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Issue: Aviation Adventures and Model Building #17
Publication Date: February 1947
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Issues: #17 of 2 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagParents' Magazine Press
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Indicia Publisher: True Aviation Picture-Stories, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
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Content Items: 23 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Yulke
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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 series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
First Line: Easy to Build Models
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Pages: 1
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Speaking of Models

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Ed Yulke (signed)
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 1
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Swing It!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Louis Maresca
Penciller(s): W. L. Patterson
Inker(s): W. L. Patterson
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 3.67
Disclose Notes: Instructions and specs for building and flying a swing control model, which has no engine or ignition system.
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Planes in the News

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: A dozen photos, with text, of the latest in experimental aircraft.
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Aero Club Roundup

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Doris Yulke
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, teen
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.5
Disclose Notes: Photos, with text, of Model Plane clubs, exhibitions, and competitions.
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Club of the Month

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, teen
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Profile and photo of the Long Island Sky Lancers, a Model Airplane Club.
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Club Troubles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, childrens
Feature(s): Kip Clark
Character(s): Kip Clark
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Pages: 4
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The Workbench

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: aviation
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Disclose Notes: The fundamentals of model building.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Louis Maresca
Penciller(s): Louis Maresca
Inker(s): Louis Maresca
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Reader's Ideas
First Line: This month's Reader Idea makes it possible...
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Disclose Notes: Reader Louis Maresca receives a dollar for his contribution. An early precursor to Henry Boltinoff's Cap's Hobby Hints for DC, perhaps?
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Bonanza

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joseph H. Wherry
Penciller(s): Joseph H. Wherry
Inker(s): Joseph H. Wherry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Specs for a Beechcraft 35 "Bonanza" model airplane.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop
Character(s): Pepsi; Pete; whale
First Line: S.O.S. Police-boat long overdue...
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Pages: 1
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Bullet Proof

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Hal Goodwin
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle (illustrations) (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Smalle (illustrations) (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Lieutenant Colonel Elmer Glidden; Major Lofton Henderson; Major Ben Norris; Captain Dick Fleming
Synopsis: The story of Marine Lieutenant Colonel Elmer Glidden, who survived more than one hundred Pacific combat dives, without getting wounded.
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Pages: 3
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Chamberlain In the Shadow of the Eagle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, historical
Feature(s): A True Comic
Character(s): Clarence Chamberlain
Synopsis: The story of Clarence Chamberlain, who flew non-stop from New York to Berlin, but only after Charles Lindbergh had already made his historic flight to Paris.
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Pages: 3
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Flightmaster

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Louis Bucalo
Penciller(s): Louis Bucalo (illustration) (signed)
Inker(s): Louis Bucalo (illustration) (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 2.33
Disclose Notes: Instructions for building a glider model.
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"Hot Rock" Miller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, historical
Feature(s): A True Comic
Character(s): Norman M. "Bus" Miller
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Describes the distinguished military career of Commander Norman Miller, bomber pilot during World War II, who was decorated eleven times.
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How to Build the Aeronca Champion

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bruce Lester
Penciller(s): Roy Thomason
Inker(s): Roy Thomason
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Instructions and specifications for building a model plane.
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Flying is Easy [Chapter V]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: aviation
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Instructions on how to recover from aerial stalls and spins. Continues next issue in Chapter VI.
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The Natsneez

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): P. E. Norman
Penciller(s): P. E. Norman
Inker(s): P. E. Norman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 2.67
Disclose Notes: Blueprints and instructions for building a popular British model airplane.
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Crop Hoppers

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle (illustrations) (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Smalle (illustrations) (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, science and technology
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The use of planes as crop dusters, from fighting Mormon crickets to planting crops from the air.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Elliott A. Caplin
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc.
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, and March 3, 1933. No circulation figures given.
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Photo Contest Winners

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Photos, with text and addresses, of contest winners, both Juniors and Seniors.
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For Millions of Breathless Thrill-Packed Moments

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): True Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House promo for True Comics (1941 Series) #52 (September 1946) with cover shown.
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Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Red Ryder
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Willie
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Strip ad for the Daisy Cowboy Carbine, where Red Ryder and Little Beaver teach young Willie about gun safety.

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