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Issue: Wonderworld Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1939
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Issues: #4 of 31 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: FPView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Bruns Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/28/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This month is the first appearance of the FP shield and the last appearance of Bruns Publications, Inc.

Indicia (inside front cover):
WONDERWORLD COMICS, Vol. I, No. 4, Published monthly by Bruns Publications, Inc., V. S. Fox, President, 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. Office of publication. 29 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Application for transfer of entry to the Post Office at Springfield, Mass., pending. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States, and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.50. Elsewhere, $2.50. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1939, by Bruns Publications, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 420693. Copyright given to Bruns Publications, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" (19.1 cm x 26 cm)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: historical
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Pages: 1
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Ty Cobb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Ty Cobb
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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The Dreaded Doxol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Doxol (villain, introduction, death)
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In Content Item: FlagContinuum #7 published January 2009
as The Dreaded Doxol [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Th' boss wants ta see me...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Armstrong the Lumberjack
Character(s): Armstrong (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Only appearance of the "Armstrong the Lumberjack" feature.
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The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Yarko; Rocco (villain, introduction); Judge Lawton (introduction); Mrs. Lawton (introduction); Gail Martin (introduction)
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In Content Item: FlagBlue Beetle #1 published January 1940
as The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #2 published September 2007
as The judge's wife and the smugglers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The art has more Eisner touches than Powell.
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Shorty and Suzy are visiting Mr. De Welth...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty; Suzy; Mr. de Werth
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Artist credit of Jerry Iger per the Quality Companion (2011), page 13.
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The Case of English Eddie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Patty O'Day
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In Content Item: FlagRex Dexter of Mars #1 published January 1940
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Council of Vampires

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Doctor Fung; Luigi Bishop (villain, introduction, death); Anya Bishop (villain, introduction, death); Council of Vampires (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Powell signs in the final panel.
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Buddy Learns About the Pirates' Weapons

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Old Uncle Caleb; Buddy
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Ambushing the Smoky Hill Stage

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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Tex Mason; Rat-Eye (villain, introduction); Schmidt (villain, introduction); Beggs (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 5
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Claw Woman; Rooster Bridegroom!; Eats 'Em Alive; A Full-fledged Soldier at Ten!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Wonders That Are True!
Character(s): Michael Page; Rameses II
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Don Quixote; Sancho Panza
First Line: Look yonder, Sancho! it looks like a dungeon - let us look into this!
Synopsis: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza explore a subway train.
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Pages: 2
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The Battleship Disasters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): K-51; Senor Anza (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime
Character(s): Mob Buster Robinson; Capino (villain, introduction)
First Line: We're Takin' Over Dis Town, See?
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Pages: 4
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The Blackie Morgan Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tom Barry of the Royal Mounted
Character(s): Tom Barry (introduction, a mountie); Blackie Morgan (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Only appearance of the "Tom Barry of the Royal Mounted" feature.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Ralph Bellamy; Shirley Temple; Ben Turpin; Irene Dunne; Benny Leonard
First Line: Ralph Bellamy refuses to have a stand-in for dangerous parts...
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Doom in the Gold Mine

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): "Spark" Stevens
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mystery Men Comics #1
First Line: Boys and Girls! Be sure to get the new Mystery Men Comics
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In Content Item: FlagSupermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] published February 2009
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Promotional house advertisement for Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #1 (August 1939).

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