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Issue: Approved Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1954
 
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Publisher: FlagSt. John
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: St. John Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Witch Doctor

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Norman Saunders (painting)
Norman Saunders (painting)
Norman Saunders (painting)
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Subject Matter
jungle
Wild Boy
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Miscellaneous
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Art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Consumers Mart
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Miscellaneous
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On the inside front cover.
The Witch Doctor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Hodge
Paul Hodge
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Subject Matter
jungle
Wild Boy
Wild Boy; Zabba (witch dodtor); Aarg (gorilla leader); Chief Kambala; Lura (chief's daughter); Keeto (friend)
Wild Boy and his pal Keeto battle a maddened gorilla to defeat the evil plans of Zabba, the witch doctor.
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FlagWild Boy #11 [2] published April 1951
was The Witch Doctor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Paul Hodge is credited to Wild Boy on pencils and ink by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and compared with signed work in various Marvel comics, this must be him, as the other possible, Frank Kramer credited by Vadebonceur to some other Wild Boy stories is quite different. The eyes here are placed far apart, and the ears are special and identical to signed Hodge art. Also the sideview of the face of the witch doctor compare favorable with Hodge work. His work has many similarities with Charles Raab, but Raab is not credited to Wild Boy.
Great Volcanoes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mike Becker ?
Mike Becker ?
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Subject Matter
informational
Some of the over two thousand volcanic eruptions in recorded history.
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Miscellaneous
1
Becker is credited to work in Wild Boy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and it could be him when looking at faces and inking.
Star of the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Hodge
Paul Hodge
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?
Subject Matter
jungle
Wild Boy
Wild Boy; Keeto (friend); Timba (panther); Kaw (falcon); Fred Cartier (filmmaker); Lola Martin (film star); the Kamokos (hostile pygmy tribe); Zarkow (renegade white trader)
Wild Boy and a filmcrew are captured by Zarkow and his hostile pygmies.
Reprinting
FlagWild Boy #11 [2] published April 1951
was Star of the Jungle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Same art as the preceding story.
Fire When Ready

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, jungle
Dave Moss; Abu Sidi; M'Bongo
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FlagWild Boy #11 [2] published April 1951
was Fire When Ready [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Jungle Drum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Irv Novick
Bernard Sachs
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?
Subject Matter
jungle
Joe Barton
Joe Barton; Mr. Parmalee; his daughter Nan; her fiance Cecil Hathaway
Joe Barton leads a safari in the jungles of Congo.
Reprinting
FlagWild Boy #11 [2] published April 1951
was Jungle Drum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Irv Novick and Bernard Sachs are both credited to "Joe Barton" by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the faces in close up looking backwards, and with arched eyebrows are like Novick's work. The inking by Sachs match his credited work in early "Mystery in Space" #3.
The Return

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Hodge
Paul Hodge
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?
Subject Matter
jungle
Wild Boy
Wild Boy; chief of the Kowi tribe; Jogo (his nephew) ; Koller (Jogo's white friend)
The chief's nephew, Jogo, returns to the jungle to drive a diamond mine that only brings misery to his people.
Reprinting
FlagWild Boy #11 [2] published April 1951
was The Return [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Same art as on the other Wild Boy stories in this issue.
Buzz Baxter Rides Again

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
Artistic Card Co.
Short comic strip on how to make money by selling cards.
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Miscellaneous
1
Terrific Value!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Lucky Products
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Miscellaneous
1
On the inside back cover.
Get Prizes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
American Seed Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
On the back cover.

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