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Issue: Crackajack Funnies #42 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #42 of 43 Issues (44 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/14/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Oskar Lebeck
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1941 by K. K. Publications, Inc.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas ?
Inker(s): Frank Thomas ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Owl
Character(s): The Owl [Nick Perry]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover is most certainly Thomas' work, and, if so, is his last for the series.
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Pasted Down

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Penciller(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Inker(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
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Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover in black, white and red.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Thomas ?
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Owl
Character(s): Owl [Nick Terry]; Owl Girl [Belle Wayne]; Chief Murphy; Officer Dozey O'Toole; Soto; Seth; Tuffy Hulks (villain)
First Line: Good-bye Mr. Warden
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Car Tuning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Penciller(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Inker(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Jack Potts
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Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Plugged Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Penciller(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Inker(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
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Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois
Penciller(s): John Hampton
Inker(s): John Hampton
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cyclone
Character(s): Cyclone; Midge; Don Manuelo McCarthy; Sandy Waters
First Line: No, McCarthy--I'm not taking any charity job
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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One Man Invasion

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Hal Bittner [as Hal BiT] (signed)
Inker(s): Hal Bittner [as Hal BiT] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Harry Lister; Tod Lister
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Artist signature combines the "l" and "B", making it look like HaBiT.
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"Nearly a month after their Halloween adventure"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Crusoes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank V. Martinek (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Don Winslow
Character(s): Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Leather; Feather
First Line: Since a mysterious explosion aboard the battleship Michigan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Brice (credited)
Inker(s): Robert Brice (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bob and Bill
Character(s): Bob; Bill
First Line: So this is how you got here, Bob
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Stratosphere Jim
First Line: In the secret hangar in the Rockies
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Bedlam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Penciller(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Inker(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Tough Break

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Penciller(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Inker(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
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Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Ellery Queen
Character(s): Ellery Queen; Nikki Porter
First Line: Take a motion picture of that, Ellery
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: next appearance in ?
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Chambers (credited)
Inker(s): Jim Chambers (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Clyde Beatty
Character(s): Clyde Beatty; "Cockney" Welles; Tomas; Hupo; Connor
First Line: Hunting wild animals in the unexplored jungles of the Amazon River, Clyde Beatty and his helpers trap a pair of spotted jaguars
Synopsis: Clyde and his assistants fly the newly-captured jaguars to the steamboat.
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Pages: 6
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Merry Christmas from Bill Holman and the Alarm Clucks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Penciller(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Inker(s): Bill Holman (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover
Character(s): Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Cookie Stover; Earl Stover; Spooky (a cat)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover in black, white and red.

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