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Publication | December 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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Cover | Polka Dot on the Spot! |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane] |
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Comic Story | Polka Dot on the Spot! (11 pages) |
Synopsis | Doll Man is seeing spots before his eyes as he tries to cope with a department store owner clad head-to-toe in a dotted suit. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Polka Dot [James Lord] (villain, introduction) |
Notes | Story title from the cover.
Woolfolk credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Art identification taken from the reprint (formerly credited to "Bill Ward ?"). |
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Comic Story | The Bedlam St. Dilemma (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Officer Shenanigan |
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Comic Story | In Ghostonia (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky |
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Synopsis | Vince breaks his engagement to Hortensia because he thinks she's lost her fortune. When he learns he was mistaken, he tries to make up with her. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vincent Palooza; Hortensia Smigly; McPutty |
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Synopsis | Vincent plans to "pine away" with a broken heart. He goes to a burlesque house, thinking "I may as well pine away here as any place!" |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vicent Palooza |
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Comic Story | Chaw T. Backer's Gold Mine (5 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Roscoe |
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Comic Story | Strong-Arm Man for Hire (5 pages) |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa]; Carlos (villain, introduction) |
Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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Text Story | The Disintegrator (2 pages) |
Featuring | Doll Man |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane] |
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Comic Story | Tubb for Mayor (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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Comic Story | The Mental Giant? (5 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy; Mike (first appearance); Sid (first appearance); Z. Z. Bankroll (first appearance) |
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Comic Story | Battle of the Bands (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Swing receives anonymous notes and messages that he and his band are lousy. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Sweet Sue and the Jive Juliets (first appearance); Roger (first appearance; villain) |
Notes | Zolnerowich is credited on pencils on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the long torsoed bodies and shuffling way of walking, plus faces are all signs of his work. |
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Synopsis | The circus boss says Butch and Boppo aren't funny any more, and fires them as clowns. They're forced to impersonate the "World's Fattest Siamese Twins" in the sideshow. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs; Boppo; Linda Lou |
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