the circus parade. Captured by the Lost Incas, Clyde faces death in the jaguar pit. Gasoline Alley; Sweeney & Son; Sugar for Mike; Clyde Beatty. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #118
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Stories and art by Bill Holman and Al Posen. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. For its last half-dozen issues, Super Comics switches to a 32-page format, with only a handful of its former cartoon stars. This issue features Bill Holman's madcap Smokey Stover. Cookie's conductor uncle doesn't just sleepwalk, he sleep-punches tickets. Smokey Stover doesn't hear about the fire at the asbestos factory, because the kids have taken apart the alarm bell. After a plane crash, Clyde searches the Pacific Northwest for two escaped circus tigers. Smokey Stover; Spooky; Sweeney & Son; Backwoods Birthday; Clyde Beatty. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #119
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Stories and art by Milton Caniff, Dale Messick, Bill Holman, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Al Posen and Carl Ed. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. This issue features Brenda Starr and Terry and the Pirates. Pat and Terry are caught up in Burma's latest scheme. Brenda Starr uses her connections in the journalism world to get a job for her cousin Abretha. Clyde visits a South American zoo where the animals have been acting particularly restless. Moon Mullins; Terry and the Pirates; Tiny Tim; Brenda Starr; Sweeney & Son; Slingshot; Harold Teen; Smokey Stover; Clyde Beatty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
