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| Publication | September 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Aviation; Crime; Western-frontier | Characters: The Masked Pilot; Tex Thorne; Penguin Pete; Jack Randall; Shark Egan |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Zane Grey] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Thorne; Topaz (a horse); Jane Hoskins; Jimmy Hoskins; Jerky; Buck; Clamp Hackett (villain) |
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| Cartoon | Deep Stuff; Heroes are Made Not Born |
| Credits | Script: J. R. Williams (credited) | Pencils: J. R. Williams (credited) | Inks: J. R. Williams (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons. |
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| Cartoon | The Advisers; Born Thirty Years Too Soon |
| Credits | Script: J. R. Williams (credited) | Pencils: J. R. Williams (credited) | Inks: J. R. Williams (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Mary McDermot; Mai Ti; Red Mack (villain); Curly (villain) |
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| Activity | Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers (1.33 pages) |
| Featuring | Popular Crossword Puzzles |
| Notes | Crossword puzzles are submitted by Marion Mager and Richard Jumps.
The solution to these puzzles are included later in the magazine. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham] |
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| Comic Story | At the World's Fair (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Penguin Pete; Pudgie |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery of Mr. Wong [Part 1] (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Mr. Wong; Brandon Edwards |
| Notes | First chapter of a four-part adaptation of the 1939 Monogram Pictures movie "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" starring Boris Karloff. |
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| Synopsis | Noodles blackmails the dogcatcher. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Noodles Nelson; Spotty (a dog) |
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| Synopsis | Tarzan sends Stimbul out of the jungle, but allows Jim Blake to move further into the jungle to take photos. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Tarzan; Jim Blake [James Hunter Blake]; Wilbur Stimbul |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Masked Pilot; Tom; Dwight Ellis; Mr. Mercer; Mr. Webster; Mr. Jenkins; Alexis (villain, death); Josef (villain, death) |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Skeets Milligan; Betty Lou Barnes; Paul Smith; Professor Otto Bumgartner; Miss Stanley; Jeems; Mr. Dunforth; Reverend Meek; Mrs. Wilson; Mr. Plotz; Mr. Trevor; Mr. Holt; Slade |
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| Activity | Gang Buster! Win a Prize! (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Popular Comics Gang Buster Contest |
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| Comic Story | G-Men vs the Living Masks (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Blinky shoots Pat McCann at the hospital. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Larry Lane; Miss Walker; Pat McCann (death); Blinky Mathews (villain); Dr. Toro (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Rudy |
| Notes | Bottom 1/3 of page has answer to the crossword puzzle. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Noodles Nelson; Uncle Albert |
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| Featuring | Popular Stamp Club |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Admiral Horatio Nelson |
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| Comic Story | Across the Plains (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Cherokee; Rusty (a horse); Buckskin; Mary Masters; Mr. Masters; The Kansas Kid (death); Buff Gordon (villain); Rawhide (villain); Lex (villain, death) |
| Notes | Monogram Pictures Present Jack Randall as Cherokee in "Across the Plains." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four single panel cartoons. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Rudy; Rudy's mother |
| Notes | Gregory Fischer examined the original art at www.coollinesartwork.com, noting the art contained "The Comic Zoo" and a "Sketchbook Sketches" panel. The art was signed in the "Sketchbook Sketches" panel, and also included the date it was published. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Single panel cartoon.
Gregory Fischer examined the original art at www.coollinesartwork.com, noting the art contained "The Comic Zoo" and a "Sketchbook Sketches" panel. The art was signed in the "Sketchbook Sketches" panel, and also included the date it was published. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Single panel cartoon. |
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| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Big Boy Bob Brody (villain, death); Rice (villain); Hill (villain); Daly (villain) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Ben Hur [also as Ben-Hur]; Iras; Malluch; Sheik Ilderim; Messala; Simonides; Esther; Balthasar |
| Notes | Sixth chapter of a seven-part adaptation of the novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace. |
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| Cartoon | The Schemers; The Quick Turnover |
| Credits | Script: J. R. Williams (credited) | Pencils: J. R. Williams (credited) | Inks: J. R. Williams (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Two single panel gags. |
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| Cartoon | Heroes are Made Not Born; A Shady Retreat |
| Credits | Script: J. R. Williams (credited) | Pencils: J. R. Williams (credited) | Inks: J. R. Williams (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons. |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bronc Peeler; Babs Dalton; Pete; Abe Dalton (a skeleton); Spade Carson (villain); Bat Wilson (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Herky gets Granville to help him modify his letter to Santa Claus. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; J. Granville Gurk |
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