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Issue: King Comics #85
Publication Date: May 1943
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Issues: #85 of 155 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDavid McKay Company
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: David McKay Company
On Sale Date: 03/19/1943
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jo King
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye; Blondie
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Blondie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx - 1942-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Eight daily strips with panels rearranged to fit four comic book pages
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): The Lone Ranger; Tonto
First Line: We c'n thank The Lone Ranger for this house...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Lone Ranger Sunday (King Features Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
09-07 = Blinded By Fury
09-14 = Silver Bullets
09-21 = Captured
09-28 = The Banker's Dilemma
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dun-Dums Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Tuffy
Character(s): Tuffy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Tuffy daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx - 1942-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two daily strips reshaped to fit a single comic book page
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Barney Baxter
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Barney Baxter in the Air Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-05-31 - 1942-06-21
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Private Buck
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Private Buck daily (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four daily gag panels on a single comic book page
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Stamps: The King Who Never Took a Bath

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Tuffy
Character(s): Tuffy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: 1942
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Flame Pearls Part 8: The Hungry Isles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Mandrake; Lothar
First Line: It is certainly no mirage!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Mandrake the Magician Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-02-08 - 1942-03-01
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Henry
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Queen Desira

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov; Queen Desira
First Line: Dale knows that, for the sake of the injured Zarkov…
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Flash Gordon Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-02-08 - 1942-03-01
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

Alex Raymond was previously credited with script, but Don Moore was co-creator and author from the very beginning of the strip.

The original newspaper page most often carried a title for the following week's strip.
02-08 = Danger on the Trail
02-15 = Deadlier Than a Dragon
02-22 = Desira's Fury
03-01 = In the Traitor's Camp
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Sports Stars of the Armed Forces

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Sport Features
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Tuffy
Character(s): Tuffy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Tuffy daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942-xx-xx - 1942-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two daily strips reshaped to fit a single comic book page
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The Return of the Sky Band

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Phantom [Kit Walker]
First Line: Now beyond the naval patrol lanes…
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Phantom Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-01-18 - 1942-02-08
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Character(s): Little Annie Rooney
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Annie Rooney Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-02-22 - 1942-03-15
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Popeye
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Thimble Theatre Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-02-15 - 1942-03-08
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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Three Heroes to Remember

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-02-08 - 1942-03-01
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages

Reprint dates from Art Lortie.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): John Sappo
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sappo Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1941-xx-xx - 1941-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two Sunday pages
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Futura

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Brick Bradford
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Brick Bradford Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942-02-08 - 1942-03-01
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four Sunday pages
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sentinel Louie
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Sentinel Louie Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Three Sunday pages, shared with The Little King, by the same creator
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): The Little King
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx, 194x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Three Sunday pages, shared with Sentinel Louie, by the same creator, plus a stand alone half page
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Happy Easter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Freddie
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Right Around Home Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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