| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | The Captain and the Kids |
| Credits | Pencils: Rudolph Dirks |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Home Towners |
| Credits | Script: Ed Dodd (signed) | Pencils: Ed Dodd (signed) | Inks: Ed Dodd (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four 1-panel jokes.
On the inside-front cover. |
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| Featuring | Tarzan |
| Credits | Script: R. W. Palmer [as Edgar Rice Burroughs] (credited) | Pencils: Rex Maxon (signed) | Inks: Rex Maxon (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Tarzan [John Clayton, Lord Greystoke]; Bob Trevor; Mary Trevor; Sheik Ali Hassen; 'Red' Wolfe |
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| Featuring | The Captain and the Kids; Hawkshaw the Detective |
| Credits | Script: Rudolph Dirks [as R. Dirks] (signed) | Pencils: Rudolph Dirks [as R. Dirks] (signed) | Inks: Rudolph Dirks [as R. Dirks] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Notes | The 2 strips share 5 pages. Hawkshaw the Detective is credited to "Watso", a pseudonym for Dirks. |
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| Featuring | Benny |
| Credits | Script: J. Carver Pusey [as Pusey] (signed) | Pencils: J. Carver Pusey [as Pusey] (signed) | Inks: J. Carver Pusey [as Pusey] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Benny |
| Notes | A wordless story. |
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| Featuring | Home Towners |
| Credits | Script: Ed Dodd (signed) | Pencils: Ed Dodd (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ol Dad Amos; Doodlebug |
| Notes | Two one-panel gags, the first featuring Ol Dad Amos, the second Doodlebug. |
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| Text Story | The Emerald Empire - Chapter Five (2.67 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Fred Methot [as Lt. Fred A. Methot] (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Mark Mann; Red Herndon |
| Notes | Final Chapter |
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| Comic Story | A Topmost Tosser (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Allan Maver | Pencils: Allan Maver (signed) | Inks: Allan Maver (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Slingin' Sam Baugh |
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| Featuring | Jim Hardy |
| Credits | Script: Dick Moores | Pencils: Dick Moores |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Featuring | Ella Cinders |
| Credits | Script: Bill Conselman (signed) | Pencils: Charlie Plumb (signed) | Inks: Charlie Plumb (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | Ella Cinders does not appear in this sequence.
The top tier of each page consists of a two-panel gag featuring Chris Crusty. |
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| Featuring | Frankie Doodle |
| Credits | Script: Ben Batsford (signed) | Pencils: Ben Batsford (signed) | Inks: Ben Batsford (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Frankie Doodle; Queen of the Stinging Wasps; Captain Ku; Ming Low; Mickey |
| Notes | All references on the WWW say the strip ended in 1938, but a 1939 copyright date is prominent on this sequence. |
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| Featuring | Strange as It Seems |
| Credits | Script: John Hix |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | Broncho Bill; Bumps |
| Credits | Script: Harry O'Neill (signed) | Pencils: Harry O'Neill (signed) | Inks: Harry O'Neill (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Broncho Bill. |
| Notes | The 2 strips share 4 pages. The Bumps half of the page is signed "O'Neill". |
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| Featuring | Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble |
| Credits | Script: Ernie Bushmiller | Pencils: Ernie Bushmiller (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic |
| Notes | The 2 strips share 4 pages. |
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| Featuring | Joe Jinks; Divot Diggers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports |
| Notes | The 2 strips share 4 pages. |
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| Text Article | On Poland (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Stamp Tips |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Includes stamp ads. |
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| Featuring | Buster Beans |
| Credits | Script: Robert L. Dickey | Pencils: Robert L. Dickey |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Featuring | Bucky and His Pals |
| Credits | Script: Robert L. Dickey | Pencils: Robert L. Dickey |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Four Aces |
| Credits | Script: Hal Forrest | Pencils: Hal Forrest |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation |
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| Activity | Be a Cartoonist (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Tip Top Cartoon Club |
| Credits | Letters: typeset;? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | Home Towners |
| Credits | Script: Ed Dodd | Pencils: Ed Dodd |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four 1-panel jokes. |
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| Featuring | Li'l Abner |
| Credits | Script: Al Capp | Pencils: Al Capp (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: 'Honey-Chile' Bullroar |
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| Featuring | Little Mary Mixup |
| Credits | Script: R. M. Brinkerhoff | Pencils: R. M. Brinkerhoff (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Drama |
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