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Issue: John Wayne Adventure Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1950
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Issues: #2 of 31 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagToby
Brand: Toby PressView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Toby Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/24/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date as reported to the U.S. Copyright Office in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Volume 4, Part 2, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1950. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B229122.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, later issues standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Strengthen Liberty

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (public service announcement copy)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

Public service announcement for the 50th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.

Lawrence Wilbur's painting reproduced in black and white. Signature in lower right corner is nearly unreadable as a result.
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The Battle of the Giants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Tom; Hank Howell; Gib Horn; Gib Horn's manager
Synopsis: As a last minute substitution, John Wayne fights boxing champ Gib Horn.
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In Content Item: FlagJohn Wayne Adventure Comics #31 published May 1955
as The Battle of the Giants [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Horses of the Old West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, western
Synopsis: Tells the history of horses and Native Americans.
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In Content Item: FlagHe-Man #1 published May 1954
as Horses of the Old West [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Vanishing Stagecoach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Monica; Monica's Sheriff father (death); Judge Ray Bilban; Marshal Jack Green
Synopsis: John finds himself investigating a missing U.S. Marshal and a stagecoach full of gold bullion.
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In Content Item: FlagJohn Wayne Adventure Comics #31 published May 1955
as The Vanishing Stagecoach [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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A Man Called Bat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): John Wayne; Bat (villain); Roscoe (villain)
Synopsis: John Wayne takes down Bat and his partner Roscoe.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Navajo Nonsense

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Five cartoons involving Navajo Native Americans.
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Don't Miss the Next Issue of John Wayne Adventure Comics...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Promotion for the next issue's contest to win a free television.
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Draw!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, western
Synopsis: Items of interest involving gun fighting.
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From Content Item: FlagBilly the Kid Adventure Magazine #1 published October 1950
was Guns - Facts about Firearms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Blue Lightnin' Twins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Jeb Rackley (villain); Johnny Montana
Synopsis: Jeb Rackley takes on John Wayne in a duel over Johnny Montana's notorious six-shooters.
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In Content Item: FlagJohn Wayne Adventure Comics #31 published May 1955
as The Blue Lightnin' Twins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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John Wayne's Fighting Face!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph of John Wayne)
Inker(s): ? (photograph of John Wayne)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): ? (photo of John Wayne)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Photograph of John Wayne from one of his Western movies.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Sergeant John M. Stryker (photo of John Wayne)
First Line: John Wayne in a scene from his latest picture...
Synopsis: Back cover. In black and white. Promotion illustration of John Wayne as Sergeant John M. Stryker in the movie (Sands of Iwo Jima, 1949).
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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