| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | Nancy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Nancy; Sluggo |
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| Advertisement | Amazing Bargains Ladies' and Men's Rings (1 page) |
| Featuring | Harem Co. (House of Rings) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Illustrated ad for rings from Harem Co. (House of Rings), New York, N.Y. |
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| Comic Story | "Boy! -- Have I got spring fever!" (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spring fever sequence; Anti-Noise sequence. |
| Featuring | Nancy |
| Credits | Script: Ernie Bushmiller | Pencils: Ernie Bushmiller | Inks: Ernie Bushmiller |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Nancy; Sluggo; Rollo |
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| Comic Story | "Beat it! That grass skirt gives me hay fever!" (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Two boys are fooled into assembling an "April Fool" sign. |
| Featuring | Ella Cinders |
| Credits | Script: Bill Councilman | Pencils: Charlie Plumb | Inks: Charlie Plumb |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | "When Bill and Nell arrived at Ranger Headquarters..." (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Red Dillon's gang captures Ranger Ted Thorne. |
| Featuring | Broncho Bill |
| Credits | Script: Harry O'Neill | Pencils: Harry O'Neill | Inks: Harry O'Neill |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Broncho Bill; Nell; Ted Thorne; Red Dillon (villain) |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
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| Comic Story | Yo Ho Ho for the Pinochle Pirates (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Captain is confined to a wheelchair with gout, but wants to go to John Silver's ship to play pinochle. |
| Featuring | Captain and the Kids |
| Credits | Script: R. Dirks | Pencils: R. Dirks | Inks: R. Dirks |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Captain; Mama; John Silver |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
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| Comic Story | "The Nazis sighted Bo-Bo as he descended in his parachute!" (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Race Riley contacts the underground in Lyons and assumes the identity of Jean Peroit, complete with a wife. |
| Featuring | Race Riley |
| Credits | Script: Milburn Rosser | Pencils: Milburn Rosser | Inks: Milburn Rosser |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Bo-Bo Brannigan; Race Riley |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. The name "Jean Peroit" is re-lettered in the word balloons. The original strips likely used a different name. |
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| Synopsis | Barry Kent takes Lola Lotus to an expensive night club. |
| Featuring | Abbie an' Slats |
| Credits | Script: Raeburn Van Buren | Pencils: Raeburn Van Buren | Inks: Raeburn Van Buren |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Lola Lotus; Chick Gumbo; Barry Kent |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
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| Text Article | News Notes about Stamps (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Article about getting started collecting stamps. About 2/3 of each page consists of many small classified style ads about stamps and other products. |
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| Comic Story | "The Spark Man, on detached duty in India, receives a code message..." (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Spark Man, on duty in India, receives a code message telling him to listen for "My Gal Sal". A native takes him to Sinsu, leader of the beggars of Apha, who has important papers for him to take to the intelligence officers in Bombay. |
| Featuring | Spark Man |
| Credits | Script: Fred Methot | Pencils: Paul Berdanier | Inks: Paul Berdanier |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Spark Man; Sinsu |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. The character is referred to as Spark Man, but is dressed in a standard military dress uniform. Pencils and inks were credited by unknown original indexer to R. Greenwood. Credit line on strip says Paul Berdanier. Berdanier can differentiated from Greenwood by how Berdanier uses darker shading and several more lines drawn around a character to denote fast action movement. |
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| Text Article | Sparkler Salutes (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Stories of war heroes. Lt. Alex Vraciu, ace Naval fighter pilot in the Philippines, and Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Castle, who was killed in action when he stayed at the controls of his crippled B-17 Flying Fortress long enough to let his crew parachute to safety. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Lt. Alex Vraciu; Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Castle |
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| Synopsis | Mr. Biltybux slips on a waxed floor and the blow to the head turns him into a miserly penny-pincher. |
| Featuring | El Bombo |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble (signed Dib) | Pencils: Bernard Dibble (signed Dib) | Inks: Bernard Dibble (signed Dib) | Letters: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: El Bombo; Mr. Biltybux; Hives the butler |
| Notes | Part one of a continuing story. |
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| Comic Story | "Warning Unheeded" (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tarzan takes a camel from Bedouins to cross the desert in quest of allies against Dagga Ramba. |
| Featuring | Tarzan |
| Credits | Pencils: Burne Hogarth (signed Hogarth) | Inks: Burne Hogarth (signed Hogarth) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tarzan |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
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| Comic Story | "Hap and Holly discover Willi Stuka as he plans to make his get-away..." (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | After breaking up a spy ring, Hap is pursued by a little man who wants to talk to him. |
| Featuring | Hap Hopper Washington Correspondent |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Sparling? | Inks: Jack Sparling? |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Hap Hopper; Holly; Willi Stuka (villain) |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
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| Comic Story | "I see everything double!" (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ella goes to a spa for treatment of double vision. |
| Featuring | Ella Cinders |
| Credits | Script: Bill Councilman | Pencils: Charlie Plumb | Inks: Charlie Plumb |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ella Cinders |
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| Advertisement | Amuse and Amaze Friends with the Library of Fun (1 page) |
| Featuring | Fun Industries |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated ad for set of 20 booklets of idea for group entertainment, card tricks, etc. for $1.00 from Fun Industries, New York, N.Y. |
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| Advertisement | Remove Ugly Blackheads or No Cost (1 page) |
| Featuring | Ballco Products |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Illustrated ad, part in comic form, for Vacutex blackhead remover device. Ballco Products Co., New York, N.Y. |
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| Advertisement | 33 Power Telescope Lens Kit (1 page) |
| Featuring | Metro Publications |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for "Wonders of Science Simplified" book for $1.98 plus postage. Premium is a set of optical parts for a telescope. Metro Publications, New York, N.Y. |
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