If you are unsure about what you want to read, or
you enjoy variety in your reading diet, then our Mixed Bag category is probably just the place for you.
Some titles were designed from their outset to be anthologies or compilations that encompassed many
different genre. Other titles morphed throughout their life making it difficult to place them in even a couple of
categories. There were also titles, such as Dell Four Color or Harvey Comics Hits that produced
individual issues in a range of genre.
So the the only way to deal with these is to put them in a 'mixed bag'.
But for you, the reader, this may well be a blessing in disguise as the odd-bins are always the
best to rummage in!
Hopefully this category proves the maxim that, 'variety is the spice of life'.
We have 299 titles and 12,287 issues in our 'Mixed Bag Category' for you to enjoy.
Mixed Bag Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| Jumbo Comics |
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| Available: | 173 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 167 |
| From: | Sep 1938 |
| To: | Mar 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 167 |
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| Publisher: | Fiction House |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Jungle |
| Description: | JUMBO COMICS (Fiction House) 1938 Series.
No. 1, Sept 1938 - no. 167, Mar 1953.
Created by S.M. Iger, Jumbo Comics became the first comic book title published by Fiction House. Thurman T. Scott, head of the Pulp producing company, was interested in getting ... |
| K-A CAPA alpha |
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| Section: | Fanzines |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | APA stands for Amateur Press Association. Contributers donate pages to each issue which is then compiled and sent to the members. This is one of the legendary Jerry Bails fanzines. |
| Knockout |
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| Available: | 269 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 999 |
| From: | 1939 |
| To: | 1963 |
| Seq: | 1 - 999 |
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| Section: | UK Comic Books |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Humor |
| Description: | (1939 series)
Amalgamated Press
Issues #1-729
Tracking: Started 4th Mar 1939, ended 16th Feb 1963. Merged with Magnet 1941, became Knockout and Magnet until 1945, then just Knockout again. Merged with Valiant. Number of issues 1251 or thereabouts. The issue ... |
| LION |
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| Available: | 407 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 389 |
| From: | Feb 1952 |
| To: | 1959 |
| Seq: | 1 - 389 |
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| Section: | UK Comic Books |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | British weekly anthology title. Early issues feature Captain Condor, a space adventurer. There are still illustrated text stories alongside the comic strips. |
| Lux Radio Theater |
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | Lux Radio Theatre, a long-run classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934-35); CBS Radio (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954-55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays before it began adapting films. The hour-long radio programs ... |
| The Magnet |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | School |
| Description: | The Magnet was published weekly by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was published on 15th February 1908 until 18th May 1940. Originally as The Magnet Library it dropped Library from its title on 10th August 1929. ... |
| Mark Trail |
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Non-fiction |
| Description: | Mark Trail started life as a newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Ed Dodd. Introduced April 15, 1946, the strip centers on environmental and ecological themes. It was syndicated through the New York Post in 1946 to 45 newspapers. Dodd, working as a national ... |
| Member Modified Magazine |
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| Section: | Creator Donated Modern Comics |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | Here is a place for the non-artists to get creative. Take a story and white out the dialog.
Put in your own words and submit it here. Please include the blanked pages so someone
else can use them and include the original story. |
| Midget Comics |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 2 |
| From: | Feb 1950 |
| To: | Apr 1950 |
| Seq: | 1 - 2 |
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| Publisher: | St. John |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| National Comics |
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| Available: | 82 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 75 |
| From: | Jul 1940 |
| To: | Dec 1949 |
| Seq: | 1 - 75 |
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| Publisher: | Quality |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | NATIONAL COMICS (Quality) 1940 Series.
No. 1, Jul 1940 - no. 75, Nov 1949.
Note: An anthology title that hosted features such as Uncle Sam, Quicksilver, Wonder Boy, Merlin the Magician, Sally O'Neil, and Kid Patrol. |
| Northern Messenger |
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| Section: | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | The Northern Messenger was a Sunday weekly magazine published by John Dougall & Son, based in Montreal, Canada.
The publisher John Dougall, was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1808. He immigrated to Canada in 1826. He was known to hold strong religious views ... |
| The Nugget Library |
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| Section: | Pulp Magazines |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | The Nugget Library V1 was a weekly magazine published by Street & Smith based in New York, USA.
It ran from 29 August 1889 to 16 August 1892 for a total of 167 issues.
It mostly included complete adventure stories in each issue, with two series featuring ... |
| Operation: Peril |
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| Available: | 18 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 16 |
| From: | Oct 1950 |
| To: | Apr 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 16 |
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| Publisher: | American Comics Group / ACG |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | OPERATION: PERIL (ACG) 1950 Series.
No. 1, Oct-Nov 1950 - no. 16, Apr-May 1953.
SERIES COMPLETE!!! |
| Peg's Companion |
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| Section: | Romance |
| Categories: | Romance | Media / Stars | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | Peg's Companion was a women's magazine published weekly by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd based in London.
It ran for 572 issues from Nov 1921-Oct 1932 and was a companion magazine to Peg's Paper. It appears to be aimed at young working class women. |
| Peneca |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | Chile. Mid 1940's. Weekly anthology for younger readers with a mix of prose, articles and text strips. Some of the illustrated prose appears to be from British storypapers but I can't figure out in which papers they might have originated. There are some ... |
| Pep Comics |
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| Available: | 72 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 136 |
| From: | Jan 1940 |
| To: | Dec 1959 |
| Seq: | 1 - 136 |
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| Publisher: | Archie / MLJ |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Humor | Children / Teenagers |
| Description: | Pep Comics introduced The Shield, the first patriotic themed super hero. Later, this title played host to a character still popular today and which would give MLJ its new name - Archie. Issues were renewed from #72 on please do not upload past issue 71. |
| Police Comics |
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| Available: | 132 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 127 |
| From: | Aug 1941 |
| To: | Oct 1953 |
| Seq: | 1 - 127 |
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| Publisher: | Quality |
| Categories: | Superhero | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | POLICE COMICS (Comic Magazines) 1941 Series.
No. 1, Aug 1941 - 127, Oct 1953.
The starting place for Jack Cole's Plastic Man, who would go on to get his own title in 1943. Also home to Phantom Lady. Title transitioned to strictly crime in later issues. |
