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Crown Comics 16 - McCombs Ont
| Description | |
| From the Collection of JVJ. Scans and Edits by Ontology. | |
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | January 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: quarterly | Editing: Lucile E. McCombs (Editor) |
| Notes | Indicia reads: Crown Comics, Winter Issue. Editor credit from Statement of Ownership. |
| Featuring | Voodah |
| Credits | Pencils: Anthony Cataldo [as AC] (signed) | Inks: Anthony Cataldo [as AC] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Voodah; Zanzi |
| Advertisement | A Great New Exciting Baseball game (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Two baseball offers by mail order. |
| Featuring | D. Lawyer |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Joe DiMaggio |
| Comic Story | Murder (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Voodah agreed to guide a rhino hunt, two natives and a white man met violent death, Voodah found himself accused of vengeful, cold-blooded murder. |
| Featuring | Voodah |
| Credits | Script: Ken Fitch | Pencils: Anthony Cataldo (signed); Ruben Moreira | Inks: Anthony Cataldo (signed); Ruben Moreira |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Voodah; Zanzi; Cheeko (monkey); Brett Harvey; Royce Harvey |
| Notes | Cataldo is very often mixed up with Ruben Moreira, and JVJ has both Moreira and Cataldo here, but this is signed only by Cataldo. Moreira is not credited as working for McCombes, and his body movements are much more writhing and twisting with long arms and legs as in Kaänga. Whoever wrote this is incorrect. This IS Cataldo AND Moreira. A lack of credit in the Who's Who is not an argument against an ID. It simply might mean that the WW is incomplete, which we all know to be true. |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Missing White Jade (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Ashley is sending detective Cutter to San Francisco to receive a valuable collection white jade and jewels purchased from the Chinese government. |
| Featuring | Vic Cutter |
| Credits | Script: Frank Bolle (plot); Leonard Starr? | Pencils: Frank Bolle (signed) | Inks: Frank Bolle (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective | Characters: Vic Cutter (detective); Laura Ames (secretary); Captain Grady; Steve Barrett; Mr. Ashley (millionaire); Yu Song; Mei Ling |
| Notes | Bolle and Starr are both credited on this feature, but this story is only signed by Bolle, and Starr as writer is uncertain. It could also be Ken Fitch, who is also credited on writing this feature at this time. |
| Text Story | Case of the Whimsical Counterfeiter (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Counterfeiters working in a carnival. |
| Credits | Script: Paul Norton (byline) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Honest Joe (counterfeiter); Bill Bones (police detective); Little Bill |
| Comic Story | "Don't you think we have come too far..?" (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Minnie and Little Haha is taken prisoner by two Wakota warriors, but Tonka follows. |
| Featuring | Minnie Soo with Little Haha and Tonka |
| Credits | Script: Ralph Heimdahl (signed) | Pencils: Ralph Heimdahl (signed) | Inks: Ralph Heimdahl (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Children; Humor; Western | Characters: Minnie Soo; Little Haha; Tonka (great warrior) |
| Notes | Heimdahl is credited on writing and drawing this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | The Whitecrest (9.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | The ship Whitecrest is captured by the French and Stewart sets out with a shooner to rescue the crew. |
| Featuring | Bart Stewart |
| Credits | Script: Frank Bolle (plot) | Pencils: Frank Bolle (signed) | Inks: Frank Bolle (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Period | Characters: Bart Stewart; Filippe (French fencing master); Captain Arnold; Starkwell |
| Statement of Ownership | "New York State" |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story | The Big Bank Robbery (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim and Rusty are trailing bankrobbers. |
| Featuring | Lefty Jim - U.S. Marshal |
| Credits | Pencils: Anthony Cataldo (signed) | Inks: Anthony Cataldo (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western | Characters: Lefty Jim (U.S. Marshal); Rusty (deputy); Barton (bankrobber); Judge Barrow |
| Activity | "You can have much more fun..." (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Try to find 40 different objects in this picture beginning with the letter "P". |
| Credits | Script: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Pencils: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Inks: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Letters: A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| Advertisement | Beauty Trix Wallet (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Leather wallet by mail order. |
| Featuring | Scope Sales Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement | Now You Can Have Daring New Look Beauty... (1 page) |
| Synopsis | All-in-one Triolette new look bra. |
| Featuring | Wilco Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement | Make Your Child Happy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Tweeny, the doll that drinks. |
| Featuring | Fun For Children |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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