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| Publication | January 15 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric |
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| Notes | inside front cover |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Three unrelated gag panels. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Black Barney |
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| Synopsis | Incidents in the life of one of the most renowned air pilots. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: C. Champe Taliferro |
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| Synopsis | Puzzled by the mysterious disappearance of Pendleton, John Anderson's partner, Jack, John and June flee for their lives from Conajee Island after being attacked by a large horde of local natives, and head for Tanna Island, home to Stanley and Livingston. They find the island afire and both men dead, and the trio is captured by Chong Wong and his coolies. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Famous Flint [Jack Bradley]; John Anderson; June Anderson (John's daughter); Stanley (death); Livingston (death); Chong Wong (villain); Chong's coolies (villains) |
| Notes | Continued from previous issue and into next.
Peter signs in the penultimte panel. |
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| Synopsis | Napoleon spots a number of dogs who are pampered by their owners, and slinks dejectedly into his kennel. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Uncle Elby; Napoleon |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
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| Synopsis | Connie, commander of the United Military Forces, has been captured by the nefarious Ko Lin and sent to the torture chamber. Jack and Dr. Chrono succeed in freeing her from her captors, but are quickly followed in space ships...which Chrono manages to hurl back into time with his time machine. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown; Dr. Chrono; Ko Lin (villain); Ko-Wai-Kong (villain, torturer) |
| Notes | Thanks to Jon Ingersoll for dates of original syndication.
Continued from previous issue and continued in the next issue.
Story takes place in the year 2941. |
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| Comic Story | Danger Thin Ice (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Some boys tie a toy duck to Jitter's tail, and, distracted by the quacking noise, he falls through the ice on the pond. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Jitter |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
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| Synopsis | Captured and caged by Beady, Dickie tricks him into eating so many pancakes that he gets sleepy and is caged in turn. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dickie Dare; Okuk; Dan Flynn; Bill Beady |
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| Synopsis | Shiltz and Iltz come to see Ivan and discover that the two plan to destroy the aeronautics plant where Iva's twin brother is stationed. They plan for Ivan to take Paul's place at the plant and destroy it from within, but Scarlet invisibly follows them and is unknowingly knocked into a well. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Invisible Scarlet O'Neill; Paul Itch (Ivan's twin brother); Ivan Itch (villain); Shiltz (villain); Iltz (villain) |
| Notes | Story continued from previous issue and continued next issue.
Art and possible script were previously credited to Tom Dorr. |
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| Featuring | Pen Pals |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | A two page centerfold listing addresses of readers seeking pen pals. The age divisions - 13, 14, 15, 16 - suggest a readership demographic which is significantly higher than the received wisdom of 'comics are for children aged 8 to 12'. |
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| Comic Story | Jacqueline of Holland (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Incidents in the life of Countess Jacqueline of Mons. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History | Characters: Jacqueline of Holland |
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| Synopsis | Scorchy and Kay make a forced landing on a choppy ocean and are rescued by a sea plane from the ship "Tasmania". They then continue on to China, where they meet up with their old friend Tex. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Scorchy Smith; Hawkins; Tex Wyman; Kay Kimberley |
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| Synopsis | Elby is blowing up multiple ballons for a party. Napoleon panics and runs amok, balloons explode and Elby faints, much to Willie's amusement. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Uncle Elby; Napoleon; Willie |
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| Synopsis | Oaky and Cedric sail to Certiorari, where Cedric is to tutor the daughter of Flugg the Dictator. Imagining a willowy blonde, he is disappointed to find his pupil is a pig-tailed kid. Meanwhile, Oakey gets fitted for a new suit of armor. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Flugg, Dictator of Certiorari; Felicia Flugg; Willow |
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| Synopsis | Clipper and Mary Lou get married on the spur of the moment. Her brother Tommy feels betrayed, until Clipper makes him second-in-command of the squadron. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Lt. Clipper Willams; Lt. Billy Hill; Mary Lou Hughes; Tommy Hughes |
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| Synopsis | The boys narrowly escape an explosion planted to destroy the lighthouse |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Teen | Characters: Roy Powers; Chunky; Sam; Captain Winters; Mr. Sharp |
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| Synopsis | Elby buys a mousetrap, but feels sorry for the mice he catches, and makes a special trip to the store to buy them some cheese. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Uncle Elby; Napoleon |
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| Synopsis | Skip has gone missing, and Olly uses a radio broadcast to appeal to him to return to the movie studio. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Humor | Characters: Olive Lane; Abe "A.G." Ginsberg; Skip Allen; Don; Maxie |
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| Text Story | Nothing Could Happen (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Art MacNab; Ted Ashley; Stimson |
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| Comic Story | Finders Keepers! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle |
| Notes | Four daily strips:
#1 - Finder Keepers!
#2 - Dishwater Consomme!
#3 - Something New Has Been Added!
#4 - Short Changed! |
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| Synopsis | Wahoo and Steve force Zeke to tell where he took the kidnapped Prince Lucky. They then rescue him from an island in the middle of a lake. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Betsy Boone; Uncle Zeke; Prince Lucky; Mrs. Boone |
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| Synopsis | Pretending they are climbing in the Alps, Willie and a friend take Napoleon up a snow covered slope. They are all tied together, but when Napoleon smells the meat van he scampers down the hill, pulling the boys behind him. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Willie |
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