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Issue: New Fun #4
Publication Date: May 1935
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
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Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 CAD
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Content Items: 63 (35 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Lloyd Jacquet (editor); Dick Loederer (art editor); H.D. Cushing (advertising manager); Rexford L. May (Circulation Manager)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior (#1-2); partially in color interior (#3-6)
Dimensions: 10" x 15"
Paper Stock: glossy covers (#1-3); paper covers (#4-6); newsprint Interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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humorous
Loco Luke
Loco Luke; Turkey Tail; Big Chief Growlin' Dog's daughter
Black Dan the bad man has twice robbed Loco Luke...
Luke's clothes have been stolen so his friend Turkey Tail dresses and paints him as an Indian. Luke tries to make out with the chief's daughter and brings the wrath of the tribe upon himself. We last see him running for his life as arrows fly around him.
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Animal Theaters

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Living Tree Guild
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Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]
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humorous
Loco Luke
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In This Issue

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The Gavonian Affair, Part 4

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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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mystery
Sandra of the Secret Service
Sandra
Sandra discovers conspirators on the boat...
Sandra is captured by the Gavonians.
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Pincus
Pincus
How long does it take ya' to git dressed in th' mornin' - Pincus?
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Prince of Patrania, Part 2

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Spike Spalding
Spike Spalding; Pincus; Red; Little King Philip of Patrania; Alex (villain); Nikko (villain)
The success of this venture depends upon immediate action!
Spike is abducted in a plot being hatched by a pair of foreign nationals.
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On the Banks of the Nile

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Thothmes IV; Marcus Aurelius; Napoleon Bonaparte
Three major events which occurred in the shadow of the Sphinx.
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Magic Crystal of History
Bobby; Binks; The Pharoah
The Pharaoh is not ten paces from us!!
Modern-day children Bobby and Binks are still stranded in Egypt in 4,000 B.C. Bobby foils an assassination attempt on the Pharoah and the children are taken to the city and hailed as heroes.
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In the Wake of the Wander [Part 2]

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Captain Grim
Captain Grim; Slim
Having sighted a mysterious looking dismasted ship...
Grim finds an injured man on a drifting, dismasted ship.
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Lieutenant Jones Draws a Picture

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Joe Archibald ? [as "Archie"] (credited)
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adventure, aviation
Lt. John S. Jones; Sgt. Worters; Major Dirks
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Movies
What a lot of exciting pictures are being made in the studios!
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Photos of Jackie Cooper in "Dinky" and Henry Wilcoxon in "The Crusades."
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Better Make Sure!

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Rex May
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Subscription ad with coupon.
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humorous
Fanny
Fanny
To the sweetest girl in the world...
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Back in the Tub

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anthropomorphic
Oswald the Rabbit
Oswald
Oswald takes a bath, and then dresses himself with great style and pride, but when walking out slips on the soap and ends up in the bath tub again!
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Stamps and Coins
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Coyne Electrical School
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Fun Mail
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Includes a cartoon sent in by Clinton A. Schaeffer of Fort Trevorton, Pa.
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Joe Archibald
Joe Archibald
Joe Archibald
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non-fiction
Fun Fax
Some people say that a hair rope will stop a rattler...
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Indian Ambush, Part 4

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western
Buckskin Jim
Buckskin Jim; Trapper Pete
Under cover of darkness Buckskin Jim and Trapper Pete have made their escape...
Jim and Pete escape from the Indians and Jim finally rides on towards the wagon train. Coming upon it from a vantage point in the high rocks he spots the sentry asleep and Indians sneaking up to it. Jim throws a rock towards the sentry hoping to wake him up.
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What It Takes!

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Joe Archibald
Joe Archibald
Joe Archibald
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Sports
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The Weil Belt
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The Magdalena Kid

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William H. Cook (credited)
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western
Juan; Lowry; Kirk; Danny Smith
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Episode 4

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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (adaptation); Sir Walter Scott (original author)
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historical
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe; Bois de Guilbert; Font de Boeuf; The Disinherited Knight; Athelstane; Black Sluggard
Bois de Guilbert meets the disinherited knight on the battlefield...
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adapted from Sir Walter Scott's novel
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In Days of Yore
Knighthood was conferred by the King...
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Ken Fitch
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fantasy
Don Drake on the Planet Saro
Don Drake
The Stratosphere, rescued from the water by the Giant Ants...
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Sonny
Sonny
There's a purty strong breeze blowin' today...
Sonny pitches against a high wind and discovers his ball reacts like a boomerang, hitting him in the face.
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childrens
Little Linda
Little Linda; Buddy; Uncle Wilbur Stone
C'mon, you two sleepyheads...
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General Simon Bollivar

