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| Publication | August 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Joyce Church; The Great One |
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| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Babe Bunting; Oaky Doaks; Jitter; Napoleon (dog); Speed; Jerry; Rex |
| Notes | Promo for Famous Funnies #72 with cover and panels from the interior stories. |
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| Synopsis | During an experiment with a new, revolutionary chemical, chemist Harry Thurston's left hand is turned into a water spout. Bob Blake is called in and another accident turns his entire body into a water spout. Fortunately, a counter-active chemical is used on both and they are restored. Blake decides to take injections of the chemical and become Hydroman, who must then combat a horde of alien invaders led by The Great One. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hydroman [Bob Blake] (introduction, origin); Harry Thurston (Blake's friend, chemist); Joyce Church (friend of Thurston); Tom Kinsman (Thurston's partner); Wong (villain); The Fat One (villain, death); The Great One (villain); Soo Lee (villain) |
| Notes | Continued next issue. Everett used his middle name "Blake" to craft the origin of Bob Blake. |
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| Synopsis | The boys wonder about wireless communication. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pinhead Duffy; Jimmie Dugan |
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| Synopsis | Jenny gets a new plane for the air race. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation; War | Characters: Flyin' Jenny Dare; Mrs. Rockbilt; Bertram Rockbilt; Marty (a guard) |
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| Featuring | Star Flashes |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Donald Meek; Boris Karloff; Sidney Toler; Dick Powell; Arthur Treacher; W. S. Van Dyke; Tillie (mule); Heinie Brock; Robert Lowery |
| Notes | Thirteen factoids in four panels (presumably four different daily panels.) |
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| Synopsis | Doctor Malinsky creates a zombie to be the first of an army for foreign agents. |
| Featuring | The Purple Zombie |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Purple Zombie (introduction; origin); Kimberly Hale; Doctor Malinsky; Otto von Heim |
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| Synopsis | Slugger is arrested for climbing a tree. |
| Featuring | Sergeant Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Sergeant Stony Craig; Klondike Devlin; Captain Blade; Captain Cutter, Slugger Wise; Fink; Hillbilly; Joe |
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| Synopsis | The boys are talking about disarmament. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pinhead Duffy; Jimmie Dugan |
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| Synopsis | Dinky investigates a scream that came over the phone. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dinky Dinkerton; Phillip "Sniffy" Anbust; Flossie |
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| Synopsis | Don and friends are picked up by his father, but a new enemy appears. |
| Featuring | Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Don Dixon; Princess Wanda; Dr. Lugoff; Mr. Dixon; The Destroyer |
| Notes | The topper to this Sunday page is Tad of the Tanbark.
The strip ran between October 6 1935 and March 6 1941.
Panels are extensively reshaped and rearranged. |
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| Synopsis | Curly tells the boys about an Indian fakir who stood on nails. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Curly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | The Reg'lar Fellers of America club that readers can join. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Gene Byrnes (photograph) |
| Notes | A chance to win one of 20 copies of Gene Byrnes' How to Draw Comics and Commercial Art, published by Bridgman Publishers, Inc. |
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| PSA | Play Safe (1 page) |
| Notes | Warning kids against dangerous activities. |
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| Comic Story | In the Path of Disaster (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Jimmie is in a car accident. |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Jimmie Dugan; Pinhead; Hogan |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | The Reg'lar Fellers Thrift Club. |
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| Cartoon | Reg'lar Feller Lou Gehrig Says.... (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Lou Gehrig |
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| Activity | Draw It Y'self (1 page) |
| Notes | Dot to dot. |
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| Cartoon | Wings Over America (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Wilbur Wright; Orville Wright; A. B. Sherman |
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| Synopsis | American reporter Chick Mann uncovers a weapons cache under the Temple of Kali. |
| Featuring | Mann of India |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chickering Mann (introduction); Kalla Khan (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Bill is hired by Patricia to be her mate on her yacht. |
| Featuring | Bill and Davey |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bill Bilson; Davey; Patricia Mallory; Stabb; Steven Slink |
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| Synopsis | Richard Somers fights a duel. |
| Featuring | Daredevils of Destiny |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Biography | Characters: Richard Somers; Stephen Decatur; McKenzie |
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| Comic Story | The Affair at Karosz (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Minister Lorenz suspects there is a plot afoot. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Gordon Fife (introduction); Prince Nicky (introduction); Carol; Lorenz; Mimi; Ali; Lehmann; Mannheim |
| Notes | Pfeufer drew the strip between December 1936 and its final appearance in January 1942, so this reprint falls between those dates. |
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| Synopsis | The boys build a sky-scraper of boxes. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pinhead |
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| Synopsis | A man is mistaken for a rich man's son and kidnapped. |
| Featuring | Movie Hooey |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Duke |
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| Featuring | Amaze a Minute |
| Credits | Script: Arnold | Pencils: Arnold | Inks: Arnold | Letters: Arnold |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | May be four separate dailies. |
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| Synopsis | Tad, Speed and Almira survive the plunge to find themselves in more danger. |
| Featuring | Tad of the Tanbark! |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tad; Speed (Tad's father); Almira |
| Notes | This was the topper to the Don Dixon Sunday.
Four Sundays on two comic book pages, with the strip titles removed and art redrawn.
Credits from Saltarella (December 2016). |
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| Synopsis | Kitty suggests various games, but Chuck rejects them. |
| Featuring | Kitty Moran |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Kitty Moran; Chuck |
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| Featuring | Idioddities |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Dick Merrill |
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| Text Article | Maker of Champions (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Clair F. Bee (photo) |
| Notes | A bio of Clair Bee, national director of activities of the Reg'lar Fellers of America. |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Logo and address of the Reg'lar Fellers of America.
Back cover. |
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