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FC and IFC are paper. Everything else is fiche. IBC and BC are missing. |
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considering how rare this comic is...... i can put up with a few blurry pages to enjoy it,,, |
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Additional Information |
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Publication | March-April 1936 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | Last "strip" cover. Paper cover. |
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Synopsis | While looking up at a thrush singing in a tree, Charlie steps on a roller skate and careens downhill, finally knocking his head on a telegraph pole. |
Featuring | Charlie Fish |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Charlie Fish |
Notes | Last "strip" cover. Paper cover. |
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Featuring | New Comics |
Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Jibby Jones? |
Notes | cover of New Comics #4 (March-April 1936) in black and white |
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Foreword/Afterword | Hello Again! (1 page) |
Synopsis | Promotes new smaller size of More Fun Comics. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | The Gavonian Affair, Part 9 (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Sandra is forced by Count Tauru to masquerade as the Princess Yolanda, but she doesn't fool Count De Wex. |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sandra; Michael; Count Tauru; Lothar; Reynolds; Count de Wex |
Notes | Script credit derived from textual analysis. |
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Comic Story | The Holdup, Part 1 (2 pages) |
Synopsis | A suspicious figure knocks out the station agent and forces Jake to send a message that will wreck the Express! |
Featuring | Along the Main-Line |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jake; Ed |
Notes | continued |
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Comic Story | Prince of Patrania, Part 7 (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Pincus sneaks around the ship and tries to figure out why Spike has been kidnapped. |
Featuring | Spike Spalding |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Spike; Pincus; Phillip of Patrania |
Notes | continued |
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Comic Story | In the Wake of the Wander [Part 7] (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Grim meets a stranger on the island, but the stranger is soon captured by the natives. |
Featuring | Captain Grim |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Grim |
Notes | continued |
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Featuring | Bobby and Scotty |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bobby; Scotty |
Notes | 2nd page of story. 1st page is printed out of order as sequence #31. |
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Featuring | Woozy Watts |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Woozy Watts (intro) |
Notes | 2nd page of story. 1st page is printed out of order as sequence #32. |
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Comic Story | Fang Gow of China [Part 9] (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Barry and Le Grand attempt to escape from Fang Gow's yacht. |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow (villain); Inspector Le Grand |
Notes | continued |
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Comic Story | The Land of the Midgets of Zetruria (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Don and Betty do battle with Krenon, captain of the Midget Queen's guards. |
Content | Genre: Sword And Sorcery | Characters: Don Drake; Krenon; Betty; The Rider of the Winged Death |
Notes | continued |
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Synopsis | Henri swipes a Musketeer's outfit and distracts the guards so he can rescue his friends. |
Featuring | Henri Duval |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Henri Duval |
Notes | continued |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Drawings of Kenneth Bald, age 14 of Mount Vernon NY win the one dollar prize. Note indicates that the colored pages in this issue are mixed up and the first pages of Bobby and Woozy Watts are in the back of the magazine. |
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Comic Story | Damsel in Distress, Part 6 (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Dolores and her father hide from Pancho Villa as Jack rides to the rescue. |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Western-frontier | Characters: Jack Woods; Pancho Villa; Dolores; Don Miguel |
Notes | continued |
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Synopsis | Slim tries to shake off an ape who's trying to make a monkey of him. |
Featuring | Slim Pickins |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Slim Pickens |
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Comic Story | Episode 5 (2 pages) |
Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Jim; Squire Trelawney; Long John Silver; Redruth |
Notes | adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel; continued |
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Featuring | Pelion and Ossa |
Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pelion; Ossa |
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Synopsis | Jim fights off a mountain lion and rescues a boy from the canyon river. |
Featuring | Buckskin Jim |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Western-frontier | Characters: Buckskin Jim |
Notes | continued |
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Activity | Treasure Hunt Contest (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Featuring | Talk About Talkies |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Ginger Rogers (photo); Fred Astaire (photo) |
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Illustration | Presenting Acorn Antics (2 pages) |
Content | Genre: Fantasy |
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Text Story | King High (5 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Text Article | Write a Letter and Win $5.00 (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | The Mystery Plane, Part 5 (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Bob and a man impersonating Jake are about to leave for Alaska, while the real Jake escapes from his captors. |
Featuring | Bob Merritt and His Flying Pals |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bob Merritt; Prospector Jake |
Notes | continued |
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Synopsis | An expedition is mounted to Australia to capture a Zopsaurus. |
Featuring | The Professor |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Joshua; Noah; Schnatcher |
Notes | Presumably to be continued, but this is the last appearance. |
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Comic Story | The Bedouins, Part 9 (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Wing tracks Laurel Deane who has been kidnapped by Ali Ben Saad. |
Featuring | Wing Brady |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wing Brady; Ali Ben Saad |
Notes | Continued.
Script formerly credited to Henry Kiefer, but the Who's Who makes it clear he was responsible only for the art. |
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Synopsis | Brad tries to save Lorraine from the living Ape God. |
Featuring | Brad Hardy |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Brad Hardy; Lorraine |
Notes | Continued.
Script formerly credited to A. Leslie Ross, but the Who's Who clearly states that he was responsible only for the art. |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Featuring | Chubby |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Chubby (intro) |
Notes | Script formerly credited to Sherman, but the Who's Who lists him only as artist. |
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Comic Story | The Bank Robbers, Part 1 (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Linda is kidnapped by bank robbers. |
Featuring | Little Linda |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Linda; Butch |
Notes | continued |
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Comic Story | Siege in the Night (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Bobby and Binks continue following the star through Tutankahmen's Egypt. |
Featuring | Magic Crystal of History |
Content | Genre: Children; Fantasy | Characters: Bobby; Binks |
Notes | title from last issue blurb |
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Featuring | Bobby and Scotty |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bobby; Scotty |
Notes | 2nd page is printed out of order as sequence #7. |
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Featuring | Woozy Watts |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Woozy Watts |
Notes | 2nd page printed out of order as sequence 8. |
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Comic Story | Dewey and the Pirates, Part 6 (2 pages) |
Synopsis | The crew mutiny and take the Captain prisoner, but Dewey jumps overboard. |
Featuring | Midshipman Dewey |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Dewey; the Captain |
Notes | continued |
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Comic Story | Magnets (2 pages) |
Featuring | Hubert |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hubert (intro) |
Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
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Featuring | Rusty |
Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Rusty; his father |
Notes | Feature continues in New Comics #5. |
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Comic Story | Captain Kiddlaw, Part 9 (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Kiddlaw leaves Rex and Axel for dead. They follow an underground river looking for a way out. |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Kiddlaw; Axel Yoke; Rex Cosmos |
Notes | Continued. Next issue title: The Demented. |
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Comic Story | The Vampire Master, Part 4 (1 page) |
Synopsis | The Vampire Master succumbs to a blazing death, but Doc and the Amsters escape. |
Featuring | Doctor Occult |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Doctor Occult; Sander Amster; Vampire Master (dies); Mrs. Amster |
Notes | conclusion |
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Publisher advertisement | New Comics (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover. |
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Featuring | Remington Rand |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Back cover. |
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