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| Just what was the story with Green Publishing?
And why is there an MLJ Black Hood story in the middle of the book? |
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| All of the stories are from "Top Notch Laugh Comics" #41. Green reprinted a lot of MLJ and Fox stories--it's also possible that they just put a new cover on remaindered copies of Top Notch Laugh Comics 41 (all of the stories are in the same order as the original) except that one story is missing. |
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| Roly Poly added in the Black Hood story into the middle of their book. So, it's not likely that these were already bound insides. It's a lot more likely that Green got ahold of the MLJ plates or original art in a warehouse sale, or a special deal with MLJ, who had already changed Top-Notch Laugh to Laugh Comics, and their book's features had mostly changed to other (new) features with new lead characters. |
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| Many years ago I bought Roly Poly #10 because it contained Steel Sterling and Red Rube. The "funnies" didn't appeal to me but derring-do did. It was cheaper than a "real" MLJ comic.
We have #10 on site. Nice Irv Novick art. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Pokey is tricked by mirrors at a medicine show. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pokey Oakey; Barrel-Head Brown; Dr. Woggo (medicine show man); Tommy (strong man) |
| Notes | Dr. Woggo is a tribute to Elmer "Wog" Woggon's character (and medicine show man) The Great Gusto, who appeared in the comic strip "Big Chief Wahoo". Woggon's brother, Bill, had worked on that strip and was currently doing the Dotty and Ditto feature in this issue. |
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| Comic Story | The Amusement Park Murders! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | An amusement park owner is murdered on the roller coaster by a spy ring. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Barbara Sutton; Mr. West; Alice West; Dodds; Hanley |
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| Synopsis | Siesta is taken by Indians to be food for their god Lobo, a wolf. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Senor Siesta; Lobo (wolf-god); Chief Three Bagger |
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| Synopsis | Suzie is in charge of a nursery. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Suzie; Cromwell (kid); Miss Crumpet (teacher) |
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| Synopsis | The monkeys and Stupidman meet Half Horse, half horse and half Indian. |
| Featuring | The 3 Monkey-Teers And Stupidman |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Superhero | Characters: The 3 Monkey-Teers [Sassafras; Small Fry; Yehudi]; Stupidman [Egbert]; Frankie and Johnnie Doubleday (two-headed friend); Eager Beaver (Indian); Witch; Half Horse; Little Fawn |
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| Synopsis | Gus and Gabby find two deep frozen men on the North Pole to sneak their ghosts into. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Gloomy Gus [Gus Gloompuss]; St. Pete; Gabby |
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| Comic Story | The Championship Rodeo (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dotty signs up at the rodeo to stay on the steer called The Black Panter for two minutes, and win $500. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Dotty; Ditto (parrot); Dottum (indian); Black Panther (steer) |
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