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Issue: The Weekender #3
Publication Date: September 1945
 
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Indicia Publisher: Rucker Publications Ltd.
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Volume: 1
Pages: 52
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18 (14 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: 8.25" x 11" (#3); 7.5" x 10.7" (#4); 7.7" x 10.25" (v2 #1)
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
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The Weekender

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Thomson (signed)
Thomson (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, superhero
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Miscellaneous
1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
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1
indicia states The Weekender Vol. 1 #3. Published bi-monthly by Rucker Publications Ltd. Toronto. Printed by the Globe Printing Company
inside front cover ad for book Learn Lighting Ju Jitsu.
[untitled]

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Illustrated News
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Miscellaneous
2
2 pages of b/w photographs with text
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Charles Sultan
Charles Sultan
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Subject Matter
superhero
Mr. E.
Mr. E; King Kolah (a god, introduction); "Messengers of Justice" (three blackbirds that appeared in answer to prayers to Kolah and could turn into a human figures, introduction for all); Miss Terry (introduction); Dorrence (introduction); Dorrence's mother (introduction); Ricci (villain, introduction); Ricci's gang [Slinky; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all, some die)
Dorrence Hangs Tonight For Double Murder
Terry spots an old woman on the street and learns from her that her son is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit, so she takes the woman to see Mr. E. A Messenger of Justice finds the residence of the true gang leader, then alerts Mr. E that the gang is about to leave town after framing the boy. Ricci successfully traps Mr. E at Dorrence's mother's home, but the Messengers of Justice help save the day, and Dorrence is released from prison.
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Illustrated News
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4
4 pages of b/w photographs
Ole Faithful

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
Subject Matter
crime
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Max Plaisted ?
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Dan Hastings
Dan Hastings; Gloria Carter; Bob Carter; Dr. Carter; Max Guddy
Man in his never ending search for new conquests has made the world his universe.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
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Subject Matter
humorous
Insurance Ike
Insurance Ike
Ike, you sap!
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Illustrated News
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3 pages b/w photographs with 1 page text.
The Return of Dr. Strange

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Dan Hastings
1 page text story
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The Coming of the Sky Chief

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Charles Sultan ?
Charles Sultan ?
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Sky Chief
Sky Chief
The Sky Chief secret aerial operative for the G-Men smashes through a ring of saboteurs to stop the mysterious destruction of American clipper planes.
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Illustrated News
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3 pages of b/w photographs and 1 page text
Music Soothes the Savage Beast

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Scoop Daily
Scoop Daily teaches the Sarge how playing the harmonica can win the war.
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1
one page text story with illo
The Park Prowler

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Ken Battefield ?
Ken Battefield ?
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Subject Matter
adventure
The Echo
The Echo
Who was the mad monster that prowled the park after midnight? The Echo sought the grisly answer altho he knew he would need a more deadly strategy than his amazing power of ventriloquism.
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Miscellaneous
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Midnight Present

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Major Victory
Major Victory
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1
Cover story?
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
Subject Matter
Illustrated News
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Miscellaneous
2
2 pages of b/w photographs
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
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inside back cover ad for books about mystic powers
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
ad for dance instruction books
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Miscellaneous
1
On back cover of comic.

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