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Issue: My Date Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1947
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Issues: #2 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: A Hillman PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/17/1947
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): House-Date Harry; Sunny Daye; Swifty Chase
First Line: Well, Sunny, I see Susabelle Higgins is finally getting rid of House-Date Harry!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified on page 24 of Alter Ego #76.
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Miller and Company
Character(s): Bob
First Line: Boys- girls- there's fun - excitement - adventure - with these genuine power binoculars
Synopsis: With his binoculars, Bob sees a log fall on a train trestle and he warns the next train of the danger.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; advertisement for binoculars from Miller and Company.
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My Problem Date -- And How It Turned Out!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): House-Date Harry; Swifty Chase; Sunny Daye; Miss Anthony Drake; "Bumpy" Rhodes; Snubby Skeemer; Virgil; Leopold Krumm; "Bright Eyes"
Synopsis: House-Date Harry pretends to be a juvenile delinquent so he can hang out in the comfortable apartment of a pretty researcher. However, the real delinquents in town decide to prove that they are much more worthy of study.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Jack Kirby Reader #2 published January 2004
as My Problem Date [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero, teen
Character(s): Ultra Violet [Violet Ray]; Eloise Stimmer; David; Merrill; Lorraine; Henry
First Line: Hey, girls! Wait'll you hear!
Synopsis: Eloise auctions off David to Violet to keep other girls from dating him.
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Pages: 8
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The Story of Fran Pickert

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Jean Anne Marten; Fran Pickert; Joe; Gary Dean; Mrs. Pickert; Mrs. Butler
Synopsis: Fran is shy and focuses on art.
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Pages: 6
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): My Date Letters Page
First Line: Here they are!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from June Kennedy, Philip Warren, Lucy Darren, Stanley Goldstein, and Myles Peyton.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Ginny Tate; Icky Davis; Caboose; Aunt Fanny; Mr. Tate; Mrs. Tate; Big Bertha; Charles; Officer Malone; De Witt Van Twerp
First Line: When 1895 collides with 1947, it's bound to make news that's nothing but morbid!
Synopsis: Ginny tries to keep Aunt Fanny from messing up a business deal her father is working on.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Suchorsky verified the art credits in the pages of Alter Ego #27 (August, 2003), which reprinted page 7 of this story.
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Dancing Lessons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Lindy Hopp
Character(s): Lindy Hopp; "Solid" Jackson; Snubby Skeemer
Synopsis: Snubby Skeemer learns to dance blindfolded.
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Pages: 1
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The Square Fairy Godmother

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Fairy Godmother; Bugs Barnes; Betty Hanson; Officer Gilhooley
Synopsis: The Fairy Godmother who helped Cinderella tries to help out in the modern era.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Rosebud Sisters
Character(s): Birdie Rosebud; Tabby Rosebud; Chief Mackintosh; Mike; Zorro
First Line: Oh, Birdie!! - - - Look where we are!!
Synopsis: The Rosebud Sisters want to learn more about a recent crime wave.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Dippy
Character(s): Dippy
First Line: I'm tired of wearing hand-me-downs!
Synopsis: Dippy isn't going to wear his big brother's old pants any longer.
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Betty Memphis
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Viderm
First Line: Advice to My Date readers - Bad Skin
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Viderm skin care products, obtained by writing to the New York Skin Laboratory.
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dick Tracy; X-28; Junior
First Line: Get this authentic Dick Tracy rapid-fire Tommy Gun that looks and sounds just like the real McCoy!
Synopsis: Secret agent X-28 has been captured by spies, but is saved by his son using his Dick Tracy Tommy Gun.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parker Johns.

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