Additional Information |
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Publication | August 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
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Featuring | The "Popsicle" Hall of Fame |
Credits | Pencils: Sam Glankoff [as Glankoff] (signed) | Inks: Sam Glankoff [as Glankoff] (signed) |
Notes | The top half of the ad is in sequential art form. |
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Comic Story | The Slow-Down Menace (9.67 pages) |
Synopsis | Slick Harry, a not-so-reformed criminal, steals his boss' Slowness Gas and slows down the entire city, including Billy Batson. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Professor Cobb; Slick Harry |
Notes | Last page has a promo for The Captain Marvel Club, including a coupon. |
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Featuring | The Captain Marvel Club |
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Comic Story | The Great Reward Swindle (6.67 pages) |
Synopsis | Golden Arrow rescues a man from a well and swindler named Jonathan Carr uses it as an excuse to collect money from everyone in town as a reward. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Golden Arrow; White Wind; Jonathan Carr |
Notes | Last page includes a Quiz about world history.
Artist credits from reprint. |
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Activity | Quiz |
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Comic Story | The Death Warrants (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Lance O'Casey takes a job as a sea reporter to arrest a dictator. |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lance O'Casey; Rex Hart; Mike; Marks Templarr; Taga |
Notes | Dick Dillin pencils and inks credits from original art listing on Heritage Auctions.
Clem Weisbecker pencils credit and refutation of Dick Dillin as inker from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2021/05/two-who-drew-lance-ocasey-and-one-who.html |
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Text Story | Wicky's Battle (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Wicky Burke learns how to defend himself from candy-stealing bullies. |
Featuring | A Wicky & O'Shawnessy Story |
Credits | Script: Rod Reed | Letters: Typeset |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Wicky Burke; Sluggs |
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Comic Story | Swap Your Partner (4 pages) |
Synopsis | Ace tries to trick Freddy by setting him up with an ugly girl for a "Swap Your Partner" dance, but the trick backfires. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Freddy; Harriet; Ace |
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Comic Story | The Masquerade of Death! (9 pages) |
Synopsis | Alexander Madden lures Prince Ibis and Taia to his castle, but in reality he is actually Torquemada. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Prince Ibis; Taia; Prince Lucifer; Torquemada [Alexander Madden] |
Notes | Pencils and inks identified in listing for original art on Heritage Auctions. |
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Synopsis | Square dancing. |
Featuring | Dubble Bubble |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Ad in sequential art form. |
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Comic Story | Grounds for Complaint! |
Synopsis | Wilbur recommends a customer drink hot water every morning for his health. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Wilbur the Waiter |
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Advertisement | Trouble at Ghost-Town! (1 page) |
Featuring | Jim Wise; "P-F" Canvas Shoes |
Notes | Ad in sequential art form. |
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