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| Publication | February 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Aviation; Crime | Characters: Big Stoop; Joy Martin |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Juniper J. Jeepskate |
| Notes | "Copyright, 1942, by News Syndicate Co. Inc."
On inside front cover in black, white and red. |
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| Synopsis | After seeing how happy Jack and Joy are after their marriage, Downwind Jaxon decides he should get married, too. The only problem is he can't decide who his bride should be. |
| Credits | Job #: P.C. 108-452 |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Harry; Joy Martin; Mr. Jaxon; Mrs. Jaxon; Skinnyatlas; Woo Woo Bali |
| Notes | "Copr. 1941, by News Syndicate Co. Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Big Stoop; Dude Hennick; Hu Shee; Raven Sherman |
| Notes | "Copr. 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc." |
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| Synopsis | Cyril proposes to Polly. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Ashur Perkins; Cyril |
| Notes | "Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Medical | Characters: Mr. Pringle; Slapsy McGonigle [also as Jones]; Dr. Adolphus Frong; Karl; Emil; Professor John Natchez (villain); Eric [also as Dr. Stephen Bobbs] (villain) |
| Notes | "Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Chief Cash U. Nutt |
| Notes | "Copyright, 1941, by News Syndicate Co. Inc." |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Pat Sullivan] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Danny |
| Notes | "Copr. 1932, King Features Syndicate, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Brick; Lola; Rachel; Skeezix Wallet; Tops |
| Notes | "Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc." |
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| Comic Story | Payroll Robbery (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gangsters attack the payroll sedan with a submachine gun, and make away with the strongbox full of $32,000. Patrolman Curry gets the license plate number of the getaway car. Paymaster and guards, all dead. A boy witness describes four masked men in dark suits, and delivers a shell casing. Curry sees crook Peroni lugging a violin case, follows, calls in Sgt Grove for support and a warrant to search Mat Voss' News Center. They find the gun and swag. Legman Peroni is shot starting to name the gangsters. Curry confronts and kills Voss. Peroni survives to testify. Curry is promoted to Sergeant. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Tom Curry; Sgt. Grove; Davis (death); Johnny Peroni (villain); Mat Voss (villain, death) |
| Notes | "Copr. 1944 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc." |
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| Text Story | Wings of Hope (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fifteen year old Johnny, his parents three years dead at Jap hands on a beach in Zamboanga, having escaped, helped by Filipino native friends, lives by faith in hope his American countrymen will return. Now he rows his crude dugout canoe to a downed American plane's crew. His countrymen! He identifies himself. One calls it a miracle. A Jap patrol boat lands with a search party. Johnny gets the men to safety, and stops the Japs with rocks: all killed. A P-boat ("P" crash rescue boats which provided emergency response for downed aircraft) arrives. A rescue plane comes. Johnny's going home! |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Johnny Wade (a boy); four Allied aviators; Japs; P-boat crew |
| 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: "The Wings of Hope. text for Popular Comics, March 1945. Submitted August 14, 1944."
Two frequent Du Bois themes, RACE and RELIGION, appear here in both direct and oblique ways (and his most common theme, FRIENDSHIP, shown by helping others, is named and exhibited). Faith and deeds combine. American Johnny's race, or nationality, and his national identity blend. His brown-skinned friends helped him. Faith is tied to national identity and the idea of home. His people are his countrymen, who speak of miracles.
"Johnny Wade, as brown as a native ... His blue eyes, under a mop of sun-bleached hair..." • "Johnny, helped by native friends, had escaped with his life and his faith. Faith that his country-men would come back." • "THESE WERE HIS PEOPLE---AND THEY NEEDED HELP!" • "'Hello!' he croaked, as he neared the raft. 'I'm---American. I'll tow you---in.'" • "'An American kid!' one of the men grinned. 'If miracles keep on happening maybe we'll get home yet.'" • "The rescue plane ... 'She's coming to take us all home!' he cried. HOME---TO MY PEOPLE!'"
"Copr., 1944 by R. S. Callender" |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Toots Hawkins; Casper Hawkins; Ben Plunker; Stella Clinker; Miss Prudy; Jerry McGoof |
| Notes | "Copr. 1943, King Features Syndicate, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Mr. Kett; Mrs. Kett |
| Notes | "Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Drama; Humor; Domestic | Characters: Andy Gump [Andrew Gump]; Min Gump [Minerva Gump]; Chester Gump; Millie Gump; Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Hortense De Stross |
| 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: Chester Gump; Millie Gump; Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Tilda; Hortense De Stross |
| Notes | "Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc."
Back cover. |
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