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4July 1939
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Movie Comics #4

DC · July 1939

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Identification plate

Series
Movie Comics (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
July 1939
Key date
1939-07-00
Indicia publisher
Picture Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Captain Furycover1pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typesetBrian Aherne as Captain Fury
1Now Showing!table of contents1letters: typeset
2Blue Montana Skiescomic story5pencils: photo; inks: photoGene Autry; Smiley Burnette
3Big Town Czarcomic story6pencils: photo; inks: photoEd Sullivan
4Action Cameracomic story1script: Smitty; pencils: Smitty; inks: Smitty
5The Inkling Kidcomic story0.5script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan
6The New Copcomic story0.5script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan
7Terrors of the Tomb, Final Episodecomic story1script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan
8The Inkling Kidcomic story0.5script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan
9Sun and Sand [Episodes 1-5]comic story5.5script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan
10Movietowncomic story4script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry LampertHorace Hope
11The Oregon Trailcomic story5pencils: photo; inks: photoJohn Mack Brown; Louise Stanley; Bill Cody Jr.
12Captain Furycomic story13pencils: photo; inks: photoBrain Aherne; Victor McLagen; June Lang; John Carradine; Paul Lukas; George Zucco; Douglas Dumbrille; Virginia Field
13Booby Hatch Goes to Hollywoodtext story2.67script: Ken L. Fitch
15Star Reportercomic story6pencils: photo; inks: photoWarren Hull; Wallis Clark; Marsha Hunt; Virginia Howell
16A Teddy Bear for Shirleytext article1letters: typeset
17Screen Scoopscomic story1script: Walter Galli; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter GalliEd Sullivan; Tom Brown; Gene Autry; Barton MacLane; John Mack Brown
18Streets of New Yorkcomic story10pencils: photo; inks: photoJackie Cooper; Martin Spellman
19Screen Scoopscomic story1script: Walter Galli; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter GalliJohn Carradine; Martin Spellman; Brian Aherne; June Lang
20All-American Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 1.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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