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Publication | October 24, 1963 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 2 | Frequency: Every two weeks during the school year. |
Notes | wraparound cover |
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Cover | Flight Pioneer |
Notes | wraparound cover |
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Activity | Make Wanda the Flying Halloween Witch (1 page) |
Synopsis | Follow the instructions to cut out Wanda and have her "fly" from the back of one chair to another, by using a string pathway and pulling on the string. |
Credits | Pencils: Jasbo Jones Junior (signed) | Inks: Jasbo Jones Junior (signed) | Letters: Jasbo Jones Junior (signed) |
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Comic Story | Red Victim: The Story Of Bishop Walsh (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Father Walsh is still trying to get used to life in China. Pagan men are starting to come to him for religious instruction, but he notices that no women are coming. When asked why, he is told that Confucius says a wise man does not speak to women. This will be a big stumbling block that Father Walsh will have to overcome. |
Credits | Script: Norah Smaridge (signed) | Pencils: Joe Sinnott (signed) | Inks: Joe Sinnott (signed) | Letters: Ray Holloway? |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Religious | Characters: Father Walsh; Mr. Chan; Mr. Haw; Father Ford; Father O'Shea |
Notes | Fourth installment of the life of Bishop Walsh. |
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Synopsis | A Coast Guard patrol boat comes across Henrietta as Mr. Giltrock springs his net trap on the flivver. After examining Bobbie's license for Henrietta as an experimental aircraft, he is told he will have to keep her off navigable waters until licensed as a boat. Mr. Giltrock has to go to court to explain his obstruction of a waterway with a fish net, fishing without a license, using an illegal power-operated net and operating a fishing vessel in a dangerous manner. |
Featuring | The Return of the Enchanted Flivver |
Credits | Script: Capt. Frank T. Moss (signed) | Pencils: Frank Borth (signed) | Inks: Frank Borth (signed) | Letters: Frank Borth? |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Bobbie; Ruthie; Henrietta; Mr. Giltrock; Mr. Jenkins; Dad; Mom; Frisbee |
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Comic Story | Baseball (3 pages) |
Synopsis | A look at the early origins of baseball, from its earliest beginnings in the 14th century in a game known as "stoolball", to the game we know today. The first mention of a game called "baseball" was in 1700 in Maidstone, Kent in England. |
Featuring | Origin Of Sports |
Content | Genre: Humor; Non-fiction; Historical; Sports | Characters: Coach Weepy Heffalump; Tiny |
Notes | Most of the modern rules of baseball came from Alexander J. Cartwright, who is known as, "The Father of Modern Baseball". |
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Comic Story | The Liberty Bell (2 pages) |
Synopsis | The history of the Liberty Bell and it's famous crack. |
Featuring | Our Heritage |
Content | Genre: Historical |
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Synopsis | When Chuck tells Mr. Jones that he won't work for him as editor, Jones arranges with Judd to have Chuck leave town. That night, while the townsfolk are attending a Halloween party at the school, Judd starts a fire in some tall dry grass in the rear yard of the newspaper office. |
Featuring | Chuck White And His Friends |
Credits | Script: Frank Moss [as Max Pine] (signed) | Pencils: Fran Matera (signed) | Inks: Fran Matera (signed) | Letters: Fran Matera? |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chuck White; Hobey; Stacey; Judd; Tim; Mrs. Philips; Frankie; Mr. Jones; Mrs. Everett |
Notes | Max Pine was an alias of Frank Moss, per 2006 interview with Frank Borth: "You can find out in reading your things he also uses the word Max Pine as a substitute for him because he didn't want them to think he was writing everything in the place..." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849 |
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Featuring | Father Mac's Letter |
Credits | Script: Father Leon McKenzie (credited) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Religious |
Notes | A two page text article with two accompanying illustrations. |
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Featuring | Treasure Jests |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Three single-panel pantomime gags. |
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Comic Story | The Lindbergh Story (6 pages) |
Synopsis | The story of Charles Lindbergh and his historic non-stop solo flight from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, NY to Paris, France in 1927. |
Credits | Script: Pat Kearin (signed) | Pencils: Reed Crandall (signed) | Inks: Reed Crandall (signed) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; Biography | Characters: Charles Lindbergh |
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Comic Story | Hungry Bear Rug (1 page) |
Synopsis | Pierre's bear rug eats his dinner. |
Featuring | Pierre |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pierre |
Notes | Inside back cover; pantomime. |
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