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| Publication | November 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Nation's Comic Monthly |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Willie; unnamed kid |
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| Publisher advertisement | Who is the Hydroman? (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hydroman |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Indicia at the bottom of the page.
Promotional advertisement for Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #3 (November 1940). Includes small reproduction of the cover of that issue. Hydroman illustration probably reproduced from one of his stories. |
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| Cartoon | Throwing Cold Water |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
| Notes | Henry “Hank Barrow” took over the daily gag panel from Milton Canniff in October 1934. |
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| Advertisement | Prizes! Choose Yours Now! |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder; Papoose; Gene Autry |
| Notes | Advertisement for selling Christmas seals for prizes from the American Specialty Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Prizes include Daisy's 1000 Shot Red Ryder Carbine and Gene Autry's Holster Set. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports |
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| Cartoon | Wendell Willkie (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Biography of businessman Wendell Willkie. |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Wendell Willkie |
| Notes | Likely from 1940 as Willkie was the Republican Party candidate for President for the 1940 United States election. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Roy Powers; Phil; Chunky; Sheriff Barker; Nels Nellson-Shan; Shan's henchmen; unnamed G-Man (F.B.I. agent) |
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| Text Story | Eight-Two-Seven-Shift Back to Work (1 page) |
| Featuring | Let's Get into a Huddle |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Mentions Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern, 1940 series) #3 (November 1940) was already on sale, and the next issue of Famous Funnies (Eastern, 1934 series) #77 (December 1940) would be on sale November 15, 1940.
Future comic book creator, Allen Bellman, going by his original name Isidore Bellman, is mentioned in the From Out of the Mail Bag segment as organizing the United Amateur Cartoonist Association from out of his home at 212 East 34th Street, Brooklyn, New York. The association distributes an official organ entitled, The Cartoon Journal. |
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| Comic Story | Royal Pawns (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History | Characters: Edward Seymour; King Edward VI; Thomas Seymour; Lord John Dudley |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Flying Legion [Lieutenant Clipper Williams; Tommy; Juniper [as Junipah]; Billy Hill]; Lovejoy [Flyin's Phantom; Stroud]; Harris; Indian Joe; spies [Count; Toto; one unnamed]; unnamed radio operator; unnamed naval commander |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hairbreadth Harry [Harold Hollingsworth]; Belinda Blinks; Relentless Rudolph Ruddigore Rassendale (villain) |
| Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: High-Gear Homer; two unnamed kids |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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| Comic Story | Martian Invasion of Earth, Part 2: The Island of Doom (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Buddy Deering; Alura; Black Barney; a Tigerman; unnamed masked man |
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| Comic Story | Martian Invasion of Earth, Part 2: The Island of Doom (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: unnamed Tigermen; Black Barney; Buck Rogers; Buddy Deering; Alura; unnamed masked man |
| Notes | Dick Calkins name does not show up in this strip. |
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| Comic Story | Martian Invasion of Earth, Part 2: The Island of Doom (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: unnamed Tigermen; Black Barney; Buck Rogers; Buddy Deering; Alura; unnamed masked man |
| Notes | Dick Calkins name does not show up in this strip. |
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| Comic Story | Martian Invasion of Earth, Part 2: The Island of Doom (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Black Barney; Buck Rogers; Buddy Deering; Alura; unnamed masked man |
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| Comic Story | Jitter Chases After Woman's Hat (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Jitter; Millie; unnamed boy; unnamed soda jerk clerk |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Speed Spaulding; Madame Nobody; Rex; Mr. Torpedo; Lefty; Jerry |
| Notes | Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie were credited as the creators on the original comic strip but their names are not listed here in this reprint. It is likely neither actually wrote the comic strip. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dickie Dare; Doctor Murdock; Captain Yakovac; Dan Flynn; Wags |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Patsy Cardigan; Uncle Phil Cardigan |
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| Comic Story | Champion (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Big Chief Wahoo; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Mooseface |
| Notes | Last panel includes a paper doll cut-out items called "Chief Wahoo Kut-Um-Outs". |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (logo art) | Inks:? (logo art) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Fashion Editor (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; unnamed tailor |
