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Issue: The Kilroys #43 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1953
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Issues: #43 of 54 Issues
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Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
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Indicia Publisher: Best Syndicated Features Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Solid Jackson; Natch Kilroy; Judy Farrell; Katie Kilroy; Mr. Kilroy
First Line: Wow! I can see the ball just like it was on top of me!
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Pages: 1
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Announcing Something New..Something Different!

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Feature(s): Funny Films
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Promo for Funny Films. Cover to #24 is depicted.
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Doing the Continental

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Solid Jackson; Natch Kilroy; Judy Farrell; Portia Karloff; Slim; Nan; Lana; Marlene
Synopsis: Jackson decides to pattern himself after the TV character "The Continental." A liberal application of hair oil, his best suit, and a suave approach make him think he's going to be a Don Juan. However, the girls in town get wind of the change and pretend to fight over him, causing him to go back to his old ways.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "The Continental" was a short-lived 1952 15-minute late-night CBS television series, in which a suave man spoke directly and romantically to the female audience.
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Mission by Magnet

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Feature(s): Popsicle
Character(s): Major Mars
Synopsis: A mystery rocket ship, invisible on radar, has dropped bombs four nights in a row. Major Mars installs an atomic magnet in a robot rocket that zeroes in on the mystery ship and destroys it.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Popsicle frozen treats with mail-in coupon. Top half is comic format, bottom is listing of premiums available for Popsicle wrappers.
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A Whistle for Wanda

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Wanda; Jimmy Blaze
Synopsis: Wanda is picked for the school play, but going to the first rehearsal is afraid she'll be laughed at.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jitterbuck; his father; his mother
First Line: Arr-roof! --Arf--Arf! Grr-warrf!!
Synopsis: Jitterbuck rescues a dog that had tin cans tied to his tail. He takes the dog home, but when Jitterbuck comes home late, it's the dog that gives him away.
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Reserved!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: romantic, teen
Character(s): Helen; Nonnie; Bill Simpson
Synopsis: Helen wants football player Bill Simpson to notice her. A trip to the library solves that problem.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Roadometer; Roadmaster
First Line: It's fun to know how far you go...
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Disclose Notes: Ad in panel format (illustrations with text underneath) for Roadometer bicycle odometers by Roadmaster. Mail-in coupon to Cleveland Welding Company, Dept. XC-637, West 117th Street and Berea Road, Cleveland 7, Ohio.
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Feature(s): Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer
Character(s): Pud; Janie; Tim
First Line: Gosh, they stopped Pud on the goal line again!
Synopsis: Pud blows a gum bubble that allows him to float over the goal line for the winning touchdown.
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Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Dubble Bubble bubble gum. Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Natch
Character(s): Natch Kilroy; Wilbur Morton; Slim; Judy Farrell; Solid Jackson; Officer Farrell
First Line: Okay, Judy-Pie! I'll meet you here at the Sweet Tooth--reet, sweet!
Synopsis: Wilbur schemes to get Natch in trouble with Judy's father, Officer Farrell. He moves signs, paints lines, and buys a fake fire hydrant so he can frame Natch into a bundle of traffic offenses.
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Winner Take All!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Katie Kilroy
Character(s): Katie Kilroy; Natch Kilroy; Portia Karloff; Mrs. Kilroy; Mamie Kilroy; Cal Mack; Dolores Garcia; Miss Crunchpitt; Rock Hudson
Synopsis: Katie has her sights on the new boy in school, Cal Mack, and uses a book "Winning Your Man" for advice. She goes undercover to find out his likes and dislikes and gets him to take her to to a "Girls Pay" dance. Unfortunately, rival Dolores finds the book after Katie drops it and tells everyone that Katie has to get her boy friends from a book. Cal figures he's been tricked, so breaks the date. Fortunately, Katie's grandmother is visiting. She just happens to be be friends with the head of a movie studio and gets him to get Katie a date to the dance with Rock Hudson.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Rock Hudson appears in the last two panels, with two words of dialogue. A very teen-slang-heavy story.

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