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Issue: 4Most #4 [8]

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Publication Date: January 1943

Detail

Issues: #4 [8] of 36 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Novelty / Premium / Curtis

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 2

Pages: 60

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Stanley Beaman

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Format

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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Content Items (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Al Plastino

Inker(s): Al Plastino

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen, war

Feature(s): Edison Bell

Character(s): Edison Bell

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Pages: 1

Notes: Caricatures of Hitler, Hirohito, and Mussolini appear.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Ye Editors' Page

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Pages: 1

Notes: The top half of the page is an editorial. In it, it is mentioned that "Dick Cole" artist Bob Davis died "well over a year ago" in an automobile accident, and Jim Wilcox has just taken over the strip.

The bottom half of the page is readers' letters and editorial responses.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jim Wilcox

Inker(s): Jim Wilcox

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dick Cole

Character(s): Slag (introduction, villain, death); Elmer Gutz (introduction, villain); Bill (introduction, villain); Chet (introduction, villain); Mr. Kent (introduction); Mrs. Kent (introduction)

First Line: It is a holiday at Farr Military Academy...

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Pages: 18

The Kidnapping of Edison Bell

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ray Gill

Penciller(s): Harold DeLay

Inker(s): Harold DeLay

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Edison Bell

Character(s): Edison Bell

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Pages: 10

Notes: The bottom 1/3 of 5 different pages throughout the story are actually separate diagrams showing readers how to make simple games at home.

Spotto

Activity on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ray Gill

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Edison Bell

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Pages: 1

Notes: This is separate from the Edison Bell story, but is billed as "Edison Bell's Gift to Plane Spotters..." Consists of instructions showing readers how to make a device that projects silhouettes of war planes on the wall, so their shapes can be memorized. This allows civilians to identify friendly and enemy aircraft during wartime.

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Letterer(s): Typeset

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dan'l Flannel

First Line: Gorsh! I ain't heard so much fuss...

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Pages: 10

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Kermit Jaediker

Penciller(s): John Jordan

Inker(s): John Jordan

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Cadet

Character(s): Big Jim Purdy (introduction); Ohokus (introduction); Morton (introduction, villain); Half-Pint (introduction, villain)

First Line: I'm Big Jim Purdy, the oil man...

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Pages: 14

Notes: Signed on first page in lower right-hand corner "Jaediker & Jordan."