| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | The Captain and the Kids |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Der Captain; Hans; Fritz |
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| Comic Story | "Loompers! Night Owlers! De last straw on der camel!" (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Mama throws Der Captain out of the house when he comes home at dawn from a night on the town. |
| Featuring | The Captain and the Kids |
| Credits | Script: R. Dirks | Pencils: R. Dirks | Inks: R. Dirks |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Der Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz |
| Notes | Inside front cover; color. |
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| Comic Story | They're Home Again! Bad News for the Neighbors (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While on a voyage home, Hans and Fritz let a bear, an ostrich, and a lion out of their cages. |
| Featuring | The Captain and the Kids |
| Credits | Script: R. Dirks | Pencils: R. Dirks | Inks: R. Dirks |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Der Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Der Inspector |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
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| Comic Story | "Say it again Polly!" (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Blackie teaches Ella's parrot to say "Go away...I'm taking a bath!" to get rid of door-to-door salesmen. |
| Featuring | Ella Cinders |
| Credits | Script: Charlie Plumb | Pencils: Charlie Plumb | Inks: Charlie Plumb |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ella Cinders; Blackie |
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| Comic Story | "Ho-Hum!! Must be nearin' supper time!" (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The ghost of Flame McGoon decides to follow Lil Abner forever until he declares his love for her. |
| Featuring | Li'l Abner |
| Credits | Script: Al Capp | Pencils: Al Capp | Inks: Al Capp |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lil Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae; Flame McGoon; |
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| Comic Story | "I hope Uncle Gus doesn't mind us barging in on him for a week!" (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fritzi, Nancy, and Sluggo visit Uncle Gus's farm. |
| Featuring | Nancy |
| Credits | Script: Ernie Bushmiller | Pencils: Ernie Bushmiller | Inks: Ernie Bushmiller |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz; Uncle Gus |
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| Text Article | Sparkler Salutes the American Flag (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about the proper display of the American Flag. |
| Featuring | Sparkler Salutes |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Text article with illustrated header. Header is done in blue and red with no black outlines. |
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| Comic Story | "The treacherous Jonathan has brought Tarzan as a prisoner back to Kyra" (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tarzan uses a radioactive jewel to restore the rightful queen to the Kavian throne. Later he is captured by a strange tribe of tree-women. |
| Featuring | Tarzan |
| Credits | Pencils: Burne Hogarth | Inks: Burne Hogarth |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tarzan |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. Pages are five tiers deep. Original Sunday pages are four tiers deep. Panels are rearranged in places in the comic and do not match the original order of the Sunday pages. |
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| Text Article | Vatican City Set (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Facts about Vatican City; news about current stamp releases. |
| Featuring | Stamp Tips |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | About 1/2 of each page consists of classified type ads offering stamps on approval. |
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| Comic Story | "Don't believe a word of dis story!" (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | El Bombo dreams that he has slept for 200 years and awakens in the year 2146. |
| Featuring | El Bombo and Bilty |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble? | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: El Bombo; Mr. Biltybux |
| Notes | This is the second issue where the feature's title seems to have changed from just "El Bombo" to "El Bombo and Bilty." |
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| Comic Story | "The home of millionaire Wilberforce Groggins..." (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bathless Groggins visits his millionaire cousin Wilberforce Groggins. |
| Featuring | Abbie an' Slats |
| Credits | Script: Raeburn Van Buren | Pencils: Raeburn Van Buren | Inks: Raeburn Van Buren |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bathless Groggins |
| Notes | Part of a continuing story. |
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| Cartoon | "Course yo' ma told yuh not to go in swimmin'..." (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Being coaxed into going swimming; the girls ask Joe to jump rope with the them |
| Featuring | Back Home, Again |
| Credits | Script: Ed Dodd | Pencils: Ed Dodd | Inks: Ed Dodd |
| Content | Genre: Children |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons plus a column of jokes and two small classified ads. |
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| Comic Story | "Our bombshell went off swell, eh, boss?" (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hap investigates the sudden withdrawal of Senator Stormy Rivers from his re-election campaign. |
| Featuring | Hap Hopper Washington Correspondent |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Sparling? | Inks: Jack Sparling? |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Hap Hopper; Sen. Story Rivers; Boss Herringbone (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Willis and Lil have a race; the lemonade stand; pulling a loose tooth. |
| Featuring | Out Our Way with The Willets |
| Credits | Script: J. R. Williams | Pencils: J. R. Williams | Inks: J. R. Williams |
| Content | Genre: Domestic | Characters: Willis; Lil; Mr. Willet; Mrs. Willet |
| Notes | Last appearance of the feature in this series. |
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| Cartoon | "Of course we're not going steady..." |
| Synopsis | Not going steady; Breaking up with Wilbur |
| Featuring | The Young Idea |
| Credits | Script: Mossler | Pencils: Mossler | Inks: Mossler | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Teen |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons. |
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| Advertisement | Bobby Shelby at the Motor-drome |
| Synopsis | Bobby's friend skids on gravel and crashes his bicycle. |
| Featuring | Shelby Cycle Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Bobby Shelby |
| Notes | Ad in comic form for Shelby bicycles. Shelby Cycle Co., Shelby, Ohio. |
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| Advertisement | New for You (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daisy Air Rifles |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder (cameo) |
| Notes | Inside back cover; color. Promo for the Daisy Handbook, available at dealers for 10 cents (or 10 cents and a 3 cent stamp by mail). Small depictions of four models of Daisy Air Rifles. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Plymouth, Mich. |
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| Advertisement | Animated Lilliputania (1 page) |
| Featuring | Fairy City Associates |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for 120 piece fairy tale city in ready-to-assemble die-cut cardboard. $1.98 from Fairy City Associates, New Albany, Ind. |
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