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Issue: All-New Short Story Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1943
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Issues: #2 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 1943
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Leon Harvey is credited as editor on the statement of ownership.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Paul Williams
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Pages: 1
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Murder on the High Seas

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 8
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Mystery of the Hilarious Flight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Rex Elliott
Character(s): Rex Elliott (introduction, only appearance); Hamilton (villain, introduction, death); Tom; Johnny
Synopsis: Pilots being trained are suddenly breaking out into laughing fits and shooting down their fellow pilots.
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Pages: 6
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Crisis On Kiel Canal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Lee Chalmers; Von Trock
Synopsis: Captain Chalmers stops a German from taking an important map.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Story Behind the Cover
Character(s): Paul Williams
First Line: Fog made the night impenetrable.
Synopsis: A corporal sent out on a scouting mission is captured by Nazis.
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Pages: 2.66
Disclose Notes: Two illustrations occupy the second page. One uses the art from the cover except clipped, flopped and re-colored. The second illustration origins have not been identified.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: Date of filing: October 1, 1942. No circulation data.
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Depth Charge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): The Midget Kingdom (villain, introduction); Barry Kuda; Algie; Merma
Synopsis: The Midget Kingdom is stealing the air the people of Merma need.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: app. between YANKEE COMICS #4 (Dynamic) / SPOTLIGHT COMICS #1 (Dynamic)
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Judy Joy
Character(s): Ollie Joy; Judy Joy; Mr. Nexdoor
First Line: Boy! Two weeks vacation staring us in the face! Ain't it a thrill?
Synopsis: The Joy family vacation is repeatedly postponed, so Judy says they can visit her mother and her husband can help with the canning. Ollie signs up for a 2-week shift as a Civil Defense "fire watcher" to avoid this chore.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This is an early version of Al Zere's "The Joy Family," which appeared in a number of Fox titles in 1944-46: although the characters have different first names and slightly different appearances, it's the same sort of "family situation comedy" strip. Al Zere had contributed to the previous issue of All-New Short Story Comics with a "Flossie" strip (under the name Jourdain) and this story is his style. [He also had a strip in All-New #5.]

Byline credited to "Bates" but this is clearly Zere's work.
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Case of the Crumpling Skyscrapers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Scarlet Nemesis and Black Orchid
Character(s): Scarlet Nemesis [Rocky Ford] (introduction, only appearance); Black Orchid [Judith Allen] (introduction, only appearance); Jim Crow (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Scarlet Nemesis and the Black Orchid try to figure out who is blowing up the buildings in the city.
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Pages: 7
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The Curse of Gold

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Scarlet Phantom
Character(s): Scarlet Phantom [Jack Winstead]; Dr. Winstead (Jack's father, death); Dr. Gratz (introduction)
Synopsis: Jack's father has invented an invisibility cloak that criminals want.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Moe, Joe, and Co.
Character(s): Moe; Joe; Hi-De-Ho; Bowser
First Line: I'm Moe
Synopsis: Three men annoy people in an office building.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Only appearance of the "Moe, Joe, and Co" feature.
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Old Lady Dynamite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Ma Jenkins
Character(s): Ma Jenkins (introduction, only appearance); Danny Jenkins (introduction); Ted Jenkins (introduction); Pat Jenkins (introduction); Boss Hawkins (villain, introduction); Blackie; O'Toole; Joe
Synopsis: Ma and her adopted sons capture a criminal gang.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Only appearance of the "Ma Jenkins" feature.
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The Secret Weapon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 7

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