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| some thoughts ....FUNNY PAGES goat and a guy kinky FREDDIE BELL my sympathies are with the protester CAPTAIN TRIPE pretty much is,, FEDERAL AGENT great early s and s stuff THE GOLDEN IDOL quite decent THE BLACK LAGOON on page 53 the first comic book splash page ?? MY GRANDPA this sucks even for `1936 |
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| Publication | June 1936 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Absolutely the Nuts |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Contents | Contents Page |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | inside front cover. |
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| Advertisement | Boys! Earn money and big prizes |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustrations) | Inks:? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for The Crowell Publishing Co. Inside front cover. |
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| Text Article | The Funny Pages (1 page) |
| Featuring | Editorial |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Includes indicia. |
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| Synopsis | Captain Bill's posse follows the trail of the outlaws. Jane and Johnny are confined to the outlaws' hideout cave, but find another way out. Bill approaches the cave, unaware he's being watched. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Captain Bill; Jane; Johnny; Rio Red |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Freddie Bell |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Skinny Shaner |
| Notes | racist humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Koko |
| Notes | racist humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Porkchops; Gravy |
| Notes | humor |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Tripe; Whiffle Puss |
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| Synopsis | Regan tracks down a counterfeiter who is being held hostage and forced to create phony printing plates. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Bart Regan (introduction, next seen in Detective Comics #1); Secretary Henderson; Joe Kelly; Henry Martin; Barney (crook) |
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| Text Story | The Son-of-a-Gun Comes Through (2.8 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Animal | Characters: Buck Farnum |
| Notes | text with 1 illo. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Alfy Elephant |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Golden Idol (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim and Creak follow the crook Stivers to the Golden Idol, where he steals jewels. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jim Collins; Creak Stivers; Red |
| Notes | Includes a one page introduction in text only. First two pages printed in four color, the rest in black and white.
This story is told entirely in pictures and records a new departure in narrative form. The publishers of this magazine are happy to be the first to offer this style of story telling to its readers and ask all of you write your opinion... |
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| Illustration | The Round-Up (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Double page spread. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Shocky; his mother |
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| Publisher advertisement | This is free! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Subscription ad. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Notes | Includes "Swapper's Mart". |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Frederick Lord; Sergeant Riley |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jake; James |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Big Sid; Pop |
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| Activity | Lesson No. 2: Bodies (1 page) |
| Notes | puzzle |
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| Featuring | Crossword Puzzle |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Captain Clark answers questions on Aeronautics |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Horton is diving for pearls. Kaule, a son of the native chief, falls into the lagoon and is held fast by an octopus. Horton attempts to free him. |
| Featuring | The Black Lagoon |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bill Horton; Jake; Kaule |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Ham SHanks; Poss; Spike Kelly; Sultan Sourpuss; Corky |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Dickie Duck; Biffy; Maizie |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Spunk Hazard; Miss Duke |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Loony Louie, the Fire Chief |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Evidence Eddy |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Cannonball Jones |
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| Publisher advertisement | Don't forget the free pencil |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Teaser for the subscription ad. |
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| Advertisement | Boys! Here's a magazine that you should read ... (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Everyday Science and Mechanics. Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Factory to You (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustrations) | Inks:? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Remington Rand. Back cover. |
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