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| 'You can't count Count Meout out!'
Why do I get the impression that the writer was as interested in personally amusing himself/hersellf as telling a serious story.
A blackhatted mustache-twirling villain called 'Simon Degree' who ties the heroine to the Railroad tracks? !!! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Contents Page (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Comic Story | The Railroad of Death, Part I: A Simon Who Isn't Simple (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Simon Degree (villain; intro) |
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| Advertisement | Sibby Sisti (1 page) |
| Featuring | Wheaties |
| Notes | Ad in sequential art form. |
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| Comic Story | Extra Change (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Script and art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Railroad of Death, Part II: Murder on the Tracks (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Simon Degree (villain; final appearance) |
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| Cartoon | Business Buffooneries (1 page) |
| Featuring | Whipper Snappers |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Captain Tootsie Saves the Sailplane (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A small child accidentally releases the brake on a glider and only Captain Tootsie's strength enables him to grab the tow rope and pull the glider back down. |
| Content | Characters: Buddy |
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| Comic Story | The Underwater Scourge (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Strange Hunt, Part I: Unexplored Jungle (5.67 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Count Meout (villain; intro) |
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| Comic Story | Impatient (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Strange Hunt, Part II: The Castle in the Jungle (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Text Story | Plunder of the Sea (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Fat Chance (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Script and art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Strange Hunt, Part III: The Mad Count's Quest (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Count Meout (villain; dies in this story) |
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| Advertisement | The Case of the Box Car Bandit (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil |
| Notes | Ad in sequential art form. |
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| Advertisement | Crown the Camp Canoe Kings (1 page) |
| Featuring | Snap! Crackle! and Pop!; Kellogg's Rice Krispies |
| Notes | Ad in sequential art form. |
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| Advertisement | Bear Bike Facts (1 page) |
| Featuring | Gillette Bicycle Tires |
| Notes | Ad in sequential art form. On inside back cover. First line: "A bicycle built for two...and a half!" |
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| Advertisement | Drama on the Highway! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola |
| Content | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy |
| Notes | Ad in sequential art form. On back cover. |
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