Review: Popular Comics #10 (Nov 1936)

Popular Comics #10
Dell Comics
November, 1936

Writing: various
Art: various

Popular Comics #10 continues the 64-page format with over 100 comics! 

More strip leave this issue as they get dropped and moved over to Dell's newest strip magazine, The Funnies.

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  Scribbly by Sheldon Mayer. 
  • Parental Problems by Beck 
  • Looie by Martin Branner: Not too bad.
  
  

Returning this issue:

• Life's Little Tragedies 
• Uncle Bill

Popular Comics remains a strong read of great strips, especially in the action/adventure category..


The strips (in order of first appearance):


Dick Tracy by Chester Gould:  "Cut" Famin closes his trap on Tracy!  Great stuff!

Smitty by Walter Berndt: How guns make us brave!  Heh.

Herby by Walter Berndt: Fishing?  Cute.

Terry and the Pirates by Milton Caniff: The Dragon-Lady's treasure is brought to China for redistribution...but the Dragon Lady has designs to get it back!

Always Belittlin' by Percy Crosby.  Helping the law!  Funny.

Skippy by Percy Crosby.  Kid justice.  Yikes.

Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray.  Annie learns about fame...and who gets it!  I can't wait to see what she does to get some herself!  I'm loving Annie's positive attitude in the face of failure!  Very inspirational!  Also, Harold Gray draws the cutest elephants ever!

Maw Green by Harold Gray.  Maw knows her politicians!

Tippie by Edwina Dumm: Cute.  You can just tell the Dumm is a huuuge dog lover that studies them in their day to day life.

Smokey Stover by Bill Holman: The main joke about the firemen mistaking a radio program for someone in trouble was okay, but the image of a fireman drinking from the hose was priceless!

Moon Mullins by Frank Willard:  Unfunny horse-humor.

Kitty Higgins by W (Frank Willard):Eh.

Harold Teen by Carl Ed.  Golf fun.

Little Joe by Ed Leffingwell.  Little Joe bakes a cake.  Really.

Little Folks by Jack Knight: Okay, if mean spirited joke, but poor execution.

Smilin' Jack by Zack: Yes, apparently lasat month's strip was out of order, now we are back to our fearless friends seeking rescue.

Tom Mix the Fighting Cowboy:  Pictures over words.  Boring. Tom is captured and escaped.

Mort Green and Wife by Gaar Williams:  Eh, I've read better.

Zipper by Gaar Williams.  Birds shouldn't annoy dogs!  Heh.

The Gumps by Sidney Smith: Chester and Captain Dukette finish reading the captain's log of the Sir John Franklin and learn the horrible fate of his crew. 

Tiny Tim by Stanley Link:  Tim and Dotty meet Robin Hood and company!

Simp O'Dill by Sol Hess. Kinda punny..but not funny.

The Nebbs by Sol Hess. Not as funny this time.

Whiteboy in Skull Valley by Garrett Price:  A crooked man gets branded!  I like this strip, but the art is sub-par.

Gasoline Alley by Frank King.  Skeezix starts his new job with his uncle crossing the country selling medicine.  I think he is a snake-oil salesman...this should get interesting!

Ella and Her Fella by Al Posen. Cute, but the art is still not very good.

Mary Apple by Martha Orr.  Mary Worth goes to see the mayor, but loses her evidence against Looter.  Then, Looter gets his revenge!  Interesting.

Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner by Martin Branner.  They boys enlist a tough to get their clubhouse back.

Don Winslow U.S.N. by Lieut. Cmdr. Frank V. Martinek U.S.N.R. and Leon A Beroth.  Don and Red head off to Doctor Q's headquarters.

Bos'n Hal Sea Scout by F.V. Martinek U.S.N.R and Leon A. Beroth.  Hal goes to see Admiral Jones to tell him about Captain Bell.

Life's Little Tragedies by Becks:  I was bummed to see this unfunny and uninteresting strip return.  It's kind of like "Love Is..." but for bad stuff.

Lovey Dovey by Ferd Johnson. How not to get a raise.  Funny.

Uncle Bill Just not funny.

A Strain on the Family Tie by Gaar Williams.  Spring cleaning comes...how to keep their junk!

Sweeney and Son by Al Posen:  Cute.

Streaky by Gus Edson.   a plot to get Streaky off the baseball team.