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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)

Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Red Ryder

Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver

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Pages: 1

Notes: Also King of the Royal Mounted, Alley Oop, Capt. Easy, Freckles and Fighting Yank

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Clyde Lewis ?

Penciller(s): Clyde Lewis

Inker(s): Clyde Lewis

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Herky

Character(s): Herky

First Line: Will you please wrap that as a gift?

Synopsis: Herky is going to buy a Christmas present for Eloise

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Pages: 1

I knowed we shouldn't trusted that Mystery Mesa woman!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed) ?

Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed) ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Red Ryder

Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Patchy; Mesa Girl

Synopsis: Red and friends are captured by the Mystery Mesa people

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Pages: 10

Job Number: R.R.C. 23-451

Notes: © 1942 by N.E.A. Service Inc
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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Jim Gary [as Gary] (signed)

Inker(s): Jim Gary [as Gary] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): King of the Royal Mounted

Character(s): King; Franz (professor); Betty; Cawkins; Kid; Inspector; Shark (smuggler); Wolftooth

First Line: While arresting pearl-smuggling Shark's henchman...

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Pages: 7

Notes: Produced by Stephen Schlesinger, Inc. © 1940 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Edgar Martin

Penciller(s): Edgar Martin

Inker(s): Edgar Martin

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Boots

Character(s): Pug

First Line: Doggone!

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An orange and a banana, too!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Roy Crane

Penciller(s): Roy Crane

Inker(s): Roy Crane

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, war

Feature(s): Captain Easy

Character(s): Captain Easy; Liska; Penny

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Pages: 7

Wait'll I lay hands on him!

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Ernest Lynn [as Henry Lee]

Penciller(s): Henry Schlensker [as Henry Lee]

Inker(s): Henry Schlensker [as Henry Lee]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Biff Baker

Character(s): Biff Baker; Nick; Dean Clark; Hans

Synopsis: Biff hops aboard a train to catch the nazis

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Pages: 7

Hi-yah, Red Ryder!

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Little Beaver

Character(s): Little Beaver; Red Ryder; Po-ko; Smut Waldan; Mike Curran

Synopsis: Little Beaver and Po-ko chasing the outlaw Smut Waldan

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Pages: 2

Friendly Natives

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Bob Jenney

Inker(s): Bob Jenney

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, war

Feature(s): The Fighting Yanks

Character(s): Pal Peyton; Buck Banning; Snorky York

First Line: Night shrouds the jungle and the Fighting Yanks.

Synopsis: The Yanks get help from the natives to launch an outrigger canoe

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Pages: 6

Notes: This episode appears online at https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=29186

Du Bois writer credit per Du Bois markers, and per page 87, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (Michigan State University Libraries 1985) 203 leaves ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy of computer printout. -- Call no.: PN6727.D77 A2S35 1985, which states:

"The Fighting Yanks. 6p. For Red Ryder Comics #23. Submitted August 14, 1944."

Du Bois markers and identifiers:

LANGUAGE: Pidgin English. Page 4, panels 6,7,8; page 5, panels 1,3,4. Du Bois writes extended dialogue in Pidgin English here.

FRIENDSHIP. Page 4, panels 5,7. Friendship is established between the Fighting Yanks and the people native to the island.

TRADE. Page 5, panels 1,3,4. Trade is established between the Fighting Yanks and the people native to the island. Here, the Yanks, by killing the enemy (Japanese soldiers) have momentarily nullified the Japanese hostility to the natives; they then go on to provide them with weapons with which to defend themselves against future Japanese hostility, in exchange for an outrigger sailing canoe for the castaway Yanks to move on in.

RACE / CULTURE.
• Page 3, panel 2.
The caption describes the Japanese soldiers as "the little brown creatures."
• Page 4 panel 6.
Pal calls out to the natives, "We fella friends belong black fella."
• Page 5, panel 2.
Snorky's ignorance shows, as he says to Pal, "Are you sure these guys ain't cannibals, Captain? I don't like the looks of this stew." Pal sets him straight, saying, "Don't worry, Snorky...Rua-tua is Christian, and these chunks in the stew are purple yams."

CHRISTIANITY/RELIGION. Page 5, panel 2. Religion is a frequent element in Du Bois scripts; and favorable presentation of (tacit, or, as here, overt) Christian faith is also found in his scripts.

CULTURAL EDUCATION. Page 5, panel 2. Cultural didacticism takes the form of identifying a food in the diet of the South Sea Islanders.

NAUTICAL/SEAFARING TECHNICAL VOCABULARY. Page 5, panels 1,3,8; page 6, panels 2,8. The vocabulary he gives us here, to look up on our own (except proa, and Seaplane tender), are:
• Proa (an outrigger sailing canoe)
• Halyard (a rope used to hoist a sail)
• Comber (a long curling sea wave)
• Seaplane tender (a ship that supports the operation of seaplanes).

The attention lavished by Cleopatra...

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): V. T. Hamlin

Penciller(s): V. T. Hamlin (signed)

Inker(s): V. T. Hamlin (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Alley Oop

Character(s): Alley Oop; Ooola; Doc; Bronson; Wonmug

Synopsis: Alley Oop and friends meet Cleopatra in Egypt

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Pages: 4

Everybody all right?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Merrill Blosser

Penciller(s): Merrill Blosser (signed)

Inker(s): Merrill Blosser (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): Freckles and his Friends

Character(s): Freckles McGoosey; Lard Smith

Synopsis: Freckles and Lard are moving the car in bits and pieces

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Pages: 4

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Edgar Martin

Penciller(s): Edgar Martin

Inker(s): Edgar Martin

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Boots

Character(s): Boots; Pug

First Line: Honest t'gosh

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Merry Christmas-Boots

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Edgar Martin

Penciller(s): Edgar Martin (signed)

Inker(s): Edgar Martin (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Boots

Character(s): Boots; pug

Synopsis: Pug is praying at Christmas

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Pages: 1