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Issue: New Book of Comics #1
Publication Date: January 1936
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Nicholson Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 56 (51 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?
Disclose Notes: Advertised for sale for 10ยข at F. W. Woolworth Co. stores in More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #v2#5 (17) (January 1937) and New Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series) #v1#12 (January 1937).

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: cardboard cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
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Gold!
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Inside front cover.
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New Book of Comics No. 1

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Now--When I Was a Boy
Uncle Chris (only appearance)
Look! Now -- When I was a boy - To find a horseshoe was considered luck...
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Sir Loin of Beef
Sir Loin of Beef; Cowhide
And stay out!
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Axel
Axel
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Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid (a boy); Pudge
Hey, Billy! Wait up fer a minit!
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Knife Ambush, Part 1

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Sagebrush n' Cactus
Sagebrush; Cactus; Betty
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Fanny
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Episode One

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The Vikings
King Harald; Sigrid; Hagbard; Theseta; Ivar (Sigrid's baby); Kol the Wise; Hugin (Odin's raven); Munin (Odin's raven)
King Harald was a young and mighty warrior.
The male baby of King Harald and Sigrid is (in the king's absence, and by order of her father) taken into the forest and left for the wolves. A forester, Kol the Wise, beats off the wolves and takes the baby home, recognizing the three-pointed birth mark as "Odin's sign."
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Writer credit by Jerry Bails.
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J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.
J. Worthington Blimp; Charlie; Jupiter Jones
Well folks, you are now looking at a man who will undoubtedly get his name down on the immortal pages of history...
Blimp decides, as a publicity stunt, to cycle the 3,000 miles from New York to the Exposition of San Diego, California. He ultimately thinks better of it, but is encouraged by reporters to make the attempt. After two weeks he arrives at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where he tries to scrounge a free meal and gets thrown in jail.
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The Time Machine, Part 1

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The Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed
Oliver Weed; Uriah Mowcher; Fritz
Say - Did you see that new boarder...
Uriah Mowcher claims to have invented a time machine,and invites Oliver Weed to travel back to 1835. Unknown to them, young Fritz has climbed aboard before take off.
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The Secret Cruise, Part 1

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Ray and Gail
Ray Coveal; Gail Coeval; John Coeval (father); Mary Coeval (mother); Willie Gewgaw
Mary, take good care of our little twins.
Ray and Gail, born in 1912, find themselves orphans in 1935, during the Depression. Ray is unable to find any rewarding work, but a rich friend invites them to sail with him and his father to a secret location. Gail is so enthusiastic that she convinces Ray to go along.
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Allan De Beaufort
Allan De Beaufort (only appearance); Helen
Allan, forced by treachery to find sanctuary among the enemies of the True Cross...
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Writer credit from Jerry Bails.
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Dickie Duck
Dickie Duck
Hey you! Make yourself useful around here...
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Peter and Ho-lah-an
Peter; Ho-lah-an
Peter had a dog called Rab and a ram named Loki...
Peter meets an Indian teen named Ho-lah-an, and shares his food with him. Ho-lah-an teaches Peter how to weave blades of grass into a lasso, which later comes in handy when a ram attacks. Subduing it, they ride off on its back.
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It's a Dern Lie
Utah Falcon
Utah Falcon, my great-grandfather, was a renowned hunter...
Tall tales told about Utah Falcon.
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"As told by G. W. Falcon, Evanston, Ill."
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The Vampire Master, Part 4

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Doctor Occult; Sander Amster; Vampire Master (dies); Mrs. Amster
Dr. Occult and Amster frantically empty their pistols...
The Vampire Master succumbs to a blazing death, but Doc and the Amsters escape.
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Jibby Jones
Jibby Jones; Ma Jones
Mm-mm-m!! I'm even gettin' hungry thinkin' about it!!
Jibby suggest having turkey for dinner, but his mother says it is too expensive, so she has ordered a chicken instead. Jibby takes a shotgun and goes hunting. He finds a turkey, but it is bigger than himself, and it gives Jibby a sound thrashing. At home he agrees with his mother than turkeys ARE too expensive.
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Sir Loin of Beef
Sir Loin; Cowhide; Hash (introduction, a boy)
I call myself 'Knight Errant' Cowhide, because I seek wrongs to right...
Sir Loin gives his last coin to an orphan boy.
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Axel
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Knife Ambush, Part 2

