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| Publication | January 1938 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Colors:? (two color, red and black) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover.
Advertising for Johnson Smith & Co. (from Detroit, Michigan) 1938 novelty catalog. |
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| Featuring | Between Ourselves |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Editorial wishing the readers Happy New Year. There is an illustrated logo and a panel of artwork down the right-hand side of the page. |
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| Contents | Contents |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Table of contents, Statement of Ownership and publisher's indicia.
There is a line drawing of a man and a woman behind the table of contents. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Giggles |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Cartoon | Joel McCrea (1 page) |
| Featuring | Star Dust |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Joel McCrea; Nelson Eddy; Alan Dinehart; Deanna Durbin |
| Notes | Brief bio of actor Joel McCrea; three small cartoons at bottom of page illustrate trivia about Deanna Durbin, Alan Dinehart, and Nelson Eddy. |
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| Featuring | Brain Teasers |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Jack defeats the leader of the giants and forces them to make peace with the pygmies. Jack returns to Rankin but the giants follow him. |
| Featuring | Jack Strand |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Jack Strand; Diana; Jim |
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| Featuring | Sweet Revenge |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Cartoon | "Boots" Klupping (1 page) |
| Featuring | Sport Facts |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Boots Klupping; Patsy Coleman; S. W. Garrigus; Tom Hull |
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| Featuring | Jud |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Colonel I. T. Pryor (1 page) |
| Featuring | Triumphs of Kindness |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: I. T. Pryor |
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| Featuring | Third Class Male |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Signed "FS" in the last panel. |
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| Featuring | Phony Crimes |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Notes | The signature can be found on the next to last panel of the story. |
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| Featuring | Insurance Ike |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Dusty |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Rough House Annie |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Signed "B.W." in the last panel. |
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| Comic Story | Gulliver's Travels (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Sketches From Literature |
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| Cartoon | The Stork Brings a Baby Hippo! (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Text Story | Murder Prints (8 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Featuring | Joe Dokes |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Signed "Swab" in last panel. |
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| Featuring | Runt and Tuffy |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Detective Shultz's Luck (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Detective Shultz performs an inept pursuit of Dagger Dan across the country. |
| Featuring | Detective Shultz |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Detective Shultz; Dagger Dan |
| Notes | Signed in last panel on first page. |
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| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | A newspaper showing election results reads: "George Nagle Elected!" Nagle was a comic book writer who contributed to various Chesler comics, including this one. |
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| Synopsis | Jim impersonates an old lady to catch Snaky Smith, who has been posing as a laborer in order to case old women's homes. |
| Featuring | Old Lady Jim |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jim; Snaky Smith |
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| Comic Story | Range Poison (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Taggart schemes to poison Rogers' cattle to drive him off his land. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rogers (rancher); Taggart (rancher); Bill (Rogers' foreman) |
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| Comic Story | The Mad One (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While exploring in the jungle, Pete and Jim encounter Bomar, a madman who thinks they've come for his gold. Bomar falls off a cliff and the explorers find the gold. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Pete; Jim; Bomar (mad scientist, dies) |
| Notes | Art signed in last panel. Writer Nagle credited one first page in logo. |
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| Featuring | Nothing But the Truth |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four one-panel cartoons on the same theme: people telling the truth in situations where they would normally lie.
Same artist did "Phony Crimes" story in this issue. |
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| Comic Story | Ages of Animals (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Animal; Nature |
| Notes | Trivia facts about how long certain animals live. |
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| Notes | Inside back cover. Reddish tones over black-and-white artwork. Promo for "Star Ranger" and "Star Comics." |
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| Advertisement | Greatest Bargain in Ten Years (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Colors:? (two color, red and black) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover.
An advertisement for the Remington Rand Incorporated (from Buffalo, New York) noiseless portable typewriter. |
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