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Issue: Adventures of the Dover Boys #1
Publication Date: January 1950
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/17/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia states "1st edition" rather than an issue number. On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1950, page 157, registration number B271755.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dover Boys
Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover
First Line: Beware! Touch this treasure I guard and be prepared to suffer its curse!
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In Content Item: FlagAdventures of the Dover Boys [Archie Series] #5 published January 1950
as What is the Idol's Curse? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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These are the Dover Boys

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dover Boys
Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Uncle Bill Dover; Aunt Martha Dover; Silas Croombs; Claude Croombs
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text introducing the Dover Boys. Includes 6 small head illustrations of the main characters.
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Chapter One The Peril of the Inca Treasure

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dover Boys
Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Uncle Bill Dover; Aunt Martha Dover; Claude Croombs
Synopsis: Uncle Bill Dover returns from Peru to raise more money for his expedition to find the Inca treasure.
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Pages: 5
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Chapter 2 Winds of Doom

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dover Boys
Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Uncle Bill Dover; Aunt Martha Dover; Silas Croombs; Claude Croombs; Mike Foster; Frank
Synopsis: When Silas Croombs copies Bill Dover's map and decides to find the treasure himself, Tim and Dan Dover head to Peru to find it first.
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Pages: 5.67
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The Proof of the Pudding

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Disclose Notes: House ad for Archie comics.
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Chapter 3 Lost in the Jungle

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dover Boys
Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Mike Foster; Claude Croombs; Jose
Synopsis: Tim and Dan rescue Jose and begin their trek into the jungle.
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Pages: 3.67
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There are two girls... and only one Wilbur

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Disclose Notes: House ad for Laugh Comics, Wilbur Comics and Pep Comics.
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Chapter 4 Molten Death

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dover Boys
Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Jose; Professor Archibald Monks; Carol Monks
Synopsis: Tim and Dan meet a professor and his daughter in the Jungle. They join forces and the daughter is kidnapped by Indians and prepared to be sacrificed to a volcano.
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It's Tops With All the Kids!

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Disclose Notes: House ad for Super Duck comics.
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Chapter 5 - The Power of the Evil Eye!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dover Boys
Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Carol Monks; Claude Croombs
Synopsis: While trying to rescue Carol, Tim and Dan are captured also. They learn that the Indians have already captured Claude.
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Suzie is Choosey!

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Disclose Notes: House ad for Suzie comics.
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Chapter 6 Treasure Trove

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dover Boys
Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover; Carol Monks; Claude Croombs; Professor Archibald Monks; Jose; Mike Foster
Synopsis: The Dover Boys, Carol and Claude escape the Indians and discover the Inca treasure.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bob Hastings (photo)
First Line: Boys and girls here's your new Archie yearbook 2nd edition
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Disclose Notes: Order blank for the second Archie Annual and a signed photograph of Bob Hastings, the actor who voiced Archie on radio at the time.
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Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Package

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Diamond Jim
First Line: A warm summer afternoon finds Captain Tootsie and his friends out rowing in the bay...
Synopsis: While out rowing, Captain Tootsie and the gang comes across a diamond smuggling operation.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Joe DiMaggio (photo)
First Line: Joe DiMaggio's picture story
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First Line: Fun for all
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Disclose Notes: Novelty Mart ad.

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