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| A hidden gem with Hitler, Tojo and Mussolini "target" art on inside back cover. Nice bonus! |
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| Publication | September 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Nation's Comic Monthly |
| Featuring | Oaky Doaks; Jitter |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Jitter |
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| Featuring | Sparky Watts; Dixie Dugan |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils: Boody Rogers (Sparky Watts vignettes); John H. Striebel (Dixie Dugan vignettes) | Inks: Boody Rogers (Sparky Watts vignettes); John H. Striebel (Dixie Dugan vignettes) | Letters: typeset;? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Sparky Watts; Dixie Dugan; Joe Palooka; Adolf Hitler; Hermann Göring [Hermann Goering] |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Indicia at the bottom of the page.
Promotional advertisement for Sparky Watts (Columbia, 1942 series) #1 and Dixie Dugan (Columbia, 1942 series) #1. Stated as both being on sale. |
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| Comic Story | The Four Powers of Doomar, Part 1: Hydro (6 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) | Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) | Inks: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Anthony "Buck" Rogers; Buddy Deering; Doctor Elias Huer; Princess Alura; Black Barney; Prince Hydro (disguised as an old fisherman); Eel |
| Notes | Part 1 of story number S28, "The Four Powers of Doomar" storyline, entitled, "Hydro", Series I and strips 573 to 577.
Dialogue simplified on all the reprinted comic strips. Instead of printing one Sunday page per page, the panels are rearranged to fit the pages. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Mother and Daughter (1 page) |
| Featuring | Famous Funnies Patterns |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Promotional advertisement to order sewing patterns #B140 and B147 direct from Famous Funnies. 15 cents for each pattern and 1 cent for postage. |
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| Text Article | A Vacation Full of Fun (1 page) |
| Featuring | Let's Get into a Huddle |
| Credits | Script: Stephen Douglas? | Pencils: Ben Thompson (Rainbow Boy vignette) | Inks: Ben Thompson (Rainbow Boy vignette) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Rainbow Boy [Jay Watson] |
| Notes | Text page promoting Eastern Comics titles and additional news about the comics. Promoting the introduction of Rainbow Boy in Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #14 (November 1942). Also includes letters from readers promoting pen pal correspondence or various writing clubs.
Excepts and summaries of letters from: Ruth Fendrich (Pelham, New York), Janet Matkin (Indianapolis, Indiana), Adam Rej (Depew, New York), Lester Buckner (Garden City, New Jersey), Lester Olten (Garden City, New Jersey), Billy McKenzie (Friday Harbor, Washington), Lyle Burroughs (Tonganoxie, Kansas), Helen Skintik (Cleveland, Ohio), Barbara Kelsey (Middletown, Connecticut), Ruth Cost (West Haven, Connecticut), Raymond Morehouse (Springfield, Massachusetts), I. Rubinstein (Brooklyn, New York), Jean Gebhart (Dallas Texas, James Keyes (Cleveland, Ohio), and Anna Alson (Trout Creek, Montana). |
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| Featuring | Fearless Flint |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fearless Flint [Jack Bradley]; Brown; Carol Bradley |
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| Cartoon | First to the Pole! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Stookie Allen? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History | Characters: Admiral Robert E. Peary; Dr. Frederick Cook |
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| Credits | Letters: Clifford McBride |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Miss Jones |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Connie Kurridge; Mr. Trumbell; Dr. Orr; Dr. Hippel; unnamed Mayan guards; unnamed Mayan shaman |
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| Credits | Letters: Arthur Poinier? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Jitter; unnamed Jitter's owner; unnamed shooting gallery operator; unnamed policeman |
| Notes | Month and day was not removed from the comic strip. |
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| Credits | Inks: ) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Wunga; Crabbe; Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Wags (a dog); Jack (named Crabbe's man); unnamed Crabbe's men; Doctor Andre Du Maurier? (referred to as The Doctor) |
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| Featuring | Invisible Scarlet O'Neil |
| Credits | Script: Russell Stamm (credited, signed) | Pencils: Russell Stamm (credited, signed) | Inks: Russell Stamm (credited, signed) | Letters: Russell Stamm? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Bessie; Atom; Mago (magician); Human Skeleton |
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| Featuring | The Pen Pal Page |
| Credits | Pencils:? (logo art) | Inks:? (logo art) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Names and addresses of kids willing to be pen pals. |
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| Comic Story | The Story of Wisby [Part 1] |
| Credits | Letters: J. Carroll Mansfield? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History | Characters: King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark; unnamed flaxen-haired beauty |
