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Issue: Pirates Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1950
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHillman
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Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 13 (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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Genres: historical
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Pages: 1
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First Line: New medical evidence shows hair can be saved!
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Disclose Notes: Sebacin, Inc.
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The Sea Witch

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Captain Sharpe (pirate); Ketch (pirate); Julian Gault (pirate); Jean
Synopsis: Captain Sharpe brings in a captured, rich prize to the harbor of Tortuga.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Based on a true story.

Suchorsky is credited with "The Sea Witch" by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Genres: historical
Feature(s): Alpha the Slave Pirate
Character(s): Alpha (galley slave); Gaius; Tribune Cincanus; Demos (galley slave)
First Line: It was a time when the colorful galleys of the mighty Roman Empire plied the seas...
Synopsis: After a storm wrecks the galley, Alpha and the other slaves fight their way to freedom.
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Disclose Notes: Suchorsky's fine drawings can be recognized by the faces with many lines, and rounded lower lips and ears.

Script credit suggested by Bails' Who's Who.
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Captain Roberts Boy Pirate

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Bartholomew Roberts; Mr. Roberts; Cortillo
Synopsis: How a young boy became a ruthless pirate.
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Long Ben Avery

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Long Ben Avery; Gibson
Synopsis: Avery's life of piracy.
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The Viking Terror

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Rholf; King Alfred; King Charles; Grisela; William the Conqueror
Synopsis: How a Viking became the Duke of Normandy.
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Disclose Notes: Based on a true story.
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All-Time Super-Teams

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, sports
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Disclose Notes: Original Celtics, Cleveland Barons and Cincinnati Red Stockings are pictured.
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Genres: historical
Feature(s): Philip Ashton Boy Pirate Fighter of the Old World
Character(s): Philip Ashton; Riviera; Don Grinaldo; Dona Inez; The Sack [Abad]; Don Ivizco; King Ferdinand; Queen Isabella
First Line: We are back in the time of Columbus, and we're aboard an English ship that nears the seacoast of Spain...
Synopsis: Philip goes to his Spanish uncle's place and is captured by pirates.
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First Line: Now it's fun to reduce
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First Line: Glows in the dark lucky skull ring
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Character(s): Bob West; Mary; Peggy
First Line: New! Bob West's amazingly easy 'picture method'
Synopsis: Mary tells how she learned to play guitar.
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First Line: Now you can 'breeze through' any auto repair job!
Synopsis: A man shows how easy it is to repair a car.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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