Publishers / Dell / Popular Comics (1936) / #25
25February 1938
$0.10

Popular Comics #25

Dell · February 1938

First appearance: Jack Martin
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Identification plate

Series
Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue
#25
Publication date
February 1938
Key date
1938-02-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jack Martin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1
1-cartoon1script: Fontaine Fox; pencils: Fontaine Fox; inks: Fontaine Fox; letters: Fontaine Fox
2-comic story4script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester GouldDick Tracy
3-comic story4script: Harold Gray; pencils: Harold Gray; inks: Harold Gray
4Junior Is in for a New Thrillcomic story1script: Sol Hess; pencils: Wallace Carlson; inks: Wallace Carlson
5-comic story2script: Walter Berndt; pencils: Walter Berndt; inks: Walter Berndt
6Trick Numbers.activity1script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
7Condorscomic story1script: William Ferguson; pencils: William Ferguson; inks: William Ferguson
8-comic story1script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman; letters: Bill Holman
9-comic story1script: Al Posen; pencils: Al Posen; inks: Al Posen; letters: Al Posen
10-comic story2script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
11-comic story2script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby; letters: Percy Crosby
12-comic story2script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank EngliConnie, The Dragon Lady, Terry Lee, Pat Ryan
13-comic story2script: Frank King; pencils: Frank King; inks: Frank King
14-activity1letters: typeset
15-comic story1script: Sol Hess; pencils: Wallace Carlson; inks: Wallace Carlson
16-comic story1.6script: Martin Branner; pencils: Martin Branner; inks: Martin Branner
17-comic story0.4script: Martin Branner; pencils: Martin Branner; inks: Martin Branner
18-cartoon2script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
19-comic story2script: F. V. Martinek; pencils: Leon A. Beroth; inks: Leon A. BerothDon Winslow
20Chimpsey's Cartoon Circusactivity2script: Dic; pencils: Dic; inks: Dic
21Yankee Privateertext story2script: H. T. Sperry; pencils: W. C. Brigham; inks: W. C. Brigham
22-comic story2script: F. V. Martinek; pencils: Leon A. Beroth; inks: Leon A. Beroth
23-comic story2script: Gus Edson; pencils: Gus Edson; inks: Gus Edson
24-comic story1script: Stanley Link; pencils: Stanley Link; inks: Stanley Link
25The Popular Stamp Clubin-house column1script: Montgomery Mulford
26-comic story2script: Zack Mosley; pencils: Zack Mosley; inks: Zack MosleySmilin' Jack, Jack Martin First
27Swing Collisioncomic story1script: Edwina Dumm; pencils: Edwina Dumm; inks: Edwina DummTippie
28Tied Upcomic story1script: Edwina Dumm; pencils: Edwina Dumm; inks: Edwina DummTippie
29-comic story1.6script: Frank Willard; pencils: Frank Willard; inks: Frank Willard
30-comic story0.4script: Frank Willard; pencils: Frank Willard; inks: Frank Willard
31-comic story2script: Ed Leffingwell; pencils: Ed Leffingwell; inks: Ed Leffingwell
32-comic story4script: Martha Orr; pencils: Martha Orr; inks: Martha Orr
33-comic story2script: Carl Ed; pencils: Carl Ed; inks: Carl Ed
34Ivorycomic story1script: William Ferguson; pencils: William Ferguson; inks: William Ferguson
35-activity1script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
36-comic story2script: Loy Byrnes; pencils: Loy Byrnes; inks: Loy Byrnes
37-comic story1script: Stanley Link; pencils: Stanley Link; inks: Stanley Link
38Bruce Bairnsfathercomic story0.5script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen
39-comic story1script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman; letters: Bill Holman
40Professional Skating Formcomic story0.75script: Ed Cronin; pencils: Ed Cronin; inks: Ed Cronin
41-comic story0.8script: Frank Willard; pencils: Frank Willard; inks: Frank Willard
42-comic story0.2script: Frank Willard; pencils: Frank Willard; inks: Frank Willard

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Sources

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