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Issue: Leading Comics #17
Publication Date: December 1945
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Issues: #17 of 44 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 11/27/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited); Jack Schiff (actual); Bernie Breslauer (assistant)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of November 30 in ad in Sensation Comics #49.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Dunn ?
Inker(s): Ed Dunn ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Nero Fox
Character(s): Nero Fox; Barkus
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Pages: 1
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E Is for Elephant

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; listing of all current DC comics titles; includes cover art from Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series) #1
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A Hot Platter of Voom Voom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Dunn ?
Inker(s): Ed Dunn ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Nero Fox
Character(s): Nero Fox; Barkus
Synopsis: Nero's saxophone playing nearly causes a war between Rome and Egypt.
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Pages: 8
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Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Milt Youngren
Inker(s): Milt Youngren ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Speedy Wheeler; Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
Character(s): Speedy Wheeler
Synopsis: Speedy is told by his Dad that he can't afford to buy him a bike, but when his father leaves a briefcase with important papers in it at home, Speedy borrows a friend's bike and delivers them to his Dad....and receives a new bike in gratitude.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Inker(s): Roland Coe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Well, if you must know, I didn't eat my Wheaties!
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Pages: 1
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Bursting Balloons!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Otto Feuer
Inker(s): Otto Feuer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Pelican Pete
Character(s): Pelican Pete
Synopsis: Pelican Pete saves a school of balloon fish from a mean swordfish.
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Pages: 4
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel Trains
First Line: Speeding Your way.. Soon..Lionel's Postwar Trains!
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Pages: 1
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Mystery Island!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Salty the Sailor
Character(s): Salty the Sailor
Synopsis: Salty has to figure out why four previous ships sailed to Mystery Island and never returned.
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Pages: 6
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Tee for Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. S. Liebowitz
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1945
Owner: World's Best Comics Co., H. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, G.F.Frank, all at 480 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N.Y., and A.I. Menin, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York 18, N.Y.
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Backwoods Brawn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ron Santi
Inker(s): Ron Santi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Hugo Hornspred
Character(s): Hugo Hornspred; Farmer Greenstalk; Mrs. Greenstalk; Maw Hornspred; Paw Hornspred
Synopsis: Hugo gets a job helping out at a farm, but his great strength causes more harm than good.
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Pages: 6
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Fish Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Pages: 0.33
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A Short Fable on Why Raccoons Wear Masks

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jesse Merlan]
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry (illustration)
Inker(s): Raymond Perry (illustration)
Colorist(s): Raymond Perry (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Patrick Parrot's Unnatural History
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Miller alias from Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books
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The Disappearing Domicile!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Otto Feuer
Inker(s): Otto Feuer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Spylot Bones
Character(s): Spylot Bones; Dr. Spotsem; Sir Reggie Rownded
Synopsis: Spylot must solve the mystery of a missing nobleman's house.
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Pages: 7
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Don Hutson

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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The Three Tin Suits!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rube Grossman
Inker(s): Rube Grossman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): King Oscar's Court
Character(s): King Oscar; Sir Scramselot; Sir Squayrehed; Queen Jennifer; King Kunning; Swirlin the Magician
Synopsis: King Oscar and his knights face the wily King Kunning, who tries to trick them into wearing defective suits of armor so that they can be defeated by his Knights of the Pool Table.
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Pages: 8
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How Thom McAn Captured the Fire-Bug

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos ?
Inker(s): George Roussos ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
Character(s): Thom McAn
Synopsis: Thom McAn stops a pyromaniac with the help of his flying Bazooka Shoes.
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Thom McAn shoes
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Captain Tootsie and the Return of Dr. Narsty

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Rolls
Character(s): Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Dr. Narsty; Cadwallader Van Tilden; Mrs. Van Tilden
Synopsis: Dr. Narsty, disguised as Pierre of Paris, plans to steal the Van Tilden jewels until Captain Tootsie intervenes.
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Disclose Notes: back cover

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