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Feature(s): Jibby Jones ?

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Notes: Ellsworth art credits submitted by Daniel Morales via the GCD Error Tracker and confirmed by Bob Hughes. We formerly credited Vin Sullivan.

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Feature(s): More Fun

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Inch

Character(s): Inch (only appearance); Pincus

First Line: Fellers, I've got a swell idea...

Synopsis: Inch and his gang collect a bunch of stray cats to sell, so that no one cries over spilt milk.

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Genres: historical, humorous

Feature(s): Sir Loin of Beef

Character(s): Hash

First Line: Guess I'll go out and hunt something...

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Episode 4

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Genres: historical

Feature(s): Vikings

Character(s): Ivar; King Kol (his father);

First Line: Versed all through his boyhood...

Synopsis: During an invasion of their shores, King Kol is killed and his son, Ivar, assumes his rightful place.

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Notes: Ivar grown to adulthood by this episode. Next episode: Usurper.

Heading South, Part 1

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Capt. Spiniker

Character(s): Captain Spiniker; Sternpipe

First Line: Now Old Scuttle-Puss...

Synopsis: Spinker and Sternpipe join forces and head south.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): G. Wiz

Character(s): G. Wiz

First Line: How old would you say I wuz?

Synopsis: G. Wiz is concerned about how old people think he is, to the extent of making a public nuisance and being taken before a judge.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Chubby

Character(s): Chubby (only appearance)

First Line: Whee! I opened th' knot!

Synopsis: Some of the boys go swimming in the water hole, but the level of water is too low. Chubby comes along and they get him to come in and so raise the level considerably.

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Episode 1

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Genres: drama, historical

Feature(s): A Tale of Two Cities

First Line: During the year 1775...

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Notes: adapted from the Charles Dickens novel

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Ramblin' Jim

Character(s): Ramblin' Jim; Click Allen (introduction)

First Line: There's th' lad who captured those three bandits!

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Notes: continued in More Fun #10

17-20 On the Black [Part 4]

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jim Gale

Character(s): Jim Gale; Frog Morton (Introduction, villain); Kim; Hing Lee

First Line: Alright, Gale! Just put your hands up!

Synopsis: Frog Morton captures Gale and attempts to throw him overboard.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Ol' Oz Bopp

Character(s): Ol' Oz Bopp (introduction)

First Line: Thet stranger's up t' no good in town!

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Great Guns

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Feature(s): It's Magic

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Feature(s): The House of Magic

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Chikko Chakko; Pauncho; McGill

First Line: Chikko - This chicken was hatched from a hard-boiled egg!

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Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Jungle Boy

Character(s): Jungle Boy (introduction); Bomba (introduction); Par-Nak

First Line: We find Jungle Boy one morn playing with his little playmate Bomba...

Synopsis: Jungle Boy tries to save Bomba from a lion, but it takes Bomba's older brother Par-Nak to actually achieve it. He leaps on the lion's back and plunges his knife into its throat, but is thrown off and lays dazed on the ground when a leopard appears.

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Genres: humorous, western

Feature(s): Slim and Tex

Character(s): Slim; Tex; Helen

First Line: I'd shore like to take Miss Helen to the dance...

Synopsis: Slim and Tex flip a coin to decide who gets to ask Helen to the dance.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Sara Lou Sunshine

Character(s): Sara Lou Sunshine; Sonny; Rita Lou

First Line: Says Sonny to Sara...

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The Train Robbery, Part 3

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Genres: western

Feature(s): Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers

Character(s): Captain Jim; Uncle Bob; Jane; Johnny

First Line: Johnny I'm going to drop a glove...

Synopsis: Jane and Johnny are abducted. Jane drops a glove so that Captain Jim and Uncle Bob can track them. When they do, someone takes a potshot at them.

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Just Suppose

Character(s): Andrew Jackson

First Line: That the Aztecs had not believed in the 'Fair God'...

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Stratosphere Special, 2036 A.D.

First Line: Week-End Excursion to the Moon

Synopsis: Weekend trips to the Moon are being advertised. The space ship later appears above the Moon's surface and the pop-eyed denizens run away in fear.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Andy Handy

Character(s): Andy Handy

First Line: Take the cover off, Andy!

Synopsis: In struggling to get the lid off a jar of olives Andy drops and smashes it. His wife sends him to the store through the driving snow to get another bottle. He gets the store keeper to open it there and then, using a handy device. When Andy gets home he realizes he has bought the device but no olives.

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Episode Two

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Genres: adventure, historical

Feature(s): King Arthur

Character(s): Queen Guinevere; Prince Geraint; The Earl; Enid (his daughter); The Sparrow Hawk; his dwarf servant

First Line: One morning in early spring...

