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| Publication | December 1953-January 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | Buster Crabbe |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Buster Crabbe (photo) |
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| Foreword/Afterword | A Personal Letter to You from Buster Crabbe (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facsimile letter from Buster Crabbe to readers of his new comic book from Lev Gleason, "just about the best publisher in the juvenile and comic field." |
| Credits | Script:? [as Buster Crabbe] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Buster Crabbe; Lev Gleason |
| Notes | Inside front cover, black & white. Features a photo of Buster Crabbe and a photo of Lev Gleason. |
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| Comic Story | The Jungle Talks Back (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | When the Princes see a newspaper article that African explorer Buckley has spotted a white wild boy in Portuguese Guinea, they persuade Buster to go with them to find their son, who has been missing for 5 years. |
| Featuring | Buster Crabbe |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Buster Crabbe; Roger Prince/Ford (dies); "Tiny" Prince; Petey; Helen Prince (dies); Hank Buckley (mentioned); Captain (villain, dies); first mate Ferris (villain, dies) |
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| Text Article | Buster Crabbe: One Terrific Swell Guy (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biography of Buster Crabbe and a solicitation for letters from readers. |
| Featuring | Buster Crabbe |
| Credits | Script: Lev Gleason | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Five illustrations. |
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| Synopsis | House ad for CHILDREN'S VERY OWN magazine. |
| Notes | Cover reproduction of issue 2 (December 1953). Top half of page is an advertisement. |
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| Comic Story | Dead Man's Gold (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Buster Crabbe |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | I Cover Mars (8.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | Martians are ready to attempt a fifth expedition to the planet Earth, hoping to have better luck than the previous four, which had met disaster. Feros is highly skeptical, believing that no human life could exist on a planet that is filled with deadly oxygen poisoning. When Astros and Feros land on Earth, Feros knocks out Astros, traps Crabbe and Phelps, and returns them to Mars while demanding a court-martial for Astros for cowardice. Feros is made the new King of Mars, and attempts to have the Earthmen killed along with former King Nemonalus before the truth be known. |
| Featuring | Buster Crabbe |
| Credits | Pencils: Ed Martinott [as Martinott] (signed) | Inks: Ed Martinott [as Martinott] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Buster Crabbe (Professor of Ichthyology); Johnny Phelps (one of Crabbe's students); King Nemonalus (of Mars); Astros (a Martian explorer); Demondon (a Martian explorer); Feros (villain, a Martian explorer) |
| Notes | The last 1/3 of page 9 is a promotional advertisement for the next issue of The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe, on sale November 30th. |
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| Synopsis | Ad for next issue of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF BUSTER CRABBE "on sale throughout the world--November 30th!" |
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| Comic Story | What's the Use! (1.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scrawny Mortimer tries body-building to attract his crush Millie. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mortimer; Millie; Harry |
| Notes | Bottom half of second page is an advertisement. |
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