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| Cartoon | Catherine De Medici |
| Synopsis | Historical facts about Catherine De Medici, ancient Germans using shields as sleds, and that the sponge is a living animal. |
| Featuring | Would You Believe It? |
| Credits | Script: J. Carroll Mansfield | Pencils: J. Carroll Mansfield | Inks: J. Carroll Mansfield | Letters: J. Carroll Mansfield? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History | Characters: Catherine De Medici; Francis II; Henry III; Charles IX |
| Notes | Header (footer) to High Lights of History in previous sequence. |
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| Synopsis | Factoid about Chinese junks. |
| Featuring | Historic Ships |
| Credits | Script: J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) | Pencils: J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) | Inks: J. Carroll Mansfield (signed) | Letters: J. Carroll Mansfield? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History |
| Notes | Header (footer) to High Lights of History in previous sequence 13. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Scorchy Smith [Mr. Skinner]; Tex; "King" Kane; Larry Keene; unnamed soldiers; unnamed ground crew |
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| Credits | Letters: Clifford McBride |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; unnamed neighbor; unnamed young lady |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks; Midnight Blue (a horse); Nellie (a horse); Nick; unnamed cowboys; King Cedric; unnamed female |
| Notes | The strip from December 19, 1938 was skipped and not reprinted here. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Tommy Hughes; Billy Hill; unnamed Spanish man; unnamed Spanish woman; two unnamed pilots |
| Notes | Details as to what was done to the reprints for November 17, 21-23, and 25 are not known. |
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| Credits | Script: Paul Powell (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Teen | Characters: Roy Powers; Chunky; unnamed pirates; Kimbal; unnamed members of Kimbal's crew; unnamed Navy Captain; Mr. Cotter (pirate chief) |
| Notes | Unable to identify the date of original publication for a number of the panels. |
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| Comic Story | Wood Craft (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Skip Allen [Don Caballero]; Chiquita; unnamed fortune teller; unnamed carnival barker; Zwycko (carnival strong man); Pedro; unnamed carnival employee |
| Notes | The strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period. |
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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] | Inks: Art Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] | Letters: Art Nugent? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Puzzle and activity page. |
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| Text Story | Shanee Leaves the Jungle! (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: William D. Trausch (credited) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Shanee; Padder Kay; Feline; Sayhib; Sayhib Kan (Sayhib's son) |
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| Comic Story | Correspondence Course! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Mescal Ike; unnamed checker player |
| Notes | Includes "Mescal Ike" by Huntley logo above the strip. |
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| Comic Story | Sham Battle! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Mescal Ike; Young 'Un [Youngun]; Muley Bates |
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| Comic Story | He Ain't Convinced! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle] |
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| Comic Story | -Ain't Been Late in a Billion Years! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle [Paw Piffle]; Miss Sally |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Steve Roper; Big Chief Wahoo; Pamela Barclay; Major Barclay; unnamed Indian guide (Indian not Native American) |
| Notes | The feature is just titled "Chief Wahoo" only. Storyline skips the strips from June 13 through June 18, 1940. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Dr. Bark (veterinarian) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Here's a Real Target (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Hideki Tōjō; Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini |
| Notes | Inside back cover. A target for dart throwing showing caricatures of the Axis powers leaders as a promotion advertisement for the Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1940 series) and for war stamps and war bonds purchases. |
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| Publisher advertisement | You Will Want These Comic Books (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils: Coulton Waugh? (Dickie Dare); Stephen A. Douglas (Buck Rogers, Strictly Private, Oaky Doaks, Napolean and Uncle Elby); Elmer Woggon (Big Chief Wahoo) | Inks: Coulton Waugh? (Dickie Dare); Stephen A. Douglas (Buck Rogers, Strictly Private, Oaky Doaks, Napolean and Uncle Elby); Elmer Woggon (Big Chief Wahoo) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Back cover.
Promotional advertisement for Dickie Dare (Eastern Color, 1941 series) #3, Buck Rogers (Eastern Color, 1940 series) #4, Strictly Private (Eastern Color, 1942 series) #2, Oaky Doaks (Eastern Color, 1942 series) #1, Big Chief Wahoo (Eastern Color, 1942 series) #1, and Napoleon and Uncle Elby (Eastern Color, 1942 series) #1. |
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