| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1966 | Price: 0.12 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Four Times Yearly |
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| Cover | Spacious Rooms to Rent |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Advertisement | Treasure Chest of Fun (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:?;? (photos) | Inks:?;? (photos) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Novelty items, first item "Throw Your Voice".
Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Reprieve! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ex-Nazi concentration camp commander Hans Schneider is on trial for war crimes but his hypnotic lawyer, Kreugg, somehow gets witnesses to recant their testimony and Schneider is acquitted. His freedom is short-lived, however, as Kreugg brings him back to the concentration camp, now teeming with ghosts of his victims. |
| Featuring | Old Gypsy |
| Credits | Letters: typeset | Job #: B-158 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Old Gypsy (host); Hans Schneider (defendant); Kreugg (defense lawyer); Gerta Muller (witness); Wilhelm Krauss (guard); Kuss (executioner) |
| Notes | Possible Marcus pencils/Giordano inks per Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited Pat Boyette with pencils and Marcus with inks. |
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| Advertisement | Famous Name Prizes or Cash… the Easy Olympic Way (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:?;? (photos) | Inks:?;? (photos) | Colors:?;? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad seeking sellers of "quality personalized Christmas cards." Successful sellers "win lots of prizes."
After page 4 of first story. |
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| Comic Story | He'll Go a Long Way (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Unscrupulous con man Boyce Haskell feels ripped off when he gets a fortune from the Old Gypsy - that he'll "go a long way." He borrows money from his friend Bill, using it to get wealthier as he makes shady deals. He gets Bill involved in an apartment house building scheme where Boyce makes a bundle but Bill goes to jail for swindling. Chased by Bill's irate wife onto an empty subway train, Boyce sees his fortune coming true as it leaves the tracks and flies high up above the Earth. |
| Featuring | Old Gypsy |
| Credits | Letters: typeset | Job #: B-156 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Old Gypsy; Boyce Haskell (con artist); Bill (Boyce's partner); Bill's wife |
| Notes | Possible Masulli art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Mo Marcus with inks. |
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| Advertisement | Boys Here's a Swell Way to Make $1 to $5 Weekly |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Colors:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad seeks sellers of GRIT newspaper. Make 5¢ profit on each paper sold.
After page 1 of second story. |
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| Advertisement | U.S. Gov't Surplus |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Colors:? (backgrounds and lettering only) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for government surplus items: parachutes, boats, tents, machetes, etc.
Shares page with GRIT ad. |
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| Advertisement | Frontier Cabin |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for "huge, western-style cabin" for only $1.00 each from Giant Cabin Co.
At end of second story. |
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| Advertisement | Fascinating Stamps |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Colors:? (backgrounds and lettering only) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for "217 different stamps for only a quarter".
Shares page with FRONTIER CABIN ad. |
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| Comic Story | 'Spacious' Rooms for Rent (9 pages) |
| Featuring | Old Gypsy |
| Credits | Job #: B-157 |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Old Gypsy (host); Mr. Smith (retired landlord); Mrs. Winterbottom (tenant); Mr. Baumgartner (tenant); Mr. Kewtie (tenant); Alien |
| Notes | This is the first professional comic book story from Pat Boyette. Pat Boyette co-created the Peacemaker with Joe Gill. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:?;? (photos) | Inks:?;? (photos) | Colors:? (backgrounds and lettering only) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Batman |
| Notes | Miscellaneous mini-ads: rockets; poems wanted; magician tricks, stamps, superhero posters, etc.
After page 6 of last story. |
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| Advertisement | 200 Pc. Set World War II Soldiers (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for set of 200 U.S. and German soldiers and army equipment for $1.98, from Lucky Products, Inc. |
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| Advertisement | Is Your Hair Growing or Going? (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for scalp treatment that will save you from going bald, with a "Double-Your-Money-Back Guarantee", from H. H. Ward & Co.
On inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Boys, Girls, Men, Women (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad seeks salesmen of the "Wallace Brown Line of Christmas Cards and Gift Items."
On back cover. |
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