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Issue: Star Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1937
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagChesler / Dynamic
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Chesler Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 50 (44 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry "A" Chesler
Disclose Notes: Credits from American Comic Strip collections by Dennis Gifford.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 8 3/8" x 11 3/8"
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Dick Ryan (signed)
Dick Ryan (signed)
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Subject Matter
The family got so large we had to...
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Saint Patrick

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
biography
One-page biography of Saint Patrick.
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FlagDynamic Comics #3 published February 1942
as Saint Patrick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Inside front cover: green and orange color over black-and-white art only.
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Jest For Fun

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Fred Schwab; Dick Ryan
Fred Schwab; Dick Ryan
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typeset
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Ryan (signed)
Dick Ryan (signed)
Dick Ryan (signed)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Bows and Arrows
All right!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dick Ryan
Dick Ryan
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Pokey Forgets to Remember
Pokey
Pokey wrote a play one day
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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Subject Matter
humorous
Joe Ticket the PIcket
Joe Ticket
Don't patronize this building
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Bottom 1/4 of page is ad for Mead bicycles.
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Botanical Burps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
W. C. Brigham [as Brig]
W. C. Brigham [as Brig]
W. C. Brigham [as Brig]
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Subject Matter
Professor McScrewy
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Daniel Boone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Rafael Astarita
Rafael Astarita
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Subject Matter
biography
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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Subject Matter
humorous
Riggin' Bill
Riggin' Bill
Come on Bill, the sailors said...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
I'm The Guy
Polly Tix the parrot; Riggin' Bill
Be back at six bells!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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Subject Matter
humorous
Jingle Jingle
Said Mary to the farmer
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dick Ryan
Dick Ryan
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Court of Inhuman Relations
Hear ye!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dick Ryan
Dick Ryan
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Bear Facts
I wish you'd speak to Tommy
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Sidney Carton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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H. C. Kiefer ?
H. C. Kiefer ?
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Subject Matter
historical
Sketches From Dickens
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Detective Shultz's Derby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rafael Astarita
Rafael Astarita
Rafael Astarita
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typeset
Subject Matter
Detective Shultz
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Nutty Fagin
Nutty Fagin
Yippee I'm an eagle
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Bottom 1/4 of page is ad for Butterfingers candy bar.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Benvenuto (signed)
Benvenuto (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Ima Sphinx
Ima Sphinx; Mrs. Gawk; Ima's daughter
Mama's in the kitchen, Mrs. Gawk.
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Signed in last panel.
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He Who Serves Progress Serves the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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H. C. Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed)
H. C. Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed)
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Subject Matter
biography
James Watt
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Signed in last panel.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dick Ryan
Dick Ryan
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
School Daze
Glad that's over
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Officer Clancy
Officer Clancy
Yoo hoo Officer Clancy
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Rafael Astarita
Rafael Astarita
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Ad-Ventures
To the advertising circus...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Ryan (signed)
Dick Ryan [as Uncle Dick] (signed)
Dick Ryan (signed)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Bug-Ville
All the big bugs will be there
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FlagJest Comics #10 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Belly-Laughs
Hmmm--it don't weight much
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0.75
Four one-panel gag cartoons. Bottom 1/4 of page is ad for six joke books via mail-order.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Rafael Astarita (signed)
Rafael Astarita (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
Round Table Adventures
King Arthur and his gallant band...
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FlagCarnival Comics #[13] published January 1945
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Clemens Gretter
Clemens Gretter
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?
Subject Matter
Topsy-Turvy
Topsy and Turvy lay dreaming...
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FlagJest Comics #10 published January 1944
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Outside of Duty

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ken Fitch
Clemen Gretter
Clemen Gretter
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typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Dan Hastings
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ken Fitch
Clemens Gretter
Clemens Gretter
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Dan Hastings
On Mexady, a small planet...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
King Kole's Kourt
But, King, this drought has become indeed serious
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Prince
Ugh!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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Subject Matter
humorous
Wilbur
Oh boy!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dick Ryan
Dick Ryan
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Kat Nips
Oh, mommy!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Joe McGee
Joe McGee
Boy-oh-boy what an eyeful!
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The logo for this comic strip in this issue is spelled "Joe M'Gee." Bottom 1/4 of page is ad for Baby Ruth candy bars.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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H. C. Kiefer
A. D. Kiefer
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Subject Matter
biography
Words That Echo Through the Mists of Time
Jean Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
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River of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Creig Flessel
Creig Flessel
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dick Ryan
Dick Ryan
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Shinanigans
I wish I could skate
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Cheerio Minstrels
We bring to you a minstrel tune...
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FlagJest Comics #10 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dick Ryan
Dick Ryan
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Runt and Tuffy
He looks like a kind man
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FlagKomik Pages #1 (10) published April 1945
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Behind the Scenes
It's the well dressed man that gets ahead
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Bottom half of page is an ad for a mail-order watch.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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John Lindermayer
John Lindermayer
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Penny Aunty
And the horoscope said this was my lucky day!
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Ready to Eat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Jack Potts
Jack Pott
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Logo on this comic strip in this issue reads "Jack Pott" (singular). Bottom 1/4 of page is an ad for Baby Ruth candy bars.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
?
?
Subject Matter
Bingo
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Stars and Stripes
Don't slip we still got 400 yards to go
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This strip takes up the left 3/4 of the page (vertically). The right 1/4 is an ad for a mail-order kayak sold by Mead.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Creig Flessel
Creig Flessel
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Subject Matter
Sources of Famous Quotations
Brutus, sincerely troubled...
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab ?
Fred Schwab ?
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?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Willie
So! Bad again...
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0.75
Bottom 1/4 of page is an ad for Butterfingers candy bars.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab ?
Fred Schwab ?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
When Father Was a Boy; When Mother Was a Girl
And then over the horizon could be seen...
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Credits
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Subject Matter
Do You Know Why?
The jack rabbit, when pursued by hounds...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Bingo
Boy-oh-boy I've et about eight bucks
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Tell Me Mr. Wise Guy
In your travels round the world
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
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Subject Matter
We'll be seeing you in the April issue
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House ad for Star Ranger Comics. Inside back cover, green and orange color only.

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