Wags Pages for All Ages v3#20

Joshua B. Powers, Inc.

United States.

Published
14 February 1939
Page count
24
Cover price
2d [0-0-2 AUP]
Colour
Colour
Size
Tabloid
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Matte colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
None

Credits

Editing
?

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Show/hide Cover Untitled [Ambush (Tarzan and the Chinese)] (Tarzan) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Tarzan
Genre
Jungle
Code
[379]

Credits

Script
Don Garden
Art
Burne Hogarth [as Hogarth] (signed)

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Original
Tarzan Sunday (United Features Syndicate) 1938.06.12

Notes

Title from end of previous episode.

Show/hide 1. Untitled (Gallant Knight) Comic story, 1 page

"Having hurled the guard to his doom----"

Featuring

Feature
Gallant Knight
Genre
Historical
Code
21

Credits

Script
Vernon Henkel (credited)
Art
Vernon Henkel (credited)

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Also printed
United States
Feature Funnies (Quality, 1937 series) #11 (August 1938)
"Sir Neville raised his sword in victory of the dead body of King Melrot"  (Bottom tier page 3 to page 4)
Original
Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 Series) #?

Notes

Includes a title panel and seven story panels.

Show/hide 2. Untitled [The Candid Camera Man] (Toonerville Folks) Comic story, 1 page

"Why, whoever heard of that bird being up in these parts!"

Featuring

Feature
Toonerville Folks
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Fontaine Fox (credited)
Art
Fontaine Fox (credited)

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Original
Toonerville Folks Sunday (McNaught Syndicate) 1939.04.17
Show/hide 3. Untitled (Little Orphan Annie) Comic story, 0.8 pages

"Two weeks have passed since the night Ace Chance went to his heroic end to save Jack from certain death…"

Featuring

Feature
Little Orphan Annie
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Script
Harold Gray (signed)
Art
Harold Gray (signed)

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Original
Little Orphan Annie Sunday (News Syndicate) 1938.10.16
Show/hide 4. Untitled (Maw Green) Comic story, 0.2 pages

"Money! Money! Money! My wife seems to think I'm made of money!"

Featuring

Feature
Maw Green
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Harold Gray (signed)
Art
Harold Gray (signed)

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Original
Maw Green Sunday (News Syndicate) 1938.10.16
Show/hide 5. Untitled (Smilin' Jack) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"The merciless typhoon literally disintegrated the huge flying boat…"

Featuring

Feature
Smilin' Jack
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Script
Zack Mosley (signed)
Art
Zack Mosley (signed)

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Original
Smilin Jack Sunday (News Syndicate) 1938.10.16
Show/hide 6. Untitled (Little Joe) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Wish we could keep chickens. But th' durn varmings allus get 'em…"

Featuring

Feature
Little Joe
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Script
Bob Leffingwell [as Leffingwell] (signed)
Art
Bob Leffingwell [as Leffingwell] (signed)

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Original
Little Joe (Chicago Tribune) 1938.10.16
Show/hide 7. Forgotten Continent (Myra North Special Nurse) Comic story, 1 page

"Ling Sin grows furious when Jack refuses to make love to her…"

Featuring

Feature
Myra North Special Nurse
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Script
Ray Thompson (credited)
Art
Charles Coll (credited)

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Original
Myra North Special Nurse Sunday (NEA Service) 1938.10.09
Show/hide 8. Untitled [Thieves' Luck] (Broncho Bill) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"The mob's excitement and noise in trying to make Jennings talk, by threats of hanging, drowned approach of the young rangers--"

Featuring

Feature
Broncho Bill
Genre
Western-Frontier

Credits

Script
Harry O'Neill (signed)
Art
Harry O'Neill (signed)

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Original
Broncho Bill Sunday (United Features Syndicate) 1939.07.03

Notes

Title from previous episode.

Show/hide 9. Untitled (Bumps) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Phew! Glad this act is over -- this costume's hot as blazes!"

Featuring

Feature
Bumps
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Harry O'Neill [as O'Neill] (signed)
Art
Harry O'Neill [as O'Neill] (signed)

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Original
Bumps Sunday (United Feature Syndicate) 1939.03.17
Show/hide 10. Untitled (Dumas' The Three Musketeers) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Before setting out on their hazardous journey, D'Artagnan explained his plan of action."

Featuring

Feature
Dumas' The Three Musketeers
Genre
Adventure
Code
14/622

Credits

Script
Alexandre Dumas (original story)
James Carroll Mansfield (adaptation)
Art
James Carroll Mansfield [as J. Carroll Mansfield] (signed)

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Original
The Three Musketteers Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1938

Notes

This feature was translated into French and ran 41 episodes in Quebec from 10 December 1938 to 16 September 1939 (http://fr.la-bd-de-journal-au-quebec.wikia.com/wiki/Les_Trois_Mousquetaires_(Mansfield)_-_La_Presse)

Show/hide 11. Untitled (Highlights of History) Comic story, 0.5 pages

""Potter's Field" The origin of this old term that is applied to municipal burying-grounds…"

Featuring

Feature
Highlights of History
Code
622

Credits

Script
James Carroll Mansfield [as J. Carroll Mansfield] (signed)
Art
James Carroll Mansfield [as J. Carroll Mansfield] (signed)

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Original
Highlights of History Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1938
Show/hide 12. Untitled (Spencer Steel) Comic story, 1 page

"Spencer Steel is pretending to be Bill Baker, a boxer…"

Featuring

Feature
Spencer Steel
Genre
Adventure
Code
66

Credits

Script
? [as Dennis Colebrook] (signed)
Art
Ed Laughlin [as Dennis Colebrook]

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Also printed
United States
Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #9 (August-September 1939)
Untitled  (Page 3 inclues some panels)
Original
Wags [UK] (1937 series) #?
Show/hide 13. Untitled [Back cover] (Smiffy) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Smiffy
Genre
Humour

Status

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  • 83768

Entry created

  • 09/06/2018

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  • 09/06/2018

Last updated

  • 26/06/2018