| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Nation's Comic Monthly |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Advertisement | Something New! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils: Bill Everett (Hydroman); various (vignettes) | Inks: Bill Everett (Hydroman); various (vignettes) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Includes indicia.
Promotion house advertisement for Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 Series) #1 (August 1940) scheduled for release May 31, 1940. |
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| Credits | Letters: Hank Barrow? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
| Notes | Bottom portion of strip was expanded to fill the page. Covers approximately the left 2/3rds of the page. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ads copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Four advertisements for fireworks cover the right 1/3rd portion of the page. Advertisements for Baltimore Fireworks from Baltimore, Maryland; Acme Fireworks Corp. from River Grove, Illinois; Banner Fireworks from Toledo, Ohio; H. E. Roehrs & Co. from Closter, New Jersey. |
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| Credits | Letters: Victor E. Pazmiño? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four unrelated gag panels. |
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| Synopsis | Fun facts about movie stars and trivia about Hollywood. |
| Featuring | Star Flashes |
| Credits | Script: Charles Bruno | Pencils: Charles Bruno | Inks: Charles Bruno | Letters: Charles Bruno? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Harold Lloyd; Maxie Rosenbloom; Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers |
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| Advertisement | Get This Real Looking Western Six-Shooter |
| Featuring | Roy Rogers Six-Shooter |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Roy Rogers |
| Notes | Advertisement for Roy Rogers Six-Shooter cap gun by The Kilgore Manufacturing Company from Westerville, Ohio. |
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| Credits | Script: Paul Powell (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Teen | Characters: Roy Powers; Chunky; Captain Conway; The Commissioner |
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| Letters Page | No More Readin', Writin', an' 'Rithmetic (1 page) |
| Featuring | Let's Get Into a Huddle |
| Credits | Script: Stephen Douglas (signed) | Pencils: Stephen Douglas (signed) | Inks: Stephen Douglas (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Cavaliers and Roundheads (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: J. Carroll Mansfield? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History | Characters: King Charles I; The Duke of Buckingham |
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| Credits | Letters: Russell Keaton? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Billy Hill; Little Jerry; Baker; Sally Young; Freddie |
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| Credits | Letters: F. O. Alexander? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fantasy | Characters: Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
| Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
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| Credits | Letters: F. O. Alexander? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: High-Gear Homer |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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| Credits | Script: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) | Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) | Inks: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Klawgor; Tigaw; Fangar; Black Barney |
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| Comic Story | Justice (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Arthur Poinier? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Jitter |
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| Featuring | Sergeant Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines |
| Credits | Script: Frank Rentfrow (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Military | Characters: Sergeant Stony Craig; Private Fink; Private Wise; Devlin; Blade |
| Notes | Dickson drew this strip between 1937 and 1940, so these reprints fall between those dates. |
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| Credits | Letters: Elmer Woggon? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Mrs. Devere |
| Notes | Last panel includes Dizzy Dictionary which is word play gags. |
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| Credits | Letters: Coulton Waugh? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Norcross; Kit Karson; Carpenter |
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| Credits | Letters: Mel Graff? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Georgia |
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| Credits | Letters: Charles McBride? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; unnamed hypnotist |
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| Featuring | Daredevils of Destiny |
| Credits | Script: Frank Rentfrow (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Military; War | Characters: Sgt. Philip Katz; Private Phil Page |
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| Featuring | Penpal Page |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Letters: Clifford McBride? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Comic Story | Twin Sisters, Texas...Three Brothers, Ark. (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: M. E. Brady? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Names of those who "discovered" these towns are listed: Elmer RIchards of Pasadena, California; J. P. Solcum of Pasadena, California; Bill Gunderman of El Paso, Texas; Alec Johns of San Diego, California; Elsie Wells of Banning, California; Marge Carmen of Tulsa, Oklahoma; James Deneen of Montclair, New Jersey; Max Shawman of New York City, New York; Ann Greene of San Francisco, California; and "Blue Boy" Blue of Denver, Colorado. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; The Princess; Kashn Kari |
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| Featuring | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
| Credits | Letters: Victor E. Pazmiño? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Seaweed Sam; Prince Tiny |
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| Credits | Letters: Elmer Woggon? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto; High-De-Ho (aunt); Nephew Wah-Wah (nephew); Joe Ravioli; Princess Minnie Ha-Cha |
| Notes | Last panel includes a paper doll cut-out items called "Wahoo Kut-Um-Outs". |
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| Credits | Letters: Julian Ollendorff? |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Olive Lane; Irma Hunkatin; Maxie |
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| Credits | Letters: Noel Sickles? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Scorchy Smith; Himmelstoss; Mickey Lafarge |
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| Comic Story | The Situation Has Its Points |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Mame Doodle |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: John Smith; Mary Smith (both unnamed here) |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Lone Rider [Jim Larrimore]; The Panther (villain); Ramon (henchman); Luis (henchman); Reggie Van Smyth |
| Notes | Inker credit from Craig Delich.
