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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Milton Caniff (signed)

Inker(s): Milton Caniff (signed)

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Genres: adventure, war

Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates

First Line: - Hmm - maybe this might not be such a bad spot after all!

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Notes: panel taken from story "Part 9: Trail to Adventure".

Leaders Ride Roadmasters

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Feature(s): Roadmaster Bicycle

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Notes: Bicycle ad from Cleveland Welding Company in black and white on inside front cover.

Page also includes issue indicia.

Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado

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Writer(s): C. C. Beck

Penciller(s): C. C. Beck

Inker(s): C. C. Beck

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Feature(s): Tootsie Fudge

Character(s): Captain Tootsie

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Notes: An add for Tootsie Fudge, the precursor of today's Tootsie Roll.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Milton Caniff

Penciller(s): Milton Caniff

Inker(s): Milton Caniff

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates

Character(s): Taffy Tucker

First Line: A Japanese task force attacking an American island base...

Synopsis: While the Americans and Japanese battle over a secret island air strip, Taffy Tucker starts to recover from her amnesia - only enough to wonder how she ended up in the middle of a battle. She joins up with Marine Corp medical unit, and is put to use.

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Part 2 Identity Discovered

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Writer(s): Milton Caniff

Penciller(s): Milton Caniff

Inker(s): Milton Caniff

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates

Character(s): Lt. G.M. 'Taffy' Tucker; Joss Goode; Patrick Ryan

Synopsis: Taffy partially overcomes her amnesia to recover her identity. Meanwhile, her friends Joss and Patrick fight to hold the coast against Japanese ships seeking to establish a beachhead.

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Part 3 Jap Trickery

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Writer(s): Milton Caniff

Penciller(s): Milton Caniff

Inker(s): Milton Caniff

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Character(s): Joss Goode; Patrick Ryan; Taffy Tucker

Synopsis: Joss and Patrick fret over the fate of Taffy Tucker and continue to search for her. They ultimately find her, partially amnesiatic, working at the field hospital. They help her fully regain her memory, and return her to base to face charges of being a Japanese spy.

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Part 4 Grand Re-union

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Writer(s): Milton Caniff

Penciller(s): Milton Caniff

Inker(s): Milton Caniff

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates

Character(s): Col. Flip Corkin; Taffy Tucker; Major Bob Tucker

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Part 5 Meet Grett Murmur

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Writer(s): Milton Caniff

Penciller(s): Milton Caniff

Inker(s): Milton Caniff

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Genres: war

Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates

Character(s): Terry Lee; Taffy Tucker; Grett Murmur (introduction)

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Part 6 Flight Into Danger

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Writer(s): Milton Caniff

Penciller(s): Milton Caniff

Inker(s): Milton Caniff

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates

Character(s): Terry Lee

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Part 7 Crash Landing

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Milton Caniff

Penciller(s): Milton Caniff

Inker(s): Milton Caniff

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates

Character(s): Terry Lee; Taffy Tucker

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Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!

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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Columbia Bicycles

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Notes: ad for Columbia bicycles

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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Reliance Manufacturing

First Line: Look!

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Notes: Boy's wear centerspread ad with an mail-in offer for a compass.

Bike-Hike Quiz

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Fisk Bike Tires

Synopsis: boys use their bikes to tour America's famous sites.

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Part 8

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Milton Caniff

Penciller(s): Milton Caniff

Inker(s): Milton Caniff

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates

Character(s): Terry Lee

Synopsis: Terry learns that the Chinese can't corroborate his sighting of a Japanese bomber crash, a fact that will bring him in front of a Board of Inquiry. The Chinese, admiring his courage, determine to try to find the missing plane.

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Part 9 Trail to Adventure

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Milton Caniff

Penciller(s): Milton Caniff

Inker(s): Milton Caniff

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Terry and the Pirates

Character(s): Terry Lee; Col. 'Flip' Corkin; Grett Murmur

Synopsis: Terry's mysterious crashed Jap bomber is found, and he gets promoted by the board from Cadet to Flight Officer, but must still observe battles from the ground until he has more experience. Things heat up between Grett and Terry.

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Pages: 7.67

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bob Powell (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Powell (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Feature(s): Man in Black

Character(s): The Man in Black [Death]

First Line: I am nowhere...I am everywhere...

Synopsis: A group of thugs plan and execute a kidnapping, and almost get away scot free, if it weren't for the clues that one of the thugs leaves behind, landscape drawings of where their hide-out is located.

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Writer(s): Art Helfant

Penciller(s): Art Helfant

Inker(s): Art Helfant

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Bimbo's Beanery

First Line: Here's where I do some big business!

Synopsis: A string of bizarre characters comes into Bimbo's diner, and he is perplexed until somebody tells him the circus is in town.

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Black Cat Comics #3 published December 1946
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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Ricky Roony

Character(s): Ricky Roony; Ginger

First Line: Isn't he devine?

Synopsis: Ricky can't see why Ginger thinks so highly of a boy who has a job at a department store.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: includes initials H.F.S.; possible credit?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Ricky Roony

Character(s): Ricky Roony; Ginger

First Line: Ooh-h-h! A fiver! Come to Papa!

Synopsis: Ricky finds a five-dollar bill on the ground, then proceeds to live like a king, treating himself and Ginger at the soda shop until he is told that it is counterfeit.

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Notes: initialed H.F.S.; possible signiture?

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Charles Strauss (signed)

Inker(s): Charles Strauss (signed)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Cartoon Laughs

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Notes: a mixture of typeset gags with two single-panel gag cartoons.

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Feature(s): Puzzle Parade

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Final Curtain

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Black Cat

Character(s): Black Cat

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Web of Gold

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Black Cat

Character(s): Black Cat

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The Adventures of Popsicle Pete and Bob Feller

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Feature(s): Popsicles

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Notes: comic about baseball players and a give-away offer connected with Popsicle.

Get Your Free Movie Star Pictures

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Feature(s): Schwinn Bicycle

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Notes: give-away promotion from Schwinn-Built Bicycle