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| Is the panel in the Desi Arnaz story with Lucille Ball he first appearance in comics? |
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| Publication | January 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | Desi Arnaz |
| Content | Characters: Desi Arnaz |
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| Comic Story | Kay Starr (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Profile of singer Kay Starr. |
| Featuring | Sweetheart of the Juke Box |
| Content | Characters: Kay Starr |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Lionel Hampton Rockin' Rhythm (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lionel goes from soda jerk to bandleader. |
| Content | Characters: Lionel Hampton; Louis Armstrong; Benny Goodman |
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| Comic Story | Betty Hutton (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | This is the short story of Betty Hutton's rise to fame from a street dancer to movie star and recording artist. |
| Content | Characters: Betty Hutton; Vincent Lopez; Arthur Treacher |
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| Comic Story | Imagine You Having Eyes for Me (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brief profile of Nellie Lutcher plus the sheet music to one of her songs. |
| Featuring | Nellie Lutcher |
| Credits | Script: Nellie Lutcher | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Nellie Lutcher |
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| Text Article | Your Record Review (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Capsule reviews of records by Jo Stafford, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, Nelly Lutcher, Ethel Smith, Nev Simons, Vic Damone, Ralph Font, Anne Shelton-Sam Brown Keynotes & Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey, Sy Oliver, Arnett Cobb, Anne Shelton, John Laurenz, Tex Williams, Sammy Kaye, Red Ingle, Carmen Miranda and the Andrews Sisters, Helen Forrest, Tony Martin, Benny Goodman, Gordon Jenkins, Orrin Tucker, Louis Jordan, Ziggy Elman, Morey Amsterdam, Stan Kenton, Dennis Day, Anne Vincent, Jack Fina, Frances Langford, Benny Goodman Sextet, Frank Devol, Bing Crosby, Tex Ritter, and Carmen Cavallaro. |
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| Comic Story | Borrah Minevitch King of the Harmonica (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Borrah Minevitch goes from selling papers to playing harmonica solos with an orchestra. |
| Content | Characters: Borrah Minevitch; Dr. Hugo Reisenfeld |
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| Advertisement | Hoppy Will Show You How to Play This Metal Harmonica (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for a Harmonica with instructions and a songbook. |
| Featuring | Hopkinson Harmonica Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Liltin' Martha Tilton Takes the Cake (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Martha does her best to deliver a cake to a soldier. |
| Content | Characters: Martha Tilton |
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| Comic Story | Gene Krupa, James Hardy, Symphony Sid, Bob Morrow, Fred Robbins (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Spotlight on drummer Gene Krupa accompanied by caricatures and anecdotes about various disc ockeys around the country. |
| Content | Characters: Gene Krupa; James Hardy; Symphony Sid; Bob Morrow; Fred Robbins |
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| Comic Story | The Ranopama Dude Ranch (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jivey, Groovy and the gang go to a dude ranch for a relaxing vacation. |
| Featuring | Jivey and Groovy |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Jivey; Groovy |
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| Comic Story | Desi Arnaz...You Can't Keep a Good Man Down (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Arnaz family is exiled from Cuba during a revolution. Desi becomes a dancer, singer and conga player and organizes entertainment for the troops during World War II. |
| Content | Characters: Desi Arnaz; Lucille Ball; Xavier Cugat |
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| Text Article | America's Youngest Platter Spinner (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Profile article about a six-year-old disc jockey for starion WOR. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Robin Morgan |
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| Comic Story | That Genial Irish Gentleman Art Mooney (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Art's musical career is interrupted when he's drafted. |
| Content | Characters: Art Mooney |
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| Comic Story | Dick Haymes Jack of All Trades (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Young Dick Haymes works as an actor, a singer, a band leader and a composer. |
| Content | Characters: Dick Haymes; Johnny Johnson; Harry James |
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| Comic Story | Bob Crosby The Edison Complex (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bob interviews a number of people with odd inventions. |
| Content | Characters: Bob Crosby |
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| Comic Story | Lawrence Welk, Wilmouth Houdini, Morey Amsterdam, Tex Beneke, Cab Calloway (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Spotlight on Lawrence Welk with caricatures and anecdotes about other performers. |
| Content | Characters: Lawrence Welk; Wilmouth Houdini; Morey Amsterdam; Tex Beneke; Cab Calloway |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Hurry on down for Nellie Lutcher's S-i-z-z-l-i-n-g New Album! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Nellie Lutcher's latest Capitol Record release CC-70. |
| Featuring | Capitol Records |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Nellie Lutcher |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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