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| 'Roly Poly comics' was obviously a cheap reprint series. Legal? Mostly MLJ materal. This one has an excellent Irv Novick 'Steel Sterling' but the inside cover lists 2 stories, including a 'Shield and Dusty' story which are not there. There is also an Ad for an ARCHIE radio program. This maybe indicates that 'Burton Magazine Publishing Co.' had some kind of legitimate relationship with MLJ. Incidentally, What of the 'Archie' radio program? Any good? |
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| The last page of Hank & Spud gives their address as MLJ Magazines. |
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| Publication | 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | This may be an unused cover from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 Series). It resembles the covers from #36-#39, where Steel Sterling appeared with the various humor characters from Zip.
Ginger's hair is mis-colored as blond (it should be red). |
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| Notes | This may be an unused cover from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 Series). It resembles the covers from #36-#39, where Steel Sterling appeared with the various humor characters from Zip.
Ginger's hair is mis-colored as blond (it should be red). |
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| Text Article | Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Wand of Weirdness (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Apollo and Muley break into a museum and are confronted by a guard, so Apollo grabbed a scepter out of a case to use as a club. It was the "Wand of Weirdness", supposedly belonging to Merlin the Magician which had a curse that said anyone using the wand for evil purposes would have it visit back upon them. Sure enough, it does and both die. The wand next brings bad luck to a cab driver and racketeer Dippy Dugan, who is killed when he wishes for bullets to go around him. Steel Sterling retrieves the wand and returns it to the museum. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Policeman); Apollo Bates (villain, introduction, death); Muley (villain, introduction, death); Dippy Dugan (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Featuring | Steel Sterling |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Comic Story | Stencho's Woman Problems (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Stencho's wife wants to find out if he still loves her. A red wig and a new dress will do the trick. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Señor Banana; Stencho Odora; Dolores Odora (wife); Rosita |
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| Advertisement | Archie Is Good for What Ails You! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Archie |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Vigoda (signed) | Inks: Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| Notes | Ad for the Archie radio program. |
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| Comic Story | County Fair (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Applejack boys are on a gas balloon trip and land near the house of a screwy professor, who turns them into monkeys. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Professor |
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| Comic Story | Frank Swinatra (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ginger meets Frank Swinatra. |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Tommy Turner; Frank Swinatra (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The wicked scientist, Dr. Karvalla, invented a formula that enabled him to travel in the fourth dimension. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Dr. Karvalla (villain, introduction) |
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| Text Story | The Future and the Past (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Harry Rose | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Introducing the Flying Dragons (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The American Volunteer Group in China is disbanded and some join the Army Air Corps. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Flying Dragons [Hank O'Toole, Spud] (introduction); The Japanese (villains) |
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