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Famous in South America
General Simon Bolivar
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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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mystery
Jack Woods
Jack Woods; Don Pedro; Dolores
Jack Woods, resenting Don Pedro's insult to Dolores...
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Famous Flights
Primitive man watched the soaring birds with envy...
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Weird Asia
Mongolian Devil Dancers perform their weird dances...
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adventure
Brad Hardy
Brad Hardy; Lorraine Lewis; Prince Kardos
Brad Hardy and Lorraine Lewis, seeking Lorraine's father...
In Mongolia, Brad and Lorraine rescue Prince Kardos, but while heading for his kingdom are attacked by the Rat Men.
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Tom McNamara
Tom McNamara
Tom McNamara
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humorous
My Grandpa
My grandpa was up on the tip top of a extra high mounting...
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childrens
After School
Slimsy; Lefty
Hello reader! How've you been?
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Captain Spinacker
Captain Spinacker; Mrs. Kluk
Oh Mrs. Kluk! This is so sudden!
Mrs. Kluk proposes to Spinacker, but brings four children to the deal, at which he runs away.
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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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adventure
Barry O'Neill
Barry O'Neill; Le Grande
Barry O'Neill and LeGrande, having overcome Fang Gow's emissaries...
Barry and Le Grande take over their opponent's sea plane.
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Cyrano
Cyrano
My delicate schnozzle will get bruised up...
Cyrano feels threatened by flying golf balls while on the links, so buys a suit of armour from an antique shop.
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fantasy
Charley Fish
Charley Fish
I've got a difficult assignment for you - Charley!
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Foreign Aviation Develops New Ships

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Dick Loederer (illustration)
Dick Loederer (illustration)
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Aviation
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Adams Tire & Rubber Co.
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Part II

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Model Aircraft
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The Chevalier Bayard

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The Chevalier Bayard
Soldiers of France
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The Bedouins, Part 4

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Wing Brady
Wing Brady; Slim; The Bedouin Chief
A life for a life...
Wing is tortured by the Bedouin Chief but Slim spots a troupe of Legionnaires which he leads to the rescue.
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Dick Loederer (illustration)
Dick Loederer (illustration)
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New Fun Magic
If the Master Magicians kept all their tricks a dark and mysterious secret there'd be very little chance for amateurs to entertain their friends.
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Try Your Skill at New Fun's Crossword Puzzle

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Treasure Hunt

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W. C. Brigham (signed)
W. C. Brigham (signed)
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Iraq Oil Pipe Line; World's Largest

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Dick Loederer (header)
Dick Loederer (header)
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Popular Science
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U.S. School of Music
You'll have barrels of fun when you learn to play
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U.S. School of Music
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Caveman Capers
Ur; Wur
The story so far: The Cave Kids - Ur and Wur - chased by a dinosaur...
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Dick Loederer [as Dick]
Dick Loederer
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Young Homemakers
Spring is in the air and most of us have a touch of spring fever...
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Dick Loederer
Dick Loederer
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Subject Matter
Books Books
Now that the days are getting longer and vacations are in sight...
Reviews of Dawn Boy of the Pueblos by W. Langdon Kihn, Jangwa: The Story of a Jungle Prince by Walter Wilwerding, Around the World by Ester Brann, Pass in Review the Story of A Culver Cadet by Kitchell Webster and The Boys Life of Robert E. Lee by Stanley F. Horn.
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And to think they used to call me skinny
Ironized Yeast will build you up.
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Ironized Yeast Co, Atlanta, Ga.
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adventure
Jack Andrews
Jack Andrews
Jack makes a record jump...
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Midshipman Dewey
Midshipman Jack Dewey
During the hand to hand engagement...
Jack boards the pirate's ship and sets her adrift.
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Man's Inventions
The origin of many comparatively great inventions is lost in antiquity...
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Sham Poo
Sham Poo
Nice big Amelican firecracker -- I think I celebrate!
Sham Poo lights the fuse to a box of dynamite thinking they are firecrackers, and ends up hanging over a telephone wire.
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Pelion and Ossa
Ossa; Pelion
Look Ossa! How about you?
Ossa enters a boxing match for the prize money.
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science fiction
2023: Super Police
Rex Cosmos; Axel; Joan
Having made a photomap of Kiddlaw's gamma-ray domain...
Rex and his friends battle devil fish under the sea as they try to advance against Captain Kiddlaw.
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Announcing Amazing Typewriter Bargain

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Remington Rand
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Treasured Flavor

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Stuart Hay [as S Hay] (signed)
Stuart Hay [as S Hay] (signed)
Stuart Hay [as S Hay] (signed)
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Beech-Nut
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