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Issue: Bang-Up Comics #2
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #2 of 3 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagProgressive Publishers
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Progressive Publishers Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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FlagMen of Mystery Comics #44 published January 2004 as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Cosmo Mann
Character(s): Cosmo Mann; the Nazis
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lady Fairplay
Character(s): Lady Fairplay [Mary Lee] (school teacher); Clem Jones (old man); Emmy Jones (old man's wife); the Loathers (villains); Loather's servant (villain)
First Line: The incredible feats of Lady Fairplay during the past few weeks.....
Synopsis: Mary is out for a drive after classes were over when it starts to rain. As she puts up the convertible top on her car, she sees an old man reeking of alcohol who says that he has escaped from a nearby home run by the Loathers. When he tells her that there have been six mysterious deaths at the home due to various accidents, Mary decides that Lady Fairplay should look into the matter, discovering that the Loather's were arranging accidents on their clients to collect their insurance.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Dick Star of the F.B.I.
Character(s): Dick Star; Pinky
First Line: You'll never find a clue in that fire, Dick
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Pencil and inks credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who in American Comic Books.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Jeff Barter
Character(s): Jeff Barter; Ted Collins; Abu Rhang (slave trader)
First Line: Hurry you guys - Here they come!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Laff Parade
First Line: Tomorrow night it's my turn to sleep upstairs!
Synopsis: 5 one-panel gag cartoons.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Tentative art credit based on a comparison of Vin Sullivan art on "Potts the Butler" in Big Shot 10 with these cartoons.

Keith Chandler: This is definitely Sullivan's style.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rick Masters
Character(s): Rick Masters; Skinny; Princess Iris; General Drack
First Line: Rick and Skinny, his sidekick, have rescued Princess Iris of Hatvia from the invader forces under General Drack, Hatvian "Quisling!"
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Buzz Balmer
Character(s): "Buzz" Balmer; Professor Balmer; Hermann (Nazi spy); Adolf (Nazi spy); "Gun-Sight" Sullivan; Major Stanley
First Line: Remember me? "Buzz" Balmer?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Yager signs in the penultimate panel.
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Mystery in a Cemetary

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Maybe you don't believe in ghosts...
Synopsis: In a burial vault in a Barbados cemetary, coffins are repeatedly jumbled with no explanation.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Everything Happens to Homer
Character(s): Homer; Bill
First Line: Look, Bill--I won the grand prize at the bank night in the movie!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler: This is definitely Sullivan's style.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fun for the Money
First Line: Goody! Goody! Now we can locate that leaky pipe...
Synopsis: 5 one-panel gag cartoons.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four unrelated gag panels, plus a four panel story involving a baby and a postman.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventure, Incorporated
Character(s): Johnny Pierce; Bud White
First Line: Johnny Pierce and his partner, Bud White, have set up a company whose purpose it is to do any job, anywhere, and any time.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Bails credits Ed Moore with writing, pencilling and inking this strip.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cosmo Mann
Character(s): Cosmo Mann; Archy; Commander Darke; Joan Stenson
First Line: Flying high over the city and heading out to sea...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencil and inks credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who in American Comic Books.

Keith Chandler : While the chisled features of the characters do resemble Dworkins' style (as well as that of Sam Hill, who signed the Cosmo Mann story in the first issue) the final panel has a signature which is definitely not Dworkins or Hill. Unfortunately it is printed black on dark blue and is not completely intelligible. It appears to read 'J ?Roy ?Ga...'

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