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| A great book, but I had to laugh at the front-cover puff piece suggesting that buying the comic will save your eyesight. |
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| Publication | August 1936 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Synopsis | Boy chasing butterfly. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Johnson Smith & Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Easy on the Eyes! (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? [as The Editors] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Spike Spalding; Little Linda; Sam the Porter; Werewolf |
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| Comic Story | The Gavonian Affair, Part 12 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Princess is restored and Tauru is captured, or is it Sandra on the throne? |
| Featuring | Sandra of the Secret Service |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sandra; Counte De Wex; Princess Yonda; Count Tauru (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Prince of Patrania, Part 10 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A sailor befriends Pincus and hides him from Spike's captors. |
| Featuring | Spike Spalding |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Spike Spalding; Pincus; The Sailor |
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| Comic Story | Island Adventure, Part 2 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Woozy Watts |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Woozy Watts |
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| Comic Story | Damsel in Distress, Part 9 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Villa ties Jack to his horse and attempts to drag him to death. |
| Featuring | Jack Woods |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Western-frontier | Characters: Jack Woods; Dolores; Don Miguel; Pancho Villa (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Episode 11 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Ivanhoe |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Front de Boeuf; Cedric; The Black Knight |
| Notes | Adapted from the Sir Walter Scott novel. |
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| Synopsis | Don battles a giant monster. |
| Featuring | Don Drake on the Planet Saro |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Sword And Sorcery | Characters: Don Drake; Queen Zira; Betty; Krenon |
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| Comic Story | The Big Ballgame, Part 1 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bob Daley fails to appear for the ball game, but a fresh young kid from Kansas offers to pitch in and help. Back home he used to bat corncobs with his brother. The coach is desperate, and all are amazed that the kid (Pep Morgan) is so good. |
| Featuring | Pep Morgan |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Pep Morgan (introduction); Bob Daley; the coach |
| Notes | I see no signature on the original. |
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| Comic Story | Fang Gow of China [Part 12] (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dynamite in the sewers of Paris! Barry finally comes face to face with Fang Gow! |
| Featuring | Barry O'Neill |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: Barry O'Neil; LeGrand; Fang Gow (villain) |
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| Featuring | Talk about Talkies |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Father Neptune and the Mermaid (van Buren cartoon) |
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| Comic Story | The Half-Breed, Part 2 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pierre is defeated and sent packing. |
| Featuring | Buckskin Jim |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Western-frontier | Characters: Buckskin Jim; Trapper Pete; Zeb Halliday; The Trapper; Pierre (villain) |
| Notes | Script previously credited to Cooper also, but there are no sources which suggest he did anything but provide the artwork. |
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| Featuring | Pelion and Ossa |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pelion; Ossa |
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| Featuring | Just Suppose |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Script previously credited to Henry Kiefer, but there is nothing in his long list of credits to suggest he did more than the artwork. |
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| Synopsis | Brad and Kardos meet the High Priestess of the Gray People who has been exiled because of Lorraine. |
| Featuring | Brad Hardy |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Brad Hardy; Kardos; The High Priestess (introduction); Lorraine (villain) |
| Notes | Script previously credited to Hickey also, but there is no known evidence to suggest he was more than the artist. |
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| Featuring | Fun Club |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Episode 2 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Three Musketeers |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: D'Artagnan; Milady [Milady de Winter] (not fully named here) |
| Notes | Adapted from the Alexandre Dumas novel. |
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| Featuring | Batter Up! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports |
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| Comic Story | The Werewolf, Part 2 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Westly asks Occult to help cure him. Meanwhile, Occult discovers an entire boarding house full of werewolves. |
| Featuring | Dr. Occult |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Doctor Occult; Westly; Mrs. Daniels (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Dewey and the Pirates, Part 9 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Midshipman Dewey |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Dewey; the Captain |
| Notes | There is no evidence to confirm that Cooper was the script writer, as previously suggested. |
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| Comic Story | The Bedouin Adventure, Part 11 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Wing Brady |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Wing Brady; Lynn Harding; Ali Ben Saad (villain) |
| Notes | There is no evidence to suggest that Hickey was also the author, as previously claimed. |
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| Comic Story | The Holdup, Part 4 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jake and Ed are fired for failing to stop the robbery. |
| Featuring | Along the Main Line |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jake; Ed |
| Notes | Script previously credited to Cooper, on no known evidence. |
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| Synopsis | Having adventured in ancient Egypt, Bobby and Binks now use the magic crystal to reveal the time of war between Croesus, King of Lydia, and the Persian monarch, Cyrus. |
| Featuring | The Magic Crystal of History |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Croesus; Cyrus; Bobby; Binks |
| Notes | The story which unfolded in issues #1-10 had Bobby and Binks physically transported to ancient times. From this issue on they merely stare into the crystal as it reveals historical events.
There is no evidence to suggest that Fleming wrote this story. |
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| Featuring | Sam the Porter |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sam the Porter |
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| Featuring | Do You Know? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | More Fun and Magic |
| Credits | Script: Graysten the Magician | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | The House of Magic |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery Plane, Part 8 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bob flies to Alaska in his rocket plane. |
| Featuring | Bob Merritt and His Flying Pals |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Bob Merritt; Fernando; Jake; Buzz; Shorty; Lefty |
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| Comic Story | Adopted by Flint, Part 1 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The mayor asks old miser Flint to adopt Linda, which upsets the miser's nephew. |
| Featuring | Little Linda |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Linda; Flint (introduction); Wilkins (introduction); unnamed Mayor of Hillsboro |
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| Comic Story | In the Wake of the Wander [Part 10] (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Grim signals a nearby gunboat for help. |
| Featuring | Captain Grim |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Captain Grim; Kango; Djenal; Filson |
| Notes | Script previously credited to Hickey (as MacFergus), on no known evidence. |
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| Comic Story | The Ceremony (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rex agrees to marry the queen but changes his mind at the last minute. |
| Featuring | 2023: Super-Police |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Rex Cosmos; Axel Yoke; The Queen; the Court Minister |
| Notes | Story title taken from last issue blurb. |
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| Featuring | Unc |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Unc (intro) |
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| Comic Story | Episode 1 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jeff and his uncle are searching for treasure on Moraga Island. |
| Featuring | Pirate Gold |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Jeff Roberts (introduction), Gregory Roberts (introduction); Captain Dennis |
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| Featuring | Hubert |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hubert |
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| Comic Story | The Purple Tiger, Part 2 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Purple Tiger, a hooded and robed leader of a gang of crooks and kidnappers, has Doris Bailey, spoiled daughter of the Police Commissioner, kidnapped. |
| Featuring | Calling All Cars |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sandy Kean; Commissioner Baily; Doris Bailey (Commissioner's daughter); The Purple Tiger (villain); The Purple Tiger's Gang (villains) |
| Notes | Continued from issue #11, wherein the Purple Tiger was never seen. |
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| Featuring | It's a Fact |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Featuring | Harmonica Playing Made Easy |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Featuring | The Crowell Publishing Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Factory to You (1 page) |
| Featuring | Remington Rand |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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