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Issue: Explorer Joe #2
Publication Date: October 1952
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
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Publisher: FlagZiff-Davis
Brand: Ziff-Davis Comic GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Approved Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Bi-monthly
Content Items: 11 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ben Martin
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Norman Saunders (painting)
Inker(s): Norman Saunders (painting)
Colorist(s): Norman Saunders (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Explorer Joe
Character(s): Joe Thomas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credit for cover from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008).
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Meet Us All Monthly in G.I. Joe

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: war
Feature(s): G.I Joe
Synopsis: Promo for G.I. Joe comic.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.
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Eric the Red

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernie Krigstein
Inker(s): Bernie Krigstein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Explorer Joe
Character(s): Joe Thomas
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In Content Item: FlagHigh Adventure #1 published October 1957
as Eric The Red [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTop Adventure Comics #1 published January 1958
as Eric the Red [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Murder in the Himalayas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Peddy
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Explorer Joe
Character(s): Joe Thomas
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In Content Item: FlagGreat Exploits #1 published October 1957
as Murder in the Himalayas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Planets #18 published January 1964
as Murder in the Himalayas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Challenge

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Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Vitus Bering; Tor Eklund
Synopsis: Story of how the Bering Straits came to be named in 1741.
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Top-Secret Polar Mission

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Carmine Infantino
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dangerous Assignments
Character(s): Tom Deering (intro)
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Pages: 8
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The Devil a Monk Would Be

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Peddy
Inker(s): Art Peddy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Explorer Joe
Character(s): Joe Thomas
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In Content Item: FlagHigh Adventure #1 published October 1957
as The Devil A Monk Would Be [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTop Adventure Comics #1 published January 1958
as The Devil a Monk Would Be [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagClimax Adventure Comic #8 published November 1969
as The Devil a Monk Would Be [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Sherlock Holmes Detective Hat

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Synopsis: Ad for a detective hat from Merchandise Mdsg. Co.
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Electronic Walkie Talkies

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Ad for walkie talkies from Empire Merchandising Co.
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Rocketman

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Ad for Rocketman Televiewer.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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I Gained 53 Lbs.

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Jovett Institute
Synopsis: Ad for Jowett Institute of Physical Training.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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