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| Publication | November 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Raven Sherman |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Sparks (a dog); Owliver Q. Owlyoop |
| Notes | "Copyright 1941, by News Syndicate Co. Inc."
On inside front cover in black, white and red. |
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| Synopsis | When the stress of a big wedding gets to be too much, Jack and Joy decide to elope. Downwind, who was secretly in love with Joy, crashes his plane right before the elopement. After the interrupted ceremony is over, Jack leaves Joy to search for Downwind. |
| Credits | Job #: P.C. 105-4411 |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Curly; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Joy Martin [also as Joy Beaverduck]; Marie; Mr. Beaverduck; More Stuff; Shorty |
| Notes | "Copyright 1940, by News Syndicate Co. Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Big Stoop; Hu Shee; Raven Sherman |
| Notes | "Copr. 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Polly Perkins; Ash Perkins; Sam'l Perkins [Paw]; Suzie Perkins [Maw]; Kitty (a cat) |
| Notes | "Copr. 1942 King Features, Inc." |
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| Synopsis | Tommy Trent is diagnosed with a brain tumor. |
| Content | Genre: Medical | Characters: Dr. Fielding Elmore; Carrie Wigglesworth; Magnus Major; Nurse Norman; Slapsy McGonigle; Tommy Trent |
| Notes | "Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Jasper G. Jumpjenny |
| Notes | "Copyright 1941, by News Syndicate Co. Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Felix the Cat; Phyllis (voice only) |
| Notes | "Copr. 1932, King Features Syndicate, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Brick; Lola; Nina Clock; Skeezix Wallet; Walt Wallet |
| Notes | "Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc." |
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| Comic Story | Bootleg Gas (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | OPA investigator Chuck follows a lead. The mystery of the filling station that kept buying gas but never sold any. After a paint truck conflagration he has the chemist analyze the evidence, then investigates the paint company which is next door to the mystery filling station. The bootleggers have been pumping the gas directly to a false room of the paint company, filling paint cans with gasoline, and selling it on the black market. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Chuck Moore; Fire Marshal Collins; Harry Harmon; Sgt. Moray; Mr. Hackett (villain); Mr. Orcutt (villain) |
| Notes | This is the third Gang Buster's story in a row dealing with the black market in bootleg gasoline.
"Copr. 1944 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc." |
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| Text Story | Panhandler (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Floyd returned from war sightless. His dog, Pandhandler, a big mongrel terrier, didn't understand. Loomis, from "Seeing Eye" comes by with an offer of a free guide dog, but Floyd wants Panhandler. Loomis agrees to take the dog for training. Later, Floyd also comes in for training with Pat, a trained dog. He completes his training, but is told Panhandler failed, and would he take Pat? No, he won't. He puts Panhandler on his leash, and the dog negotiates him through busy traffic perfectly. Homesickness was the only problem. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Domestic | Characters: Floyd Forrester; Herbert Loomis; Mrs. Forrester; Panhandler (a dog); Pat (a dog) |
| Notes | Gaylord Du Bois script credit per "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985), page 78: "Panhandler. text for Popular Comics, Nov. 1944."
"Copr., 1944 by R. S. Callender" |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Toots Hawkins; Casper Hawkins; Buttercup Hawkins; Alfred Skidder; Colonel Hoofer; Elmer; Jerry; Katilka; Mr. Plunker; Teddy Hoofer |
| Notes | "Copr. 1943, King Features Syndicate, Inc."
Story includes a strip dated March 21, 1943. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Etta Kett; Bob |
| Notes | "Copr. 1942, King Features, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Drama; Humor; Domestic | Characters: Andy Gump [Andrew Gump]; Hortense De Stross; Jay Golden Fleecer; Min Gump [Minerva Gump] |
| Notes | "Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc."
On inside back cover in black, white and red. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama; Humor; Domestic | Characters: Andy Gump [Andrew Gump]; Hortense De Stross; Major Force; Min Gump [Minerva Gump]; Millie Gump; Slither; Tilda |
| Notes | "Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc."
Back cover. |
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