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| Note the ad for Detective Comics #1 on pg45!
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| Publication | March 1937 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Characters: Kid; crooks |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Comic Headliner! |
| Featuring | More Fun Comics |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | The Train Robbery, Part 14 (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The rustlers have stampeded the cattle. As they get to a narrow gorge, Johnny trips at the other end. Captain Jim pulls him onto his saddle. |
| Featuring | Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Western-frontier | Characters: Captain Jim; Bob; Jess; Jane; Johnny |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Homer Fleming, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Fleming was a writer on this strip. |
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| Featuring | Chikko Chakko |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Chikko; The Mayor; The Sheriff |
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| Comic Story | The Revenge of Devachan, Part 2 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Devachan blows up Dolorossa Island. |
| Featuring | The Adventures of Steve Conrad |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Devachan (villain); Steve Conrad; Myra Rutherford; Hugo Jupp; Astowawa; Prof. Bromberg |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Creig Flessel, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Flessel was a writer on this strip. In an interview published in Alter Ego #88, page 56, he was asked his role in the National offices. "I would illustrate the stories that Vin [Sullivan] and Whit [Ellsworth] would write". |
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| Comic Story | How We Got Our ABC's (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Advertisement | Big Prizes and Cash Profits! |
| Featuring | The Crowell Publishing Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Simon |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Simon |
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| Comic Story | Episode 12 (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Quick returns to England |
| Featuring | Captain Quick |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Kendal Quick; Marjorie; Lord Barlow |
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| Comic Story | Episode 1 (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Jungle Fever |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Red Riley (introduction); Curly Moran (introduction) |
| Notes | The Who's Who credits Winiarski with "some writing" on this strip. |
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| Featuring | Worth-While Pictures to Watch For |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | photo of Jimmy Stewart and Simone Simon |
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| Featuring | Ol' Oz Bopp |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ol' Oz Bopp |
| Notes | Black, white, and red all over. |
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| Featuring | Ramblin' Jim |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ramblin' Jim |
| Notes | Black and white. Last (Golden Age) appearance. |
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| Comic Story | Murder at the Thousand Bleeding Dragons, Part 1 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Detective Sergeant Carey of the Chinatown Squad |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Detective Sgt. Carey (intro); Sleepy (intro) |
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| Featuring | Komikross |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Black and white. Story gives clues to a crossword puzzle. |
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| Comic Story | Episode 14 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sundgrid is to be sacrificed in the Druids' fire festival. |
| Featuring | The Vikings |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Ivar; Sundgrid; Hasylwyn |
| Notes | Black, white, and red. |
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| Text Story | The Battle of Blenheim by Robert Southey (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Famous Poems Pictured |
| Notes | Black and white.
Keifer was formerly credited with the script, but that consists merely of a reproduction of the poem. |
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| Featuring | Laughing at Life! |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | nine cartoons |
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| Featuring | Goofo the Great |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Goofo the Great |
| Notes | Black and white. |
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| Comic Story | Episode 1 (4 pages) |
| Featuring | The Monastery of the Blue God |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Capt. Douglas Stewart (intro); Sgt. Miller; Krat Von Bolander (villain); Elsa von Saxenberg; Vivan Kroningeld |
| Notes | First two pages black, white, and red; last two pages black and white. |
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| Comic Story | Episode 9 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Golden Dragon |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ken; Ian |
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| Comic Story | Shanghai Pete, Part 6 (1.75 pages) |
| Featuring | Hardluck Harry |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Hardluck Harry; Mr. Butch |
| Notes | Black and white. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Tops 'Em All! |
| Featuring | Detective Comics |
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| Comic Story | Down to Denver, Part 3 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Cal 'n' Alec |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Cal; Alec |
| Notes | Black, white, and red. |
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| Featuring | International Good Neighbor Club |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Episode 8 (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The adventurers finally find themselves in the presence of the imposing but cruel "She". |
| Featuring | She |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ayesha [She] (intro); Billali; Holly; Leo |
| Notes | Adapted from the H. Rider Haggard novel. |
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| Comic Story | Rajah Maharajah, Part 10 (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Sandor and the Lost Civilization |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Sandor; Rajah Maharajah (villain); Elaka; Benar |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Homer Fleming, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Fleming was a writer on this strip. |
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| Featuring | Sinker |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sinker (intro) |
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| Featuring | Hoiman |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hoiman (only Golden Age appearance) |
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| Featuring | Hohner Harmonicas |
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| Comic Story | Episode 11 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | A Tale of Two Cities |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Jerry Cruncher; Charles; Lucie; Dr. Manette |
| Notes | Adapted from the Charles Dickens novel. |
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| Synopsis | The Junior Federal Men prove that sling-shots are superior to firearms. |
| Featuring | Federal Men |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Detective-mystery | Characters: Steve Carson; Junior Federal Men [Lonnie; Frank] (introduction); Blackie Flint (villain, introduction) |
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| Featuring | Maw, Paw, and Willie |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Maw (introduction); Paw (introduction); Willie (introduction) |
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| Featuring | Do You Know? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Swelegant Is the Word for It! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Detective Comics |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Sen Yoi |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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