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| Very interesting feature on communism. It seems a common goal of tyrannical movements is to bring the whole world under their control. Back then it was communism, today it is globalism! The last thing they want is nationalism, or the right of individual nations to determine their own destiny. |
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| Publication | March 15, 1962 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 2 | Frequency: Every two weeks during the school year. |
| Notes | wraparound cover |
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| Cover | St. Joseph Protector of the Universal Church |
| Content | Genre: Religious |
| Notes | wraparound cover |
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| Synopsis | 2 activities and a single-panel gag. Here is the seventh Duke of Dingle with his ancestral portraits, but they are damaged. Can you restore them with a pencil?; a camper is all ready for a camping trip and has many items ready to take on the trip with him, but which item is missing? |
| Featuring | Game Page for the Artist |
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| Synopsis | Reporters show up to interview Uncle Harry about the progress on the new construction. The reporters play up the angle that the new park will have a gorilla, but later in the day, a cablegram arrives saying that the gorilla escaped and they won't be getting one. Mr. Sharp goes out and purchases his own gorilla, which he bills as King Kongo. Cousin Fud bursts in the room to tell everyone that there's a woman at the door carrying a baby and was told to deliver it to Uncle Harry. |
| Featuring | Uncle Harry's Monkey's Uncle |
| Credits | Script: Frank Borth (credited) | Pencils: Frank Borth (signed) | Inks: Frank Borth (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Uncle Harry Moody; Will; Jody; Cousin Fudley; Mr. Sharp; Mr. Wiffletree |
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| Synopsis | Hitler's soldiers march into Russia and are greeted by many Russians. Anyone siding with the Germans is sent to Siberia. Stalin appeals to Russians to be patriotic and plays down the aspect of communism. He tells the Allies that the Comintern has been disbanded, so that they will send military supplies to Russia. Stalin promises to encourage democratic rule in eastern Europe and breaks his promise. Stalin dies in 1953 and it is rumored that Kruschev and others had poisoned him with Warfarin to make it look like he suffered a stroke. Only those closest to him know the truth. |
| Featuring | This Godless Communism |
| Credits | Pencils: Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed) | Inks: Reed Crandall [as R. Crandall] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History | Characters: Joseph Stalin; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Winston Churchill |
| Notes | The Comintern was a communist group whose function was to spread communism throughout the world. |
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| Comic Story | The Story of Johnny Longden (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Johnny Longden. At the time this story was written, he was the world's top jockey with 6,000 wins. |
| Featuring | Sports Heroes |
| Credits | Script: Bob Weber (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Johnny Longden |
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| Comic Story | The Origin of Chess (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The history of chess, starting from terra cotta pieces discovered in Mesopotamia that are 6,000 years old. Tells how the pieces themselves have changed over the years. For example, chariots were not used in European armies, so they became castle turrets. The Indian word for chariot is "ratha", or "roka" and it became and is still known as a rook. |
| Content | Genre: Historical |
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| Synopsis | Four single-panel gag cartoons. |
| Featuring | Fun Page |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Old 777, the steam locomotive, arrives at the mine. Rescuers bring out a flexible hose from the old Corliss steam-powered electric power plant and connect it to the steam engine. Power is restored to the mine, which will allow rescue operations to begin. Being a reporter, Chuck gets all the details of the mine accident and a list of the names of the trapped men. Mr. Borden is reminded that the miners will be saved thanks to old 777 arriving in time. He thinks he knows how to show his thanks... |
| Featuring | Chuck White and His Friends |
| Credits | Script: Frank Moss [as Max Pine] (credited) | Pencils: Fran Matera (signed) | Inks: Fran Matera (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chuck White; Ray Norris; Mr. Borden; Grandpa Norris; Buddy; Father Meyer; Mr. Lindgren |
| Notes | Max Pine was an alias of Frank Moss, per 2006 interview with Frank Borth: "You can find out in reading your things he also uses the word Max Pine as a substitute for him because he didn't want them to think he was writing everything in the place..." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849 |
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| Featuring | Talking It Over with Father John |
| Credits | Script: Rev. John M. Scott, S. J. | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Religious |
| Notes | Text article with three accompanying illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Citizen of the United States and Heaven St. Francis Xavier Cabrini (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Mother Cabrini. She died in 1917 and was made a saint in 1946. |
| Credits | Pencils: Lloyd Ostendorf (signed) | Inks: Lloyd Ostendorf (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: St. Francis Xavier Cabrini |
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| Synopsis | Hannibal is a human cannonball but the cannon doesn't launch him when it fires. |
| Featuring | Hannibal Bear |
| Credits | Script: Frank Huffman | Pencils: Frank Huffman | Inks: Frank Huffman |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Hannibal Bear |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
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