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Issue: Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #1 [47]

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Publication Date: September 1948

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Issues: #1 [47] of 496 Issues

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Publisher: Flag

George A. Pflaum

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Indicia Publisher: Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher, Inc.

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Volume: 4

Pages: 36

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Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Joseph G. Schaller Jr.

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Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Full Color

Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S., Later Standard Silver Age U.S., Later Still Standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

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Content Items (12 total)

Blondel the Bard of Benevent

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Genres: adventure, historical

Character(s): King Richard the Lionhearted

Synopsis: King Richard is captured by soldiers of Duke Leopold of Austria.

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Pages: 1

Wind and House-Cleaning

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Writer(s): Bill Berry (signed)

Penciller(s): Bill Berry (signed)

Inker(s): Bill Berry (signed)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Otto

Character(s): Otto

Synopsis: After cleaning a room, Otto opens the window, only to have a breeze scatter all the papers on a table.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Pantomime story.

[untitled]

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Writer(s): Jay Griffin

Penciller(s): Earl Lonsbury

Inker(s): Earl Lonsbury

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Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Chuck White

Character(s): Chuck White; Father Carroll; Janie; Joe; Mike; Ross Norton; Jim Durand

First Line: After a summer in Hollywood, Chuck White is back in Steeltown...

Synopsis: Chuck reviews his experiences acting in Hollywood during the summer, then meets two new boys who want his spot on the football team.

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Pages: 6

Notes: continued in next issue. Mention is made of Chuck meeting Roy Rogers, but he does not appear.
Script & art credits from Jerry Bails.

Coach Jim Wolfe and His Holy Trinity Champions

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Genres: non-fiction, sports

Character(s): Jim Wolfe

Synopsis: Tips on playing football intermixed with their applications on the field during a team's winning season.

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Pages: 6

Concert Howl

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Writer(s): Henry G. Felsen (credited)

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Genres: teen

Synopsis: Charmaine tries to get her tomboy little sister dressed up for a concert.

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Pages: 3

Notes: Text story with three spot illustrations.

The Word Detective

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Genres: non-fiction

Synopsis: Origins of four words: buccaneer, maroon, cardinal, and ramp.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Double-spread across the centerfold. Text and illustrations.

The Story of Ruth

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Genres: religious

Character(s): Ruth; Naomi; Booz; Jesse (cameo)

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Pages: 4

Notes: A retelling of the Biblical book of Ruth.

Blondel the Bard of Benevent [Part One]

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Genres: adventure, historical

Character(s): King Richard the Lionhearted; Sir Baldwin; Count Meinhard; Kenneth; Duke Leopold

Synopsis: Returning from the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionhearted and his men are shipwrecked off the coast of Aquileia. After wandering for months, Richard and his men find themselves in Tyrol, the territory of his enemy Duke Leopold. The King is captured by the Duke.

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Pages: 4

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Origin of Oratorio and Opera, the Musical Twins

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Writer(s): Silvio A. Bendini (credited)

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Milestones in Music

Character(s): Father Philip Neri; Count Bardi; Peri; Claudio Monteverdi (cameo); Alessandro Scarlatti (cameo); Jean Lully (cameo); Jean Rameau (cameo); Georg Friedrich Handel

Synopsis: The history of oratorio and opera, ending with a sequence about Handel's "Messiah."

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The Mass

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Genres: religious

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Notes: Facts about the Catholic "Mass." Illustrations and text.

Don't Believe All You See!

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Notes: Inside back cover. Optical illusions including Magic Arcs, Watch the Circles; and the Jumping "X."

Real-Life Action..Electric Football

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Electric Game Co.

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Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for Jim Prentice Electric Football Game, with mail-in coupon. $2.50 from Electric Game Co., Inc., 850 Front St., Holyoke, Mass.