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Issue: Funny Picture Stories #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1938
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Issues: #7 of 9 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 26 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Hardie [as Uncle Joe]; Jimmy Strong (assistant)
Disclose Notes: Centaur Publications 461 Eighth Ave, NY NY. Printed at 420 DeSoto Ave St Louis MO.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover: Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grin and Laff
First Line: If he gets that big a kick out of being in stocks...
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don't Look Now
First Line: Don't look now - but I think they're wise to us!!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four one-panel gags cartoons.

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laughing at Life!
First Line: Got any beef stew today?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five one-panel gag cartoons.

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Dick Powell

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Star Dust
Character(s): Dick Powell; Man Mountain Dean
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Set up similar to a Ripley's Believe It or Not cartoon.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Brain Teasers
First Line: What canal is represented here?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: four one-panel cartoons with lame word puzzles and un-appealing prizes for the winners.
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jack Strand
Character(s): Jack Strand; Diana Carlin; Doctor Powers; Marcus Stenzo (Dr. Power's former assistant)
First Line: I'm too old for the task, Jack
Synopsis: Jack and Diana are on a mission for Dr. Powers to make contact with an undersea race that he has discovered. The divers will use Dr. Powers' invention that lets them breath and talk at great depths without any apparatus. Marcus Stenzo wants his former employer's secret discovery to make himself wealthy. Jack and Diana make contact with the undersea race and are captured. Continued next issue.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sweet Revenge
First Line: We have to do something!
Synopsis: Mayor Charlie Bulldog is running for re-election, but is worried by his opponent. The Mayor hires a ne'er-do-well to disrupt the speech and seal the election results.
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Mel Ott

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Sporting Facts
Character(s): Mel Ott (Major League Baseball); Man Mountain Dean; Strangler Lewis
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dinky Pup
First Line: I was down in Greenwich Village, on a quaint old narrow street...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wilbur
First Line: I can't escape from you...
Synopsis: Wilbur makes his plea to a skeptical judge as to why he should be excused from jury duty.
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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Phoney Crimes
First Line: Newspaper man to see you, Sir.
Synopsis: The Phoney Detective is shadowed by a newspaper man intent on learning his methods. The Detective solves a kidnapping case.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): 3rd Class Male
First Line: I better phone the telephone company...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Insurance Ike
First Line: Quick!! - Make me out a Wife Insurance policy!
Synopsis: A wife goes to Insurance Ike to take out an accident policy on her husband who had the accident earlier that day.
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Jim Comes Through

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Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Jim gets passed over by his boss for a promotion, and is later solicited by a shady character in a scheme to rob his employer. Jim goes along with the mysterious thief, but notifies the police. It all turns out to be a ploy by his boss to test Jim's loyalty.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: The Greatest Spectacular of All Times
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Disclose Notes: a center-spread illustration of the Circus, populated with Dick Ryan's usual crew of talking zoo characters.
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Black Night

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: crime
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Pages: 8
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joe Dokes
First Line: This steak is so tough I can't bend the gravy!
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Nothing But the Truth
First Line: He's as dumb as can be, and a general pest!
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Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Roughhouse Annie
First Line: Listen, Bo - I could break you in two!
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Voices in the Dark

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Frank; Joe
Synopsis: Joe and another mugger rob Frank while he's carrying his business' deposit bag. However, Frank used to be Henri the ventriloquist and throws his voice to make the thieves think the police have cornered them.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dusty
First Line: Rooms are eight dollars a week and up...
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): His Highness
Character(s): Eric Hagert
First Line: The restored peace of Kaspiana brings happiness...
Synopsis: Eric goes undercover to thwart an armed revolt against the kingdom.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joe Ticket
First Line: This sign was painted by unfair labor
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On the Air

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Curry; Leary; Mulligan
Synopsis: Curry, an honest political candidate, is set to make a radio broadcast exposing the mob ties of his corrupt opponent Leary. Curry refuses to back down and his argument is accidentally broadcast, exposing Leary's crimes.
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Rattlesnake Gulch

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Genres: western
Character(s): Marty (dies); Jim; Scarface George (crook); Jake (crook); Phil Hart
Synopsis: Scarface George is ambushing men and throwing them into a pit of rattlesnakes but Jim and Phil escape the pit and catch the killers.
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Pages: 4

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