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Penciller(s): Al Avison ?

Inker(s): Al Avison ?

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Genres: adventure, sports

Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh

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Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Steve Abrams ? (signed)

Inker(s): Steve Abrams ? (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

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Feature(s): Red Cross

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Notes: Inside front cover. Illustrated public service announcement for the Red Cross. Signed in lower right corner, but signature is not clear.

Bernard Putter -- Voted "Most Popular Boy"

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Feature(s): High School "Champs" of America by Thom McAn

Character(s): Bernard Putter

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Notes: First interior page. Illustrated Ad featuring a profile of Bernard Putter, a student at Tilden High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. Part of a series sponsored by Thom McAn shoe stores.

Bobby Shelby Gets a Job --

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)

Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)

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Feature(s): Shelby Cycle Company; Bobby Shelby

Character(s): Bobby Shelby; his father; Mr. Jones

First Line: This is a big paper route, Bobby...

Synopsis: Bobby is able to deliver his afternoon newspaper route in less than an hour because he has a Shelby bicycle.

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Notes: Ad in comic format for the Shelby Cycle Company, Shelby, Ohio.

Adventure in the Hidden City

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Writer(s): Ham Fisher

Penciller(s): Ham Fisher

Inker(s): Ham Fisher

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Genres: adventure, sports

Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Joe Palooka; Smokey; Knobby Walsh; Angela; Perkins; Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou

First Line: Oh, Perkins, don't be such an old fusspot.

Synopsis: Joe and Smokey are in the French Foreign Legion. They get lost in the desert and are captured by soldiers and taken to the hidden city of Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou.

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Pages: 20

Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light

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Writer(s): C. C. Beck ?

Penciller(s): C. C. Beck

Inker(s): Peter Costanza

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Letterer(s): Peter Costanza ?

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Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Rolls

Character(s): Captain Tootsie; Coon Tail Charlie; Rollo

First Line: Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion are camping in the mountains.

Synopsis: While camping in the mountains, Captain Tootsie uses an Army Sniperscope to hunt down a killer bear at night.

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Notes: Ad in comic format for Tootsie Rolls candy. Signed "C. C. Beck and Peter Costanza" in title panel. Includes mail-in coupon for a 'Coon Tail for 15 cents and one Tootsie Roll wrapper to Tootsie Rolls Dept 105, Box 8 Brooklyn 1, N. Y. (Just the "Coon Tail," not a hat.)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Flossie

Character(s): Flossie

First Line: Wonder if I could train ya to be a husky?

Synopsis: Flossie teaches her dog to pull her on a cart, with predictable results.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Flossie

Character(s): Flossie; her mother

First Line: Gosh, it's a cloudburst, an' how!

Synopsis: In a rainstorm, Flossie takes an umbrella to meet her sister at the subway.

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Feature(s): Monark Silver King, Inc.

First Line: Sleek as the new convertibles

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Notes: Illustrated ad for Monark Silver King, Inc. bicycles, featuring the 1948 Monark Super Deluxe.

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Feature(s): Bike-Hike Quiz; Fisk Bike Tires

Character(s): Dick; Jim

First Line: Young Americans everywhere are "seeing America first" on bicycles.

Synopsis: Dick and Jim ride their bikes through historic Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Notes: Ad in comic format for Fisk Bicycle Tires.

Adventure in the Hidden City - part 2

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Writer(s): Ham Fisher

Penciller(s): Ham Fisher

Inker(s): ?

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Smokey; Miss Billings; Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou; Sultan Jeb Alltrash

First Line: B-But, my dear... When did you arrive...

Synopsis: Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou bets Sultan Jeb Alltrash that Palooka can beat his champion in a boxing match.

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Pages: 10

Notes: Continued in the next issue.

Palooka versus Assassin!

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Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Joe Palooka; Assassin

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Notes: Promo for Joe Palooka #22 with cover and three preview panels depicted. "On sale May 14"

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Feature(s): Kerry Drake

Character(s): Kerry Drake; Angel-Puss

First Line: We were matching wits with a clever, but merciless killer -- Angel-Puss!