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Sagebrush n' Cactus
Sagebrush; Cactus; Pickax Pete; Knife Ambush (villain)
Sagebrush and Cactus come upon the body of Pickax Pete and find a map to his gold strike.
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Fanny
Fanny (a donkey)
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Dickie Duck
Dickie Duck; Farmer Gray
There's not going to be a happy Christmas for Farmer Gray...
Dickie captures three bank robbers.
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Castaway Island
Larry; Dot
Out on the Pacific...
After a storm at sea Larry and Dot find themselves alone on an abandoned sailing ship.
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Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid; Butch O'Brien
Hey, Billy!! I jes' saw Butch O'Brien give another feller a awful bad beatin'!
Billy brags that he can lick the bully Butch O'Brien and it turns out that he can.
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The Stagecoach, Part 1

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J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.
J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.; Juniper Jones; Willis Blimp
Well, well, well...
Blimp is on his way from New York to San Diego when he ends up in jail at Pottersville, Pennsylvania. There he meets Juniper Jones and they steal an historical stagecoach from the museum in order to continue their trip.
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The Vikings
Sigrid; Jarl-eirik; Hagbard; Ivar son of Kol; Kol
The lovely Sigrid sits all day...
Kol adopts the baby and names him Ivar. He is favored of Thor, but Loki means him mischief.
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The Time Machine, Part 2

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The Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed
Mr. Weed; Professor Mowther; Fritz; Blumel the innkeeper; Abigail Blumel (his niece)
Well, m'boy - Here we are 100 years behind the times...
Weed, Mowther and little Fritz have traveled back in time one hundred years. Putting up at Blumel's inn, Weed falls head-over-heels for his niece Abigail.
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Capt'n Spiniker
Sternpipe; Spiniker; James
Gizzle me slivers ye spalpeens!
Spiniker discovers a submarine is hitching a ride on his stern.
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Dare-Devil Dunk
Dare-Devil Dunk (introduction); Drizzle (introduction)
If you're gonna be my manager...
Dunk is embarking on his stunting career, but his manager says they need capital. A sign in a window offers $200 to anyone who can make Mr. Gloom laugh. Dunk smashes the window with a brick and tickles Mr. Gloom, causing him to break up. The store owner says they owe him $150 for the window, and they tell him to take it out of the reward and demand the $50 balance.
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Beany
Beany (introduction)
I don't know why - But things don't seem to be just right to me today!!
Weird things happen to Beany, such as giant cats, odd shaped buildings, having two shadows and trying to walk on a glued pavement. It turns out he was dreaming.
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Peter and Ho-lah-an
Peter; Ho-lah-an
I made this target out of an old tire rim...
Peter and Ho-lah-an are playing at target practice, but Ho-lah-an misses and shoots a farmer planting his garden, in the rear end. He gives chase but bumps into a woman with a basket of eggs. The eggs smash over the farmer's head and she chases him with a big stick, while the boys watch from an out building.
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The Federal Men
Steve Carson (introduction); Officer Walsh (villain); Kate Lane (villain, dies)
Blast it! You never miss!
Steve discovers that Kate Lane and Patrolman Walsh are behind the kidnapping. Mayhem ensues.
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Rosemary Volk (credited)
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It's a Dern Lie
Our dog 'Scratcher' had a severe case of fleas...
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Tall tales concerning fleas.
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Henri Duval
Henri Duval
Before Duval can return to the room...
Henri swipes a Musketeer's outfit and distracts the guards so he can rescue his friends.
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The Train Robbery, Part 2

