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Issue: John Wayne Adventure Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1950
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagToby
Brand: Toby PressView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Toby Press, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/24/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date as reported to the U.S. Copyright Office in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Volume 4, Part 2, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1950. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B229122.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US, later issues Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
?; ? (photograph)
?
Subject Matter
western
John Wayne
John Wayne (photograph)
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Miscellaneous
1
Strengthen Liberty

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (public service announcement copy)
Lawrence Wilbur (painting, signed)
Lawrence Wilbur (painting, signed)
?; typeset
Subject Matter
Boy Scouts of America
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.

Public service announcement for the 50th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.

Lawrence Wilbur's painting reproduced in black and white. Signature in lower right corner is nearly unreadable as a result.
The Battle of the Giants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gil Kane
Joe Certa ?
?
?
Subject Matter
western
John Wayne
John Wayne; Bonanza Bill; Tom; Hank Howell; Gib Horn; Gib's manager; several unidentified cowboys
As a last minute substitution, John Wayne fights boxing champ Gib Horn.
Reprinting
FlagJohn Wayne Adventure Comics #31 published May 1955
as The Battle of the Giants [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
Horses of the Old West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Tells the history of horses and Native Americans.
Reprinting
FlagHe-Man #1 published May 1954
as Horses Of The Old West" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Vanishing Stagecoach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
western
John Wayne
John Wayne; Bonanza Bill; Monica; Monica's Sheriff father (death); Judge Ray Bilban; Marshal Green
John finds himself investigating a missing U.S. Marshal and a stagecoach full of gold bullion.
Reprinting
FlagJohn Wayne Adventure Comics #31 published May 1955
as The Vanishing Stagecoach [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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10
A Man Called Bat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ern Stanley
typeset
Subject Matter
western
John Wayne
John Wayne; Bat (villain); Roscoe (villain)
John Wayne takes down Bat and his partner Roscoe.
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Miscellaneous
2
Navajo Nonsense

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mel Lazarus
Mel Lazarus
Mel Lazarus
Mel Lazarus ?
Mel Lazarus ?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.8
Five cartoons involving Navajo Native Americans.
Don't Miss the Next Issue of John Wayne Adventure Comics...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
?; typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.2
Promotion for the next issue's contest to win a free television.
Draw!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Frank Frazetta
Frank Frazetta
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Items of interest involving gun fighting.
Reprinting
FlagBilly the Kid Adventure Magazine #1 published October 1950
was Guns - Facts about Firearms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Blue Lightnin' Twins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Frank Frazetta ?; Al Williamson ?
Frank Frazetta ?; Al Williamson ?
?
?
Subject Matter
western
John Wayne
John Wayne; Jeb Rackely (villain); Bonanza Bill; Johnny Montana
Jeb Rackely takes on John Wayne in a duel over Johnny Montana's notorious six-shooters.
Reprinting
FlagJohn Wayne Adventure Comics #31 published May 1955
as The Blue Lightnin' Twins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
John Wayne's Fighting Face!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photograph of John Wayne)
? (photograph of John Wayne)
typeset
Subject Matter
western
John Wayne
John Wayne
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.

Photograph of John Wayne from one of his Western movies.
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
war
John Wayne
Sergeant John M. Stryker (photo of John Wayne)
John Wayne in a scene from his latest picture...
Back cover. In black and white. Promotion illustration of John Wayne as Sergeant John M. Stryker in the movie (Sands of Iwo Jima, 1949).
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Miscellaneous
1

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