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Issue: New Adventure Comics #5 (17)
Publication Date: July 1937
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Issues: #5 (17) of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/07/1937
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 34 (23 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Indicia says "VOL. 2 No. 5", while the cover has No. 17.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1937, New Series, Volume 32, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 343380. Submitted as "New Adventure Comics" and as issue number v2#5 to the Copyright Office.

The last known issue to appear the Catalog of Copyright Entries until after the Wheeler-Nicholson bankruptcy in 1938, indicating the series probably stopped being submitted for copyright registration by Wheeler-Nicholson after this issue.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Character(s): Boy (chased by bear)
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The Comic Headliner!

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Feature(s): More Fun Comics
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The Train Robbery, Part 17

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers
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Pearl of the Bleeding Heart, Part 1

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Feature(s): Nadir, Master of Magic
Character(s): Nadir; Arcot; Sir Thomas Ellsworth
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sam the Porter
First Line: You knows so much 'bout hist'ry...
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An Open Letter

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Feature(s): Detective Comics
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Feature(s): The Embossogram Company
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Episode 12

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Golden Dragon
Character(s): Ian Murray; Doris Whipple; Pan Chi-Lou
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The Revenge of Devachan, Part 5

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Adventures of Steve Conrad
Character(s): Steve Conrad; Myra; Devachan (villain); Tangi (villain)
Synopsis: Steve is rescued by a monkey.
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First Line: Since last month we have been practically overwhelmed here at Headquarters, with letters from J. F. M. C. Special Operators asking for further instructions in the matter of organizing Secret Outposts, Squads, and Divisions.
Synopsis: The column gives more detail about how local Junior Federal Men Clubs should be structure and organized, including some roles within the club and their duties. It also emphasizes the importance of physical and mental acuity for club members. Readers are encourage to write in about what they want to read about on the monthly club pages.
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Disclose Notes: The second page includes a clip-and-mail coupon that could be sent, along with 10 cents, to "enlist" in the Junior Federal Men Club. Those who joined received a badge, certificate and Operator's number.
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Episode 15

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Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Captain Quick
Character(s): Kendal Quick
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Andy Handy
First Line: Git out o' here!!
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Casabianca, by Felicia Dorothea Hemans

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Feature(s): Famous Poems Pictured
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Busty
Character(s): Busty (only appearance)
First Line: She loves me she loves me not
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Feature(s): International Good Neighbor Club
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Murder at the Thousand Bleeding Dragons, Part 4

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Sergeant Carey of the Chinatown Squad
Character(s): Sgt Carey; Sleepy
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laughing at Life
First Line: You ought to try the Hotel Biltmore...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sinker
First Line: Sinker, that new animal arrived...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofo the Great
First Line: I'm f'm th' Evening-Journal!
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Episode 11

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Feature(s): She
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Disclose Notes: adapted from the H. Rider Haggard novel
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Episode 14

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Genres: historical
Feature(s): A Tale of Two Cities
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Disclose Notes: adapted from the Charles Dickens novel
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ol' Oz Bopp
First Line: The first thing in th' morning I'll have Oz beat th' rugs!
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Episode 17

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Genres: historical
Feature(s): The Vikings
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Feature(s): Worth-While Pictures to Watch For
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Frank Mc. Hugh

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Feature(s): Straight from Hollywood
Character(s): Frank McHugh; Jack Benny; Gracie Allen
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Rajah Maharajah, Part 13

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sandor and the Lost Civilization
Character(s): Sandor; Rajah Maharajah (villain); Benar
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Episode 4

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Monastery of the Blue God
Character(s): Douglas Stewart; Elsa Von Saxenberg; Sgt. Miller; Corporal Drenof; Von Bolander (villain)
Synopsis: Captain Stewart is assigned to the intelligence service in Peking, China.
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The Tsin Lee Incident, Part 4

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dale Daring
Character(s): Dale Daring; Captain Brewster; Ali; Tsin Lee (villain)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chikko Chakko
First Line: Why do you stare at me...
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The Case of the Clueless Crime

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): "Blackie" Farrow (villain); Federal Men [Don Kenyon (death)]; Nate Lane (antagonist)
First Line: Upon entering his apartment one evening, Federal Man Don Kenyon is murdered by an unknown killer
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Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Things You Ought to Know
First Line: Takes in air through nostrils...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sinker
First Line: Boy! What a swell day to go fishing!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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