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| Publication | November 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Per the consensus of the members of The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page on Facebook on 8 August 2021, this work is not by Reed Crandall. The original indexer suggested that maybe the pencil work was done by Crandall.
The members of The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page suggested maybe this was done by Al Bryant. However, Per Bails' Who's Who, Bryant left comics by 1948 due to a self-inflicted car crash and subsequent eight-year hospitalization, placing any 1948 credits for Bryant in doubt. So currently, no creator can be confirmed for this cover. |
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| Cover | Tom's Thumb |
| Credits | Pencils:? (see notes) | Inks:? (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Tom Thumb |
| Notes | Per the consensus of the members of The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page on Facebook on 8 August 2021, this work is not by Reed Crandall. The original indexer suggested that maybe the pencil work was done by Crandall.
The members of The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page suggested maybe this was done by Al Bryant. However, Per Bails' Who's Who, Bryant left comics by 1948 due to a self-inflicted car crash and subsequent eight-year hospitalization, placing any 1948 credits for Bryant in doubt. So currently, no creator can be confirmed for this cover. |
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| Comic Story | Tom's Thumb (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tom Thumb becomes normal-sized and tries to compete with Darrel for Martha's attentions, winning her favor by saving her from a thug. But Tom couldn't stay away from crime and ended back in prison, where, deprived of sufficient food, he shrunk back down to small size. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Professor Roberts; Big Simon; Carl De Jong (introduction); Tom Thumb (villain) |
| Notes | Title is taken from the cover.
Writer's credit from Woolfolks' paybook, via Martin O'Hearn. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Child Psychology (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy; Mr. Ivy |
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| Comic Story | Battle of the Restaurants (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy; Joe (first appearance, restauranteur); Mike (first appearance, restauranteur) |
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| Comic Story | The College For Cutthroats (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Duke Grimegross (first appearance, villain); Lefty (first appearance, villain); their mob (first appearance, villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Babu the Gun-Runner (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; Babu (villain, introduction); Klug (villain, introduction); Babu and Klug's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Comic Story | The Indian Fighter (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Roscoe |
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| Text Story | Swan Song (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane] |
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| Comic Story | Double Land (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky; an evil Perky duplicate (first appearance, villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Slaughterhouse Beat (4 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Shenanigan; Helen Highwater (first appearance) |
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