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Captain Bill of the Rangers
Captain Bill; Bob; Johnny; Jane; Jo; Mr. Lane
Unce Bob has taught us to ride horse-back...
Johnny and Jane are convinced that the train robber is rancher Lane's foreman and tell Captain Bill. Lane sees them coming out of the office and talks to them. They are suspicious and leave, but Lane rides back to the ranch and tells his men to kidnap the children, which they do.
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Sir Loin of Beef
Sir Loin of Beef; Cowhide; Hash
M'lord - After a feast like that - I want sleep!
Out in the country, Hash amuses himself by taking pot shots with his slingshot, but his cleverness at ricocheting shots onto the heads of his two out-of-sight companions annoys them and leads them to tie him securely and stand him on top of a boulder.
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Jibby Jones
Jibby Jones
So there ya' are!
Chasing a kid who called him a dope, Jibby corners him in a dead-end alley. However, the kid is a better fighter and Jibby ends up on his rear with a black eye.
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Billy the Kid
Billy
Hey, Billy! I've got a new game!
A friend tries to persuade Billy to play at fencing, but he gets annoyed at being poked and socks him in the face.
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Knife Ambush, Part 3

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Sagebrush n' Cactus
Sagebruch; Cactus
Old prospectors find a map of a gold strike...
Our heroes strike gold and try to cover up their mine so they can go into town for more equipment.
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Fanny
Fanny (a donkey)
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Peter and Ho-lah-an
Peter; Ho-lah-an
Bring trap. I show you prarie [sic] dog village.
En route to a prairie dog village Peter and Ho-lah-an encounter a bull. They climb a haystack, but Ho-lah-an slides back down and grabs the bull by the tail, subduing it.
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The Secret Cruise, Part 3

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Ray and Gail
Willie Gewgaw; Ray; Gail; Joe Macula (introduction, villain)
Hey Joe! Quick! My Aunt Millie is very sick...
On the ship Joe searches for the treasure map and is discovered. He and his assailant fall overboard.
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The Stagecoach, Part 2

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J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.
J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.; Abner; Jupiter Jones
Say, how do ya reckon they got away with thet stage-coach, Clem?
Blimp and Jones are still on their way from New York to San Diego and have stolen a stagecoach. In Kokomo, Indiana, a man gives them ten dollars to advertise a "Pony Express" show.
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17-20 On the Black, Part 3

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Jim Gale
Jim Gale; Kim; Miss Valen; Frog Morton (villain)
The pearls are stolen from Miss Vallen...
Miss Vallen's pearls are stolen, and the thief trailed to a clipper ship in the harbor. Jim and Kim row over and see the notorious Frog Morton talking to the mate. When the mate hears a noise outside and goes to investigate, Jim knocks him down.
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Needles Uses His Noodle!

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Needles
Needles
Man Injured When Flower Pot Falls from Window Sill
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The Time Machine, Part 3

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The Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed
Mr. Weed; Professor Mowcher; Fritz; Miss Blumel
Aw pooey!
Weed, Professor Mowcher and Fritz have traveled one hundred years into the past. Much to Fritz's disgust, the two adults have fallen for a pair of women, but when he encounters a young girl he too is smitten.
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Castaway Island
Larry; Dot; Dougal MacDougald (introduction); Blackface (introduction, villain)
Larry and Dot find themselves alone...
Abandoned by the crew during a storm, Larry and Dot manage to steer the ship into safe harbor. There they meet a castaway, Dougal MacDougald, who warns them of the villainous Blackface.
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Dear Old Dad
Somebody in the office has been swiping my cigars...
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Licorice
Licorice
Oh-oh!! It's startin' to rain!
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A Pickle Complex!

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Capt. Spiniker
Captain Spiniker; Mr. Sternpipe
Cheer up Cap!
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The Vikings
Sigrid; Hagbard; Ighild; Kol; Ivar
Sigrid, with death-sadness in her heart...
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Federal Men
Steve Carson; Morton Brent, Jr. (introduction, villain); Grayson (introduction)
Morton Brent, a wealthy plane manufacturer...
Carson is assigned to protect the inventor Brent. Their plane is shot down, but Carson leaps onto the attacking plane and forces the pilot to land, but instead he sets fire to the plane and bails out. Carson leaps again and grabs hold of the pilot, and both parachute safely to earth. The pilot is revealed to be an inventor named Grayson, whom Brent has been threatening, trying to steal plans for a new type of plane.
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Bottom tier of original page 3 replaced with "Crime Does Not Pay!" and the entire page 4 of the original deleted.
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Inside back cover.
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