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Issue: Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth #[nn]
Publication Date: April 2011
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagIDW
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Indicia Publisher: IDW Publishing
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781600108280
UPC/EAN: 978160010828054999
Price: $49.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 38 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dean Mullaney (edited and designed by); Bruce Canwell (associate editor); Lorraine Turner (associate art director); David Armstrong (contributing editor); Scott Dunbier (contributing editor)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color cover; Black and White / Color Interior
Dimensions: 34 cm x 25 cm.
Paper Stock: smythe-sewn
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Graphic Novel
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Preface

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dean Mullaney
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Chiarello
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): Alex Toth
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Space Angel
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Pages: 2
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Prologue: Swashbuckler

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Part One: Youth

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): typeset; Alex Toth
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Sloppy Joe Vogl (wrestler); Count Drakulla (wrestler)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Part Two: Treasures Untold

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): The Shadow
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Part Three: Tutelage

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth; Milton Caniff; Roy Crane; Frank Robbins; Noel Sickles; Alfred Andriola
Inker(s): Alex Toth; Milton Caniff; Roy Crane; Frank Robbins; Noel Sickles; Alfred Andriola
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Wash Tubbs; Terry Lee; Burma; Johnny Hazard; Scorchy Smith; Charlie Chan
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Reprints newspaper strips Wash Tubbs (3/10/38); Terry and the Pirates (2/23/41); Johnny Hazard (6/5/41 to 6/7/41); and Scorchy Smith (7/10/36; 8/8/36; 8/20/36)
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Part Four: Influences

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Reprints movie posters & magazine covers.
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Part Five: First Steps

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Reprints excerpts and original art from Heroic Comics #32, 35, 36, 44 (Eastern Color, 1943); Juke Box Comics #1 (Eastern Color, 1948); and Catholic Pictorial #1 (George A. Pflaum, 1947).
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Part Six: Going National

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth; Sheldon Mayer
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Includes excerpts and original art from Jimmy Wakely #12 (DC, 1949); All-Star Comics #38 (DC, 1940); All-American Comics #92, 96, 99 (DC, 1939); Green Lantern #30, 33, 37 (DC, 1941); Comic Cavalcade #23 (DC, 1942); Dale Evans Comics #7 (DC, 1948); Sugar Bowl Comics #1 (Eastern Color, 1948); All-American Western #103, 105, 106, 107, 121 (DC, 1948); Secret Hearts #2 (DC, 1949); Girls' Love Stories #3 (DC, 1949); True Crime V2 #1 (Magazine Village, 1947); Danger Trail #2 (DC, 1950); and Thrilling Romance #24 (Standard, 1949)
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Battle Flag of the Foreign Legion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Alex Toth
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sergeant LeJac; John Douglas (an American Legionnaire); Desert Hawk (villain, commander of the Touregs, death); the Touregs (villains, all die)
Synopsis: Sgt. LeJac leads his forces out into the desert to face the enemy force of Touregs......but mysteriously find them all dead, with the French Regimental flag flying over their bodies.....a flag carried into battle by American Legionnaire Douglas and who had been branded a coward!
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From Content Item: FlagDanger Trail #3 published November 1950
was Battle Flag of the Foreign Legion [Story on Interior Page(s)]Pages 2, 4 & 5 presented in the original art
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Pages: 8
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Part Seven: Mystery Date

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Includes excerpts and original art from Personal Love #11 (Eastern Color, 1950); Casey Ruggles (5/16/50; 6/16/50; 6/30/50; 7/5/50); Big Town #9, 11, 12 (DC, 1951); Strange Adventures #13, 18 (DC, 1950); All-Star Western #64 (DC, 1951); Jimmy Wakely #12 (DC, 1949); All-American Western #109, 118, 120 (DC, 1948)
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Thunderjet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Kurtzman
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Frontline Combat
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From Content Item: FlagFrontline Combat #8 published September 1952
was Thunderjet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Presented in original art
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Pages: 8
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Part Eight: High Standards

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Includes excerpts and original art from The Unseen #6 (Standard, 1952); Destroyer Duck #1 (Eclipse, 1982); Intimate Love #21 (Standard, 1950); Jet Fighters #7 (Standard, 1952); This Is War #6 (Standard, 1952); Exciting War #8 (Standard, 1952); Fantastic Worlds #6 (Standard, 1952); Lost Worlds #6 (Standard, 1952); 3-D Romance #1 (Mikeross Publications, 1954); Crime and Punishment #66, 68 (Lev Gleason, 1948); and Buster Crabbe #2 (Eastern Color, 1951).
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Unknown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Penciller(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Letterer(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, science fiction, war
Synopsis: In World War I, German pilot von Mueller has a close encounter with a UFO.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Original art to an unfinished, previously unpublished story (no inks on pages 3-6)
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The Crushed Gardenia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alexander Toth (signed)
Inker(s): Alexander Toth (signed)
Letterer(s): Alexander Toth ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: The story of Johnny Faber: a young man who "had no control of his rages". Turned down by his girl Ellie, Johnny kills her in a jealous fit.
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From Content Item: FlagWho Is Next? #5 published January 1953
was The Crushed Gardenia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1579 or B-1379
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I Fooled My Heart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Toth (signed)
Letterer(s): Alex Toth
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Romance #24 published July 1953
was I Fooled My Heart [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from the original art
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Pages: 7
Job Number: R-790
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Alice in Terrorland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): John Celardo
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagLost Worlds #5 published October 1952
was Alice in Terrorland [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from the original art
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Pages: 5
Job Number: B-1217
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The Hands of Don José

