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Issue: Zoot Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1946
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Indicia Publisher: Fox Feature Syndicate, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/02/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Release date from Catalog of Copyright Entries.
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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 ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero
Pussy Katnip
Pussy Katnip; Cosmo Cat
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The cover features a character in a Cosmo Cat costume, but he doesn't resemble the actual Cosmo Cat character.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Look for this sign
House ad for Fox comics, with cover reproductions of Rocket Kelly 1, Zoot Comics 1, Blue Beetle 33, All Top 2, Green Mask volume 2 number 4.
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Black-and-white, inside front cover.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ellis Chambers ?
Ellis Chambers ?
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Senor Tamale
Senor Tamale; The King
This is an interesting place maybe I'll find some excitement here!
Senor Tamale sees a sign offering a reward of $1,000 to anyone who can make the King laugh. He gives it a go and, after countless fails, he makes the King laugh, and collects his reward. On his way home he is stopped and told that to leave the kingdom there will be a $1,000 tax, much to his chagrin.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
J. L. Keen (signed)
J. L. Keen (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Walter the Waiter
Walter the Waiter; Horseradish (a talking horse)
I ask for horseradish and he brings me each of both!
Incapable of holding down a job, Walter and Horseradish are noticed by a theatrical producer who promises them a huge salary to work for his vaudeville show. Horseradish loses his voice due to a cold and they are both tossed out on the street. Walter returns to being a waiter and his immediate foul-ups result on them both back out on the streets yet again.
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Miscellaneous
6
Bobby's Adventure In The Land of "Down-Under"

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ken Row
typeset
Subject Matter
childrens
Bobby
Bobby; Uncle Bill; Hoppy (kangaroo); Itchy (koala bear); Eaglebeak (cockatoo); Plunk (platypus)
When Bobby was six years old, he travelled all the way to the...
6-year old Bobby has fun exploring Australia.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Dee] (signed)
Ellis Chambers ? [as HC] (signed)
Ellis Chambers ? [as HC] (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Senor Tamale
Senor Tamale; El Murdo
I guess I'll walk into town and see what's cooking!
Senor Tamale heads to town and meets up with a marauding bandito, El Murdo, who can not shoot straight. He sneaks up on the bandito, hurls a large rock at the back of his head, knocking him out, then heads on his way.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Jack Lane] (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Jaguar
Jaguar (aka Jaguar Man) [Murray Mane]; Ja-Go (a jaguar); Dr. Carol Topaze; Sliver (villain); Turtle (villain)
No one gives Murray Mane, keeper of the zoo, a second thought as he quietly attends to his tasks
Crooks Sliver and Turtle steal some atomic radium from the lab of Dr. Carol Topaze. In order to hide it they throw it into a cave at the zoo. As Dr. Topaze arrives, the crooks retrieve the radium. Jaguar Man, and Ja-Go pursue them across city roof tops as the crooks escape in a helicopter. When they finally land, Jaguar Man and Ja-Go attack, apprehend the crooks, return the radium to the doctor, and deliver the crooks to jail. Jaguar Man then resumes his secret identity as Murray Mane, zoo keeper.
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Miscellaneous
6
Jack Lane is a house name and not the name of an actual person.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
teen
Stubby
Stubby; Abigail; Freddy; Dippy
Isn't it amazing what some people will do for money, Frederick!
Dippy desperately needs a date for his cousin, Abigail, who is coming to the school dance. A reluctant Stubby gives in and agrees to be her blind date. When she turns out to be a knockout Stubby and Freddy both sabotage each other to keep her attention.
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6
Roscoe Goes Fishing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Baldwin
Baldwin
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Roscoe Bear
Roscoe Bear
Roscoe catches fish all day just to find that a lazy possum ate them all.
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Miscellaneous
1
No dialogue, just symbols and musical notes. Most of the Roscoe stories are unsigned, but at least one is credited to "Baldwin." This could be either Robert Baldwin or W.F. Baldwin.

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