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This is a nice and well-done variation on the Hardy Boys and I wish the series had continued. I love the way Tim winds up sporting a lipstick kiss from a hot gal at the end -- that never happened to Frank and Joe! |
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Publication | 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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Featuring | Dover Boys |
Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tim Dover; Dan Dover |
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Text Article | These are the Dover Boys (1 page) |
Featuring | Dover Boys |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Uncle Bill Dover; Aunt Martha Dover; Silas Croombs; Claude Croombs |
Notes | Text introducing the Dover Boys. Includes 6 small head illustrations of the main characters. |
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Comic Story | Chapter One The Peril of the Inca Treasure (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Uncle Bill Dover returns from Peru to raise more money for his expedition to find the Inca treasure. |
Featuring | Dover Boys |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Uncle Bill Dover; Aunt Martha Dover; Claude Croombs |
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Comic Story | Chapter 2 Winds of Doom (5.67 pages) |
Synopsis | When Silas Croombs copies Bill Dover's map and decides to find the treasure himself, Tim and Dan Dover head to Peru to find it first. |
Featuring | Dover Boys |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Uncle Bill Dover; Aunt Martha Dover; Silas Croombs; Claude Croombs; Mike Foster; Frank |
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Publisher advertisement | The Proof of the Pudding |
Notes | House ad for Archie comics. |
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Comic Story | Chapter 3 Lost in the Jungle (3.67 pages) |
Synopsis | Tim and Dan rescue Jose and begin their trek into the jungle. |
Featuring | Dover Boys |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Mike Foster; Claude Croombs; Jose |
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Publisher advertisement | There are two girls... and only one Wilbur |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | House ad for Laugh Comics, Wilbur Comics and Pep Comics. |
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Comic Story | Chapter 4 Molten Death (4.67 pages) |
Synopsis | Tim and Dan meet a professor and his daughter in the Jungle. They join forces and the daughter is kidnapped by Indians and prepared to be sacrificed to a volcano. |
Featuring | Dover Boys |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Jose; Professor Archibald Monks; Carol Monks |
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Publisher advertisement | It's Tops With All the Kids! |
Notes | House ad for Super Duck comics. |
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Comic Story | Chapter 5 - The Power of the Evil Eye! (4.67 pages) |
Synopsis | While trying to rescue Carol, Tim and Dan are captured also. They learn that the Indians have already captured Claude. |
Featuring | Dover Boys |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Carol Monks; Claude Croombs |
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Publisher advertisement | Suzie is Choosey! |
Notes | House ad for Suzie comics. |
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Comic Story | Chapter 6 Treasure Trove (5 pages) |
Synopsis | The Dover Boys, Carol and Claude escape the Indians and discover the Inca treasure. |
Featuring | Dover Boys |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Carol Monks; Claude Croombs; Professor Archibald Monks; Jose; Mike Foster |
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Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Bob Hastings (photo) |
Notes | Order blank for the second Archie Annual and a signed photograph of Bob Hastings, the actor who voiced Archie on radio at the time. |
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| Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Package (1 page) |
Synopsis | While out rowing, Captain Tootsie and the gang comes across a diamond smuggling operation. |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Diamond Jim |
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Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Joe DiMaggio (photo) |
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Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
Notes | Novelty Mart ad.
Back cover. |
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