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Publication | May 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Featuring | Meet Corliss Archer |
Credits | Pencils: Al Feldstein | Inks: Al Feldstein |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Corliss Archer; Dexter Franklin; Moronica (dog) |
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Comic Story | The Ninfant Nuisance (9 pages) |
Synopsis | Corliss writes a love letter to movie star Richard Deane. When Dexter catches her as she's writing, she tears up the letter. However, Mildred's little brother Raymond pieces the paper together and jumps to the conclusion that the letter is meant for Dicky Foster, Dexter's rival. |
Featuring | Meet Corliss Archer |
Credits | Script: Al Feldstein | Pencils: Al Feldstein | Inks: Al Feldstein |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Corliss Archer; Dexter Taylor; Harry Archer; Janet Archer; Raymond Ames; Dicky Foster; Mildred Ames; Moronica (dog) |
Notes | Story starts on inside front cover in red and black. |
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Comic Story | Double Trouble (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Corliss books singer Franky Sonora for a fund-raising dance, not realizing his appearance fee will be $2,500. |
Featuring | Meet Corliss Archer |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Corliss Archer; Dexter Franklin; Harry Archer; Janet Archer |
Notes | Franky Sonora's name and appearance are based on singer Frank Sinatra. |
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Text Story | Blind Date (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Story written as a slang-filled entry in a high school girl's diary, about her trials trying to get a boy to ask her to a hayrack ride. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Teen |
Notes | Text story with no illustrations. |
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Comic Story | The Homework Hoax (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Mildred asks Corliss to go to the movies, but Corliss lies and says she has too much homework. When Dexter doesn't ask her to go to the movies, as she expected, she goes by herself and finds Dexter and Mildred there. |
Featuring | Meet Corliss Archer |
Credits | Script: Ken Fitch | Pencils:? [E. K. R] (signed) | Inks:? [E. K. R] (signed) |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Corliss Archer; Louise; Moronica (dog); Mildred Ames; Dexter Franklin; Harry Archer; Janet Archer |
Notes | Signed "E.K.R" in last panel. Artist might be Ed Robbins. |
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Featuring | Teen Toons |
Credits | Script: Martin Filchock [as Filchock] (signed) | Pencils: Martin Filchock [as Filchock] (signed) | Inks: Martin Filchock [as Filchock] (signed) |
Content | Genre: Teen |
Notes | Five single-panel cartoons about teens. |
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Comic Story | The Junk Heap (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Criss decides to trade-in his old car for another used car, but gets swindled. |
Featuring | Criss Cross |
Credits | Script: Bob Brown | Pencils: Bob Brown | Inks: Bob Brown |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Criss Cross; Jill |
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Synopsis | Facts about South American Indians. |
Featuring | Tropical Topics |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Advertisement | 3 in 1 Air Pistol |
Featuring | Johnson Smith & Company |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for Sportsman Jr. air pistol, which fires BBs, metal pellets, or steel darts. Cost is $3.49 from Johnson Smith & Company, Detroit, Mich. |
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Advertisement | America's New Sensational Writing Trio (1 page) |
Featuring | Illinois Merchanise Mart |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover. Ad for fountain pen, mechanical pencil, and ballpoint pen set for $2.98 from Illinois Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Ill. |
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Advertisement | 100 Famous Michigan Rainbow Mix Gladiolus (1 page) |
Featuring | Michigan Bulb Co. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Ad for flower bulbs from Michigan Bulb Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. |
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