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Issue: Famous Funnies #46 Public Domain
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/15/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 53 (35 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stephen Douglas
Disclose Notes: Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday pages in their original format or five daily strips to the page. The dates of publication of these strips have, in practically all cases, been removed.

On sale date from the previous issue's “Let's Get into a Huddle” page.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: earlier issues standard Golden Age U. S.; later issues Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Sam Smithers; Pigtails
Hey! Don't feed the animals!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
childrens
Dorothy "Babe" Bunting
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Miscellaneous
1
Full page pin-up.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles J. Dunn [as GAR] (signed)
Charles J. Dunn [as GAR] (signed)
Charles J. Dunn [as GAR] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Dumb-Bells
I will let you have this clock for half the catalogue price!
Reprinting
from Dumb-Bells daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.33
Two daily gag panels.
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Boris Karloff

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bruno Thompson
Bruno Thompson
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?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Screen Oddities
Boris Karloff
Reprinting
from Screen Oddities Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.67
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Omigosh! A black cat!
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Miscellaneous
1
Four unrelated gag panels.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Woozy World Tours
Lookout! We're coming to a curve!!
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Miscellaneous
0.25
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Butty and Fatty
Fatty
Oops! There goes that bonnet of mine again...
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Miscellaneous
0.75
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Powell (credited)
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Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Roy Powers; Dillon; Chunky; Clark
Nice going Dillon! Not trying to run us down, by any chance, were you?
Reprinting
from Roy Powers daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1937-12-06 - 1937-12-28
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Douglas
Steve Douglas
Steve Douglas
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Subject Matter
Let's Get Into a Huddle!
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Nipper
Nipper Tucker; Ruff Bumps; Muriel
Is Muriel sandpapering you again?
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is “Footprints on the Sands of Time”, by the same creator.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Footprints on the Sands of Time
Bill
Bill's mother sends him running to the 5 and 10c store...
Reprinting
from Nipper Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the “Nipper” Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Hurricane Hawk; Little Jerry; Lieutenant Craig; Silky Sims
Imprisoned in a natural dungeon-like canyon, a strange figure flashed out a message...
Reprinting
from Skyroads daily (John F. Dille Co.) 1936-03-21 - 1936-04-13
Miscellaneous
4
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The Space Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
Harry Hollingsworth; Rudolph Rassendale (villain); Belinda Blinks
A few twists and off goes those hangers-on!
Harry and Belinda are chased by strange beasts on an alien planet.
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is "High-Gear Homer", by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
High-Gear Homer
State your business, please!
Reprinting
from Hairbreadth Harry Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Hairbreadth Harry" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Nowlan
Dick Calkins
Dick Calkins
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?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Wilma Deering; Buck Rogers
Marooned on one of the moons of Pluto, I set to work building a series of great signal fires
Reprinting
from Buck Rogers Sunday (John F. Dille Co.) 1937-02-14 - 1937-03-07
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
We'll come back tomorrow.
Reprinting
from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
1
Six unrelated daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rex Collier (credited)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
War On Crime
Harry Brunette; Vandenbush; State Trooper Wiliiam Turnbull
Brunette and Vandenbush fled with their loot
Reprinting
from War On Crime daily (The Ledger Syndicate) 1937-07-24 - 1937-08-27
Miscellaneous
3
True crime story.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto; Pigtails
Zounds! Chief, two tickets to the next town would eat up all the profits!
Reprinting
from Big Chief Wahoo Sumday (The Publishers Syndicate) 1937-02-07
Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens
Dickie Dare; Lily; Dan Flynn; Wags; Walla-Walla
Wow, Tubby! Here we are in a tough jam an' you play th' mouth organ!
Reprinting
from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures) 1935-08-30 -1935-09-22
Miscellaneous
4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
adventure, childrens
Patsy Cardigan; Thimble; Uncle Phil Cardigan; Catfish Betz
Gee Uncle Phil. I wonder what could have happened to Thimble?
Phil Cardigan explains how the Ghost Train scam was staged.
Reprinting
from Adventures of Patsy daily (The Associated Press) 1935-09-25 - 1935-10-06
Miscellaneous
2
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Arminius

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
historical
Arminius
Reprinting
from Highights of History Sunday (The Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
A. W. Nugent
A. W. Nugent
A. W. Nugent
?
?
Subject Matter
Funland
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Miscellaneous
1
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Knows A Fellow In Stripes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Jitter
Reprinting
from Jitter daily (A. A. Kelleher Syndicate)