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Notes: Promo for Kerry Drake Detective Cases #9 with cover and preview panels depicted. "On Sale May 5th".

Cartoon Laughs at the Ringside

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Genres: humorous

First Line: O.K. This is the round. Give him everything you've got!

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Notes: Jokes involving boxing, with two illustrations.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Ricky Roony

Character(s): Ricky Rooney; Chickie

First Line: All is over between us!

Synopsis: Ricky thinks he has a chance when Chickie dumps the military cadet she has been dating.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)

Penciller(s): Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, aviation

Feature(s): The Flyin' Fool

Character(s): Chickie Ricks [Flyin' Fool]; Gootch; Maylene; Ola Jansson

First Line: Crashing in the Himalaya mountains, Chickie, Gooch and Maylene are...

Synopsis: Chickie, Gootch, and Maylene were rescued from a crash in the Himalayan Mountains by a band of bandits, who intend to hold Maylenne and her friends hostage for a large ransom. They are locked in a storeroom, but with the help of a Swedish hideaway find a plane and attempt an escape.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Flossie

Character(s): Flossie

First Line: You can sit there.

Synopsis: Flossie finds ways to make noise when she's watching an old man fishing.

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Feature(s): Green Hornet

Character(s): Green Hornet; Kato; Mike Axford; Casey

First Line: Friends- Issue no. 40 of my magazine will reveal for the first time...

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Notes: Promo for Green Hornet Fights Crime #40 with cover and lead characters depicted. "On Sale May 5th." Also a plug for the Green Hornet radio show "On the air coast-to-coast Tuesday nights Blue Network"

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Flossie

Character(s): Flossie; her father

First Line: Nice lot of canned goods...

Synopsis: Flossie builds a castle from canned food, but tears the labels off the cans.

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)

Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Black Cat

Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne

First Line: Sensational Hollywood star turns terror!

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Notes: Promo for Black Cat #12 with cover by Lee Elias (signed) and lead characters depicted. "On Sale May 5th."

The Case of the Missing Gems

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Black Cat

Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Tim Turner; Barry Boston; Rick Horne; Jonesey

First Line: "Jeez, but the bulls sure got themselves a first class puzzler."

Synopsis: Linda Turner gets a tip from an underworld hood about a jewel theft. The Black Cat then follows the tipster to the gang holding the jewels.

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Notes: Tiny Black Cat illustration by the title is the only art.

U.S. Savings Bonds

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Otto Soglow [as O Soglow] (signed)

Inker(s): Otto Soglow [as O Soglow] (signed)

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Notes: "Courtesy of The New Yorker". Ad in comic format for buying U. S. Savings Bonds in order to fight inflation.

3 in 1 Air Pistol

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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company

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Notes: Ad for Sportsman Jr. air pistol, which shoots regular BB's, pellets, or steel darts. Pistol ($3.49) and packages of BBs, .177 pellets, and steel darts all available by mail from Johnson Smith & Company, B-195, Detroit 7, Michigan.

Here's a Funsational Value

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Feature(s): Fun Parade, Inc.

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Notes: Eight joke books for $1.00 postpaid. Titles include Jokes, Grins, Fun Parade, Hello Buddies, Joke Parade, Army and Navy Hot Shots, America's Funnies Cartoons, and World's Best Laughs. Mail-in coupon to Fun Parade, Inc, Dept. 6, 1860 Broadway, New York 23, N.Y.

How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame

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Feature(s): Charles Atlas

Character(s): Charles Atlas (photograph)

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Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for Charles Atlas "Dynamic Tension" muscle-building course, with mail-in coupon to Charles Atlas, Dept. 303C, 115 East 23rd St., New York 10, N.Y.

Beginning a Beautiful Friendship

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth; Curtiss Candy Company

First Line: Baby Ruth candy makes tasty cookies

Synopsis: A baseball player offers the umpire some Baby Ruth cookies.

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Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for Baby Ruth candy bars. Curtiss Candy Company; Chicago 13, Ill.