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Issue: Star Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1937
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Issues: #4 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagChesler / Dynamic
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Chesler Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 43 (39 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Hardie
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 8 3/8" x 11 3/8"
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Inker(s): Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Colorist(s): Bob McCay
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Nemo in Slumberland
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Disclose Notes: The cover is by Winsor McCay, Jr., son of the creator of Little Nemo in Slumberland. You can tell it is not his father's work because the female characters are not drawn the same. Winsor McCay Jr. is also known as Bob McCay (his real name was Robert Winsor McCay).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rafael Astarita; Fred Guardineer; Jim Chambers; Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Rafael Astarita; Fred Guardineer; Jim Chambers; Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Rafael Astarita; Fred Guardineer; Jim Chambers; Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Rafael Astarita; Fred Guardineer; Jim Chambers; Fred Schwab
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mirth-Parade
First Line: Do you promise to love and obey?
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Pages: 1
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The Brown Derby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan
Inker(s): Dick Ryan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ryan
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Shinanigans
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In Content Item: FlagKomik Pages #1 (10) published April 1945
as The Brown Derby [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Laughing Hyena

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Penciller(s): Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Inker(s): Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Colorist(s): Bob McCay
Letterer(s): Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Impy
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Riggin' Bill
Character(s): Riggin Bill
First Line: The sea was calm that summer day...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): I'm the Guy
Character(s): Polly Tix the parrot
First Line: Liars one and all of them
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor McScrewy
First Line: Professor, what side is a cow milked on?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan
Inker(s): Dick Ryan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ryan
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Jungle Town Show-Boat
First Line: To-night only!
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Topsy Turvy
First Line: As they traveled around there they noticed...
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Pages: 2
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Baldy's Hair Tonic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jack Potts
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan
Inker(s): Dick Ryan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ryan
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Bows an' Arrows
First Line: --And remember, good folks...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): King Kole's Kourt
First Line: Ya gotta economize or I'll throw the key...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Prince
First Line: Hi ya princess, ol' gal?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Third Class Male
First Line: Hey Eddie--address this to Jones and Jones, Cincinnatti
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Romer
Penciller(s): Romer
Inker(s): Romer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Romer
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bib and Tucker
First Line: I can only stay a little while...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rafael Astarita
Penciller(s): Rafael Astarita
Inker(s): Rafael Astarita
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Rafael Astarita
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Round Table Adventures
First Line: The gallant little jester lad...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Nutty Fagin
First Line: Reverse engines, two men adrift!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan
Inker(s): Dick Ryan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ryan
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Court of Inhuman Relations
First Line: Quiet!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Guardineer [FBG]
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer [FBG]
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer [FBG]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fred Guardineer
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Voice of the People
First Line: Dear sir, you guaranteed that your clothes couldn't be worn out.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Arthur
First Line: Shtop it!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer ?
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ima Sphinx
First Line: I don't like to talk...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan
Inker(s): Dick Ryan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ryan
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Bear Facts
First Line: Now remember, Tommy, you are a Boy Scout...
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Martin Chuzzlewit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Karl Kiefer
Penciller(s): Karl Kiefer
Inker(s): Karl Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Sketches From Dickens
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Pages: 2
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The Mad Martian

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Fitch
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Dan Hastings
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Fitch
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Dan Hastings
First Line: Such wanton destruction!
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Pages: 4
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Napoleon Bonaparte

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H. C. Kiefer
Penciller(s): A. D. Kiefer
Inker(s): A. D. Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Words That Ring Through the Mists of Time
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Brain Teasers
First Line: What book does this represent?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Officer Clancy
First Line: Slightly used four sale real cheap
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Biro ?
Inker(s): Charles Biro ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Goobyland
First Line: In Gooby Land the little folks just never grow at all
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Lindermayer
Penciller(s): John Lindermayer
Inker(s): John Lindermayer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Lindermayer
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Penny Aunty
First Line: I'd better bring some hay into the barn
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan
Inker(s): Dick Ryan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ryan
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Pokey Forgets to Remember
First Line: See the countryside from the top of Peek-a-Boo Mountain
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joe Dokes
First Line: Surprise!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jingle Jangle
First Line: The bulldog took a healthy bite
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joe M'Gee
First Line: Ah-choo!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rafael Astarita ?
Inker(s): Rafael Astarita ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ad-Ventures
First Line: The show began and everyone
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Pages: 2
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Down With Capital

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joe Ticket
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Bottom 1/4 of page is an ad for Butterfingers candy bars.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan
Inker(s): Dick Ryan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ryan
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Animal Crackers
First Line: Fire dept.?
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Pages: 0.66
Disclose Notes: 2 one-panel gag cartoons. This strip is printed vertically down the left-hand side of the page. The right-hand 1/3 of the page consists of 4 small ads for mail-order items.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cheerio Minstrels
First Line: Steamboat comin round the bend
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wilbur
First Line: Why the nerve of them!
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer ?
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): When Mother Was a Girl
First Line: The idea of a girl going out with only three petticoats...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: This cartoon appears in the middle third of the page. There is an ad for Butterfingers candy above it and one for Baby Ruth candy below it.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tell Me? Mr. Wise Guy!
First Line: When I ask this I know you'd like...
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer ?
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): When Father Was a Boy
First Line: Get a horse, mister!
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan
Inker(s): Dick Ryan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ryan
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bug-Ville
First Line: Sure 'nough midway huh
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