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Issue: Blondie #165
Publication Date: October 1966
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Issues: #165 of 12 Issues (16 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagKing Features
Brand: King ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: King Features Syndicate
On Sale Date: 08/02/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Full indicia publisher is King Features Syndicate Division of Hearst Corporation.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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For 0nce, Dagwood is… Wright!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Daisy; Daisy's pups
First Line: What's up? It's Dagwood! Proving the Wright Brothers wrong!
Synopsis: Blondie and Dagwood joyously soar in Dagwood's flying machine. The dogs, however, exhibit varying degrees of emotion.
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Treasure Chest of Fun

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Disclose Notes: A full page of small, single panel advertisements for novelty items and self-defense lessons. Black and white ad on inside front cover.
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Flying High!

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Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead; hungry tramp; Orville Wright; Wilbur Wright; the Wright Brothers' mother; maid; farmer
First Line: Blondie, do you ever wish we were rich?
Synopsis: Dagwood dreams he's been given a time machine and goes back to when the Wright Brothers were inventing the flying machine. He hopes to influence the design of the new craft in exchange for a partnership in the venture. His influence is not exactly what he expected.
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Pages: 9
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The French Touch!

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Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Daisy; Cookie Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead; Daisy's pups; Herb Woodley; Champion Fifi La Femme the Third (pedigreed French poodle); lady from the dog kennel
First Line: Quick, everybody! Look what I won at the women's club raffle!
Synopsis: The arrival of a pedigreed French poodle at the Bumstead house causes Daisy to feel unappreciated and run away from home.
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Pages: 6
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Fun Shop

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First Line: Posters of the Past
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for mail order posters, records, and model kits offered by King Comics. Some items are based upon King Features Syndicate properties, such as Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, and Prince Valiant. Middle left page of centerfold.
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Comic Corner Store

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Ad for mail order novelties, toys, and games offered by King Comics. Some toys are based upon King Features Syndicate properties, such as Flash Gordon, and The Phantom. Middle right page of centerfold.
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Beetle's Blunder

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; General Halftrack; Zero; Old Fighter (trout)
First Line: The general wants those signs posted around the lake so there won't be any disturbance while he's fishing.
Synopsis: Beetle messes up General Halftrack's fishing, but Sarge ends up getting the blame.
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Pages: 4
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Riddle Me This…

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A full page of riddles, not attributed to readers as with Gold Key's concurrent "The Joke's on You" or its predecessor "Goofy Jokes". Logo consists of the title "Riddle Me This…" in script with a bunch of laughing and smiling, red-outlined cartoon heads packed-in tightly together for little over half the logo-header space.
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The Early Bird

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Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Herb Woodley; bus conductor; milkman; two cops
First Line: Too bad, Bumstead! You missed! Tomorrow try wearing track shoes!
Synopsis: Habitually late commuter Dagwood rises before dawn to ensure he will not miss his bus again, but complications still ensue.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: No feature logo for this story - just the story title.
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When Fleas Flee, Where Flee They To?

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Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Dagwood; Daisy
First Line: Well thank goodness!
Synopsis: Daisy scratches like mad to rid herself of fleas... which migrate to Dagwood.
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The Survival Course!

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Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Daisy; Alexander Bumstead
First Line: Dagwood! What are you doing in that outfit?
Synopsis: Dagwood is gung-ho to teach the Trail-Blazers scout troop how to survive in the wilderness... but first he must get out of the house without injury.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: GOOD BIT: After Dagwood nicks his thumb with a woodsman's knife, and gets a large splinter in his other thumb, Blondie and Alexander hear a loud sudden crash:

BLONDIE: "Good heavens! What has he done NOW!"
ALEXANDER: "Well, if it's any consolation, he's run out of THUMBS!"
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Hey Kids! Fun To Make

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First Line: 781 - Crochet a wardrobe for 11 1/2-inch doll.
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering various doll clothes patterns from Sew For Fun Patterns. On final interior page of the comic.
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Do You Need Extra Money?

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First Line: It costs you nothing to try
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Disclose Notes: Ad for selling Christmas cards and stationery for the Cheerful Card Company. Color ad on inside back cover.
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200 pc. set World War II Soldiers only $1.98

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First Line: 2 Armies The Americans The Germans
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Disclose Notes: Ad for 200 plastic World War II toy soldiers from Lucky Products, Inc. Americans in "olive green", Germans in "field grey". Color ad on back cover. Ad runs vertically on full page.

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