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Issue: Buster Crabbe #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #2 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand: Lev Gleason PublicationsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Junior Readers' Guild Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/30/1953
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: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harold Straubing
Disclose Notes: On sale date from The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe (Lev Gleason, 1953 Series) #1 (December 1953-January 1954).
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Alex Toth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dark of the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Mike Peppe; John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, science fiction
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Want a picture of Buster Crabbe?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lev Gleason
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Readers can write in and receive a free picture of Buster Crabbe.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Photo of Buster Crabbe shown. Top half of page is an advertisement.
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The Jungle of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Leav (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Leav (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, celebrity
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Character(s): Griggs (villain); Professor Johnson; Janet Johnson; Buster Crabbe
First Line: Hurry up. Griggs!
Synopsis: Griggs and two other escaped convicts cross paths with Professor Johnson's search for a lost city.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The lost city may be Mbebi (aka Ntoh Firloo), the original palace built for the Fon when the Nso people migrated from the Lake Chad area (in what, at the time of the story, was British Cameroons). The island the convicts escaped might be Fernando Po Island.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lev Gleason
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hi gang: I certainly have a lot of news for you this month.
Synopsis: Statement from Lev Gleason to readers urging them to support the comic book, watch Buster Crabbe on television, start fan clubs, etc.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Best of All--Christmas Gift

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Subscription form for THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF BUSTER CRABBE.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover of issue 1 is reproduced. Also a drawing of Santa Claus.
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Killer On the Loose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, western
Feature(s): Buster Crabbe
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmerica's Greatest Comics #11 published January 2005
as Killer on the Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencils previously credited to Bill Walton.

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