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| The three panels introducing The Owl on page 52 are awesome! Underrated strip, and he had a pretty cool costume. |
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| Marble River, thy this.
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Frank Thomas Archives v3 - The Complete Owl Pt.1 (Dell) |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | The Three Limping Kidnappers (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Comic Story | Red Morgan's Dam (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Red Ryder; Little Beaver |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Inside the Hollow Earth (7 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Bob and Bill (first appearance; two Boy Scouts); a giant (first appearance); a giant's wife (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Menace of Dr. Thor: Part ? (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Dr. Thor (villain); the Duchess (villain) |
| Notes | Strip reprints.
Previous indexer listed F. V. Martinek as the artist, but he was only the writer. |
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| Comic Story | Duel With a Destroyer (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Tumak's Return (4 pages) |
| Notes | adapted from Hal Roach's movie ONE MILLION B.C. |
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| Comic Story | The T.S. Show Mystery (5 pages) |
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| Comic Story | Roses For Virginia (4 pages) |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Admiral Bird's Ship (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Penguin Pete; Pudgie |
| Notes | strip reprints?
The "Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie" feature formerly appeared in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies. |
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| Comic Story | The Food Racketeers (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Owl [Nick Terry]; unnamed Police Inspector; Lee Terry's servant); Belle Wayne [as Bell] |
| Notes | According to Michael Barrier in his book "Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comics", Frank Thomas was the writer. Previous indexer credited Leonard Steinman.
Thomas' first Owl story in this title.
In Alter Ego #151 article, Thomas' daughter recounts that whenever her father was doing characters and needed a name, he used names of people that the family knew. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Pinchy; Lois |
| Notes | strip reprint
The "Herky" feature is currently appearing in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series) and will now be appearing in Crackajack Funnies also. |
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| Comic Story | The Power Plant (5 pages) |
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