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Issue: Buster Crabbe #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1953
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
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Indicia Publisher: Junior Readers' Guild Inc.
On Sale Date: 1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harold Straubing
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Character(s): Buster Crabbe (photo)
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Pages: 1
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A Personal Letter to You from Buster Crabbe

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Buster Crabbe]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Buster Crabbe; Lev Gleason
Synopsis: Facsimile letter from Buster Crabbe to readers of his new comic book from Lev Gleason, "just about the best publisher in the juvenile and comic field."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover, black & white. Features a photo of Buster Crabbe and a photo of Lev Gleason.
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The Jungle Talks Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Character(s): Buster Crabbe; Roger Prince/Ford (dies); "Tiny" Prince; Petey; Helen Prince (dies); Hank Buckley (mentioned); Captain (villain, dies); first mate Ferris (villain, dies)
First Line: I'll fix you, Crabbe!
Synopsis: When the Princes see a newspaper article that African explorer Buckley has spotted a white wild boy in Portuguese Guinea, they persuade Buster to go with them to find their son, who has been missing for 5 years.
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Pages: 9
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Buster Crabbe: One Terrific Swell Guy

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lev Gleason
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Synopsis: Biography of Buster Crabbe and a solicitation for letters from readers.
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Pages: 2
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First Line: 1000 Fun Things to Do!
Synopsis: House ad for CHILDREN'S VERY OWN magazine.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Cover reproduction of issue 2 (December 1953). Top half of page is an advertisement.
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Dead Man's Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
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Pages: 8
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I Cover Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Martinott [as Martinott] (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Martinott [as Martinott] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Character(s): Buster Crabbe (Professor of Ichthyology); Johnny Phelps (one of Crabbe's students); King Nemonalus (of Mars); Astros (a Martian explorer); Demondon (a Martian explorer); Feros (villain, a Martian explorer)
Synopsis: Martians are ready to attempt a fifth expedition to the planet Earth, hoping to have better luck than the previous four, which had met disaster. Feros is highly skeptical, believing that no human life could exist on a planet that is filled with deadly oxygen poisoning. When Astros and Feros land on Earth, Feros knocks out Astros, traps Crabbe and Phelps, and returns them to Mars while demanding a court-martial for Astros for cowardice. Feros is made the new King of Mars, and attempts to have the Earthmen killed along with former King Nemonalus before the truth be known.
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Pages: 8.66
Disclose Notes: The last 1/3 of page 9 is a promotional advertisement for the next issue of The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe, on sale November 30th.
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First Line: Look for the next issue
Synopsis: Ad for next issue of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF BUSTER CRABBE "on sale throughout the world--November 30th!"
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Pages: 0.34
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What's the Use!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mortimer; Millie; Harry
Synopsis: Scrawny Mortimer tries body-building to attract his crush Millie.
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Bottom half of second page is an advertisement.

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