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Issue: Sweet Sixteen #1
Publication Date: August 1946
 
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Indicia Publisher: Sweet Sixteen, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jean M. Press (editor); George J. Hecht (president); Elliot A. Caplin (publisher); Helen Ochs (production manager); Ralph O. Ellsworth (art director); Dorothea Filosa (assistant art director); Ethel Wallington (assistant art director)
Disclose Notes: Indexed from on-hand copy; editor and related credits from this issue's Statement of Ownership.

Publication Office: 4600 Diversey Ave., Chicago 39, Ill. [U.S.A.]
Editorial and Executive Offices: 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York 17, N.Y. [U.S.A.]
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
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Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
biography, informational, teen
Wanda Hendrix (photo); Dorothy Dare; Van Johnson
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Miscellaneous
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Center of the cover is a photo of Wanda Hendrix, described as "Warner Bros. Starlet"; upper left corner is a preview for the "Four O'Clock Club" story; upper right corner is a preview for the "Fascinatin' Fashion" story; lower left is a preview of the "Dorothy Dare" story; and the bottom right is a preview of the Van Johnson biographical story.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Majority of the inside cover is a letter to the reader explaining what stories are in the book; bottom of the front cover is the indicia along with company officers.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Dorothy Dare "Queen of Hollywood Stunt Artists"
Dorothy Dare; magazine interviewer
If it's dangerous - call Dorothy Dare
This is the story of how Dorothy Dare got her job as a stuntwoman in Hollywood.
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Miscellaneous
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Four O'Clock Club
The Four O'Clock Club [Peg Bryan; Toni Seeger; Doreen Dapp; Alice Lane]
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Miscellaneous
6
Who's Knocking at My Door?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ruth Johnston
typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
A Sweet Sixteen Mysteryette
This is a one-page mystery; answer is on a later page towards the back of the book.
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Miscellaneous
1
Twice Haunted

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Margaret Sutton
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typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
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Miscellaneous
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
biography
Van Johnson
This is the true story of how Van Johnson became a famous actor.
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Miscellaneous
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'Tweeners

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Edmund Jannace
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Subject Matter
This is a one page/four panel illustration explaining what "tweeners" are.
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Miscellaneous
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Career in the Clouds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
aviation, non-fiction
Irene Blaze
Centerfold is a two page story on how Irene Blaze became an airline stewardess.
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Fascinatin' Fashion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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various
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Subject Matter
Subscription ad for magazines and comics published by Parents' Magazine Press including Calling All Girls, True Comics, Calling All Boys, True Aviation, Sport Stars and Calling All Kids.
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Miscellaneous
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The Bobby Sox Uniform

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jane Lawrence
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typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
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Miscellaneous
4
Cover Girl

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
biography
Wanda Hendrix
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Miscellaneous
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ruth Johnston
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typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
This is the answer to the one-page mystery "Who's knocking at my door?"
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Miscellaneous
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Party Pat and Her Sandwich Exchange

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Party Pat; a party full of non-named teenagers
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Miscellaneous
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The Mystery of Genevieve

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Barbara Raymond
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Subject Matter
mystery
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Miscellaneous
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A Date with Dirinda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
teen
Dirinda Jones; Bobby Blake
Bobby is "forced" to take Dirinda out on a date by Bobby's mother; on the date they go to a tv game show and Dirinda is picked out of the audience and wins the grand prize. As part of the prize she gets a beauty make-over and Bobby is no longer sorry about being out on a date with her.
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Miscellaneous
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Be the Girl He DREAMS About!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Inside cover is an advertisement for a charm school two-book set from Herald Publishing.
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Miscellaneous
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Back cover is a one page advertisement for Daisy Air Rifles.
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Miscellaneous
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