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Issue: The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #43
Publication Date: January 1959
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Issues: #43 of 46 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/04/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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The Doom Express!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Gil Kane
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, nature
Feature(s): Rex the Wonder Dog
Character(s): Rex; Danny
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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The Doom Express!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, nature
Feature(s): Rex the Wonder Dog
Synopsis: On a train trip cross-country, Danny tries to get the attention of movie starlet Jean Adair, while Rex drools over Fifi, her dog. Rex knocks down train robbers, stops a runaway horse, saves Danny from getting run over, but nothing impresses the snooty Fifi. Until at the very end, Danny carries Jean over a puddle, and Rex helps Fifi. Then they're heroes!
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: A lion! Run, Shorty!
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Feature(s): Columbia
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Do You Know the Legend of Superman?

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Feature(s): Superman
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Formula for Success!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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Stop That Litterbug!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Carmine Infantino
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, nature
Feature(s): Detective Chimp
Synopsis: The Sheriff is looking for two crooks hiding in town. But Bobo is caught up in the "Oscaloosa Clean-Up Week!" urging people to pick up litter, so he grabs a bag and starts stuffing. The crooks sneak around to get a letter of credit to a bank to cash in. The letter blows away and - yup - Bobo bags it. The crooks chase him, try to grab him, get their hats stove in - and are arrested. Bobo wins first prize as the "Official Paper-Picker of Oscaloosa!"
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
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Dromas, Terriers, Pheasant, Gorillas

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Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Curious Animal Names!
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Toy Dog

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Genres: nature, non-fiction
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The Smallest Dog on Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, nature
Feature(s): Rex the Wonder Dog
Synopsis: Rex keeps a scientist, John Rayburn, company as he mixes a formula to restore eyesight. But a squirrel contaminates the formula so Rayburn shrinks to bug-size. Rex drinks it to rescue him. They dodge an owl and fox until they can return to the lab and mix an antidote. The animals deserves the award, "the squirrel for making the discovery - and you, Rex, for saving my life!"
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Disclose Notes: The story is probably inspired by the 1957 movie, "The Incredible Shrinking Man".
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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