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Publication | June 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Rulah [Jane Dodge] |
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Comic Story | Unsung Sports Heroes (1 page) |
Synopsis | Tribute to football players who aren't stars but contribute to their teams' success. Pictured are Ed Houck (Brown), Barney Poole (Army), Francis de Pavw (Northwestern), Jim Coppinger (Arizona), and Leon Schultz (Southern Methodist). |
Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Sports |
Notes | Inside front cover, red tinting. Title is hand-lettered, the rest of the text is typeset. |
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Comic Story | The Origin of Rulah (12 pages) |
Synopsis | American aviatrix Jane Dodge crashes her plane in the jungle. Constructing a costume out of giraffe hide and parachute cords, she goes in search of people. Jane observes Nurla, claiming to be the Moon Goddess, deceiving the inhabitants of Towla Village into helping her steal sacred pearls from a neighboring village. Jane intervenes and prevents bloodshed between the two villages. The people of Towla have Jane fight a leopard to prove her worthiness, then designate her Rulah, their "jungle goddess." |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Rulah [Jane Dodge] (introduction, origin); Nurla |
Notes | Character name from Error Report #2383, by Len Wolinsky. |
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Text Story | Janie Runs For Mayor (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Girl Trouble! (6 pages) |
Featuring | Harry |
Content | Genre: Humor; Teen |
Notes | Only appearance of this "Harry" feature at Fox. Not to be confused with other "Harry" features at other publishers. |
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Synopsis | Joan's editor gives her a bracelet containing a miniature movie camera and sends her out to find a story. After several flops, Jane becomes the "100,000,000th" visitor to the library and wins a rare edition of "Treasure Island." She tosses the book in the trash but two criminals show up to steal it, because it contains clues to the location of a stolen payroll. Joan foils the crooks and recovers the loot. |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Joan Marsh; McPherson; Mr. Percival; Bang Bang McGee; Dr. Miro; The Count; Mike Mannigan |
Notes | On page 1, Joan is described as the "star photographer" for the Daily Planet, but on page 2 she is suddenly their "best reporter." The librarian says Jane is the "100,000,000th visitor" to the library (one hundred million) but in the next panel says she is the "lucky millionth visitor" (one million). |
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