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| Art for "Shorty Shortcake" in this issue is Dick Briefer. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Historical |
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| Comic Story | Ty Cobb (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Ty Cobb |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | The Dreaded Doxol (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Doxol (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | Th' boss wants ta see me... (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Armstrong the Lumberjack |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Armstrong (introduction) |
| Notes | Only appearance of the "Armstrong the Lumberjack" feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Yarko; Rocco (villain, introduction); Judge Lawton (introduction); Mrs. Lawton (introduction); Gail Martin (introduction) |
| Notes | The art has more Eisner touches than Powell. |
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| Comic Story | Shorty and Suzy are visiting Mr. De Welth... (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Shorty; Suzy; Mr. de Werth |
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| Comic Story | The Case of English Eddie (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Patty O'Day |
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| Comic Story | The Council of Vampires (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Doctor Fung; Luigi Bishop (villain, introduction, death); Anya Bishop (villain, introduction, death); Council of Vampires (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Powell signs in the final panel. |
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| Text Story | Buddy Learns About the Pirates' Weapons (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Old Uncle Caleb; Buddy |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
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| Comic Story | Ambushing the Smoky Hill Stage (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Mason; Rat-Eye (villain, introduction); Schmidt (villain, introduction); Beggs (villain, introduction) |
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| Text Article | Claw Woman; Rooster Bridegroom!; Eats 'Em Alive; A Full-fledged Soldier at Ten! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Wonders That Are True! |
| Content | Characters: Michael Page; Rameses II |
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| Synopsis | Don Quixote and Sancho Panza explore a subway train. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Don Quixote; Sancho Panza |
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| Comic Story | The Battleship Disasters (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: K-51; Senor Anza (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Mob Buster Robinson; Capino (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Blackie Morgan Case (1 page) |
| Featuring | Tom Barry of the Royal Mounted |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tom Barry (introduction, a mountie); Blackie Morgan (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Only appearance of the "Tom Barry of the Royal Mounted" feature. |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Ralph Bellamy; Shirley Temple; Ben Turpin; Irene Dunne; Benny Leonard |
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| Comic Story | Doom in the Gold Mine (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: "Spark" Stevens |
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| Featuring | Mystery Men Comics #1 |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
Promotional house advertisement for Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1 (August 1939). |
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