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| Publication | March 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Relax! Read the Comics |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Publisher advertisement | Star Attractions (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dickie Dare; Buck Rogers |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils: Stephen Douglas [as S. A. D.] (signed) | Inks: Stephen Douglas [as S. A. D.] (signed) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Buck Rogers |
| Notes | Promotional advertisement for Dickie Dan (Eastern Color, 1941 series) #2 and Buck Rogers (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #3. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four free floating gag cartoons. |
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| Advertisement | Stamps for the Collector |
| Featuring | The Mail Box |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Advertisement feature for stamp collectors. Single advertisement for British King George VI Coronation stamps from Tatham Stamp Company of Springfield, Massachusetts. |
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| Comic Story | Martian Invasion of Earth, Part 3: Flight of the Ghost Ship (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century |
| Credits | Script: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] | Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) | Inks: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) | Letters: Rick Yager? |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Buck Rogers; Buddy Deering; Dr. Huer; Black Barney; Alura; Doolb, King of Death [Zanda, Queen of Space Raiders (disguised)] (villain, death); Prince Gool (villain); the Martians (villains) |
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| Text Article | Fearless Flint is an Outstanding Feature (1 page) |
| Featuring | Let's Get into a Huddle |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry G. Peter (Fearless Flint panel);? (Reg'lar Fellers panel) | Inks: Harry G. Peter (Fearless Flint panel);? (Reg'lar Fellers panel) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Mentions Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #11 (March 1942) was already on sale, and next issue of Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #93 (April 1942) would be on sale March 13, 1942.
Also promoting the Reg'lar Fellers movie.
Mentions Dickie Dare (Eastern Color, 1941 series) #2 and Buck Rogers (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #3 would be off newsstands soon.
Correspondence snippets from Barbara Berry of Merchantville, New Jersey; Charlotte Sousa of Bristol, Rhode Island; Irwin Moskowitz of New York, New York; and Lorraine Wilson of Renton, Washington. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Famous Funnies Patterns (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Patterns 10 cents each that could be ordered from Famous Funnies Patterns, 106 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fearless Flint [Jack Bradley]; Lava Man (villain); John Anderson; June Anderson; Chief Waka (villain); unnamed Conajee Island natives |
| Notes | Peter signs in the final panel of page three. |
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| Comic Story | Petition (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; unnamed petitioner from the Butinsky Club |
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| Comic Story | The Time Projector (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Connie Kurridge; Dr. Chrono: Jack Brown; Professor Borgg (villain) |
| Notes | Sunday pages reworked to cover multiple pages. Part of The Time Projector overall story arc. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Jitter; Fred Fuddle; Susie Fuddle |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Wags (a dog); unnamed telegraph operator; Mam'selle; Doctor Murdock; Doctor Andre Du Maurier |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Paul Itch (Ivan's twin brother, death); Shiltz (villain); Iltz (villain); Ivan Itch (villain) |
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| Featuring | The Pen Pal Page |
| Credits | Pencils:? (logo art) | Inks:? (logo art) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Jacqueline of Holland |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History | Characters: Jacqueline of Holland; Duke Philip of Burgundy; Francis Van Borselen |
| Notes | Story conclusion. |
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| Synopsis | Historical facts about the Pilgrims, the shoreline of the State of Michigan, and the travel distance made by front and rear tires on automobiles. |
| Featuring | Would You Believe It? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History |
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| Featuring | Historic Ships |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Scorchy Smith; Tex; Kay; General Chung-Ying; unnamed student pilot trainees; unnamed pilot |
| Notes | Christman worked on Scorchy Smith from 1936 until 1938. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Dictator of Certiorari; unnamed revolutionary; Mr. Raffdoggle |
| Notes | The Oaky Doaks daily for 1938-9-26 was originally titled, "Generous to a Fault." |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Flying Legion [Tommy Hughes; Billy Hill; Juniper]; unnamed Army Air Corps officer; unnamed member of ground crew |
| Notes | Russell Keaton worked on this comic strip from 1933 to 1939. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Roy Powers; unnamed bomb planter; Winters; unnamed Federal officer; Chunky; Sam; Mr. Sharp; Mr. Davis; Mr. Kimbal |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Olly Lane [Olive Lane]; unnamed man with a black eye; Windy; Henie; unnamed police officer; unnamed police detective; Brad Nelson; Mr. Ginsberg [as A.G.]; Maxie; Rico Di Migo; Buddy |
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| Featuring | Funland Everybody's Playmate |
| Credits | Script: Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (credited) | Pencils: Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed) | Inks: Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed) | Letters: Art Nugent ? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Reprints Funland Sunday (United Feature Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX |
| Notes | Puzzle and activity page. |
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| Text Story | When Wings Fail (2 pages) |
| Credits | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters:? (story title box); typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Dick Bourdon; Vance Arcou; Tilo Linn; Arson Rimwell |
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| Comic Story | A Rare Bit of Shooting! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; unnamed bank employee; unnamed bank robbers |
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| Comic Story | Manhunt! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Young 'Un [Youngun] |
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| Comic Story | And That Ain't Hay! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Wal |
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| Comic Story | Who's Shaving Who? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle] |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Steve Roper; Betsy Boone; Big Chief Wahoo; Mrs. Boone (Betsy's mother); Mr. Boone (Betsy's father) |
| Notes | The feature is just titled "Chief Wahoo" only. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; unnamed orderly |
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| Comic Story | A New and Amazing Thrilling That Will Make Your Hair Stand on End (1 page) |
| Featuring | Music Master |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy); Stephen Douglas (splash page reprint); Bill Everett? (splash page reprint) | Pencils: Bill Everett | Inks: Bill Everett | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Music Master [John Wallace]; Papa Antonini; Van Alterman; Paganini (dog) |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
Promotion advertisement for the Music Master feature first appearing in Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (1940 series, Eastern Color) #12 (May 1942). Shows the splash page of the "John Wallace Violinist" story. Lists as being on the stands April 1st. |
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| Advertisement | Prizes for All! (1 page) |
| Featuring | American Seed Company |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover.
Advertisement to earn prizes for selling seeds for American Seed Company, Inc. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
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