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Issue: Jackpot Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/25/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard golden age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob Montana [as Montana] (signed)
Bob Montana [as Montana] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
Steel Sterling; Black Hood; Mr. Justice; Sergeant Boyle
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Lost Colony

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Irv Novick
Irv Novick ; Mort Meskin ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Steel Sterling
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; VILLAINS: Captain Scragg (intro; flashback); the Nazis
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
11
World Wonders

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dale Goss [as Goss] (signed)
Dale Goss [as Goss] (signed)
Dale Goss [as Goss] (signed)
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Zogi the Yogi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Carl Hubbell
Carl Hubbell
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Clancy and Looney
Looney [Alec Lunar]; Sgt. Clancy; Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; VILLAIN: Zogi the Yogi (intro)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Relax--And Die

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Steel Sterling
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Case of the Haunted Violin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten?
Warren King
Warren King
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Black Hood
Black Hood [Kip Burland; aka Matthew Kipling Burland]; VILLAIN: Octavius (intro; dies)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
12
Murder On Wheels

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Black Hood
Black Hood [Kip Burland; aka Matthew Kipling Burland]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Trip to Bear Mountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Scotty; Streaky Shore
Archie gets initiated into the Philomathian club but hurts Mr. Weatherbee in the process. As a result, Archie is banned from the class boat ride. Jughead persuades Archie to go because Mr. Weatherbee never goes on the boat rides. However, he does and Archie has to avoid him.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #1 published May 2011
FlagArchie Comics #21 published July 1946
as Boat Ride Blues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of Archie #[nn] published January 1980
as Trip to Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie Americana Series #1 published January 1991
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie Firsts #1 published December 2010
as Trip to Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Gives setting of New York tri-state area, with references to the Hudson River and Bear Mountain.
First appearance of Reggie Mantle and Mr. Weatherbee.
Reggie Mantle shown to be wealthy.
World Wonders

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dale Goss [as Goss] (signed)
Dale Goss [as Goss] (signed)
Dale Goss [as Goss] (signed)
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Lost Tribe of Genghis Khan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair
Warren King (signed)
Warren King (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Mr. Justice
Mr. Justice [Prince James]; VILLAINS: Professor Norton (Dies--twice); the tribe of Genghis Khan (intro)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
9
Per Bud Plant e-mail on 4/6/07, art was signed by Warren King. Pencil and ink credits were originally attributed to Sam Cooper.
The Rescue of Margie Knox

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten
Carl Hubbell [as Hubbell] (signed)
Carl Hubbell [as Hubbell] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
Sergeant Boyle
Sergeant Boyle; General Knox (intro); Margie Knox (intro); VILLAINS: The Japanese
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
12

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