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Issue: More Fun Comics #9
Publication Date: March 1936
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Issues: #9 of 119 Issues (121 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: More Fun Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/05/1936
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 40 (29 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Published monthly by MORE FUN, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial Office, 373 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter at postoffice [sic], St. Louis, Mo., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rate: 12 issues in the United States, its possessions, and Mexico, South America and Spain—$1.00; elsewhere $2.60. Single copies 10 cents—(in Canada 15 cents). The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and drawings. Due care will be exercised in handling them. All drawings and manuscripts must be accompanied by sufficient postage for their return. Contents of this magazine may not be reprinted without written permission of the publisher. Printed in U. S. A. Copyright 1936, MORE FUN Magazine, Inc. For advertising rates, address William J. Delaney, Inc., Eastern representative, Graybar Bldg., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y., or T. W. Farrell, Western representative, 180 No. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

First standard comic sized (8" x 10") issue in the New Fun / More Fun / More Fun Comics series.

First appearance of "MORE FUN, Inc." rather than "MORE FUN Magazine, Inc.", although the latter form continues to appear as the copyright holder.

On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color, duotone, and black and white interior (#9-47); color interior (#48 onwards)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior, paper covers (#9-11); glossy covers (#12 onwards)
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Charlie Fish
Character(s): Charlie Fish
First Line: Spring is just around th' corner!
Synopsis: While looking up at a thrush singing in a tree, Charlie steps on a roller skate and careens downhill, finally knocking his head on a telegraph pole.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Last "strip" cover. Paper cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): New Comics
Character(s): Jibby Jones ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: cover of New Comics #4 (March-April 1936) in black and white
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Hello Again!

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Promotes new smaller size of More Fun Comics.
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Pages: 1
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The Gavonian Affair, Part 9

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sandra; Michael; Count Tauru; Lothar; Reynolds; Count de Wex
First Line: Sandra, refusing to impersonate the missing princess...
Synopsis: Sandra is forced by Count Tauru to masquerade as the Princess Yolanda, but she doesn't fool Count De Wex.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Script credit derived from textual analysis.
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The Holdup, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Along the Main-Line
Character(s): Jake; Ed
First Line: A suspicious figure lurks...
Synopsis: A suspicious figure knocks out the station agent and forces Jake to send a message that will wreck the Express!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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Prince of Patrania, Part 7

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Feature(s): Spike Spalding
Character(s): Spike; Pincus; Phillip of Patrania
First Line: Kind fate has thus far...
Synopsis: Pincus sneaks around the ship and tries to figure out why Spike has been kidnapped.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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In the Wake of the Wander [Part 7]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Grim
Character(s): Captain Grim
First Line: Captain Grim jumps from the burning block house...
Synopsis: Grim meets a stranger on the island, but the stranger is soon captured by the natives.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Bobby and Scotty
Character(s): Bobby; Scotty
First Line: The music goes round & round...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 2nd page of story. 1st page is printed out of order as sequence #31.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Woozy Watts
Character(s): Woozy Watts (intro)
First Line: Ho hum!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 2nd page of story. 1st page is printed out of order as sequence #32.
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Fang Gow of China [Part 9]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow (villain); Inspector Le Grand
Synopsis: Barry and Le Grand attempt to escape from Fang Gow's yacht.
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In Content Item: FlagCavalier Comics #2 [1945] published January 1945
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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The Land of the Midgets of Zetruria

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Don Drake; Krenon; Betty; The Rider of the Winged Death
Synopsis: Don and Betty do battle with Krenon, captain of the Midget Queen's guards.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
First Line: Before Duval can return to the room wherein are his comrades, they are captured.
Synopsis: Henri swipes a musketeer's outfit and distracts the guards so he can rescue his friends.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of Kenneth Bald, age 14 of Mount Vernon NY win the one dollar prize. Note indicates that the colored pages in this issue are mixed up and the first pages of Bobby and Woozy Watts are in the back of the magazine.
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Damsel in Distress, Part 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Jack Woods; Pancho Villa; Dolores; Don Miguel
First Line: Afraid to leave the mountain cave...
Synopsis: Dolores and her father hide from Pancho Villa as Jack rides to the rescue.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slim Pickins
Character(s): Slim Pickens
First Line: Ah! At last he fell asleep!
Synopsis: Slim tries to shake off an ape who's trying to make a monkey of him.
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Pages: 2
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Episode 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Jim; Squire Trelawney; Long John Silver; Redruth
First Line: While Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawny prepared their plans...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel; continued
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Pelion and Ossa
Character(s): Pelion; Ossa
First Line: Say - Pelion. Let's hitch our sled to the back of this car...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Buckskin Jim
Character(s): Buckskin Jim
First Line: Jim is lowered by a rope down the canyon...
Synopsis: Jim fights off a mountain lion and rescues a boy from the canyon river.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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Treasure Hunt Contest

