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Issue: Sideshow #1
Publication Date: January 1949
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Avon Periodicals, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/26/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 29 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1950, page 121

Adult/risque humor in comic book format.
See also: Bachelor's Diary (Avon, 1949 series) in similar format.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Four Color interiors; full color cover
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint interior; full color cover
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-shot
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Male and Female of the Species Quiz

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: We're from the Arrow Matrimonial Bureau.
Synopsis: Six men arrive at a woman's door to inform her the matrimonial bureau has instructed her to choose one of them and send the rest back.
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Summer Sideshow

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): George Ruckas (signed); George La Mendola (signed); Ali (signed)
Penciller(s): George Ruckas (signed); George La Mendola (signed); Ali (signed)
Inker(s): George Ruckas (signed); George La Mendola (signed); Ali (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Explain to him again the part about no hitting below the belt!
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bo Brown (signed); Jeff Keate (signed); Eric Erickson (signed); James Mack (signed)
Penciller(s): Bo Brown (signed); Jeff Keate (signed); Eric Erickson (signed); James Mack (signed)
Inker(s): Bo Brown (signed); Jeff Keate (signed); Eric Erickson (signed); James Mack (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm glad Eddie's finally outgrown the age when his face was always...
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): W. Engel (signed)
Penciller(s): W. Engel (signed)
Inker(s): W. Engel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Gretchen
First Line: I like you, Gretchen.
Synopsis: While lying on the floor, a man compliments his girlfriend Gretchen because he feels so relaxed around her.
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Whodunit?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Maynard
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
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Characters in the Biggest Show

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mel Heimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Sid Greene (signed); J. Monahan (signed); Dave Gerard (signed); ? [as Ron] (signed)
Penciller(s): Sid Greene (signed); J. Monahan (signed); Dave Gerard (signed); ? [as Ron] (signed)
Inker(s): Sid Greene (signed); J. Monahan (signed); Dave Gerard (signed); ? [as Ron] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: When you hear the musical note...
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In the Good Old Days!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 2
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Sideshow Salutes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Rita Hayworth; Al Jolson; Bob Hope; O'Hara Jones
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Fun-Pun Crossword

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Daffynitions

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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: But I like it here - have I got to be saved?
Synopsis: An actor playing a man stranded on an island with two beautiful women asks his film director why his character would want to leave.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): They'll Do It Every Time
First Line: Otis Oatbin, handicapper for the Daily Trombone...
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Reprint Notes: from They'll Do It Every Time daily (King Features) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
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Pages: 1
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The Specialist

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Paul Adams
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as A. Oifjeld] (signed); ? [as A. Ronson] (signed)
Penciller(s): ? [as A. Oifjeld] (signed); ? [as A. Ronson] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as A. Oifjeld] (signed); ? [as A. Ronson] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: No, you haven't kept us up...
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Vaudeville Comes Back

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
Character(s): Snuffy Smith; Zeeke
First Line: Snuffy -- I writ a song ballat about yore gran'pappy...
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Reprint Notes: from Barney Google and Snuffy Smith Sundays (King Features) xxxx-xx-xx
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All in Fun

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Raye] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Raye] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Polly and Her Pals
First Line: Don't be sech a pessimist, paw!
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Alfred Rosenberg (signed); Ben Roth (signed); Henry Boltinoff (signed); Eric Ericson (signed)
Penciller(s): Alfred Rosenberg (signed); Ben Roth (signed); Henry Boltinoff (signed); Eric Ericson (signed)
Inker(s): Alfred Rosenberg (signed); Ben Roth (signed); Henry Boltinoff (signed); Eric Ericson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes; Doctor Watson
First Line: Elementary, my dear Watson!
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Murdock
First Line: Miss Murdock, have you no gift at all for small talk?
Synopsis: A man is disappointed that his girlfriend is more interested in romance than conversation.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): E. Simms Campbell; Arthur Ferrier (signed)
Penciller(s): E. Simms Campbell; Arthur Ferrier (signed)
Inker(s): E. Simms Campbell; Arthur Ferrier (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: The doctor said I looked anemic
Synopsis: Two comic strips with the same punchline, one from the New York Journal American, the other appearing weeks later in the London News of the World.
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Sideshow All-Around

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Gag cartoons with reader-submitted punchlines.
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Slip-Ups

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bruce Patterson (signed)
Inker(s): Bruce Patterson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I'd pull your hair out if I weren't afraid the color would come off in my hands!
Synopsis: One dancer threatens another.
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Disclose Notes: On inside back cover.
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You, Too, Can Have a Bachelor's Fun

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Bachelor's Diary on back cover.

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