Synopsis: At Camelot the call to hounds is heard. Guinevere meets Geraint and they ride to hounds, but encounter an unknown knight and his dwarf servant. Asking his master's name, Geraint receives a blow from a riding whip. Riding after them bent on revenge Geraint rides into a fortress where he learns that the knight is a great champion known as The Sparrow Hawk. Geraint enters the tourney lists aiming to joust with this knight.

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Atomic Comics #1 published January 1946
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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Needles

Character(s): Needles

First Line: Boy! That's wot I call a real pair of skis!

Synopsis: Needles treks up Suicide Hill with his skis. Pushing off, he lands badly, but has an idea. A week later he is back wearing a parachute.

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The St. Pierre Mystery, Part 1

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Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Maginnis of the Mounties

Character(s): Maginnis (introduction); Major Hall; Dubois; his daughter Yvonne

First Line: Maginnis I'm going to take you out of uniform.

Synopsis: Maginnis' superior assigns him to undercover work, in order to solve the problem of trappers in the St. Pierre Country being robbed of their furs. After crossing the St. Pierre River he is shot at. He later arrives at the home of a trapper named Dubois and his daughter Yvonne. While they are eating the mysterious sniper peers in at the window.

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Welcome to Bugville

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Feature(s): Bugville

First Line: What abrite lil' fire fly...

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Laughing at Life

Character(s): Eric von Dunkem

First Line: Hollywood - The Celluloid City - Folks!

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Feature(s): The Book Shelf

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Feature(s): Worth-While Films to Watch For

Character(s): Charlie Chan; Tom Keene

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Feature(s): The Radio Dialer

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Feature(s): Puzzle Page

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Lesson 4: Comic Figures

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Feature(s): Cartoon Corner

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Feature(s): What Do You Think?

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Notes: Letters from Charles Casmus, Patricia Hedges, Bernard Kearley, Charles Dilley, Marjorie Callaghan

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Goofo the Great

Character(s): Goofo (introduction); Marie (his assistant); Victor

First Line: We start wiz a simple one!

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The Time Machine, Part 4

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Genres: adventure, humorous, science fiction

Feature(s): The Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed

Character(s): Oliver Weed; Professor Mowcher; Fritz; Miss Abigail Blumel; Madame Betsy Blumel; Jane

First Line: Mr Oliver Weed is a book worm...

Synopsis: Weed, Mowcher and Fritz have traveled a century into the past, where they court women of the Blumel family.

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Episode 3

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Castaway Island

Character(s): Blackface (villain); Dougal MacDougal; Larry; Sally

First Line: Dougal MacDougal and the castaways are confronted by Blackface.

Synopsis: MacDougal rousts Blackface and then asks Larry to help protect the yacht by removing the sails and spark plugs.

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Knife Ambush, Part 4

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Genres: humorous, western

Feature(s): Sagebrush n' Cactus

Character(s): Sagebrush; Cactus

First Line: The boys struck a rich lode...

Synopsis: The boys are torn between avenging their friend and benefactor Pickax Pete, or buying a small town and ruining it in one night.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Our Kids

First Line: Goodbye Son. Here's something for being such a good boy...

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Episode Three

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Genres: adventure, historical

Feature(s): Captain Quick

Character(s): Kendal Quick; Marjorie; Captain Velasquez

First Line: For many months Kendal Quick preys upon Spanish shipping...

Synopsis: Quick discovers his fiancee en route to Spain and betrothed to Captain Velasquez.

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Atomic Comics #1 published January 1946
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The Drew Mystery [Part 1]

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Dale Daring

Character(s): Dale Daring (introduction); Lt. Dick Sparks; Dr. Millard; Stitch (villain)

First Line: There she goes, Stitch...

Synopsis: Dale follows up a lead on the Drew case and gets herself caught and bound.

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The Stagecoach, Part 3

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.

Character(s): J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.; Jupe Jones

First Line: Man - This sho' is a dull town...

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Submarine Terror

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Genres: adventure, mystery

Character(s): the president (unnamed, but appears to be Franklin D. Roosevelt)

First Line: Midnight! -- A full moon beams down to reveal the watchman and a prowler atop the Benton Reservoir waging a terrific struggle with the lives of millions at stake!

Synopsis: Thwarting an attempt to poison the water supply, agents find a map with a spot marked "X". Steve Carson is assigned to follow up, and discovers a submarine submerged in the harbor. He tackles one of the crew outside then boards it. A plot to assassinate President Roosevelt, traveling on a nearby ship, is revealed.

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Notes: Story title is from the next-issue promotion on the third page of the Federal Men story in New Comics #3.

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Genres: humorous, western

Feature(s): It's a Dern Lie

First Line: When my grandfather was a young man...

Synopsis: Tall tales of the old west.

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Feature(s): Remington Rand

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