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| These early Chesler grab-bags are always interesting. Fred Guardineer does a nice Raymondian future war story and H. C. Kiefer really stands out among the "realistic" style strips. Can you imagine modern corporations allowing someone to get away with appropriating their trademark characters and treating them like this (not even addressing the fact that the mascots are all gross racial stereotypes)? |
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| Publication | May 1937 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
| Notes | House ad for Star Comics and Star Ranger Comics. Black and white with various shades of pink tinting. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | No Blanks--No Duds (1 page) |
| Featuring | Jest for Fun |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Schwab; Dick Ryan | Inks: Fred Schwab; Dick Ryan |
| Notes | Introduction/editorial with illustrations down the right side, alternating art by Fred Schwab and Dick Ryan. |
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| Contents | Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | The only illustration shows a jester sitting on a large bubble, behind the contents list. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons. The first dialogue balloon does have "Is'nt" (misplaced apostrophe). |
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| Cartoon | Foul Balls (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Full-page cartoon showing various animals playing baseball and making witty quips. |
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| Cartoon | When Father Was a Boy--When Mother Was a Girl (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | That Lyin' Sailor Man (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Riggin' Bill |
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| Synopsis | Polly Tix, a parrot-sailor, claims he deserves credit for saving the ship's crew, not Riggin' Bill. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Polly Tix |
| Notes | This references the previous comic story (Riggin' Bill). |
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| Comic Story | Well Bread (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Prof. McScrewy |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Now I'll Tell One (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Officer Clancy |
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| Content | Genre: Children; Fantasy |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jack Pott |
| Notes | In subsequent issues this feature was called "Jack Potts." |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: King Kole |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Prince; painter 1; painter 2 |
| Notes | No dialogue in this strip. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Eddie; Mr. Gundy; Mrs. Gundy |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bib; Tucker; Miss Webb; Mickey; Mother |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. |
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| Content | Characters: King Arthur; jester |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Nutty Fagin; Riggin' Bill; Skipper |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 4 one-panel gag cartoons consisting of humorous hand-written letters and small illustrations. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Arthur; Mother; Father |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ima Sphinx; Tubby; young woman |
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| Comic Story | the Picket (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe Ticket; Bill; Moe |
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| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | 2-pages of character sketches and synopsis of Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop." |
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| Text Story | True Colors (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Dan Hastings |
| Credits | Script: Ken Fitch | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer | Colors: Fred Guardineer |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dan Hastings; Vyona; Jovas Grid |
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| Synopsis | An attempt to a diplomatic solution with Mexady the traveling planet is for naught as Eutopas brings a surprise attack on the surprised reception. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Gloria Carter; Eutopas; Ursulis |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. |
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| Comic Story | Words That Ring Through the Mists of Time (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Historical |
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| Featuring | Brain Teasers |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four one-panel cartoons, each with a "riddle" but these are deliberately easy and the "prizes" are humorous, so this is more a humor feature than an actual activity feature. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Officer Clancy; crook |
| Notes | This is not the same "Officer Clancy" as the feature earlier in the comic. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Null; Void |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Penny Aunty |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pokey |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons with people telling the unpleasant truth rather than white lies. The bottom one-quarter of the page is an advertisement for watches. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four panels, each with a different humorous cartoon and rhyme. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe McGee; tenant |
| Notes | Bottom one-quarter of the page is an advertisement for Butterfingers candy bars. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Wilbur; newsboy; cop |
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| Featuring | Snoozer |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Snoozer the dog |
| Notes | Bottom one-quarter of the page is an advertisement for Baby Ruth candy bars. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mike the crook; cop; judge |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe; customer |
| Notes | Bottom one-quarter of the page is an advertisement for Baby Ruth candy bars. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Joe Dokes; train conductor |
| Notes | Bottom one-quarter of page is an advertisement for Butterfingers candy bars. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Full-page cartoon showing bugs in a forest setting, each making wisecracks or jokes. |
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