| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | Merry Xmas |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Muhrad (Ali's mule) |
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| Advertisement | Free! Great New Popular Song! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations);? (photographs) | Inks:? (illustrations);? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: woman playing piano; man playing piano |
| Notes | Inside front cover mail order ad for 'how to' books from Albert Publications, Dept. PS-4, 147 Fourth Avenue, New York 3, New York. |
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| Synopsis | The Hell's Angels are tasked with building a secret air field in China to send bombers off to target Tokyo Japan. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Major Hato |
| Notes | The character Lank Strong is not mentioned by name in this story. |
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| Comic Story | Human Heads (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Three unsolved mysteries: shrunken heads in Ecuador, white Indians in South America and the predictions of Nostradamus. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Synopsis | Ali buys a potion that adds wings to Muhrad, enabling him to fly. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Muhrad (Ali's mule); Doctor Livingston |
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| Text Article | Contest Winners (4 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs;? (illustrations) | Inks:? (photographs;? (illustrations) | Colors:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Douglas E. Wright (photograph); Charles Abair (photograph); Irwin Mintz (photograph) |
| Notes | Three winners of a baseball quiz conducted by the publishers. Two of the winners attended each game of the 1944 World Series held at St. Louis, all expenses paid. Chuck Abair chose to attend a professional football game in Boston instead. |
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| PSA | Don't Be a Job Hopper (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; War |
| Notes | Page consists of two World War 2 Walt Disney Studio PSA poster illustrations. The second one shows a rattlesnake with the caption "Less Dangerous Than Careless Talk." |
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| Synopsis | Presto shows a few tricks you can perform and Stoogie presents a page of brain-teasers. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Answers are given on the last page. |
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| Synopsis | Chuck wants to try out Buster's sled before buying it. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Buster |
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| Synopsis | Boxie refuses to take a dive against Pug Hammet. Pug's manager gathers a group of tough boys to battle Boxie's boys using brass knuckles. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Pug Hammet; Umpty; Ace; policeman; boys of the Boxie Weaver Club; boys of the Pug Hammet Club |
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| Text Story | Pvt. Droop Has Missed the War! (5 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Advocacy; Military | Characters: Pvt. Droop |
| Notes | Article details several hazards that have caused injury and death to servicemen who were unthinking or careless with their actions off the battlefield. 18 cartoon-style illustrations over 5 pages. |
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| Comic Story | The Man They Couldn't Hang (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Three unsolved mysteries: John Lee could not be hanged, a cave wall carving of a mammoth in Arizona and the Death Tree in Dutch Guiana. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: John Lee |
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| Comic Story | The Castaway (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A confusing story about Hitler or Walter Berger, a Hitler double, escaping to Brazil in 1944. Meanwhile, Subi the Jungle Queen, seeks revenge against Igbat, who betrayed her. Igbat teams up with the Berger/Hitler to use the jungles of Brazil to attempt a comeback and dominate the world. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Walter Berger [as Adolf Hitler]; Heinrich Himmler; Subi (Jungle Queen); Igbat; Warren C. Reilly; Tagu |
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| Comic Story | Modern Mother Goose Rhymes (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mother Goose rhymes updated to reflect wartime civilian life with rationing, war bonds, black markets, hoarding and price inflation. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; War |
| Notes | Eight rhymes, each with an illustration. |
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| Synopsis | Petey gets into a fight with Slugg which results in his dad going after Slugg's dad. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pop; Petey; Slugg McNulty; McNulty (Slugg's dad); Clancy (policeman); Petey's mother |
| Notes | Signature on page 4, last panel. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Mother-In Law Fake (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A husband and wife plot a scheme to collect on a $10,000 life insurance policy. |
| Credits | Script: Monty Mulford (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Martha Peters; Jim Peters [also as mother-in-law]; Jiggers; insurance agent; Mrs. Manners; various policemen |
| Notes | last appearance |
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| Comic Story | Eat at Tony's (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Little Augie helps out a man with a billboard |
| Credits | Script: Jim Inee | Pencils: Jim Inee (signed) | Inks: Jim Inee (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: sign holder; cigar smoker |
| Notes | Story told in pantomime. |
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| Synopsis | Four topics: a true case of a wolf attacking a person, did Robert Fulton invent the steamboat?, did Betsy Ross design the American flag? and chamois skin is not made from chamois. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: James Curren; Robert Fulton; Betsy Ross |
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| Advertisement | Don't be a Left-over (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Characters: woman that can't dance; six dancing couples |
| Notes | Mail order ad for three how to dance books from Pickwick Company, Dept. 312, 73 West 44th Street, New York 18, New York. |
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| Advertisement | New Enlargement 3¢ Stamp |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration);? (photograph) | Inks:? (illustration);? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Mail order ad for photo enlargements from Dean Studios, Dept. 1011, 211 West 7th Street, Des Moines, Iowa. |
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| Advertisement | New True-Love and Friendship Sterling Silver Ring |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Mail order ad for a ring and pendant from Empire Diamond Company, Dept. 64-EP, Jefferson, Iowa. |
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| Advertisement | Beautiful Simulated Birthstone Ring Given Away |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Recruitment ad for Gold Crown Products, Dept. E-231, Jefferson, Iowa. |
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| Advertisement | Boys and Girls! Here's How I Landed a Movie Contract (1 page) |
| Featuring | Miss Judith Allen |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations);? (photograph) | Inks:? (illustrations);? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Characters: Roger Batton; Judith Allen |
| Notes | Inside back cover mail order ad for Judith Allen's book "How to Get into the Movies" promoted by her student Roger Batton. Available from Miss Judith Allen, Dept. 41, 117 West 48th Street, New York 19, New York. |
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| Advertisement | Now Any Auto Repair Job Can be "Duck Soup" for You! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Car |
| Notes | Back cover mail order ad for auto and truck repair manuals from MoToR Book Dept., Desk 121A, 572 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York. |
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