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Issue: Boy Explorers Comics #1
Publication Date: May 1946
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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Family Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: ?
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: #1: Full Color, #2: Black and White
Dimensions: Issue #1: Standard Golden Age U. S., #2: Digest (5 1/2 inches x 8 1/2 inches)
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon ? (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Boy Explorers
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover is signed "Simon and Kirby".
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Talent For Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Boy Explorers
Character(s): Boy Explorers [intro; origin] (Gashouse, Mister Zero, Gadget, Smiley); Commodore Sindbad [intro]
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Pages: 12
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Boy Explorers
First Line: Under cover of night, the crew...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Boy Explorers #2.
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An Adventure in Higher Vegetation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Soapy Sam
First Line: In his relentless pursuit to wipe out crime...
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Pages: 3
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The Lesson in Room 308

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Danny Dixon, Cadet
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Joe SImon
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Duke of Broadway
First Line: Broadway...street of dreams...
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: According to the Heritage Auctions note for the original art for page 3 of this story ( (http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=121253&lotNo=10767&lotIdNo=18017), in the auction ending Dec. 20, 2012, the art is attributed solely to Joe Simon. The note states: "The image area of this drama-drenched page by the legendary Joe Simon.... From the Joe Simon Estate." Previously pencils were credited to Jack Kirby.
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When Stuntman Was a Boy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Stuntman
First Line: He was about as big as any ten year old boy.
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Pages: 2
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Stuntman; Black Cat
Character(s): Stuntman; Black Cat
First Line: Hold everything! Here it comes, folks...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 2 half page ads. One for Stuntman #1 and one for a generic Black Cat.
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The Case of the Hapless Hackie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Draut
Inker(s): Bill Draut
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Calamity Jane
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