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Talk About Talkies
Character(s): Ginger Rogers (photo); Fred Astaire (photo)
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Pages: 2
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Presenting Acorn Antics

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 2
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King High

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 5
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Write a Letter and Win $5.00

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mystery Plane, Part 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bob Merritt and His Flying Pals
Character(s): Bob Merritt; Prospector Jake
First Line: Everything's settled, Jake...
Synopsis: Bob and a man impersonating Jake are about to leave for Alaska, while the real Jake escapes from his captors.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Professor
Character(s): Joshua; Noah; Schnatcher
First Line: Everything I ordered from the Zazalian Chemical Co. is here...
Synopsis: An expedition is mounted to Australia to capture a Zopsaurus.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Presumably to be continued, but this is the last appearance.
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The Bedouins, Part 9

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wing Brady
Character(s): Wing Brady; Ali Ben Saad
First Line: Riding desperately across the sands...
Synopsis: Wing tracks Laurel Deane who has been kidnapped by Ali Ben Saad.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Continued.

Script formerly credited to Henry Kiefer, but the Who's Who makes it clear he was responsible only for the art.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Brad Hardy
Character(s): Brad Hardy; Lorraine
First Line: The unknown idol!
Synopsis: Brad tries to save Lorraine from the living Ape God.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Continued.

Script formerly credited to A. Leslie Ross, but the Who's Who clearly states that he was responsible only for the art.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chubby
Character(s): Chubby (intro)
First Line: Wheee!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Script formerly credited to Sherman, but the Who's Who lists him only as artist.
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The Bank Robbers, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Linda
Character(s): Linda; Butch
First Line: Now's the time!
Synopsis: Linda is kidnapped by bank robbers.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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Siege in the Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Magic Crystal of History
Character(s): Bobby; Binks
Synopsis: Bobby and Binks continue following the star through Tutankahmen's Egypt.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: title from last issue blurb
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bobby and Scotty
Character(s): Bobby; Scotty
First Line: Mush!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 2nd page is printed out of order as sequence #7.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Woozy Watts
Character(s): Woozy Watts
First Line: Stay on Juniper Street!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 2nd page printed out of order as sequence 8.
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Dewey and the Pirates, Part 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Midshipman Dewey
Character(s): Dewey; the Captain
First Line: Midshipman Dewey is made prisoner...
Synopsis: The crew mutiny and take the Captain prisoner, but Dewey jumps overboard.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: continued
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Magnets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hubert
Character(s): Hubert (intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: pantomime; wordless comic
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Rusty
Character(s): Rusty; his father
First Line: I'll ketch hail, Columbia...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Feature continues in New Comics #5.
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Captain Kiddlaw, Part 9

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Kiddlaw; Axel Yoke; Rex Cosmos
First Line: Kiddlaw marches his captives on to prison...
Synopsis: Kiddlaw leaves Rex and Axel for dead. They follow an underground river looking for a way out.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Continued. Next issue title: The Demented.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): monstrous duplicate of Mrs. Amster (death); monstrous duplicate of the Vampire Master (death)
First Line: Dr. Occult and Amster frantically empty their pistols into the Vampire Master as Amster recognizes him to be Bart Moore, a former suitor of his wife.
Synopsis: The Vampire Master succumbs to a blazing death, but Doctor Occult and the Amsters escape.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWooley’s History of the Comic Book, 1899 – 1936: The Origin of the Superhero #[nn] published January 1986
as The Vampire Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A box after the final panel of the last page promotes the next story: "Starting next issue a new and greater adventure featuring Doctor Occult the Ghost Detective"
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New Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Rand
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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