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| I remember this for that attention-grabbing cover.
The inside cover and page one are in the wrong order. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1957 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Apache Attack! |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Jowett Institute of Physical Training's physical fitness manuals.
Inside front cover |
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| Comic Story | Apache Attack! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Swift Arrow warns the fort of Red Eagle's attack. |
| Featuring | Swift Arrow |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Swift Arrow; Crooked Antler; Red Eagle; Colonel Moresby |
| Notes | Original title: "War Whoop!" |
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| PSA | A Date With Effie (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Stan works as a hospital volunteer |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy |
| Notes | This sequence falls between pages 1 and 2 of sequence 1. This PSA also appears in Strange Journey (Steinway, 1957 series) #1 September 1957. This is possible evidence of business ties between Steinway and DC. |
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| Advertisement | 12 Real Dolls |
| Featuring | House of Dolls |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for House of Dolls' doll set.
Upper half of page between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 1. |
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| Advertisement | 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Sold by Modern Toy Co. Photos in the ad are the same as in ads by Josely Company at the same time.
Lower half of page between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 1. |
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| Comic Story | The Sheriff's Return! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joe Dexter surprises his wife Debbie by taking her to camp in the ghost town of Salt Flats. Leaving Debbie in their camper to wander around, Joe goes exploring. The ghost of his grandfather, Sheriff Dexter, appears and warns Joe to leave. Joe passes it off as a hallucination.
Two armed bank robbers, Louie and Noonan, arrive in Salt Flats. They tell the Dexters to stay in the trailer and lock them in. The ghost of Sheriff Dexter shows up and tells the gangsters to leave. When they try to fire at the ghost, it fires back. In the morning, the unconscious gangsters are found by police. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy; Western-frontier | Characters: Debbie Dexter; Joe Dexter; Noonan; Louie; Sheriff Dexter's ghost |
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| Text Story | Take My Word For It... (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Animal |
| Notes | First page is between pages 1 and 2 of sequence 6 and second page is between pages 1 and 2 of sequence 9 |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Honor House Products Corporation's novelties.
Between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 6. |
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| Comic Story | Triple Twist! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Identical twins use their resemblance to commit crimes but are foiled by a blind woman. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jim Hager; Mrs. Hager; Sheriff Dan Caldwell; Bill Benson; Judge Peabody; Howard Webb; Hank Benson; Prudence Lawlor; Marshal Petrie |
| Notes | Original title: "Blameless Killer." |
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| Advertisement | Amazing Precision Miniature Camera |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Honor House Products Corporation's miniature camera.
Upper half of page between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 9. |
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| Advertisement | Automatic Tripod Firing Machine Gun |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Honor House Products Corporation's replica of the 1917A1 machine gun.
Lower half of page between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 9. |
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| Comic Story | A Tribe Betrayed! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Silent Hills betrays his people by arming them with blank ammunition in their attack on the white men. |
| Featuring | Lone Eagle |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Silent Hills; Lone Eagle; Red Antelope |
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| Featuring | Tim Calhoun |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Tim Calhoun's Sliding Note Finder Harmonica.
Between pages 1 and 2 of sequence 12 |
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| Featuring | Add-a-Pound Company |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photographs) | Inks:?;? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Add-a-Pound Company's weight gain diet wafers.
Between pages 4 and 5 of sequence 12. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Zenith Company's Stamp Collecting Outfit.
Inside back cover. |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Yogi Berra |
| Notes | Sold by Wilson Chemical Company.
back cover |
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