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| These early Chesler grab-bags are always interesting. Fred Guardineer does a nice Raymondian future war story and H. C. Kiefer really stands out among the "realistic" style strips. Can you imagine modern corporations allowing someone to get away with appropriating their trademark characters and treating them like this (not even addressing the fact that the mascots are all gross racial stereotypes)? |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1937 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Dick Ryan (signed) | Inks: Dick Ryan (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Notes | House ad for Star Comics and Star Ranger Comics. Black and white with various shades of pink tinting. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | No Blanks--No Duds (1 page) |
| Featuring | Jest for Fun |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab; Dick Ryan | Inks: Fred Schwab; Dick Ryan |
| Notes | Introduction/editorial with illustrations down the right side, alternating art by Fred Schwab and Dick Ryan. |
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| Contents | Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | The only illustration shows a jester sitting on a large bubble, behind the contents list. |
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| Featuring | Belly-Laughs |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons. The first dialogue balloon does have "Is'nt" (misplaced apostrophe). |
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| Cartoon | Foul Balls (1 page) |
| Featuring | Shinanigans |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Ryan | Inks: Dick Ryan |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Full-page cartoon showing various animals playing baseball and making witty quips. |
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| Cartoon | When Father Was a Boy--When Mother Was a Girl (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | That Lyin' Sailor Man (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Riggin' Bill |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Riggin' Bill |
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| Synopsis | Polly Tix, a parrot-sailor, claims he deserves credit for saving the ship's crew, not Riggin' Bill. |
| Featuring | I'm the Guy |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Polly Tix |
| Notes | This references the previous comic story (Riggin' Bill). |
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| Comic Story | Well Bread (1 page) |
| Featuring | Professor McScrewy |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer [as FBG] (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer [as FBG] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Prof. McScrewy |
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| Featuring | Bows and Arrows |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Ryan (signed) | Inks: Dick Ryan |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Now I'll Tell One (1 page) |
| Featuring | Officer Clancy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Officer Clancy |
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| Featuring | Topsy-Turvy |
| Content | Genre: Children; Fantasy |
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| Featuring | Jack Pott |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jack Pott |
| Notes | In subsequent issues this feature was called "Jack Potts." |
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| Featuring | Animal Crackers |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Ryan | Inks: Dick Ryan |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons. |
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| Featuring | King Kole's Kourt |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: King Kole |
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| Featuring | Prince |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Prince; painter 1; painter 2 |
| Notes | No dialogue in this strip. |
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| Featuring | Eddie |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Eddie; Mr. Gundy; Mrs. Gundy |
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| Featuring | Bib an' Tucker |
| Credits | Script: Jack Romer | Pencils: Jack Romer (signed) | Inks: Jack Romer |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bib; Tucker; Miss Webb; Mickey; Mother |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. |
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| Featuring | Round Table Adventures |
| Content | Characters: King Arthur; jester |
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| Featuring | Nutty Fagin |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Nutty Fagin; Riggin' Bill; Skipper |
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| Featuring | Court of Inhuman Relations |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Ryan | Inks: Dick Ryan |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Featuring | Voice of the People |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 4 one-panel gag cartoons consisting of humorous hand-written letters and small illustrations. |
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| Featuring | Li'l Arthur |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Arthur; Mother; Father |
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| Featuring | Ima Sphinx |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ima Sphinx; Tubby; young woman |
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| Featuring | Joe Ticket the Picket |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe Ticket; Bill; Moe |
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| Featuring | Sketches from Dickens |
| Credits | Pencils: H. C. Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed) | Inks: H. C. Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | 2-pages of character sketches and synopsis of Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop." |
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| Text Story | True Colors (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Dan Hastings |
| Credits | Script: Ken Fitch | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer | Colors: Fred Guardineer |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dan Hastings; Vyona; Jovas Grid |
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| Synopsis | An attempt to a diplomatic solution with Mexady the traveling planet is for naught as Eutopas brings a surprise attack on the surprised reception. |
| Featuring | Dan Hastings |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Gloria Carter; Eutopas; Ursulis |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. |
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| Comic Story | Words That Ring Through the Mists of Time (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: H. C. Kiefer (signed); A. D. Kiefer (signed) | Inks: H. C. Kiefer (signed); A. D. Kiefer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Historical |
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| Featuring | Brain Teasers |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four one-panel cartoons, each with a "riddle" but these are deliberately easy and the "prizes" are humorous, so this is more a humor feature than an actual activity feature. |
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| Featuring | Officer Clancy |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Officer Clancy; crook |
| Notes | This is not the same "Officer Clancy" as the feature earlier in the comic. |
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| Featuring | Null and Void |
| Credits | Pencils: Todmoro (signed) | Inks: Todmoro (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Null; Void |
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| Featuring | Penny Aunty |
| Credits | Pencils: John Lindermayer (signed) | Inks: John Lindermayer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Penny Aunty |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. |
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| Featuring | Pokey Forgets to Remember |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Ryan | Inks: Dick Ryan |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pokey |
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| Featuring | Nothing But the Truth |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons with people telling the unpleasant truth rather than white lies. The bottom one-quarter of the page is an advertisement for watches. |
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| Featuring | Jingle Jingle |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four panels, each with a different humorous cartoon and rhyme. |
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| Featuring | Joe McGee |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe McGee; tenant |
| Notes | Bottom one-quarter of the page is an advertisement for Butterfingers candy bars. |
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| Featuring | Ad-Ventures |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Wilbur; newsboy; cop |
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| Featuring | Snoozer |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Snoozer the dog |
| Notes | Bottom one-quarter of the page is an advertisement for Baby Ruth candy bars. |
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| Featuring | Cheerio Minstrels |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Stars and Stripes |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mike the crook; cop; judge |
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| Featuring | Jitney Joe |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe; customer |
| Notes | Bottom one-quarter of the page is an advertisement for Baby Ruth candy bars. |
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| Featuring | Tell Me Mr. Wise Guy |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Joe Dokes |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe Dokes; train conductor |
| Notes | Bottom one-quarter of page is an advertisement for Butterfingers candy bars. |
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| Featuring | Bug-Ville |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Ryan [as Uncle Dick] (signed) | Inks: Dick Ryan [as Uncle Dick] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Full-page cartoon showing bugs in a forest setting, each making wisecracks or jokes. |
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