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Publication | November 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr Collection. Prentice is credited to war stories 1952-53 at Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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Credits | Pencils: John Prentice | Inks: John Prentice | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: War |
Notes | Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr Collection. Prentice is credited to war stories 1952-53 at Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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Advertisement | Prize-Winning Doll (1 page) |
Synopsis | Baby Blue Eyes doll with magic hair that curls, waves, combs and washes. |
Featuring | Baby Blue Eyes |
Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Frogman's Warning (5 pages) |
Synopsis | A U.S. destroyer with American and British frogmen finds a creature off the coast of Scotland. |
Credits | Script: Kim Aamodt? | Pencils: Mike Roy?; Larry Woromay? | Inks: Jack Abel |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Cmd. Barton; Lt. Jamie Jamison |
Notes | Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr Collection. Both Roy and Abel are credited to war stories 1952-53 at Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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Comic Story | The Sawdust Target (3 pages) |
Synopsis | Two enemy spies are copying an important formula at a defence plant. |
Credits | Script: Kim Aamodt? | Pencils: Bernie Krigstein (signed) | Inks: Bernie Krigstein (signed) |
Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Krainin (spy); Draper (spy) |
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Advertisement | Draw Instantly (1 page) |
Synopsis | Amazing new invention makes drawing easy. |
Featuring | Master Art Helper Co. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Frogman's Confetti (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Four Army transport ships are sabotaged in Sea of Japan during the Korean War. |
Credits | Script: Kim Aamodt? | Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich | Inks: Dan Zolnerowich |
Content | Genre: War; Spy | Characters: Tom Lacey (frogman); Stoddard (Ordnance Officer) |
Notes | Zolnerowich is credited to working at Hillman by by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and this art is exactly identical to his credited story "Color Blind" in Hillman's Crime Detective v1 #10. Compare face and nose page 3 panel 5 with page 1 panel 3 in "Color Blind". |
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Text Story | The Ice Frogs (2 pages) |
Credits | Script: Kim Aamodt? | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Cpt. Wright; Cmd. Carew |
Notes | Aamodt is the only writer credited to Frogman 1952-53, but there may have been others. |
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PSA | Parents: Visit Your Schools (1 page) |
Synopsis | Program for the American Education Week Nov. 9-15, 1952. |
Featuring | American Education Week |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | The Sunken Viking (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Search for a Viking grave of Poppakadmar and spies on a small North American island. |
Credits | Script: Kim Aamodt? | Pencils: Mike Suchorsky | Inks: Mike Suchorsky |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Gunnar Jarl; Narvik (spy); Knut Bronson |
Notes | Suchorsky is credited to Frogman in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and this work is identical to his "Sea Witch" stories in "Pirate Comics", also credited by Bails. He can be noticed by his rounded ears and lips, and detailed inking. |
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Advertisement | Borrow Money by Mail |
Synopsis | Borrow money and pay doctor bills, insurance and old debts. |
Featuring | State Finance Company |
Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
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Synopsis | Gigantic bombers and piggy-back planes. |
Featuring | Bits from the Blue |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation |
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Comic Story | Frogman's Sunday Punch (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Commander Dawson is saved from foreign agents by frogmen who includes his wife Tonda. |
Credits | Script: Kim Aamodt? | Pencils: Leo Morey | Inks: Mike Becker |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Spy | Characters: Cmd. Lee C. Dawson (scientist); Parsons; Tonda Dawson (actress and spy) |
Notes | Art idenitification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr Collection. Morey worked for Hillman in 1948-51 and Becker on ink in 1952-53 according to Jerry Bails' Who's Who.. |
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Advertisement | Sacrifice Sale (1 page) |
Synopsis | Swiss watches at 70% off. |
Featuring | U.S. Diamond House |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Advertisement | How to Fix Any Part of Any Car (1 page) |
Synopsis | Book that covers every job on every car built from 1935 thru 1952. |
Featuring | Motor Book |
Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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Advertisement | Bulova Wrist Watch (1 page) |
Synopsis | Hand out only 20 new free enlargements coupons to friends and get prizes. |
Featuring | Dean Studios |
Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Colors:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Back cover. |
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