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| Publication | April 26, 1962 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 2 | Frequency: Every two weeks during the school year. |
| Notes | wraparound cover |
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| Cover | The Navy's Proudest Ship |
| Content | Genre: Historical |
| Notes | wraparound cover |
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| Synopsis | Three activities and a single-panel gag. What person is associated with each set of objects shown?; An "elligirelaroog" is shown and it looks like a crazy mixed-up beast. Can you sort out which body parts came from which animal?; Can you complete these rebus analogies? |
| Featuring | Treasure Chest's Puzzle Page |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Chuck suspects Spud Rankin of blackmailing Rocky Stoner into throwing baseball games so that the gambler can win sure bets. Chuck tells Rocky to make a clean break with Spud, or the Cleveland Indians will never consider hiring him. After practice, Dusty, Hal and Chuck all see Rocky getting into Spud's car and wonder why the ball player is consorting with a known gambler. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chuck White; Spud Rankin; Rocky Stoner; Stoney Stoner; Dusty Fields; Hal Ryman |
| Notes | Max Pine was an alias of Frank Moss, per 2006 interview with Frank Borth: "You can find out in reading your things he also uses the word Max Pine as a substitute for him because he didn't want them to think he was writing everything in the place..." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849 |
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| Comic Story | Safety Tips for Bicycles (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | On a busy city street, police officer Herb Kelly witnesses a bicycle accident due to a boy on a bicycle carrying a rider on his handlebars. Officer Kelly gives a lecture to a group of children on bicycle safety, right there on the sidewalk. |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy | Characters: Sammy; Danny; Herb Kelly |
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| Comic Story | Old Ironsides (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An old salt finds a boy and girl on the docks of Boston harbor, where the USS Constitution is docked, but the kids are more impressed at seeing a submarine and aircraft carrier. The sailor tells them that the modern ships are wonderful units of the navy, but the real star of the fleet is the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides). He then proceeds to tell them the history of Old Ironsides. |
| Content | Genre: History |
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| Synopsis | Directions for making a Heart Cake for Mother's Day. |
| Featuring | Patsy Planner |
| Content | Genre: Domestic | Characters: Patsy Planner |
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| Comic Story | The Cavaliers of the Old West (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A look at the U.S. Cavalry at the end of the Civil War. Their ethnic makeup, uniforms, equipment, standard (flag), guidon and horse's equipment. Also a look at two famous cavalry outfits: the 5th Cavalry and the 7th Cavalry. |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Military; Western-frontier | Characters: Lt. Colonel George Custer |
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| Comic Story | How Records Produce Sound (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A look at how a record is able to reproduce sounds and several experiments you can perform at home involving sound and vibrations. |
| Featuring | T.C. Experimental Station |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Math & Science | Characters: Prof. Gunther Q. Mouse; Murphy |
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| Comic Story | Freedom Foolish (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The kids in school are talking about the mayor. Some think he's a crook and some think he's doing a good job. If you live in a country that guarantees freedom of speech, can you say anything you want to about the mayor, or do you need proof? If you hear others say he's a crook, does that mean it's true?
Helen asks Marge how much her dress costs and Helen doesn't want to answer directly and is evasive. Is it right for Helen to ask such a question of Marge?
John told everyone that Joan was terrible in the play. Should he have said that? Everyone knows its true. Is he being fair to her? |
| Featuring | The Little Things |
| Content | Characters: Helen; Marge; John Andrews; Joan; Cindy |
| Notes | An ongoing series, whereby a situation is set up in 4 pages with no resolution and the reader is asked to judge what the right thing to do is in the given situation. One text page of 20 true/false questions about the story you just read follows, along with 2 discussion questions. There is another text page which discusses the moral implications of both sides of the story. The correct answers to the questions are upside-down on the bottom of the page and you can tally your score on a scoresheet. |
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| Synopsis | Hoping to panic the Moodyland crowd into thinking a gorilla has escaped, Sharp has invaded Moodyland in his King Kongo costume. Nobody is afraid and he can't understand why. Everyone wants their picture taken with him until they see another gorilla in a cage and confusion rains, because they now think Mr.Sharp is a real gorilla. Sharp runs into Fud, both in their gorilla costumes and both thinking the other is a "real" gorilla. The police arrive with orders to shoot to kill. Sharp runs off with "Baby" on his back and in trying to escape, jumps into the rhino pit by accident. |
| Featuring | Uncle Harry's Monkey's Uncle |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Uncle Harry; Will; Jody; Cousin Fud; Mr. Sharp; Mr. Whiffletree |
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| Comic Story | Butterfly Hunting (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Pierre swallows a butterfly; he hangs an x-ray of the butterfly in his stomach next to his butterfly collection. |
| Featuring | Pierre |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pierre |
| Notes | Pantomime gag strip told in six panels.
On inside back cover. |
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