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Publication | March 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly except December and June |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane] |
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Comic Story | Alms for the Needy (13 pages) |
Synopsis | A man pretending to be a blind beggar is the leader of a bank robbery gang. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; John Grew and his gang of phony beggars (first appearance; villains) |
Notes | Tilting figures with long upper body and awkward way of standing and walking, as on rubber legs, some wild eyes, and also broad shoulders and narrow head on stretched neck are all pointing to Zolnerowich. |
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Synopsis | Butch keeps his nervous boss company during a long hospital vigil. Finally, their wait is over: a new baby hippo has been born. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs |
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Synopsis | The new circus attraction--the "World's Largest Bear"--is not as advertised. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs |
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Comic Story | Wanted! Dead or Alive (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Perky; Black Jack (first appearance); Jimmy Lox (first appearance); Hot-Seat (first appearance); other inhabitants of Gangland (first appearance) |
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Synopsis | Mrs. Murdock is holding a banquet for her dead friends when an insurance detective is murdered in the house. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Mrs. Murdock (first appearance; villain); Erik (first appearance; villain); Herbert (nephew) |
Notes | Tomsey is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some faces in sideview have similarities with his signed Jackie Law stories in Clue Comics, and also his Kid Click in US Camera Comics, so could be by him. The inking has some resemblence to the many Manhunter and Jester stories in Police Comics, by unknown. |
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Comic Story | Bank Crook At Large (7 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy; Dimpy de Derk (first appearance; Blimpy's twin brother); Cheater (first appearance; villain); the Boss (first appearance; villain) |
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Synopsis | Vincent steals $2 from Lala and is nearly caught, but fate steps in to help him escape. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza |
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Synopsis | Vincent scares off one of Lala's suitors by showing him criminal mug shots and claiming they are Lala's relatives. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza; Albert Puffpotsi; Malachy |
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Synopsis | Vincent tries to get on Lala's good side by reminding him of their childhood together, but her memories aren't as happy as his are. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza |
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Text Story | Old Yakko (1.75 pages) |
Featuring | Perry Scott |
Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
Notes | No feature name. |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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Synopsis | Spin ditches his plane in the ocean and is nearly caught by the Japanese. |
Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; The Japanese (villain) |
Notes | Quackenbush is credited on pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the many short figures and narrow heads point to him. Uncertain inking when compared with his signed stories. |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mickey Finn; Philip Finn; Florrie Finn |
Notes | strip reprints |
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Synopsis | Ryan and his brigade are taken prisoner by a former Japanese vaudeville star. |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; Sitsuka (villain, introduction) |
Notes | The same art as in the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Riss. Grinning faces that all look alike, and long legs. Same inker as in many Manhunter and Jester stories, but unknown. Riss is credited with pencils only on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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