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Publication | June 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Big Chief Wahoo |
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Advertisement | Boys! Girls! Get 'em Now! Fireworks for July 4th (1 page) |
Featuring | Acme Sales Company |
Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations, photographs) | Inks:? (illustrations, photographs) | Letters:?; typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover. Indicia at the bottom of the page.
Advertisement for fireworks that can be purchased from the Acme Sales Company of Atlanta, Georgia.
Several fireworks packages offered by mail, including sparklers, firecrackers, Roman candles and other items. |
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Credits | Job #: F.A 155-476 |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Buck Rogers; Buddy Deering; Lizard Wizard; Dr. Niarb; Telo; Mar |
Notes | Original strip number does appear on the last panel on first page of the story.
Artwork appears to have been enlarged to fit the pages. |
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Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Scarlet O'Neil; Sandy Randall (Cary); unnamed suspected slum district killer (death); Detective Molan |
Notes | Artwork appears to have been enlarged to fit the pages. |
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Text Story | Sheep Killer! (2 pages) |
Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tommy Steele; Bruce (a dog); Mr. Steele (Tommy's father); Mr. Britt; Mrs. Steele (Tommy's mother) |
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Featuring | Steve Roper and Wahoo |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Drama | Characters: Steve Roper; Gloria Van Debb; Minnie-Ha-Cha; Big Chief Wahoo |
Notes | Artwork appears to have been enlarged to fit the pages. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie |
Notes | Artwork appears to have been enlarged to fit the pages. |
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Featuring | Let's Get into a Huddle |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Part promo of other titles, part "Out of the Mail Bag" promoting pen pal exchanges.
Mentions Heroic Comics (Eastern, 1943 series) #43 (July 1947) will be on sale June 3, Jingle Jangle Comics (Eastern, 1942 series) #27 (June 1947) was already on sale, and next issue of Famous Funnies (Eastern, 1934 series) #156 (July 1947) would be on sale June 17, 1947. |
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Featuring | Famous Funnies Patterns |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Content | Genre: Animal |
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Advertisement | Their Maine Chance (1 page) |
Featuring | Fisk Bike Tires |
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Featuring | Popsicle Pete |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Bob Feller |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dickie Dare; Uncle Frank; coal workers [Pat; Joe; Tom; Jerry] |
Notes | Artwork appears to have been enlarged to fit the pages. |
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Text Article | Pen Pal (2 pages) |
Credits | Colors:? (logo) | Letters:? (logo); typeset |
Notes | A listing of children looking to be pen pals. Lists names, address, and their ages. |
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Advertisement | New Easy Way Teaches Guitar (1 page) |
Featuring | Jim Major |
Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters:?; typeset |
Notes | Advertisement for a guitar-playing course and a book of 53 songs from Jim Major of Chicago, Illinois. Portion of the ad is done in comic form. |
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Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Scorchy Smith; Sho-Ke; Danny; Manda Lynne; Volkov (unmasked gang leader); Sanders (henchman); Barney; Joe Sody; Mr. Hitchback |
Notes | Artwork appears to have been enlarged to fit the pages.
Appears to be the end of one storyline and the start of another half way through page 4. Change in artwork and reference made by Scorchy to Joe Sody (in Army Air Corps uniform) that he came in from Tokyo indicates that the story was post-World War II and would make it after Robbins left the strip in 1944. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; Morgana Le Fey; unnamed assassin |
Notes | Artwork appears to have been enlarged to fit the pages. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; Elaine |
Notes | Artwork appears to have been enlarged to fit the pages. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Morgana Le Fey; three Neither Regions monsters |
Notes | Artwork appears to have been enlarged to fit the pages. |
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Advertisement | New! Amazing Auto-Magic Picture Gun (1 page) |
Featuring | Allen Sales Co. |
Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
Notes | Advertisement for a projection toy from the Allen Sales Company of Detroit, Michigan. Advertised as a Krypto-Ray Gun in some DC titles |
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Advertisement | The Insult That Turned a "Chump" into a Champ (1 page) |
Featuring | Charles Atlas |
Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover.
Body building comic style advertisement from Charles Atlas (New York, New York). |
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Advertisement | Good Luck to You Boys! Girls! Women! Men! (1 page) |
Featuring | Dean Studios |
Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
Notes | Back cover.
Advertisement for birth stone rings from Dean Studios of Des Moines, Iowa. |
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