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| Publication | May 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Aviation; War | Characters: The Three Little Gremlins [Gassy Octane; Nutsy Boltaction; Screwy Turnbuckle]; Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin] |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four single panel cartoons on inside front cover in black, white and red.
© 1942 Chicago Times, Inc. |
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| Synopsis | Professor Prexy explains how the Gremlins are able to fly. |
| Credits | Job #: P.C.#87 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: The Three Little Gremlins [Gassy Octane; Nutsy Boltaction; Screwy Turnbuckle]; Professor Prexy (first appearance); Dr. Kala Axtar (first appearance); Observer 439; Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | Copr., 1943, by Daniel J. Gormley.
Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. |
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| Synopsis | Jack rescues Mary and Dixie from a wind tunnel. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Mary Smith; Dixie Lee; Colonel Chuck; Dr. Helpers |
| Notes | Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
Page 6 reprints the partial and trimmed Sunday strip from November 12, 1939. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Pvt. Speed Williams (first appearance); Pvt. Slug McCoy (first appearance); Corporal Nap Naylor (first appearance); Sgt. Rafferty (first appearance) |
| Notes | Copr., 1943 by R. S. Callender. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama; Humor | Characters: Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Larry Slik; Gertie Slik; Little Napolean's mother |
| Notes | Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
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| Comic Story | Pig Skinned (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Fenwick Flooky |
| Notes | Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
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| Comic Story | Sheet Music (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (a cat) |
| Notes | Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
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| Comic Story | Home Run (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Fenwick Flooky; Dr. Kissmollytwice |
| Notes | Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
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| Comic Story | Black Napoleon (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | This is the only appearance of the "A True Fact Story" feature |
| Featuring | A True Fact Story |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Black Napoleon [Toussaint L'ouverture]; Napoleon Bonaparte; General LeClerc |
| Notes | Copr., 1943 by R. S. Callender. |
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| Comic Story | $50,000 Piece of Paper (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The true story of the world's rarest stamp. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Vaughn; Niel McKenner; Count Ferrary; Hugo Griebert; Arthur Hinds |
| Notes | Copr., 1943 by R. S. Callender. |
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| Text Story | Stumpy (3 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Jerry Blake; Mrs. Blake; Stumpy [also as Hap] (a dog) |
| Notes | Gaylord Du Bois script credit per "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1984), page 77: "Stumpy. text for Popular Comics, May 1944." |
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| Synopsis | Dragon Lady teaches Terry how to dance. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: April Kane; Reginald Smythe-Heatherstone; Deeth Crispin |
| Notes | Copyright, 1938, by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
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| Comic Story | Quack Ducktor (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Dr. P. Nutt [Pierpont Nutt]; Spooky (a cat) |
| Notes | Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Sparks (a dog) |
| Notes | Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (a cat) |
| Notes | Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Earl Stover; Spooky |
| Notes | Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Gootch; Larry Packer; Jessica; Auntie Blossom [Phyllis Wallet]; Aunt Hessie |
| Notes | Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Miss Snodgrass; Otis; |
| Notes | Six single panel cartoons.
© 1942 Chicago Times, Inc. |
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| Text Story | Now You See It -- Now You Don't! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Text story about the benefits of camouflage. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Copr., 1943 by R. S. Callender. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (a cat); Skull Duggery |
| Notes | Copyright, 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
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| Advertisement | Remove Ugly Blackheads or No Cost (1 page) |
| Featuring | Ballco Products Company |
| Notes | On inside back cover in black and white. |
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| Advertisement | 33 Power Telescope Lens Kit (1 page) |
| Featuring | Metro Publications |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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