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| A couple of quick comments. (1) Veronica Lake appears on the cover but on page 3 it says the cover girl is "Helen O'Hara." (2) this is dated January 1946, so probably was completed in fall 1945. Some of the gags are post-war, but most still feature military men. (3) early television gag on page 35. (4) As seems to be usual with this genre of magazine, the artists are mostly unfamiliar (in terms of comic book work). There doesn't seem to have been a lot of cross-over between comic books/comic strips and one-panel gag cartoons. Nice to see Art Helfant's work on the text-joke pages, and there are 2 Vic Herman cartoons. Herman is an exception to my statement above, he was quite prolific in many fields. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herman_vic.htm |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 30, 1946 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every six weeks |
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| Synopsis | Two women decide to play hard-to-get with two soldiers until after they pay their bill. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Illustration | Elaine Shepard (1 page) |
| Featuring | Buddies' Pin-Up Girl |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Synopsis | Two soldiers admire a general's daughter. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A sailor whistles so loudly at a woman that her hair blows back. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Featuring | Kiss the Boys Goodbye |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A woman's dog has a lion's tail. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | While fishing, Maisie attracts the attention of a sailor. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Maisie |
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| Synopsis | Two women assume their soldier boyfriends know each other. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: John |
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| Featuring | Honey Hostess |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | An apartment has roots coming through the ceiling from the neighbor's garden above. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | After six rides through the tunnel of love a woman asks her boyfriend if they should get engaged. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Furlough Fumes |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A woman plays checkers with a sailor. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | After being married a soldier compares it to the chow line. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A little girl is offended when a little boy says he's going to be a bachelor. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Grubhouse Grins |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Herman gets into a fight with his former sergeant. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herman |
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| Synopsis | A large woman greets her date. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Although a civilian now, Herbie can't resist saluting officers. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Gards] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Gards] (signed) | Inks:? [as Gards] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Herbie |
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| Synopsis | A convict says he wasn't arrested due to counterfeiting but because of paper shortage rules. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Guardhouse Groans |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A woman asks a man reading a book to rest his eyes on her instead. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Simms is collecting pin-up models. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Simms |
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| Synopsis | Women attract men's attention by advertising rooms for rent. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | On Parade |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A little boy complains when his older sister's petty officer boyfriend gives him a nickel. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A jury acquits a beautiful woman. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Daffy Drafty |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A woman throws a vase at her soldier boyfriend. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Comic Story | Paratrooper Gazes at Woman (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A paratrooper somehow reverses directions after seeing a beautiful woman during his descent. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A boy scout and his sister's sailor boyfriend enjoy tying knots, to the sister's irritation. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Featuring | On Land on Sea and in the Air |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A former soldier has a bomb on his mantle representing the one he escaped from. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Susan is mistaken for a department store mannequiin. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Susan |
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| Cartoon | Couple Are Married Via Television (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A couple are married via television by a televised pastor. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A sergeant on a quiz show has to be reminded he's playing for money, not for a female contestant. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Featuring | Ol' Sarge |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Sailor and Parrot Swear at Each Other (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A sailor and a parrot shout obscenities at each other. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A ship's captain cancels his crew's shore leave so he can have a woman to himself. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A soldier died laughing at a comedy show. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Featuring | Off Duty |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A library patron is told he must return 'The Lady in the Morgue' before he can take out 'Mrs. Miniver.' |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A physician stranded at sea recalls how he used to prescribe sea air to his patients. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | A US Marine has punched a would-be mugger. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A soldier in a maternity ward is told he was "ordered" three girls and one boy. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Medical; Military |
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| Synopsis | A soldier returns from the war to find women in office jobs. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | Brockford races home after hearing his wife was the woman most adored by the Navy. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Brockford |
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| Synopsis | A man camouflaged as a tree encourages a soldier to kiss his girlfriend. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A woman who married a soldier wants to find out what the army taught him. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A woman selling 10 cent neckties offers to remove the price tag for her customer. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A woman guesses that her friend was punched in the face by her ex-boyfriend. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | GI Roundup |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A woman says her date is a perfect gentleman if she slaps him once in a while. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | After growing accustomed to the practice overseas, Beasely drinks water from his hat. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Beasely |
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| Synopsis | A female soldier on KP complains that at home her husband does the dishes, not her. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Featuring | Mailbag Melodies |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A woman's Air Force boyfriend can't keep from thinking about bombing runs. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
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| Synopsis | A vendor is trying to sell open-toed galoshes. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | A man arrested for gambling insists he was going to spend it on Victory Bonds. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Advertisement | Girls Can't Resist This Kiss Me Necktie As It Glows in the Dark! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Glow in the Dark Necktie Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Publisher advertisement | 4 Swell Comics (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various |
| Notes | Advertisement for Green Hornet Comics, Joe Palooka Comics, Speed Comics and All-New Comics. |
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| Advertisement | For Men Only? (1 page) |
| Featuring | Larch Book Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for stag party joke books. |
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| Advertisement | Why Husbands Leave Home! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Palace Sales Co |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for the book 'New York Behind the Scenes.' |
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| Advertisement | Special Offer to Lovers (1 page) |
| Featuring | Pickwick Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for books on dating. |
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| Publisher advertisement | 4 Fun-Packed Army + Navy Laugh Sensations! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Advertisement for Hello Buddies, Army & Navy Jokes, Army & Navy Fun Parade and Army & Navy Grins. |
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| Advertisement | Female Beauty Round the World (1 page) |
| Featuring | Metro Publications |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Secret Museum of Mankind.
On inside back cover. |
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| Cartoon | Soldier in a Stocking (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A soldier has put himself inside his girlfriend's Christmas stocking. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
| Notes | On back cover. |
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