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Issue: Golden Comics Digest #12
Publication Date: August 1970
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Issues: #12 of 48 Issues (54 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/07/1970
Volume:
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
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Content Items: 36 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: 4.75 in. x 6.5 in. digest
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cardboard cover
Binding: perfect-bound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Genres: anthropomorphic, science fiction
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Chilly Willy; Bugs Bunny; Beep Beep the Roadrunner; Tom; Jerry
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Kids!!! Know What One Pencil Can Do?

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Feature(s): Pencil Puzzle Fun
Character(s): Cracky
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Pencil Puzzle Fun #1 with a listing of many of the kinds of puzzles in it and a reprint of the front cover.
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Golden Comics Digest Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contents page with title of each story, the pages they are in the book and the indicia.
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The Bird Scouts

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter; Jerky
Synopsis: When Knothead's Bird Scout Troop leader gets sick they talk Woody into leading them on their hike to Indian Mesa, even though it means they have to let Splinter come along. When they get there they are almost chased away by some claim jumpers dressed up as Indian spooks but Knothead knows enough about the Indians that lived there that he knows they aren't real. When they are scared away a second time by a talking totem pole they leave Splinter behind and so they have to go back and find her. They end up captured by the claim jumpers and it is up to Splinter to rescue them.
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From Content Item: FlagBoys' and Girls' March of Comics #239 [No Ad] published January 1962
was The Bird Scouts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: A Walter Lantz Chuckletime comic story.
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Paper Trumpet

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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Andy Panda
Character(s): Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: How to make a paper trumpet.
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The Four-Headed Giant

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, science fiction
Feature(s): Space Mouse
Character(s): Space Mouse; Size, King of Rodentia; The Giant Tooter
Synopsis: When Size gets a call for help from one of the fringe galaxies he sends Space Mouse to check it out. When he gets there he finds some Nose Tooters that he has to help because they are being picked on by a four-headed giant.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Space Mouse #3 published May 1963
was Space Mouse Meets the Four-Headed Giant [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: original title: "Space Mouse Meets the Four-Headed Giant"
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What Is It?

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Woody Woodpecker
Character(s): Woody Woodpecker
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A word puzzle.
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Drum Valley

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Winnie
Character(s): Winnie; Uncle Westly; Claim-Jump Johnson
Synopsis: When Winnie's Uncle Westly shows up at her home because invisible injun spooks chased him away from his claim he creates such a mess that Winnie takes him back to his claim to debunk the spooks and get him out of her house.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Pepe and Pepito
Character(s): Pepe; Pepito; Mama
First Line: At a county fair in Trinidad...
Synopsis: Pepe, the former boxing champion, raises his son Pepito to be the next boxing champion but he wants to play the drums instead. Fortunately, he figures out how to do both.
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From Content Item: FlagWalter Lantz Woody Woodpecker's County Fair #2 [25¢ Cover Price] published November 1958
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Number Stumper

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Oswald the Rabbit
Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A number puzzle.
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The Explorer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Chilly Willy; Patty; Bully Bear
Synopsis: When Chilly notices that everyone seems to be an expert at something but him he decides to be an explorer. He sets off to make a map of the other side of Stumbling Block Glacier. Unfortunately for him, Bully Bear thinks that instead of making a map he must be following one to buried treasure and he takes off after him, inadvertently helping Chilly along the way.
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Disclose Notes: Title is taken from the contents page. The first sentence is "Another whopper!".
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Chuckle Chest

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Knothead and Splinter
Character(s): Knothead; Splinter
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A page full of jokes.
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Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Lambeosaurus

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Prehistoric Creatures
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Disclose Notes: A "factual" article on Triceratops, Brachiosarus and Lambeosaurus dinosaurs.
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Journey to the Sun

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Bruce Martin; Hale; Peter Dunn; Smith
Synopsis: The story of the first manned spaceship sent to orbit the Sun to gather data so that earth can shield it's radio waves against a giant sunspot.
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From Content Item: FlagBoys' and Girls' March of Comics #219 [Little Yankee Shoes] published June 1961
was Journey to the Sun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Hair-Raising Hare

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Professor Bumble; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Bugs decides to help Elmer grow hair using Professor Bumble's Fuzz water but he mistakenly dumps a bottle all over his body and Elmer ends up looking like a big dog and is promptly thrown in the pound.
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Disclose Notes: A Warner Bros. Funtastics story.
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Petunia's Flower Pin-Up

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Feature(s): Petunia Pig
Character(s): Petunia Pig
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Disclose Notes: How to make flowers from yarn, paper and pipe cleaners.
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High-Flying Coyote

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Beep Beep the Road Runner; Wile E. Coyote
Synopsis: Wile E. tries to trap Beep Beep at an abandoned gas station but Beep Beep tricks him into burning his fur off so that he can't chase him until it grows back.
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Daffy Questions

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Character(s): Daffy Duck
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From Content Item: FlagLooney Tunes #196 [10¢ Cover Price] published February 1958
was [untitled] [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Riddles. First line: "If Daffy climbs up the steep side of a mountain, where should he get down?"
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The Caged Cat

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety; Sylvester
Synopsis: Tweety is a caged bird in the zoo when Sylvester sees him and decides to eat him. Unfortunately for Sylvester, every time he tries to get Tweety he ends up with a different wild animal from the zoo.
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Elmer Fudd's Garden

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Funny Animals
Character(s): Elmer Fudd
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Disclose Notes: A word scramble puzzle.
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Hi-Ho, Steed!

