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Publication | October 1936 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | 1st photo-cover in comics (part photo, part-art) |
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Featuring | War On Crime; S'matter Pop?; Napoleon |
Credits | Pencils:? (photo); | Inks:? (photo); | Colors:? (photo);? |
Content | Genre: Drama |
Notes | 1st photo-cover in comics (part photo, part-art) |
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Featuring | Let's Get Into a Huddle! |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Featuring | Adventures of Jabby |
Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Jabby |
Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
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Comic Story | The Urschal Case (4 pages) |
Synopsis | As new director od the F.B.I., J. Edgar Hoover wheedles out the ineffectual flotsam and initiates a programme of intensive training for prospective agents. |
Featuring | War On Crime |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: John Edgar Hoover; Buck Bailey (crook); Charles Urschal; Mrs. Urschal |
Notes | First true-crime stories in comics. The newspaper strip began May 1936. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
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Featuring | Dumb-Bells |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | A single daily gag panel. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Scorchy Smith; Tex; Col. Patterson; Brook Patterson; Spencer Warburton |
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Comic Story | Veteran of 18 Wars (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Henry R. D. MacIver |
Notes | Seven unrelated panels showcasing strange facts. |
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Featuring | Butty and Fatty |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Butty; Fatty |
Notes | The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06. |
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Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale [The Great Pineli] (villain); Belinda Blinks; One-Eyed Ike |
Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator. |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: High-Gear Homer |
Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Verna; Buddy Deering; Princess Alura; Captain Dattro |
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Featuring | Dumb-Bells |
Content | Genre: Humor |
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Comic Story | A Matter of Diet and Literature |
Featuring | Keeping Up With the Joneses |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Aloysius McGinis; Clarice McGinis |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn |
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Comic Story | The Story of the Philippines - Part VII (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Historical |
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Notes | puzzle-page |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown; George Headly |
Notes | The bottom tier is "The Wet Blanket", by the same creator. |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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Featuring | The Frog Pond Ferry |
Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: The Skipper |
Notes | The strip was discontinued on 1934-17-06. |
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Featuring | Beau Geste with Slim and Tubby |
Credits | Script:? (adaption) |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Michael “Beau” Geste; Digby Geste; Claudia; John Geste; Isobel; Aunt Patricia |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Mescal Ike; Pa Piffle; Miss Sally |
Notes | Five daily strips on a single page. |
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Comic Story | The Saviour of Death Valley (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: R. J. "Dad" Fairbanks |
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Synopsis | Queenie pesters artist 'Bob' until he loses his tempers and spanks her. |
Featuring | Queenie |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Queenie; Bob |
Notes | The artist in the story is presumably Iger himself (signing as 'Bob Bliss'). |
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Featuring | Butty and Fatty |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Butty; Fatty |
Notes | The strip was discontinued on 1934-06-06. |
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Comic Story | Junior Learns a Lot about Signs and Omens |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Junior Nebb; Popcorn |
Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill". |
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Comic Story | The Music Lesson |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Simp O'Dill; Professor Snitzelband |
Notes | The Sunday page is shared equally between "The Nebbs" and "Simp O'Dill". |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh |
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Featuring | Screen Oddities |
Credits | Pencils: Thompson? | Inks: Thompson? |
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Featuring | S'matter Pop? |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pop Wimpus; Ma Wimpus |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Ned Brant; Shotgun Sheldon |
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Featuring | Magic Made Easy |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Toddy; Dinney |
Notes | Five daily strips on a single page. |
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Featuring | Flight |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Featuring | Such Is Life |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | One daily gag panel. |
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Featuring | Dumb-Bells |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Two daily gag panels. |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Drama | Characters: Olive Lane; Skip Allen; Wally Street; Big Dave |
Notes | This strip ran between 1934-01-22 and 1938, so these reprints fall within that period. |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Historical | Characters: Sir Oaky Doaks, The Duke of Dunderpate; King Cedric; Princess Mercedes; Sir Bulwarky |
Notes | Script was previously credited to R. B. Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961. |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage |
Notes | The bottom tier is "The Back-Seat Driver", by the same creator. |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: John Smith; Mrs. Smith [both unnamed here] |
Notes | The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) |
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Featuring | Bobby |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bobby |
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Featuring | Jane Arden / Lena Pry |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Jane Arden; Lena Pry |
Notes | Four Sunday pages, each one featuring a sequential "Jane Arden" storyline (0.5), a self-contained "Lena Pry" story (0.33), and a fashion panel "Jane Arden's Wardrobe" (0.17). |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie |
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Featuring | Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Seaweed Sam; Prof A. Nutt |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Roger Weston; Detective Dick Keen; Aunt Mary; Jasper Scrawn; Zenas; Mrs. Crumpet |
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Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks |
Notes | The bottom tier is "High-Gear" Homer", by the same creator. |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: High-Gear Homer |
Notes | The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Napoleon; Uncle Elby |
Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
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Text Story | The Killer Car (2 pages) |
Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Harlan Corby; Ray Hooker; Ding Burkett; Stan Lewis; Mel Springer |
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Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Homer Hoopee; Mr. Flip |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Little Brother; Miss Olson |
Notes | The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page, by the same creator. |
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Comic Story | Big Game |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: George Bungle |
Notes | The top tier is "Little Brother", by the same creator. |
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Featuring | Amaze-A-Minute |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Featuring | Alec and Itchy |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Alec; Itchy |
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Featuring | The Frog Pond Ferry |
Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: The Skipper; Sam Snake; Nutsy Squirrel |
Notes | Inside back cover
The strip was discontinued on 1934-17-06. |
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