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Issue: Cannonball Comics #2
Publication Date: March 1945
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRural Home
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Rural Home Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 02/09/1945
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 15 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Crash Kid
Character(s): Crash Kid [Rusty Adams]
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Gordon ?
Penciller(s): Dan Gordon ?
Inker(s): Dan Gordon ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hobo-Ken
Character(s): Hobo-Ken
First Line: Ummm! Sniff! Ah!
Synopsis: Hobo-Ken plays a prank on a dog, then "rescues" him in order to get a share of the dog's food.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

Art credit suggested by Who's Who in American Comic Books website.
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The Case of the Color-Blind Confessions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crash Kid
Character(s): Crash Kid [Rusty Adams]; Pook; Nora Nolan; Timmy Nolan; Butch Malone; Dr. Franz Salzmann
Synopsis: Copyboy Rusty Adams pretends to be a reporter when a pretty girl comes for help for her brother, who she thinks has confessed to a crime he didn't commit.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Gordon
Penciller(s): Dan Gordon [as dang] (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Gordon [as dang] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Officer O'Heck
Character(s): Officer O'Heck
First Line: There's a fight at 14th and Clinker Streets!
Synopsis: Office O'Heck arrests a little kid for biting the arm of a man who was trying to steal his lollipop.
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Pages: 1
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Jonathan Gets His Man

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leon Hartman (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crime Crusader
Character(s): Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones]; Kewpie O'Toole; Killer Morgan
Synopsis: Killer Morgan kills a judge and impersonates him to set an ambush for Jonathan Jones.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text story with one illustration.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Quinlan [as Chas. M. Quinlan] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Quinlan [as Chas. M. Quinlan] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Hardy of Hillsdale High
Character(s): Ted Hardy; Lizzie Jones; Zelda; Horace; Miss Prinklepot; Horace
First Line: Clear the road for laffy-daffy thrills, folks...
Synopsis: Ted keeps failing because he has no self-confidence. Lizzie takes him to her uncle, a magician, who makes Ted think he has a magical power over baseballs.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Gordon ?
Penciller(s): Dan Gordon ?
Inker(s): Dan Gordon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mussel-Man
Character(s): Mussel-Man
First Line: Disguised as a mild-mannered dope...
Synopsis: Mussel-Man breaks into an apartment after he hears a call for help, only to find it was just a radio program.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credit suggested by Who's Who in American Comics website.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ken Battefield ?
Inker(s): Ken Battefield ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thunderbrand
Character(s): Thunderbrand; Barbarossa; Giacomo; Ismail Emir; Dorena
First Line: Long ago -- when Europe was divided into scores of warring kingdoms...
Synopsis: Thunderbrand goes to Alexandria in his quest for the scepter that will reveal his identity.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Gordon
Penciller(s): Dan Gordon
Inker(s): Dan Gordon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hank the Hero
Character(s): Hank
First Line: I eats those things, Bud!
Synopsis: A soldier takes everything the Japanese can throw at him without batting an eye, but is hurt when a medal is pinned on him.
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Pages: 1
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The Crash Kid Crashes Through

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Randall (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crash Kid
Character(s): Crash Kid [Rusty Adams]; Pook
Synopsis: The Crash Kid breaks up a phony investment scheme aimed at old people.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with two illustrations.
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The Mystery of the Modern Midas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Crime Crusader
Character(s): Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones]; Kewpie O'Toole; Hal Peters; Diane Winters
Synopsis: Two men send Jonathan Jones and Kewpie out west to collect their earnings in a gold mine from Hal Peters . They collect the money easily, but after they accept a case to find a missing mine inspector; Peters suddenly is anxious for them to leave town.
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Pages: 12
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Birthstone Ring Given Away

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Crown Spot Remover
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Top third of inside back cover. Ad for selling Gold Crown Spot Remover and Cleaner. Gold Crown Products, Jefferson, Iowa.
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New True-Love and Friendship Ring

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Empire Diamond Co.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Middle third of inside back cover. Ad for sterling silver ring and matching earrings. $1.95 each from Empire Diamond Co., Jefferson, Iowa.
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New Enlargement 3¢ Stamp

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dean Studios
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Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: Bottom third of inside back cover. Ad for introductory offer of a 5 x 7 enlargement of a photo or negative for sending the mail-in coupon and a 3¢ stamp. Dean Studios, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Here's the Kind of Man I Build!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photo); J. G. O'Brien (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Charles Atlas "dynamic tension" bodybuilding course. Free book from Charles Atlas, Dept 1633, 115 East 23rd Street, New York 10, N.Y.

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