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Issue: World Famous Stories #1
Publication Date: January 1945
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCroydon Publishing Co.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Croydon Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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: one-shot
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles M. Grothkopf
Inker(s): Charles M. Grothkopf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ali Baba; Hansel and Gretal; Rip Van Winkle; Puck
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All cover illustrations are reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips, originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate.
Specifically --
The top logo is from the strip dated July 12, 1942
The Ali Baba illustration is from panel 4 of July 19, 1942
The Hansel and Gretal illustration is from panel 2 of December 24, 1944
The Rip Van Winkle illustration appears new but based on panel 2 of November 28, 1943
The Midsummer Night's Dream illustration is from panel 1 of October 29, 1944
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]
Penciller(s): Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]
Inker(s): Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tales from the Arabian Nights
Character(s): Ali Baba; the Forty Thieves; Ali Baba's wife; Cassin (Ali Baba's brother); Morgiana (Ali Baba's slave); Ali Baba's son
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips. Originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate from July 12, 1942 to August 30, 1942.

The final panel of the Genie bowing, however, is original in this comic.
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Hansel and Gretel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot Caplin ?
Penciller(s): Baryé Phillips
Inker(s): Baryé Phillips
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Character(s): Hansel; Gretel; woodcutter; wife; old woman
Synopsis: Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in the woods. They take shelter in a house made of candy and cake, but the old woman who lives there makes them her prisoners, intending to eat Hansel after he's fattened up. The children turn the tables on the old woman and are reunited with their father.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips. Originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate from December 24, 1944 to January 28, 1945.

The copy available online (http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=28725) has several pages of this story out of order. It is not known if this was a printing error in the original copy or a scanner error.
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The Story of Rip Van Winkle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]
Penciller(s): Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]
Inker(s): Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Rip Van Winkle
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips. Originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate from November 21, 1943 to November 28, 1943.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elliot Caplin ?
Penciller(s): Baryé Phillips
Inker(s): Baryé Phillips
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Puck; Lysander; Hermia; Helena; Demetrius; Titania; Oberon
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips. Originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate from October 15, 1944 to November 5, 1944.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Gag Bag
First Line: How long are you in for?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "The Gag Bag" was a Sunday comic strip that ran from 1943-49.

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