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| Publication | May 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Herky; Randy Burns (inset); Davey Jones (inset); Tailspin Tommy (inset) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Junior; Joe |
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| Synopsis | Mary is knocked overboard, and Shark is captured by the crew. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Shark Egan; Mary McDermot; Kanaka Lew; Ace O'Doul; Shiny; Red Mack; Curly |
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| Comic Story | The Scairt Scarers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | Galloping Up |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Worry Wart |
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| Comic Story | Mr. Wong, Detective (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Wong discovers how the murder was committed. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Mr. Wong; Sam Street; Doctor Cross; Devlin; Myra Ross; Lee Tong; Dean; Countess Olga D'Lantrec; Anton Mohl; Lascari; Mrs. Roemer |
| Notes | Second chapter of a five-part adaptation of the 1938 Monogram Pictures movie "Mr. Wong, Detective" starring Boris Karloff.
© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc. |
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| Featuring | Popular Crossword Puzzles |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Tex is invited to join the gang. |
| Credits | Script:? (adaptation) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Thorne; Clamp Hackett; Rett Brim; Jerky; Jack Parsons; Jane Hoskins; Dad Hoskins; Jimmie Hoskins |
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| Synopsis | Rudy hopes to scare someone. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Rudy Elephant; Billy Penguin; Sammy Ostrich |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | A policeman is shot and his body dumped. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Randy Burns; Harry Fletcher; Jack White; Tommy; Art |
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| Synopsis | Davey tells Herky about how funny his parents are. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Herky; Davey Jones |
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| Synopsis | Toby and Oomog arrive on a haunted island. |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Toby; Oomog |
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| Synopsis | Jud thinks Danny stole his money. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: JUud Klinker; Old Blue (horse); Danny Magee |
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| Synopsis | Fritz gets a picture of Bat, but Bat wants it destroyed. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Fritz Hubbard; Bat Wilson; Jose; Bronc Peeler |
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| Synopsis | After Willis damages the radio things keep going wrong. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Tailspin Tommy; Willis; Betty Lou Barnes; Skeets Milligan; Mr. Trevor; Miss Stanley; Mr. Dunforth |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Easter Bunny |
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| Comic Story | G Men vs the Living Masks (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lane tries to find the truck containing Trigger Dolan and Buddy. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Larry Lane; Rastus; Trigger Dolan; Buddy Barton; Smitty; Mac; Jim |
| Notes | © 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc. |
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| Synopsis | The boys make it to an island. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham |
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| Synopsis | Herky brags at how he told off Lois and Pinchy for cheating on him. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Herky; Granville |
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| Comic Story | The Tempter |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | The Dark Background |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Worry Wart |
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| Comic Story | Rollin' Westward (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tex is hired to be a nester. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Ritter; Bart Haines; Lem Watkins; Lawson; Betty Lawson; Missouri; Nat Ambers; Slim |
| Notes | Based on the Monogram film. |
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| Text Article | New Stamp Issues (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Popular Stamp Club |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | The new commander of the ship where Ben Hur is an enslaved rower notices Ben Hur. |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Ben Hur; Quintus Arrius |
| Notes | Second chapter of a 7-part adaptation of the novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Synopsis | Rudy and Billy want Bobby's lunch and money. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Bobby Bear; Rudy Elephant; Billy Penguin |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | The Masked Pilot and Tom investigate a crashed plane. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Masked Pilot; Tom |
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| Featuring | Popular Conundrums |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | George Clark's Carnival |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pipkin |
| Notes | Five one-panel cartoons.
On inside back cover. |
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| Content | Characters: Dick Tracy; Junior; Pat Patton; Tess Trueheart |
| Notes | Promo for The Funnies.
Back cover. |
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