#1 - Knows A Fellow In Stripes
#2 - Takes His Weekly Tubbing
#3 - Sticks His Nose In
#4 - Gets Delivery Service
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
"Holly" of Hollywood
Holly
Only five dollars
Reprinting
from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The top tier of the “Keeping Up With the Joneses” Sunday page, by the same creator.
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Yes, Spring Is Here!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Aloysius P. McGinis; Clarice McGinis; Elmore
Reprinting
from Keeping Up With the Joneses Sunday (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The top tier is “”Holly” of Hollywood”, by the same creator.
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Above the Clouds

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Miss Annie S. Peck
Reprinting
from Sports Novels Magazine (Popular Publications)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Animals in the News
Woman wills fortune to pet cat
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Miscellaneous
0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Frog Pond Ferry
The Skipper
That awful cat took another poor fish out of the pond today!
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Miscellaneous
0.67
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
adventure, historical
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Cedric; Constance Considine
It's election year in Maple Island!!
Reprinting
from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures) 1936-05-07 - 1936-05-31
Miscellaneous
4
Script previously credited to Ralph Briggs Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Seaweed Sam the Rhyming Rover
Alexander the Great; Nero; Napoleon Bonaparte; Julius Caesar; Christopher Columbus; Sir Walter Raleigh; Sitting Bull; Seaweed Sam
Well, boys and girls, Sam upset the bottles...
Sam is confronted by famous figures from the past.
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Chief Wahoo; The Great Gusto; Pigtails; Mister Swank; Ammonia
Howdy. Just stopped by to show you my new super-dooper Six!
Reprinting
from Big Chief Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1936-0x-25
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, drama
Olive Lane; Brad Nelson; Skip Allen; Mt. Palsor; Whitey Paul
You've been working pretty hard,Olly!
Reprinting
from Olly of the Movies daily (The McNaught Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Scorchy Smith; General Armara; Knucks Maddox
Scorchy gets all the soldiers out on the railway trestle - then he scribbles a note
Reprinting
from Scorchy Smith daily (The Associated Press) 1935-06-12 - 1935-06-21
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage; Mame; Sadie Snoffle
I want my estimate to get to the Bridge Co. before Jones & Co. send theirs!
Reprinting
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is “The Back-Seat Driver”, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
John Smith; Mrs. Smith [both unnamed here]
John, I need a new fur coat!
Reprinting
from Somebody's Stenog Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Somebody's Stenog" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, drama
Bobby
Bobby Lott; his mother
You tell me you saw the kid, but he ran away from you.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, western
Mescal Ike; Miss Sally; Pa Piffle
Yuh can't fish here!
Reprinting
from Mescal Ike daily (Associated Newspapers)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Magic Made Easy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Hungry Rooster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Uncle Elby; Napoleon
Uncle Elby is trying to plant crops but a rooster keeps eating the seeds.
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
pantomime; wordless comic
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Horseshoe, New York
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A series of cartoons based on "Odd and interesting names...of towns and cities" (description from the first panel).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens
Mrs. Timmons; Tom; Dorothy "Babe" Bunting; Dr. Mills; Mrs. Chester; Inspector Dick Keen; Mrs. Crumpet; Polly Young
Mrs. Timmons we see yer light actin' queer last night
Babe is sick and marooned at the lighthouse. Dick and Miss Young try to sail out to her, but the weather isn't cooperating.
Reprinting
from Babe Bunting daily (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fred Balk
Fred Balk
Fred Balk
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Punky
And I resolve never to run away from home again.
Reprinting
from Punky daily (AP Newsfeatures)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, drama, humorous
Connie Kurridge
That's the old Marlin farmhouse
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate) 1935-09-22
Miscellaneous
0.8
The bottom tier is “The Wet Blanket”, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
I'm going to pitch for Sunville...
Reprinting
from Connie Sunday (The Ledger Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
0.2
The bottom tier of the "Connie" Sunday page, by the same creator.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
He's been doing a lot of worrying lately
Reprinting
from Life's Like That daily (Consolidated News Features)
Miscellaneous
1
Six unrelated daily gag panels.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Queenie
Queenie; Aunt Prunella
Oo-o-oh! A full box of candy!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Cobra Confession

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, drama
Dale Sanford; Austin James; Wasserman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Homer Hoopee; Pedro; Pasquale; Doc
Well, I'm all alone now - A man without a past!
Homer is wandering the southwest with amnesia.
Reprinting
from Homer Hoopee daily (The Associated Press) 1935-06-17 - 1935-06-27
Miscellaneous
2
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
You told me to bring in the coal, didn't you?
Reprinting
from The Gay Thirties daily (The Associated Press)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Hello, how would you like me to show you a trick with that fine ball?
Reprinting
from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Sam Snake
Sam Snake
So charming!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Butty and Fatty
Butty; Fatty; Spunky Dory
Well, to go on with my story...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.8
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arnold
Arnold
Arnold
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Amaze A Minute
The Great Leaping Lemur
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
copyright the Bell Syndicate

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