| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | The Land of Midget Men |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Blimpy (inset); Perky (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Land of Midget Men (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Doll Man discovers a race of naturally tiny people in Siratuba, a land valued for its platinum, and whose residents have been convinced by a man named Gorney to mine the metal. But Gorney's greed leads to an explosion which kills him and the small people. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: A tribe of miniature men (introduction, all die); Dr. Dorn (introduction); Gorney (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Title taken from the cover. |
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| Comic Story | Davy Jones's Locker (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky; Davy Jones (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Air Compressor (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Comic Story | Picklenose (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Picklenose [D. D. Dudlee] (first appearance; villain; death); Mike Gordo (first appearance; villain) |
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| Synopsis | Vincent tries to do his neighbours a good turn but has bad luck. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza; Barnegat |
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| Synopsis | Vincent experiments with chemistry. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza |
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| Synopsis | Vincent heckles a ballplayer. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vincent Palooza |
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| Comic Story | Plumbers' Correspondence School (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy; Dickson (first appearance; villain); The Boss (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Introducing Roscoe (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Roscoe (first appearance; a wolf; funny animal strip) |
| Notes | Art appears to be stylistically similar to the art in the Floogy the Fiji story from Crack Comics #36 (Winter 1944). |
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| Text Story | Adventure In La Paz (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Perry Scott |
| Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Synopsis | The Boss thinks Butch is leading a circus strike but the paper they're signing is just birthday greetings. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Boss Jefferson Bangs; Butch |
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| Synopsis | The Boss claims he's an animal lover but when Butch gives his best pants to a large bird, the Boss isn't happy. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch; Boss Jefferson Bangs |
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| Comic Story | The Foundry of Fury (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Brigadiers take a hike, so to speak, as Rusty, Alababa and Pierpont continue their plainclothes globe trotting. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; The Boss (villain) |
| Notes | The feature reverts from the title "Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers" to just "Rusty Ryan" again.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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