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| Publication | October 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly except June and December |
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| Featuring | Joe Palooka; Brass Knuckles; Sparky Watts |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe Palooka; Sparky Watts; Brass Knuckles; Slaphappy |
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| Synopsis | Four unrelated stories: Joe Palooka testifies in a court case. Palooka attends a Boxing Commission dinner. Palooka is introduced to a Hollywood actress. Ann thinks that Joe and Knobby are speaking a foreign language while conversing with their boxing associates. |
| Featuring | Joe Palooka |
| Credits | Script: Ham Fisher | Pencils: Ham Fisher | Inks: Ham Fisher |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Joe Palooka; Judge Pattison; Gene Tunney; Col. Abe Green; Jack Dempsey; Billy Conn; Jim Braddock; Gen. Phelan; Col. Kilpatrick; Mike Jacobs; Bill Brown; Col. Harvey Miller; Knobby Walsh; Jess Willard; Miss Wenda Brader; Ann |
| Notes | Possible Al Capp ghost pencils/inks on these pages, depending on the year originally published. |
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| Synopsis | Slaphappy is ill and the Doc believes a road trip is in order to cure him. |
| Featuring | Sparky Watts |
| Credits | Pencils: Tom DeAngelo | Inks: Tom DeAngelo |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero | Characters: Sparky Watts; Slaphappy; Doc Static |
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| Comic Story | The Moon and the Lunatic (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Skyman pilots his rocket to the moon while unknowingly carrying two stowaways. |
| Featuring | Skyman |
| Credits | Script: Ogden Whitney?; Gardner Fox? | Pencils: Ogden Whitney (signed) | Inks: Ogden Whitney (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Skyman [Allan Turner]; Fawn Carroll; Pete Turner [Uncle Pete]; Alec Benson; Joan Baxter |
| Notes | Storyline continues from the previous issue and continues in the next issue. On page three, first panel, a newspaper has a feature story about managing editor Thomas DeAngelo.
Title from last issue blurb. |
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| Synopsis | Dixie tries to help Esther save her marriage by getting her interfering mother-in-law out of the house. |
| Featuring | Dixie Dugan |
| Credits | Script: J. P. McEvoy | Pencils: John H. Striebel | Inks: John H. Striebel |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Dixie Dugan; Esther; Fred; Fred's mother; Jackie |
| Notes | Story continues in the next issue. |
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| Synopsis | After Brass reads a comic book to his niece and nephew, he then dreams that he is Dooperman. |
| Featuring | Brass Knuckles |
| Credits | Script: Mart Bailey | Pencils: Mart Bailey [as Marty] (signed) | Inks: Mart Bailey [as Marty] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Satire-parody | Characters: Brass Knuckles; the Moon Men |
| Notes | A satire of Superman and his super powers. |
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| Text Story | Squire Kingsman's Front Tooth (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A two-part story set in colonial America in 1775. Kingsman and Cuthbert engage in a boxing match at a local tavern. At some time later Cuthbert also desires the hand of Miss Dorothy, who is being courted by Kingsman. |
| Credits | Script: Mart Bailey | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Romance; Sports | Characters: Squire Kingsman; Jamie Cuthbert; Paddy Doyle; Peter Brewer; Paul Revere; Esmeralda; Squire Holliday; Miss Dorothy |
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| Synopsis | Woodchuck shows off his tan at the beach. |
| Featuring | Cranberry Boggs |
| Credits | Script: Don Dean | Pencils: Don Dean (signed) | Inks: Don Dean (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cranberry Boggs; Kandy; Woodchuck Willie |
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| Synopsis | Boggs is hired to takes a man out fishing. |
| Featuring | Cranberry Boggs |
| Credits | Script: Don Dean | Pencils: Don Dean (signed) | Inks: Don Dean (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cranberry Boggs; Mr. Brenner |
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| Synopsis | Bo chases a cat into a haunted house where he captured by an old codger. |
| Featuring | Bo |
| Credits | Script: Frank Beck | Pencils: Frank Beck | Inks: Frank Beck |
| Content | Genre: Animal | Characters: Bo; Junior Green; Squinty; taxicab driver; Mr. Miller; Junior's mother; Junior's father |
| Notes | Bottom quarter of page 5 has classified ads. |
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| Synopsis | Chan investigates a plot to kidnap Dr. Hartzell. |
| Featuring | Charlie Chan |
| Credits | Pencils: Alfred Andriola | Inks: Alfred Andriola |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Charlie Chan; Kirk; Merry Lee; Dr. Hartzell; Lee Chan; Craig; Joe; Dr. Kari |
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| Synopsis | A new neighbor wants to know what she has to buy for working around the lawn. |
| Featuring | Hollywood Husband |
| Credits | Script: Jefferson Machamer | Pencils: Jefferson Machamer [as Jeff Machamer] (signed) | Inks: Jefferson Machamer [as Jeff Machamer] (signed) | Letters: Jefferson Machamer? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hollywood Husband; Bamboo; unnamed woman from next door |
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| Synopsis | Everything that they see reminds Laurie Ann of something from the movies. |
| Featuring | Hollywood Husband |
| Credits | Script: Jefferson Machamer | Pencils: Jefferson Machamer [as Jeff Machamer] (signed) | Inks: Jefferson Machamer [as Jeff Machamer] (signed) | Letters: Jefferson Machamer? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hollywood Husband; Laurie Ann |
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| Synopsis | Babs has broken off her engagement with Tony and leaves Tokyo en route to Manila. |
| Featuring | Tony Trent |
| Credits | Script: Mart Bailey | Pencils: Mart Bailey (signed) | Inks: Mart Bailey (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tony Trent; Willyum; Hellcat; Babs; Alice |
| Notes | Continuing storyline. |
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