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Issue: Star Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1937
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Issues: #5 of 6 Issues
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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: 41 (37 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: STAR COMICS is published monthly by CHESLER PUBLICATIONS, INC., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial and Executive Offices, 276 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter March 1, 1937 at post office, St. Louis, Mo., under act of March 3rd, 1879 Subscription price, 12 issues in the United States and its possessions, and Canada, $1.00. Foreign countries, $2.00. Single copies, 10 cents.
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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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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Nemo; Impy
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Genres: childrens
First Line: And remember on the glorious Fourth of July...
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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: What a nice neck for a sky rocket runway.
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Nemo; Flip; Doctor Pill; Princess of Slumberland
First Line: I love to lie abed and dream.
Synopsis: While going to bed, Nemo thinks of his Slumberland friends.
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Disclose Notes: Previously attributed to Winsor McCay, but does not come from his Little Nemo strips - further, the Princess' face does not follow his style, but rather that of his son's - Winsor McCay, Jr.
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Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Riggin' Bill
First Line: You --
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First Line: Com'on! Shake a leg!
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Hit Me in the Eye

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Impy
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Genres: adventure
First Line: No waitin', no delay, show starts right away!
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Genres: humorous, sports
Character(s): Foxy Grandpa
First Line: Don't tell Grandpa we have these invitations...
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In Content Item: FlagJest Comics #11 published January 1945
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On Sit-Down Strike

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jack Potts
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First Line: And tonight we have Dolly Elephant...
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Genres: childrens
Character(s): King Kole
First Line: Through the kingdom Old King Kole was hustling...
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Sleepwalking

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Character(s): Prince
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor McScrewy
First Line: Where was Moses when the light went out, Professor?
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First Line: Young Mickey Gooby's Pa and Ma said camping he could go...
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The Burning Glass

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Genres: historical
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First Line: Spying a house on the side of the road...
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Are you here? Say I thought I fired you?
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In Content Item: FlagMolly O'Day #1 published February 1945
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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: And just what is the trouble?
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Penny Aunty
First Line: How in the world did you get there Penny Aunty?
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First Line: Boy that was a swell picture!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ima Sphinx
First Line: Oh, boy, can my car step!
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Human Document

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lt. Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Gloria; Bob; Lord Hugh Withering; Hanz Raskow (villain)
First Line: Look in the visor plate, Dr. Carter
Synopsis: Dan, Dr. Carter. Gloria and Bob take advantage of their enemies' distraction to escape to hide in a secluded cabin in the Canadian woodlands. Dan goes to the Canadian ministry of war to secure reinforcements, while Dr. Carter studies the enemy's ray gun.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 #[nn] published February 2009
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David Copperfield

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Character(s): Bib; Tucker
First Line: Huh, those children again!
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First Line: Now came the act they all enjoyed...
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Disclose Notes: Uses same characters as Curtiss Candy ads, but Curtiss products never mentioned.
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First Line: Just hear that steamboat whistle blow...
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In Content Item: FlagAuthentic Police Cases #1 published February 1948
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Officer Clancy
First Line: I say stop! Stop!
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Forgets to Remember

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Pokey
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First Line: The teacher said to Johnny Jones...
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Joe Dokes
First Line: Do you give gas here?
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Wilbur
First Line: By gum! This will never do.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Joe McGee
First Line: Com'on up Joe, I think I smell gas.
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First Line: Did you ever at the beaches hear a beauty say...
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First Line: I brought a rattle for for the baby
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Feature(s): Brain Teasers
First Line: What book does this represent?
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First Line: Who's singing bass all of a sudden?
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First Line: Dear sir, I sent four pairs of socks...
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I think we better have our picnic someplace else!
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: That gang of swamp cromers kept th'whole village awake.
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In Content Item: FlagCarnival Comics #[13] published January 1945
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]recolored, feature logo re-designed and spelled "Bugville" instead of "Bug-Ville" in the original
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