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| Comic Story | Spunky Dory Writes His Story... (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Dory; Duchess (Spunky's goat); Marvin the Marvel; Joshua (Marvin's goat) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Laura (a Mermaid); Mr. Flintside; Captain Blub; Miss Gilby; unnamed members of Blub's crew |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Seaweed Sam; Prince Tiny |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto; Butch; unnamed referee |
| Notes | Last panel includes a paper doll cut-out items called "Wahoo Kut-Um-Outs". |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Olly Lane [Olive Lane]; Skip Allen; Irma Hunkatin; unnamed bandits; Sheriff Longhorn Walt; Buddy Lane; unnamed airplane operator |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Scorchy Smith; Mickey Lafarge; Himmelstoss |
| Notes | Noel Sickles ghosted for creator John Terry from 1933 until Terry’s death on 1934-02-27, after which he signed his own name to the strip. Bert Christman took over the strip from Sickles on 1936-11-23, so these reprints fall between those dates. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Miss Cam O'Flage; James; Mary Doodle; unnamed sailor |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: John Smith; Mary Smith (both unnamed here); Mrs Gab |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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| Synopsis | Caleb has his henchmen capture the Lone Rider's girl. Dr. Chuda knocks out The Lone Rider to take care of Stone himself. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Lone Rider [Jim Larrimore]; Dr. Chuda, the Deathless One; Caleb Stone (villain); Stone's unnamed henchmen; unnamed female captive |
| Notes | Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014). Given the fantasy elements of the plotline Kirby may well be the writer. Original material. Not a strip reprint. |
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| Cartoon | Victor McLaglen (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Biography of actor Victor McLaglen. |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Victor McLaglen |
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| Comic Story | Uncle Elby Tries to Iron his Pants (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Big Chief Wahoo; Ammonia (Wahoo's horse); Pigtails; The Great Gusto; Dave Gerard; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha |
| Notes | Last panel called "Indian Slango" which purports to list Native American slang. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Mrs. Bunting; Benjy Boles; Zenas; unnamed police officer; Drood (villain); two unnamed Drood thugs |
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| Comic Story | Is a Rabbit in Hand Worth Two Turkeys? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Miss Sally Price |
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| Comic Story | Windy Must Be an Ear Bender! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle] |
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| Comic Story | Thar's Gold in that Thar Tooth Pulling! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Miss Sally Price; Young'un |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery of the Missing Drumstick! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Miss Sally Price; Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Samanthey Buckstopple; Sheriff Lem Stebbins; Dirty Shirt Mulloney; Young'un; unnamed dog |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Connie Kurridge; Mr. Kurridge (Connie's father); Phineas Kurridge (Connie's uncle); Connie's three unnamed girlfriends |
| Notes | The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Junior; Junior's unnamed father |
| Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Six unrelated daily gag panels. |
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| Synopsis | Full page drawing showing Native Americans on a river's edge. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | "Odd" names of towns and cities submitted by readers, this time, with a Native American theme. Submissions were from Lee Collins of Cincinnati, Ohio; Tommye Jeanne Milling "Just Plain Jean" of Coleanor, Alabama; Betty Joe Edgerton of Masquero, New Mexico; Barbara Bunton of Baltimore, Maryland; Laurel Keams of Jarbidge, Nevada; Margaret Smith of Blanchard, Pennsylvania; Dorothy Smith of Key West, Florida; Chuck Billow of Akron, Ohio; Jim A. Parks of New York, New York; and Dwayne Clawson of Lafayette, Indiana. |
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| Text Story | While the Radio Played (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Crime | Characters: Dave Ormsby; Dynamite (Dave's ram); Mr. Ormsby (Dave's father); Luke (bandit); unnamed bandit; Sheriff Jenkins |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Homer Hoopee; Hoopee's Boss; Felix; Ramon Alvarez; unnamed police officers; Mr. Hoopee (Homer's dad) |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Puzzle and activity page. |
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| Comic Story | First Prize (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Activity page of magic tricks. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Join the Buck Rogers Solar Scouts (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Black Barney |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
Promotional advertisement to join the Buck Rogers Solar Scouts club. |
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| Advertisement | Be a Cowboy! (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Fred Harman (photo); Little Beaver; Red Ryder |
| Notes | Back cover.
Advertisement featuring characters from the Red Ryder and Fred Harman comic for Red Ryder 1000-shot Carbine BB gun from Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan. |
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