Reprint information from the Stripper's Guide blog (http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2017_09_24_archive.html, retrieved 27 September 2017) based on research by Allan Holtz and Jeffrey Lindenblatt. |
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| Cartoon | Daredevil (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Stookie Allen? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Lieutenant Commander Isaac Schlossbach |
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| Comic Story | Oil (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Clifford McBride? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto; Ammonia (a racehorse); Oscar the Octopus |
| Notes | Last panel includes an Oscar the Octopus gag panel. |
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| Credits | Letters: Roy L. Williams? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Benjy Boles; Miss Tosy |
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| Comic Story | Into th' Jail- You're Out! |
| Featuring | Mescal Ike |
| Credits | Script: S. L. Huntley (credited) | Pencils: Art Huhta | Inks: Art Huhta |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
| Notes | Mescal Ike logo above this strip. |
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| Comic Story | A Dog's Tale! |
| Featuring | Mescal Ike |
| Credits | Script: S. L. Huntley (credited) | Pencils: Art Huhta | Inks: Art Huhta |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Dead Eye Dick! |
| Featuring | Mescal Ike |
| Credits | Script: S. L. Huntley (credited) | Pencils: Art Huhta | Inks: Art Huhta |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | A Sure Cure! |
| Featuring | Mescal Ike |
| Credits | Script: S. L. Huntley (credited) | Pencils: Art Huhta (signed) | Inks: Art Huhta (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Credits | Letters: Frank Godwin? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
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| Credits | Letters: Frank Godwin? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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| Credits | Letters: Fred Neher? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Squeaky |
| Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels, one of which features a boy named Squeaky. |
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| Comic Story | Zoo Elephant Whitewashes Own Cage...News Item |
| Featuring | Animals in the News |
| Credits | Letters: M. E. Brady? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Animals in the News is a topper to Frog Pond Ferry comic strip listed in the next sequence. |
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| Featuring | Frog Pond Ferry |
| Credits | Letters: M. E. Brady? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: The Skipper; Pinhead |
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| Text Story | Gold For Fools (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmie Christian; Ransome Shields; Titus |
| Notes | At end of the story, there is a coupon to fill out to join the Buck Rogers Solar Scouts fan club. |
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| Credits | Letters: Fred Locher? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Homer Hoopee; Pa Hoopee; Helen Hoopee |
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| Featuring | Funland Everybody's Playmate |
| Credits | Script: A. W. Nugent (credited) | Pencils: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Inks: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Letters: Art Nugent? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Puzzle and activity page. |
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| Credits | Letters: Charles McBride? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
| Notes | Except for one panel, this comic is mostly wordless |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Activity page of magic tricks. |
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| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Speed Spaulding |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
House advertisement for Speed Spaulding which debuts in the next issue. |
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| Advertisement | Ready The Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine (1 page) |
| Featuring | Red Ryder; Daisy Manufacturing Company |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils: Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters) (signed);? (illustrations) | Inks: Fred Harman (Red Ryder characters) (signed);? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Red Ryder; Little Beaver |
| Notes | Back cover.
Advertisement featuring characters from the Red Ryder comic characters for the Red Ryder 1000-shot Carbine BB gun from Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan. |
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