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| Publication | June 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | A previous indexer credited Al Avison. However, the cover is signed by Ham Fisher. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh |
| Notes | A previous indexer credited Al Avison. However, the cover is signed by Ham Fisher. |
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| Featuring | Red Cross |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Illustrated public service announcement for the Red Cross. Signed in lower right corner, but signature is not clear. |
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| Advertisement | Bernard Putter -- Voted "Most Popular Boy" (1 page) |
| Featuring | High School "Champs" of America by Thom McAn |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Bernard Putter |
| Notes | First interior page. Illustrated Ad featuring a profile of Bernard Putter, a student at Tilden High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. Part of a series sponsored by Thom McAn shoe stores. |
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| Advertisement | Bobby Shelby Gets a Job -- (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bobby is able to deliver his afternoon newspaper route in less than an hour because he has a Shelby bicycle. |
| Featuring | Shelby Cycle Company; Bobby Shelby |
| Content | Characters: Bobby Shelby; his father; Mr. Jones |
| Notes | Ad in comic format for the Shelby Cycle Company, Shelby, Ohio. |
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| Comic Story | Adventure in the Hidden City (20 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joe and Smokey are in the French Foreign Legion. They get lost in the desert and are captured by soldiers and taken to the hidden city of Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Joe Palooka; Smokey; Knobby Walsh; Angela; Perkins; Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou |
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| Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light (1 page) |
| Synopsis | While camping in the mountains, Captain Tootsie uses an Army Sniperscope to hunt down a killer bear at night. |
| Content | Characters: Captain Tootsie; Coon Tail Charlie; Rollo; the Secret Legion |
| Notes | Signed "C. C. Beck and Peter Costanza" in title panel. Includes mail-in coupon for a 'Coon Tail for 15 cents and one Tootsie Roll wrapper to Tootsie Rolls Dept 105, Box 8 Brooklyn 1, N. Y. (Just the "Coon Tail," not a hat.) |
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| Synopsis | Flossie teaches her dog to pull her on a cart, with predictable results. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Flossie |
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| Synopsis | In a rainstorm, Flossie takes an umbrella to meet her sister at the subway. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Flossie; her mother |
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| Featuring | Monark Silver King, Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated ad for Monark Silver King, Inc. bicycles, featuring the 1948 Monark Super Deluxe. |
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| Synopsis | Dick and Jim ride their bikes through historic Williamsburg, Virginia. |
| Featuring | Bike-Hike Quiz; Fisk Bike Tires |
| Content | Characters: Dick; Jim |
| Notes | Ad in comic format for Fisk Bicycle Tires. |
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| Comic Story | Adventure in the Hidden City - part 2 (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou bets Sultan Jeb Alltrash that Palooka can beat his champion in a boxing match. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Smokey; Miss Billings; Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou; Sultan Jeb Alltrash |
| Notes | Continued in the next issue. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Palooka versus Assassin! |
| Content | Characters: Joe Palooka; Assassin |
| Notes | Promo for Joe Palooka #22 with cover and three preview panels depicted. "On sale May 14" |
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| Featuring | Kerry Drake |
| Content | Characters: Kerry Drake; Angel-Puss |
| Notes | Promo for Kerry Drake Detective Cases #9 with cover and preview panels depicted. "On Sale May 5th". |
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| Cartoon | Cartoon Laughs at the Ringside |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports |
| Notes | Jokes involving boxing, with two illustrations. |
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| Synopsis | Ricky thinks he has a chance when Chickie dumps the military cadet she has been dating. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ricky Rooney; Chickie |
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| Synopsis | Chickie, Gootch, and Maylene were rescued from a crash in the Himalayan Mountains by a band of bandits, who intend to hold Maylenne and her friends hostage for a large ransom. They are locked in a storeroom, but with the help of a Swedish hideaway find a plane and attempt an escape. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Chickie Ricks [Flyin' Fool]; Gootch; Maylene; Ola Jansson |
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| Synopsis | Flossie finds ways to make noise when she's watching an old man fishing. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Flossie |
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| Featuring | Green Hornet |
| Content | Characters: Green Hornet; Kato; Mike Axford; Casey |
| Notes | Promo for Green Hornet Fights Crime #40 with cover and lead characters depicted. "On Sale May 5th." Also a plug for the Green Hornet radio show "On the air coast-to-coast Tuesday nights Blue Network" |
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| Synopsis | Flossie builds a castle from canned food, but tears the labels off the cans. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Flossie; her father |
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| Content | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne |
| Notes | Promo for Black Cat #12 with cover by Lee Elias (signed) and lead characters depicted. "On Sale May 5th." |
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| Text Story | The Case of the Missing Gems (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Linda Turner gets a tip from an underworld hood about a jewel theft. The Black Cat then follows the tipster to the gang holding the jewels. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Colors:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Tim Turner; Barry Boston; Rick Horne; Jonesey |
| Notes | Tiny Black Cat illustration by the title is the only art. |
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| Advertisement | 3 in 1 Air Pistol |
| Featuring | Johnson Smith & Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Sportsman Jr. air pistol, which shoots regular BB's, pellets, or steel darts. Pistol ($3.49) and packages of BBs, .177 pellets, and steel darts all available by mail from Johnson Smith & Company, B-195, Detroit 7, Michigan. |
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| Advertisement | Here's a Funsational Value |
| Featuring | Fun Parade, Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Eight joke books for $1.00 postpaid. Titles include Jokes, Grins, Fun Parade, Hello Buddies, Joke Parade, Army and Navy Hot Shots, America's Funnies Cartoons, and World's Best Laughs. Mail-in coupon to Fun Parade, Inc, Dept. 6, 1860 Broadway, New York 23, N.Y. |
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| PSA | U.S. Savings Bonds (1 page) |
| Notes | "Courtesy of The New Yorker". Ad in comic format for buying U. S. Savings Bonds in order to fight inflation. |
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| Advertisement | How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame (1 page) |
| Featuring | Charles Atlas |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Charles Atlas (photograph) |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Ad for Charles Atlas "Dynamic Tension" muscle-building course, with mail-in coupon to Charles Atlas, Dept. 303C, 115 East 23rd St., New York 10, N.Y. |
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| Advertisement | Beginning a Beautiful Friendship (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A baseball player offers the umpire some Baby Ruth cookies. |
| Featuring | Baby Ruth; Curtiss Candy Company |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for Baby Ruth candy bars. Curtiss Candy Company; Chicago 13, Ill. |
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