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Issue: Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #229

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Publication Date: January 1961

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Issues: #229 of 488 Issues (1633 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Kinney's Shoes

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Western

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 12/28/1961

Volume: none

Pages: 20

ISBN:

UPC/EAN:

Price: $0.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 7 (1 story, 2 covers)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Inside front cover and inside back cover are blank. Portions of the back cover may contain ads from various businesses that offered the book as a premium - or may be blank.

Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Printed in U.S.A. (per indicia)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: early issues standard Golden Age U.S.; 1952-1959 oblong; later half-size

Paper Stock: most glossy cover and newsprint interior. early issues all newsprint

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing

Format Notes:

Variants4

Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #229 [Kinney's Shoes]

Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #229 [Child Life Shoes]

Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #229 [Little Yankee Shoes]

Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #229 [No Ad]

Reprinted In1

1 Content Item
- Rock Candy Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (7 total)

Rock Candy Mountain

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Dino

Synopsis: Fred and Dino perform as a one-man (and one-dinosaur) band.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Dino is "out-of-his-normal-proportion" to Fred, as sometimes occurred in early depictions of The Flintstones.

[untitled]

Blank Page(s) on Interior Page(s)

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

Rock Candy Mountain

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Betty Rubble; Pickaxe; Stoney; hammerhead mountain terrasaur; cop

First Line: Boy! It burns me up to pay fifty cents a head to come into a park!

Synopsis: On a mountain climbing vacation, Fred and Barney discover gold in a mountain cave and run afoul of two shady characters.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Golden Comics Digest #7 published November 1969
as Rock Candy Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 14

Notes: This story is perfectly characterized and is very much in the mold of the first two "adult" seasons of the television series.

Fred's Stick-Tock Clock

Activity on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone

First Line: Let Fred Flintstone show you how the Stone Agers tell time.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: How to make a sundial using a stick and stones.

Baby Puss's Meow-Meow Game

Activity on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Betty Rubble; Baby Puss

First Line: Play Baby Puss's "meow-meow" game with your friends for a roaring good time.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: One player is blindfolded, while any one of the other players disguises his or her voice and says "meow-meow" like Baby Puss. The blindfolded player must guess who is meowing.

[untitled]

Blank Page(s) on Interior Page(s)

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover.

Floating Heads

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Betty Rubble

Synopsis: Floating character heads of Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, and Betty Rubble (oddly, sans Barney Rubble) - along with the "March of Comics" logo. Wilma and Betty display happy expressions, while Fred is snarling mad.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: This would appear to be repurposed Harvey Eisenberg art from either a late Dell or early Gold Key comic.

The floating heads and logo comprise the top third of the back cover, in color. The remaining 2/3 of the back cover space is left blank to contain the name and logo of the business using the comic as a promotional item.