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Cool Cat
Character(s): Cool Cat; Mr. Hunter; Ella; Rhina
Synopsis: When Mr. Hunter trades in Ella (his old faithful elephant) for the faster Rhina (a rhino) Cool Cat is almost captured. He looks for a faster ride for himself to help him get away but nothing seems to work until he has a brainstorm.
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Nutty Quiz

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Riddles.
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Coming In on a Wing-Ding

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck
Synopsis: When Daffy Duck drops in on an Indian and tries to mooch a meal the Indian thinks he is offering himself for the meal. Daffy has to hurry and convince the Indian to eat something else before he decides he wants duck soup again.
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From Content Item: FlagDaffy Duck #31 published December 1962
was Coming in on a Wing-Ding [Story on Interior Page(s)]original layout=5 pages; [reprint layout=7 pages]
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Pages: 7
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Terry A. Laughlin

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Young Heroes
Character(s): Terry A. Laughlin; Malcolm P. Carr
Synopsis: The story of Terry A. Laughlin, a Carnegie Hero Fund Medal winner.
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Disclose Notes: Includes spot illustration of Carnegie Hero Fund Medal.
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Famous Men of the Old West - John Colter

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Famous Men of the Old West
Character(s): John Colter
Synopsis: The story of John Colter, the famous explorer.
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Pages: 3
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The Fortune Finder

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis: Tom is looking for money so he asks Jerry and Tuffy for some. They tell him no and that their money is hidden too well for him to find it. Tom sees an article in the paper that says if you are happy and smile a lot, fortune will smile on you. When he tries it and finds a penny Jerry and Tuffy get worried he will find their piggy bank and they try in vain to find a better hiding place.
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Pages: 13
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Box-In-The-Dots

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Feature(s): Barney Bear
Character(s): Barney Bear
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A box-in-the-dots puzzle.
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Insecure Security

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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Droopy; Bring'-Em-Back Black; Mammie
Synopsis: Droopy feels unsafe outside so he trades places with a dog in a kennel that is looking for some excitement. Unfortunately for Droopy, as soon as he gets settled in at the pound he is removed and sent to Lower Liptwitch to hunt Elephas Primigenius (a prehistoric Elephant) where he meets up with a lion, a rhino and a gorilla before he finds what he is looking for.
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From Content Item: FlagM.G.M.'s Tom and Jerry's Winter Fun #6 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1957
was Insecure Security [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Name the Wheel

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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flip 'n' Dip
Character(s): Flip; Dip
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A crossword puzzle.
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The Order of the Dragon

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mouse Musketeers; M'sieur Poosy-Cat; The King
Synopsis: When the Mouse Musketeers think they see M'sieur Poosy-Cat pledging allegiance to a dragon head they think he is pledging allegiance to "The Order of the Dragon" and therefore they think that he is trying to overthrow the king and they set about to protect him.
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Pages: 8
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Puzzling Facts

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tom
Character(s): Tom
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A word picture puzzle.
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The Disguised Daredevil

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Jay Brothers; The Crimson Daredevil [Bertie Bird]; Earl
Synopsis: Bertie is jealous because of the special treatment that the Jay Brothers get for their aerial acrobatics so he makes a disguise and tries to do his own tricks. Unfortunately, the paint used for his disguise hasn't dried and he isn't really very good at aerial tricks either.
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From Content Item: FlagM.G.M.'s Tom and Jerry's Winter Fun #6 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1957
was The Disguised Daredevil [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint layout=8 pages; original layout=5 pages
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Pages: 8
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Name Game

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spike and Tyke
Character(s): Spike; Tyke
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A Word Game.
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Sitting Pretty

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Little Quacker; Wendel Wildcat
Synopsis: Little Quacker is very frustrated by the way minor things that happen in the river keep affecting him, but the petty problems are quickly washed away when Wendel Wildcat tears a hole in the dam so that he can eat the animals on the other side of the dam. Little Quacker manages to escape him and uses a canoe to stop him. Because of his help the beaver agrees to build something to help him with some of the minor problems he used to have.
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From Content Item: FlagM.G.M.'s Tom and Jerry Picnic Time #1 published July 1958
was Sitting Pretty [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint layout=5 pages; original layout=4 pages?
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Pages: 5
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Summer's Fun!!!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Summer Fun For Boys and Girls
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Summer Fun For Boys and Girls Magazine, which is a collection of summer activities including puzzles, games, coloring pages, things to make, riddles, cutouts and quiz questions. Includes a reprint of the cover.
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Jokes By Cracky

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): [Jokes By Cracky]
Character(s): Cracky
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Jokes By Cracky #2, including an illustration and a small reprint of the cover.

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