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| Publication | November 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
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| Cover | King, the Jack of All Trades |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant; Michael Gallant] |
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| Comic Story | King, the Jack of All Trades (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lance meets Kim and Biff marveling over the news that former resident and well known celebrity, King Costain, is returning for a visit to town. Lance is suspicious of just why he is coming to town, but soon enough a criminal called The King moves in to take over the rackets, and Captain Triumph vows to learn the truth of what is going on. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant; Michael Gallant]; Kim Meredith; Biff; executives of a brokerage company [J.H.; P.C.]; [The King [King Costain] (villain, author, actor, magician, introduction, death); Costain's valet (villain, introduction); Riddy Ropton (villain, city boss, introduction, death); Dopey (villain, Riddy's aide, introduction) |
| Notes | Story title taken from the cover.
The AC reprint lists Bryant as cover artist.
While the art may be Bryant's, there are certain panels that look like Reed Crandall also may have had a hand in this story. |
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| Synopsis | Beezy's parents and cousin Battie try to cure his crush on showgirl Yvonne de Hubba. Complications ensue, concluding with a giant brawl. Beezy decides he prefers a different chorus girl now. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Beezy Bumble; Pa Bumble; Ma Bumble; Yvonne de Hubba; Battie Bumble; Gomez |
| Notes | Basically the same story premise as the Beezy story in Crack Comics #37, with some identical situations. |
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| Comic Story | The Mustache Murder (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller; Honest Ed Edwards [Farmer Frick] (first appearance; villain); Evans (first appearance; death) |
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| Comic Story | The Transformation of Mr. Crispin (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara; J. Barrett Crispin (first appearance); Storp (first appearance; villain); Lotta Crispin (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Pruning the Tree (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | King Fearo's 500th Wife (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Floogy the Fiji |
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| Synopsis | Pop is outraged at Molly's scanty attire in her photo portfolio, but he's the one who's arrested for indecent exposure after falling out of a window clad only in a towel. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney |
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| Synopsis | Maloney gets all dressed up to see the "new model" his friend Fitz has at his house, thinking it's a sexy young woman. The model turns out to be a model ship. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Maloney; Fitz |
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| Synopsis | Molly gets worn out posing for a series of jitterbug photos. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Jaxon Jitter |
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| Text Story | Small-Winged Cop (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale |
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| Synopsis | Kiki gets dressed up to meet Diane's cousin, a "Hollywood scout." He turns out to be a Cub scout from Hollywood, Kansas. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kiki Kelly; Mrs. Kelly; Diane; Aighedd |
| Notes | Cub Scouts were a junior version of the Boy Scouts of America. |
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| Comic Story | Tom Thumb (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Inkie; Papa (first appearance); Mama (first appearance); Billy Brown (first appearance) |
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