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Issue: Miss America Magazine #2 [20]
Publication Date: June 1946
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Issues: #2 [20] of 82 Issues
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Miss America Publishing Corporation
On Sale Date: 05/07/1946
Volume: 4
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 33 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, No. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-47, p. 240, Copyright number: B18471.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: teen
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction, teen
Character(s): Gail Russell (photo); Guy Madison (photo); Richard Long (photo); Ann Blyth (photo)
First Line: Here are the answers to your own questions…
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Pages: 1.67
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Feature(s): Approved by Miss America
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Pages: 0.66
Disclose Notes: Ad for various clothes and accessories.

Appears on pages 8 (0.33p) and 9 (0.33p).
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Hands Across the Border...

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Pages: 1.49
Disclose Notes: An article about planning a trip to Mexico.

Appears on pages 10 (1p) and 36 (0.49p).
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It's SUNsational!

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Genres: informational
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for swimsuits and beachwear.
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Oh Honey!

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Limping up the road, Penny and I saw the house at the same moment.
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Pages: 3.83
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 14 (1p), 15 (1p), 63 (0.16p), 64 (0.67p), 65 (0.67p), and 66 (0.33p).
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Picture That Now!

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Disclose Notes: Vacation photography tips.

Appears on pages 16 (1p), 17 (1p), and 46 (0.87p).
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Play Days Can Be Pay Days...

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Disclose Notes: Tips for making the most of a summer job.

Appears on pages 18 (1p), 19 (1p), 60 (0.67p), and 61 (0.5p).
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The Dress I Live In...

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Hello, Jo!

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Merry Carr (photo); Jo Stafford (photo)
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Pages: 2.89
Disclose Notes: An interview with singer Jo Stafford.

Appears on pages 22 (1p), 23 (1p), and 44 (0.89p).
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That Girl in the Mirror...

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Disclose Notes: An article about being happy with one's appearance.

Appears on pages 24 (1p), 25 (1p), and 36 (0.5p).
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Oh, the price of fame and fortune!
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Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 27 (1p) and 28 (0.78p).
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Edgar Allen Poe-ms

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First Line: On a midnight dark and dreary, quoth the raven, "MAC is here-y!"
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Disclose Notes: Promo for page 47's announcement of the Miss America Club with an illustration of Edgar Allen Poe.

Appears on page 28.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Mm-mm! It says here that the surest way to a man's heart is through his stomach...
Synopsis: Hedy steals Nancy's boyfriend, Franklyn, but pays a heavy price as the Walkers play a nasty trick on Hedy.
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First Line: MAC is here!
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Disclose Notes: Promo blurb for page 47's announcement of the Miss America Club.

Appears on page 36.
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Genres: non-fiction, teen
First Line: Sometimes, if not oftener…
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Taffy, glancing out the window, Pipes new neighbor Buster Beam
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Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 38 and 39.
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First Line: "MAC is here-y!"
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Disclose Notes: Promo for page 47's announcement of the Miss America Club with an illustration an excited mummy surprising an archaeologist.

Appears on page 40.
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Genres: non-fiction, teen
First Line: Dear Laraine: Could you please help me?
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Pages: 1.6
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 41 (1p), 69 (0.33p), and 70 (0.27p).
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Headache Help

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Body and Soul
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Disclose Notes: Tips for dealing with headaches.

Appears on pages 42 (1p) and 43 (0.6p).
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First Line: It's new!... It's news!
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Disclose Notes: Subscription offer. Includes a small illustration of of two girls reading a book or magazine.

Appears on page 43.
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First Line: MAC is here!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for page 47's announcement of the Miss America Club with an illustration of an airplane writing "MAC is here!" in the sky.

Appears on page 44.
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First Line: The only name spelled wrong in the paper and it has to be mine!
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Disclose Notes: A captioned one-panel cartoon. An angry girl sitting with a school newspaper at an editor's desk yells at another girl standing beside her.

Appears on page 46 alongside the unrelated "Picture That Now!" text feature.
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Miss America Club Is Here!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An article announcing the the Miss America Club and laying out the requirements for starting one's own local chapter.
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It's a Date!

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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dating tips from the two 16-year-old stars of the "Life of Riley" radio program.

Appears on pages 48 and 49.
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Sew What? Sew White!

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Genres: informational
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Disclose Notes: Ad for "Miss America" brand cloth patterns.
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Honorable Mention...

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Genres: informational
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Disclose Notes: Ad for dresses for graduations and the summertime.
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Eileen Barton (photo); Glen Gray (photo)
First Line: Colombia is turning out Dinah Shore records…
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Pages: 2.7
Disclose Notes: Includes a title illustration of a man playing the drums that is signed "millie".

Appears on pages 54 (1p), 71 (0.4p), and 72 (0.67p).
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Loved

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: romantic, teen
First Line: Junie was shy. Boys complained that she was aloof.
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Pages: 3.34
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 56 (1p), 57 (1p), 61 (0.17p), 62 (0.67p), and 63 (0.5p).
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Those Daring Young Girls...

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Pages: 3.67
Disclose Notes: An article about the teenage performers of the Barnum & Bailey and Ringling Bros. circuses.

Appears on pages 58 (1p), 59 (1p), 67 (0.67p), 68 (0.67p), and 69 (0.33p).
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First Line: In appreciation of your wonderful magazine…
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 73 (0.67p) and 74 (0.33p).

Letters from: Joanne Ruffino (New York), Susanne Taub (Plymouth, Massachusetts), Helen Claire Wheat (New York, New York), Mary Jane Lisk (Oswego, New York), Norma Horowitz (Brooklyn, New York), Bernie Ward Hinton (Atlanta, Georgia), Josephine Hall (Newark, New Jersey), and Marjorie Scott (Carlton, Oregon).

Pictures of: Fay Farrell (East Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania), Gretchen Wilbeck (New York, New York), Clara Miller (Detroit, Michigan), and Lorraine Kuschel (Chicago, Illinois).
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Today is March 7.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Editor Goodman states that this column was written on March 7th and that the magazine was typically put to bed about two months before it hit the stands.

Appears on page 74.

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