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| Publication | [1943] | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Gus Ricca? | Inks: Gus Ricca? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Top two-thirds of page is a cartoon showing a soldier aiming a cannon at the backside of another soldier who is bending over. The bottom third of the page is a statement about sending the comic to men in the armed forces, as well as the publisher's indicia, etc. |
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| Text Article | He Can Who Thinks He Can (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inspirational article addressed to "you, the members of our armed forces." |
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| Featuring | Mirth Parade |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A bill poster uses his beard to apply paste to a poster. |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck? | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A man injured in a car wreck is taken to a veterinarian for treatment. |
| Featuring | Joe Dokes |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Credits | Pencils: Gus Ricca? | Inks: Gus Ricca? |
| Notes | Art has Ricca-style "stippling" on boxer's head. Bottom third of page is text-only publisher promo. |
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| Notes | Promo for "Riggin' Bill" and "Private Bill" comic books. "Get a copy of each from your news-dealer or post exchange." |
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| Comic Story | Butch (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | No dialogue or other lettering in this strip. |
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| Synopsis | A scantily-clad chorus girl (part of a scantily-clad chorus line) is struck in the rear end by a pellet. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | This is the first of a series of full-page cheesecake cartoon gags in this issue, all drawn in a realistic style by the same artist. |
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| Comic Story | Sandy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A man enjoys fresh air from an open window, only to discover it's a painting. |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | No dialogue or sound effects in this comic story. |
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| Synopsis | A male witness rolls up his pant-legs to expose his bare calves to a woman juror. |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Nertzery Rhymes |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Soldier; Hitler |
| Notes | Art at top of page shows a soldier with a boxing glove on the end of his rifle punching Hitler. The rest of the page is a humorous text poem. |
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| Synopsis | One monk shows another one a book he found, entitled "Secrets of Swing." |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A black cat uses a trumpet to woo a female cat. |
| Featuring | Otto |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Text Story | Jest Essays (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Ima Sphinx |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A young woman complains when her soldier boyfriend stands up and salutes a passing officer. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Another "cheesecake cartoon." |
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| Synopsis | A Scots soldier visits the doctor for splinters in his tongue. |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | The bottom third of the page features three unrelated text jokes. |
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| Text Story | No. 8 Heinrich Hintsite Heinie (1 page) |
| Featuring | Stupor-Men |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A big-game hunter removes a thorn from an elephant's foot and is later rewarded. |
| Featuring | Lyin' Lou |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lyin' Lou; elephant |
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| Text Story | No. 9 Halfoff Oralloff Alloffsky (1 page) |
| Featuring | Stupor-Men |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Cops approach a hotel doorman. |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Capital Chin Chatter |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ida Clare] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A young woman requests a loan. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Another "cheesecake cartoon." |
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| Featuring | Capital Chin Chatter |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ida Clare] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A young woman attends a costume party as a Native American woman with a "papoose" on her back. |
| Featuring | Junior |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | The Dewlittle Family |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | This is not actually one continuous story, but rather 12 pages of full-page gag cartoons (plus one 2-page spread) about a hillbilly family. However, it only has one title logo and all 12 pages are consecutive.
Some of the faces look like Joe Beck's work, but the overall art is more detailed and in a somewhat different style than his usual product.
Art previously credited to 'Gus Ricca ?' |
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| Featuring | Bib & Tucker |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bib; Tucker |
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| Featuring | Private Chesler |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Private Chesler |
| Notes | This is not a single story, but 12 continuous pages of individual gag cartoons (2 per page). About every other page has a separate logo.
The title character obviously refers to Harry "A" Chesler whose shop produced this comic. |
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| Synopsis | A sexy young woman thinks her soldier escort is looking at his feet while they dance, but he is obviously staring at her mostly-exposed cleavage. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Another "cheesecake cartoon." |
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| Featuring | A. Sapp's Fables |
| Credits | Script:? [as A. Sapp] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A cuckolded husband complains to his young wife that her lover is smoking his best cigars. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Another "cheesecake cartoon." |
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| Featuring | A. Sapp's Fables |
| Credits | Script:? [as A. Sapp] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A man tries to exit a subway but can't get past a hefty woman. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Same artist as the "cheesecake cartoons" but doesn't feature a sexy young woman. |
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| Featuring | My Daze |
| Credits | Script:? [as Vera Smart] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A soldier and a young woman stroll through the park at night. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Another "cheesecake cartoon." |
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| Featuring | My Daze |
| Credits | Script:? [as Vera Smart] | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A young woman has triplets in a stroller. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Another "cheesecake cartoon." |
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| Text Story | Jest Complaining (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A man buys a pair of women's panties from a store clerk. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Another "cheesecake cartoon." |
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| Featuring | Nertzery Rhymes |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Cartoon art down the left-hand side of the page, the right-hand two-thirds is a humorous poem. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 3 separate military-themed cartoons on one page. |
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| Featuring | Giggles |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Otto Eppers? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 3 separate, unrelated cartoons on one page. |
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| Synopsis | Hillbilly Dewlittle passes a plate of breakfast through the drop-seat in a hanging pair of long-johns, to his wife seated on the other side of the table. |
| Featuring | The Dewlittle Family |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Back cover, in color. The boy playing on the floor definitely looks like Joe Beck art, but the other characters could be done by Gus Ricca? |
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