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| After reading the Dan Hastings story, I can state the following:
The text of the story is complete from beginning to end. The title page is the only page that appears to be missing. The title of the Dan Hastings story is "50 Men Outside". This is determined from an examination of the titles listed on the contents page, and a process of elimination of the other known features. Although the name Dan Hastings doesn't appear on the contents page, on page 36 of the story appears the line "At this very minute there are fifty men outside the building." The likely author is Ken Fitch, since his name appears on the credits of all prior Dan Hastings text features. This is a very odd sort of Dan Hastings story. Although the story takes place on the planet Mercury, it is essentially a criminal investigation story is which Hastings busts up a hotel gambling ring operation. The only real science-fiction angle of the story is when the crooks threaten to eliminate Dan by tossing him in the lava river which flows just outside the hotel. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1938 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Next case, 1939 |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed) | Inks: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed) |
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| Featuring | Johnson Smith & Co. |
| Credits | Colors:? (duotone, with red) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | From Start to Finish (1 page) |
| Featuring | Jest for Fun |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab (sidebar illustrations);? (masthead illustrations) | Inks: Fred Schwab (sidebar illustrations);? (masthead illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Art spotting by Henry Andrews. |
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| Contents | Contents |
| Credits | Pencils: W. C. Brigham | Inks: W. C. Brigham | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | The statement of ownership takes up about a quarter of the page, most of the way down. Otherwise this would have a page count of 1. |
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| Synopsis | Statement of ownership of "Star Comics, published monthly at Mount Morris, Ill., for October 1, 1937, State of Illinois." Frank Z. Temerson (owner, business manager); I. W. Ullman (owner); C. & A. Publishing Co. (owner); Ultem Publications, Inc. (publisher); Harry A. Chesler (editor); George Nagle (managing editor)
Addresses:
404 Fourth Avenue, N. Y. C. (Ullman; Temerson; Ultem Publications, Inc.)
420 Lexington Avenue, N. Y. C. (C. & A. Publishing Co.)
276 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. C. (Chesler; Nagle)
Sworn to on October 7, 1937 |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Belly-Laughs |
| Credits | Script: Gill Fox? | Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) | Inks: Gill Fox (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | "Kernal Hippo" plays "Santa" at the New Year Gift Party (1 page) |
| Featuring | Shinanigans |
| Credits | Script: Dick Ryan | Pencils: Dick Ryan | Inks: Dick Ryan |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Text Article | Where Cotton Originated (1 page) |
| Featuring | Do You Know? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Text Article | Salute To a Doctor (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
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| Text Article | The Base Stealer's Nemesis (1 page) |
| Featuring | Sport-O-Gram |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) | Inks: Gill Fox (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports |
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| Featuring | Jingle Jingle |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Text Article | Norma Shearer (1 page) |
| Featuring | So This Is Hollywood! |
| Credits | Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) | Inks: Gill Fox (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
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| Featuring | Riggin' Bill |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Polly-Tix |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Professor McScrewy |
| Notes | Credits from comparison with the cover of Star Comics #1. |
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| Featuring | Goobyland |
| Notes | Art credit from comparison with the cover of this issue.
Narration is done in rhyme. |
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| Featuring | Round Table Adventures |
| Notes | Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Narration is done in rhyme. |
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| Featuring | Jungle Town Show Boat |
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| Featuring | King Kole's Kourt |
| Notes | Art ID by comparison with signed Schwab work.
Narration is done in rhyme. |
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| Featuring | The Prince |
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| Featuring | Ima Sphynx |
| Notes | Signature is in the bottom right-hand corner of the last panel. |
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| Text Article | Jack Rabbit (1 page) |
| Featuring | Misleading Names |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Pardon (5 pages) |
| Notes | Signed in the last panel. Also credited "by Claire S. Moe" in the splash panel. |
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| Featuring | The Source of Famous Quotations |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History |
| Notes | Only the first page is present in the available scan, after which the next several pages are missing, but 2 pages would be typical of this feature. |
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| Comic Story | Colt Canyon (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | This story may or may not be located at this point- the pages here are missing from the available scan. The page count would fit given the expected page counts of the features to either side (the page count is from Keltner's index, although as with most of the issue, it is incorrectly listed under #8- however, it appears on this issue's title page which otherwise exactly matches the interior contents).
Alternately, the story listed as "50 Men Outside" may actually be "Colt Canyon" (with a 1-page filler occupying the extra space), and "50 Men Outside" may be a 2-page story here. |
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| Featuring | Dan Hastings |
| Credits | Script: Ken Fitch? (see note) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
| Notes | The available scan is missing the first page of this story, but Ken Fitch was credited on earlier splash illustrations. This story is at least 7 pages, and 8 pages is likely as that is the length of the installment in issue #7 (the text story for #8 has not been indexed at this time). |
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| Featuring | Smugglers Tracks |
| Credits | Pencils: Phil Nolan (credited, see notes) | Inks: Phil Nolan (credited, see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | There's a "by Phil Nolan" byline, but no information on Nolan can be found. He might have been a writer, or just a pen name. |
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| Featuring | Jack Potts |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Topsy Turvy |
| Notes | Signed in the last panel.
Narration is done in rhyme. |
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| Featuring | Justice Triumphed |
| Content | Genre: History |
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| Featuring | Bows an' Arrows |
| Credits | Script: Dick Ryan | Pencils: Dick Ryan (signed) | Inks: Dick Ryan (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Adventures at the Circus |
| Notes | narration is in rhyme. |
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| Featuring | Bib and Tucker |
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| Featuring | Joe McGee |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Court of Inhuman Relations |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Li'l Arthur |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Homing Instincts |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | Pig-Ville |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | narration is done in rhyme |
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| Comic Story | 50 Men Outside (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | It's not entirely clear if this is "50 Men Outside" or not, as only the final page is present in the available copy. It may be "Colt Canyon", which is the other story on the table of contents that is not accounted for. The story is not mentioned in Keltner's guide, so there's no telling whether it's a 2 or 3 page story (it's possible that there was a 1-page filler that is also part of the 2 pages that are missing between this feature and the previous one. |
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| Comic Story | "I'm th' new reporter for the local chirp. (1 page) |
| Featuring | Bug-Ville |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Publisher advertisement | America's Greatest Comic Magazines (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A robber only wants his victim's comics, not his cash. |
| Featuring | Funny Pages; Funny Picture Stories |
| Credits | Script: Fred Schwab? | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab | Colors:? (duotone, with red) |
| Notes | On sale the first Wednesday of every month.
Art spotting by Henry Andrews. Schwab usually wrote his humor scripts.
Inside back cover. |
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| Featuring | Remington Noiseless Portable Typewriter |
| Credits | Colors:? (duotone, with red) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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