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| Publication | April 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: George Carlson (signed) | Inks: George Carlson (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Youthful Yodler; The Zig-Zag Zither |
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| Publisher advertisement | Relax! Read the comics (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) |
| Notes | Inside front cover. War reference. Advertising "Famous Funnies" comic book |
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| Comic Story | The Youthful Yodler and the Zig-Zag Zither (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Jingle Jangle Tales |
| Credits | Script: George Carlson (signed) | Pencils: George Carlson (signed) | Inks: George Carlson (signed) | Letters: George Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: A youthful yodler; a three-and-a-half peck bushelman [later to evolve into a full four peck bushelman]; a young idea; a four-foot-yardstick-maker |
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| Synopsis | Bingo and Glum have to find the ingredients for a witches' brew that can put Humpty Dumpty back together again |
| Featuring | Bingo's Frolics in Fairytale Land |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fantasy | Characters: Bingo; Glum; a witch |
| Notes | Many experiments throughout, eg. backwards spelling, and upside/down panels |
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| Synopsis | Freddy is friendly towards all the creatures of the wood, but his father advises him against it, telling him that a fox is a lone wolf. Freddy does meet a lone wolf who decides to have Freddy for his dinner. |
| Featuring | The Friendly Fox |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Freddy the friendly fox; Freddy's father; a lone wolf |
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| Synopsis | The two protagonists try to save Fluffy from the Mad Magician, who turns out to have several tricks and disguises |
| Featuring | Bottleneck and Widget |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fantasy | Characters: Bottleneck; Widget; Old Man Fudge; Fluffy, Old Man Fudge's daughter; The Mad Magician |
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| Comic Story | Adventures in Chessville (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hortense dreams of going to Chessland with the Black Knight, but returns with the White Knight |
| Featuring | Hortense the Lovable Brat |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Fantasy | Characters: Hortense; Hortense's father; the Black Knight; the White Knight |
| Notes | Imaginative and surreal script, full of wordplay; if not written by George Carlson, then at least heavily inspired by him |
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| Synopsis | Tommy Squawk sails out from America in the year 1492 in order to prove that the world is triangular, and meets Christopher Columbus going in the opposite direction. Columbus asks Tommy to bring his greetings to Queen Elizabeth [sic!]. In Europe Tommy helps conquer Hitlerat and his cronies |
| Featuring | Little Tommy Squawk |
| Credits | Pencils: Rudolf Johnson? [as R. Johnson] (signed) | Inks: Rudolf Johnson? [as R. Johnson] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Tommy Squawk; Christopher Columbus (cameo); Hitlerat; Queen Elizabeth (cameo) |
| Notes | World War II reference |
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| Text Story | Little "Lambs" Chop (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Phil Sturm (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustrations) | Inks:? (spot illustrations) | Colors:? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | The two polar bears go south to visit Benny, and get into trouble with a wildcat, a woodpecker and a mountain lion |
| Featuring | Benny the Bear and the Polar Twins |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: The Polar Twins [no individual names]; Benny Bear; Benny's father |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (six comic book covers) | Inks:? (six comic book covers) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Advertising "Buck Rogers" #5, "Dickie Dare" #4, "Chief Wahoo 3 Ring Circus" #2, "Dixie Dugan" #2, "Sparky Watts" #2, and "The Skyman" #2 |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (three comic book pages from "Heroic Comics" and front cover to #17) | Inks:? (three comic book pages from "Heroic Comics" and front cover to #17) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Lieut. John James Powers; Capt. Hewitt Wheless; Irving Strobins |
| Notes | Back cover. Advertising "Heroic Comics" #17 |
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