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| Publication | August-September 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | Solid Jackson |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Solid Jackson; Natch Kilroy; Judy Farrell; Katie Kilroy; Mr. Kilroy |
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| Publisher advertisement | Announcing Something New..Something Different! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Funny Films |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Promo for Funny Films. Cover to #24 is depicted. |
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| Comic Story | Doing the Continental (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jackson decides to pattern himself after the TV character "The Continental." A liberal application of hair oil, his best suit, and a suave approach make him think he's going to be a Don Juan. However, the girls in town get wind of the change and pretend to fight over him, causing him to go back to his old ways. |
| Featuring | Solid Jackson |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Solid Jackson; Natch Kilroy; Judy Farrell; Portia Karloff; Slim; Nan; Lana; Marlene |
| Notes | "The Continental" was a short-lived 1952 15-minute late-night CBS television series, in which a suave man spoke directly and romantically to the female audience. |
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| Advertisement | Mission by Magnet (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A mystery rocket ship, invisible on radar, has dropped bombs four nights in a row. Major Mars installs an atomic magnet in a robot rocket that zeroes in on the mystery ship and destroys it. |
| Featuring | Major Mars; Popsicle |
| Credits | Pencils: Sam Glankoff [as Glankoff] (signed) | Inks: Sam Glankoff [as Glankoff] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Major Mars |
| Notes | Ad for Popsicle frozen treats with mail-in coupon. Top half is comic format, bottom is listing of premiums available for Popsicle wrappers. |
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| Text Story | A Whistle for Wanda (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Wanda is picked for the school play, but going to the first rehearsal is afraid she'll be laughed at. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Wanda; Jimmy Blaze |
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| Synopsis | Jitterbuck rescues a dog that had tin cans tied to his tail. He takes the dog home, but when Jitterbuck comes home late, it's the dog that gives him away. |
| Featuring | Jitterbuck |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan Gordon |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Jitterbuck; his father; his mother |
| Notes | Reprint link verified from scan of Cookie #1 from The Digital Comics Museum. |
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| Text Story | Reserved! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Helen wants football player Bill Simpson to notice her. A trip to the library solves that problem. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance; Teen | Characters: Helen; Nonnie; Bill Simpson |
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| Featuring | Roadometer; Roadmaster |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad in panel format (illustrations with text underneath) for Roadometer bicycle odometers by Roadmaster. Mail-in coupon to Cleveland Welding Company, Dept. XC-637, West 117th Street and Berea Road, Cleveland 7, Ohio. |
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| Synopsis | Pud blows a gum bubble that allows him to float over the goal line for the winning touchdown. |
| Featuring | Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer |
| Credits | Pencils: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed) | Inks: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Pud; Janie; Tim |
| Notes | Ad in comic format for Dubble Bubble bubble gum. Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia, Pa. |
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| Synopsis | Wilbur schemes to get Natch in trouble with Judy's father, Officer Farrell. He moves signs, paints lines, and buys a fake fire hydrant so he can frame Natch into a bundle of traffic offenses. |
| Featuring | Natch |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Natch Kilroy; Wilbur Morton; Slim; Judy Farrell; Solid Jackson; Officer Farrell |
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| Comic Story | Winner Take All! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Katie has her sights on the new boy in school, Cal Mack, and uses a book "Winning Your Man" for advice. She goes undercover to find out his likes and dislikes and gets him to take her to to a "Girls Pay" dance. Unfortunately, rival Dolores finds the book after Katie drops it and tells everyone that Katie has to get her boy friends from a book. Cal figures he's been tricked, so breaks the date. Fortunately, Katie's grandmother is visiting. She just happens to be be friends with the head of a movie studio and gets him to get Katie a date to the dance with Rock Hudson. |
| Featuring | Katie Kilroy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Katie Kilroy; Natch Kilroy; Portia Karloff; Mrs. Kilroy; Mamie Kilroy; Cal Mack; Dolores Garcia; Miss Crunchpitt; Rock Hudson |
| Notes | Rock Hudson appears in the last two panels, with two words of dialogue. A very teen-slang-heavy story. |
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