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Issue: Juke Box Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1948
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Issues: #5 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: This Is a Famous Funnies PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Printed by the Eastern Color Printing Co. Covers printed and books bound by The Curtiss Way Corp., Meriden, Conn.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Moore
Inker(s): Ed Moore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Alvino Rey; Margaret Whiting
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Margaret Whiting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube
Penciller(s): Phil Berube
Inker(s): Phil Berube
Letterer(s): Phil Berube
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Feature(s): Sweetheart of the Juke Box
Character(s): Margaret Whiting
Synopsis: Profile of Margaret Whiting.
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Pages: 1
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Alvino Rey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Moore
Inker(s): Ed Moore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Alvino Rey; Lee DeForest
Synopsis: Young Alvino Rey applies his knowledge of electronics to music.
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Pages: 4
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Lawrence Welk...The Dance at Wizard's Gulch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jimmy Thompson
Inker(s): Jimmy Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jimmy Thompson
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Lawrence Welk
Synopsis: Lawrence finds that his band is booked to play in a ghost town.
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Pages: 3
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Randy Brooks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Henry C. Kiefer
Inker(s): Henry C. Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Randy Brooks; Rudy Vallee
Synopsis: Randy is forced to choose between music and basketball.
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Pages: 4
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Your Record Review

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Reviews of records by Tommy Dorsey, Margaret Whiting, Billy Eckstine, John Laurenz, The Squadronaires, Gordon MacRae, Spike Jones, Helen Forrest, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Stone, Perry Como, Barclay Allen, Vera Lynn, Dick "Two-Ton" Baker, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Bob Houston, Lionel Hampton, Frankie Laine, Muriel Adams, Sam Browne, Patti Page, Ray McKinley, The Starlighters, Johnny Desmond, Anne Shelton, Ray Bauduc, Art Tatum, King Cole Trio, Noro Morales, Larry Adler, Jack Fina, Freddy Slack, Mark Warnow, Frank DeVol.
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Carmen Cavallaro The Poet of the Piano

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Thompson
Inker(s): Al Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Carmen Cavallaro; President Franklin Roosevelt
Synopsis: Carmen reminisces about some the wacky things that have happened to him.
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Cab Calloway Dean of American Jive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Fasano
Inker(s): Jerry Fasano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Cab Calloway
Synopsis: Cab throws a dinner party and discovers that he left his wallet in his hotel room.
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Charlie Spivak

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Fasano
Inker(s): Jerry Fasano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Charlie Spivak; Mrs. Brown
Synopsis: Charlie honors the woman responsible for his tag of "the man plays the sweetest trumpet player in the world."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Roy
Inker(s): Mike Roy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jivey and Grovy
Character(s): Jivey; Groovy
First Line: oh, honey! My hero! What a man!
Synopsis: The gang goes skiing and meets an egotistical skiing champ.
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Sam Donahue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jimmy Thompson
Inker(s): Jimmy Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Sam Donahue; Berry Foster
Synopsis: Sam finds an unexpected fill-in whe he goes on a one night stand.
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Duke Ellington

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Duke Ellington; Flo Ziegfield
Synopsis: A brief account of Duke Ellington's career.
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Ginny Simms, Ella Fitzgerald, Ted Weems, Perry Como, Mel Torme

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube
Penciller(s): Phil Berube
Inker(s): Phil Berube
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Phil Berube
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Ginny Simms; Ella Fitzgerald; Ted Weems; Perry Como; Mel Torme
Synopsis: Caricatures, portraits and anecdotes of several musical stars with the focus on Ginny Simms.
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The Three Suns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jay (signed)
Inker(s): Jay (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Al Nevins; Morty Nevins; Artie Dunn
Synopsis: How The Three Suns got together and caused a traffic jam with their first performance.
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Lena Horne, Sammy Kaye, Guy Lombardo, Peter Lind Hayes, The Three Suns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Phil Berube
Penciller(s): Phil Berube
Inker(s): Phil Berube
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Phil Berube
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Lena Horne; Sammy Kaye; Guy Lombardo; Peter Lind Hayes; The Three Suns
Synopsis: Caricatures, portraits and anecdotes about different musical stores.
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Morey Amsterdam America's First Josh Dickey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Fasano
Inker(s): Jerry Fasano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Morey Amsterdam; Gallant Bess
Synopsis: Morey interviews a horse on his radio show.
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Milena Miller, Miguelito Valdes, Vic Damone, Johnny Long, Harry James

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Phil Berube
Penciller(s): Phil Berube
Inker(s): Phil Berube
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Phil Berube
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Character(s): Milena Miller; Miguelito Valdes; Vic Damone; Johnny Long; Harry James
Synopsis: Caricatures, portraits and anecdotes of several musical stars.
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Make MOney with Your Own Juke Box Bank

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Merchandising Company
Synopsis: Coin bank that flashes "It's Wise to Be Thrifty", but it doesn't play music.
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America's Greatest Junior Typewriter Value!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): American Merchandising Company
Synopsis: Ad for the Simplex POrtable Typewriter. Only $2.98 postpaid.
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Beginners! Experts! America's Finest Harmonica

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jim Major, the Harmonica Man
Synopsis: Ad for a harmonica and an illustrated instruction course.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Johnny's Solid Smashes in One Super-album!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Capitol Records
Character(s): Johnny Mercer
Synopsis: Ad for Johnny Mercer's latest Capitol Album CC-101.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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