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror
Synopsis: Barcelona in Spain. Cruel general Martinez cuts off the hands of bull fighter Don José for ogling his girl. But when Martinez is confronted by a vicious bull, the crippled matador cannot help him.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventures into Darkness #9 published April 1953
was The Hands of Don José [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from the original art
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Pages: 8
Job Number: B-14**
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Free My Heart!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Jennings
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Mike Peppe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Romance #23 published April 1953
was Free My Heart! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Job Number: RS-758
Disclose Notes: Script: Jennings credit added by Stephan Friedt (error 8838)
Confirmed by Alex Toth.

Inks: Signed by Peppe on page 3
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Grip on Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A corrupt district attorney is brought to poetic justice by his wife who returned from the dead after a car accident. When she finds out that he doesn't love her anymore, she goes back to the grave - taking him with her.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Unseen #12 published November 1953
was Grip on Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from the original art
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Pages: 4
Job Number: B-1725
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Murder Mansion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Letterer(s): Herb Field
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Gangster couple hides in an abandoned mansion and conjures up the demon Teneshad to do their bidding. But there's a price to pay. Teneshad grows ever larger and takes them prisoner.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventures into Darkness #5 published August 1952
was Murder Mansion [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from the original art
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: signed by Peppe on page 2 panel 1
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Blinded by Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Romance #22 published January 1953
was Blinded by Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from original art
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Pages: 10
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The Phantom Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Letterer(s): Herb Field
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: The vicious sorceress Circe lures treasure hunters aboard her gold-filled phantom ship - and transforms them into giant rats.
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From Content Item: FlagOut of the Shadows #6 published October 1952
was The Phantom Ship [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from original art
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Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1200 ?
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Images of Sand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Peppe (signed)
Letterer(s): Herb Field ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: French gambler Henri Monard is washed up in Northern Africa, but learns about a Tuareg treasure in the Sahara desert. He kills for it and returns to Paris, indulging in luxury. But the curse of the Djenoun is upon him...
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From Content Item: FlagOut of the Shadows #12 published March 1954
was Images of Sand [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from original art
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Pages: 6
Job Number: BS-1798
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Five State Police Alarm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Toth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Alex Toth
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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From Content Item: FlagCrime Files #5 published September 1952
was Five State Police Alarm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Part Nine: Uniform Days

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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About Jon Fury...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alex Toth
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes: From Wonderworld fanzine, 1973
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Penciller(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Letterer(s): Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jon Fury
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Reprint Notes: from QM Depot Diary, 1955-1956
Miscellaneous
Pages: 45
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More Than A Wife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Toth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMy Love Story #7 published April 1957
was More Than A Wife [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: L-305
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Part Ten: We Are Family

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 26
Disclose Notes: Includes excerpts and original art from Four Color #822, 845, 846, 877, 889, 920, 933, 960, 1014, 1024, 1085 (Dell, 1942); Buffalo Bill, Jr. and Calamity Coloring Book; Tonto Coloring Book; Maverick children's novel.
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Zorro's Secret Passage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Zorro
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From Content Item: FlagFour Color #882 published February 1958
was Zorro's Secret Passage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Safari in Troublesville

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): 77 Sunset Strip
Character(s): Kookie; Stuart Bailey
Synopsis: Kookie subs for Stu Bailey in an investigation involving a beautiful young woman and a supposedly "cursed" painting.
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From Content Item: FlagFour Color #1066 published January 1960
was Safari in Troublesville [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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Part Eleven: Old Haunts & New Horizons

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Includes excerpts and original art from Brave and the Bold #53 (DC, 1955); Roy Rogers (12/27/60; 12/28/60; 1/12/61); Space Angel decal & production drawing
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Part Twelve: The Ties Unbind

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Canwell
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Bibliography of First Publication Dates

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Francisco San Millan; Axel Kahlstorff; Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.; Philippe Angeli; Jean-Michel Blanc; Manuel Auad; Al Dellinges; Steve Holland
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Includes excerpts and original art from All-American Comics #98 (DC, 1939); All-Star Comics #41 (DC, 1940); Dale Evans Comics #9 (DC, 1948); Jimmy Wakely #13 (DC, 1949); Rex the Wonder Dog #1 (DC, 1952); Danger Trail #2 (DC, 1950); The Unseen #13 (Standard, 1952); Jet Fighters #5 (Standard, 1952); and Rockets and Range Riders #1 (Richfield Boron, 1957).

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