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| Not quite so "adult" as the cover suggests |
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| Well, its Western Publishing, not really a surprise that their attempts to be risque are tame. ;-) |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | The dancer carries a circular item reading the main contents of the issue, while the officer looks on delightedly ... and might be just about to leave a burn mark on her bottom with his cigar ... |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: A girl dancer; a high ranking army officer |
| Notes | Printed in black and blue on inside front cover. |
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| Synopsis | Rusty poses as Madam Q in a jailbreak, and achieves inside information about the spy ring. Betsy seeks Rusty, gets captured by the spies, and in the last minute gets saved by Keene. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Spy | Characters: Rusty O'Reilly; Betsy Saunders; Madame Q (villainess); Major Keene; General Howett |
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| Synopsis | Pepsi and Pete scrub the ship's deck in a jiffy, so the sailor can come home to his mother. |
| Featuring | Pepsi and Pete |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pepsi; Pete; an unnamed sailor |
| Notes | Comic strip advertisement for Pepsi-Cola. Placed between pages 8 and 9 of the Rusty O'Reilly story. |
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| Synopsis | The two servicemen change for their dates in record time, and one even has time to shave. |
| Featuring | Buck and Chuck |
| Content | Characters: Buck; Chuck |
| Notes | Comic strip advertisement for GEM Clog-pruf [sic!] Razor. |
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| Synopsis | Elmer wants to sell a truckload of carrots to the army, but the chef wants to buy Bugs who is hiding in the truck, instead. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: an army chef |
| Notes | Meta gag on pg. 2: "Do you figure the guy can't pronounce 'rabbits' or do you think the dope that drew this junk just can't spell?" |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | One cartoon about sailors. |
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| Advertisement | For self defense |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustrations) | Inks:? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for The Barbasol Company. |
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| Comic Story | It's Not Etiquette to Strike a Lady Who Is a Good Counter-Puncher (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sy has a date with Kitty, and Clarence has a blind date that turns out to be the lady wrestler. Due to certain highly implausible complications, Sy ends up being the one that has to deal with the lady wrestler. He gets kicked around by her, 'til Clarence "saves" the lady from Sy's abuse, and all ends in pure delight. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sy Wheeler; Clarence; Kitty; unnamed lady wrestler |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four pretty girls delivering double entendres about servicemen. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Gillette blades. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Two cartoons about soldiers, officers and pretty girls. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Scalped Hermit (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | An old man has been murdered, scalped and shaved after death, and $25,000 has been drawn from his bank account after his death. Vance questions the suspects, and exposes the killer, just about to board a train out of town. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Philo Vance; Sergeant Heath; Skittles; Mr. Padgett; Markham; Joan Harrow; Simmonds |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Margie (tattoo) |
| Notes | Two cartoons about servicemen and pretty girls. |
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| Advertisement | All you pipe fans, Ahoy! |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Friends Smoking Tobacco, printed in black and magenta. |
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| Text Story | Yoshio Matsuda -- of the Japanese Navy (1 page) |
| Featuring | True Spy Stories |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Yoshio Matsuda |
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| Text Story | Thompson, the Masquerading Yeoman (1 page) |
| Featuring | True Spy Stories |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Harry Thomas Thompson; Toshio Myaskaki |
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| Synopsis | Beth Hardy and her father are sheep owners and get assaulted by a bunch of cow herders, led by Broder. Rimfire intrudes on the attack and scare off the villains, but they capture him and drive a flock of cattle stampeding towards Rimfire. Beth saves the day. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rimfire Ferguson; Beth Hardy; Broder |
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| Text Story | Dear Ethel (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | "Letter" from W.B. Bingle to his girl at home, Ethel, telling of events at army camp. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustrations) | Inks:? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: W. B. Bingle |
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| Featuring | General Fuffle |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four cartoons about military life.
This issue is the only appearance of the "General Fuffle" feature. |
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| Comic Story | At Camp Anemic (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hank and Lank want to sign up for service at Camp Anemic, but are ridiculed by the recruiting officer. They prevent the fifth columnists (all looking like Hitler) from stealing the plans for the army's new, super secret potato peeler, and are finally admitted - as sweepers in the donkey stalls. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero | Characters: Hank; Lank; two unnamed fifth columnists; Hans; Fritz; Bubbles |
| Notes | First four frames resume the protagonists' adventures in "Camp Comics" #1, breaking the fourth wall. |
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| Featuring | General Fuffle |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Five cartoons about military life printed in black and blue on the inside back cover.
This issue is the only appearance of the "General Fuffle" feature. |
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| Advertisement | Every time It's Chesterfield (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Chesterfield Cigarettes. On back cover. |
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