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Issue: Sad Sack Comics #3
Publication Date: January 1950
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics HView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/01/1949
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 36 (23 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Golden Age; pre-Comics Code Authority
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Boxing Lessons

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; three boys; scruffy dog
Three boys give Sad Sack boxing lessons instead of the other way around.
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Miscellaneous
1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from "Boxing Lessons by Sad Sack" sign pinned to gym wall.
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Filmatic Movieviewer

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Just like having your own movie theatre right in your pocket.
Black and white illustrated ad introduces the new 1950 Filmatic movieviewer.
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1
Assumed title taken from both third paragraph and coupon.
Coupon could be mailed to:

Fun Parade, Inc.
Dept. S-3
1860 Broadway
New York 23, N.Y.

Last five lines at bottom of page 2 are indicia.
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Christmas Stockings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; adult Christmas shoppers; Santa Claus
Sad Sack hangs two stockings on mantle Christmas Eve then dreams of Santa Claus bringing gifts.
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Miscellaneous
1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from theme of strip.
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Chugga-Mota!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, teen
4 boys; 1 girl
Boys! Girls! Hurry! Be the first to go roaring by with a wonderful Chugga-Mota!
Comics-form ad illustrates five children praising Smith Brothers Cough Drops and Chugga-Mota toy two-cylinder motor.
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Instructions tell children to print their name and address on any slip of paper, then--along with two front covers of Smith Brothers Wild Cherry Cough Drop boxes--mail 0.20 USD in an envelope to:

SMITH BROTHERS
P.O. Box No. 312
New York 46, N.Y.
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Dog Fight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, nature
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; big dog; little dog; large man
Sad Sack rescues a small dog from a big dog's near bite but suffers man's wrath afterward after colliding with Sad Sack and being bitten by the small dog.
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Miscellaneous
1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from theme of strip.
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City Noises

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; apartment dwellers; scurrying pedestrians
Sad Sack gets scolded for rattling bottles as a wee morning Ace Milk Company delivery man.
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Miscellaneous
1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from strip.

Sad Sack's apartment is #13 per sign on his front door.
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Wrestling Tonight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; patrons; wrestler Murder Mike; wrestler Mayhem Moe
From front row seat, Sad Sack helps a wrestler back into the ring only to be clobbered by the wrestler he helped.
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1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from excerpt of sign in panel 2.
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Returned Wallet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; Joe Blow; policeman
Joe Blow doesn't answer his doorbell as Sad Sack tries to return his lost wallet until afterward.
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[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from theme of strip.
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Rich Panhandler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; Panhandler
Sad Sack only has a 20.00 USD bill when asked if he can spare any change to which the panhandler quickly wips out a wad of cash and coin to break Sad Sack's 20.00 USD bill.
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[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from theme of strip.
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Good Scout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; Boy Scout
Well-meaning boy scout helps Sad Sack but only causes him grief with each act of kindness.
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Miscellaneous
1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from young boy's scout uniform, sign in panel 11, and theme of strip.
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Shovel Your Sidewalk!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; policeman; snowplow driver
A police officer orders Sad Sack to shovel snow from his sidewalk ... twice!
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1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from strip.
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Hot Pursuit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; bank robber; banker; policeman
A police officer commandeers Sad Sack's car to pursue a bank robber's get-away car.
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1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from strip's theme.
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Self Service

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; Policeman; random man
Sad Sack resorts to reading paper over a random man's shoulder due to a misunderstanding between him and a police officer regarding the "honor" system.
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Miscellaneous
1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from theme of strip.
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Fortune Teller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Madame Gaisze tells Sad Sack's fortune for his last 5.00 USD.
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Miscellaneous
1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from sign in window of panel 2.
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One Upmanship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack; pedestrians; newsboy; large newsman
Trying to sell newspapers, Sad Sack gets one-upped by a small newsboy seller, but after walking away spies a newsman larger than him, then tries similar "newsboy" tactic.
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1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from theme of strip.
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The Mascot Saves The Day!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
drama, sports
Goldie the Cocker Spaniel; Union High School football team; Hotchkiss High School football team; Coach Wilkins
Union High School's football team suffered a terrific loss of morale.
Mascot Goldie is dog-napped by Hotchkiss High, but Union High popular math teacher Coach Wilkins devises a plan to both free Goldie and win their football contest against Hotchkiss High.
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Miscellaneous
1
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Captain Tootsie Breaks Up Spy Ring

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, superhero
spy Alex; another spy
Rollo, look! That suspicious lookin' character just dropped a wad of papers that the lady gave him!
Captain Tootsie saves a young lady from drowning at the ocean then suggests Tootsie Roll and Tootsie Pop candies are packed with the energy kids need to play.
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1
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Cure for Colds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
The Sad Sack
Sad Sack; salesman
A persistent salesman interrupts Sad Sack's hot bath to sell him cold medicine.
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2
[pantomime; no dialogue]
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Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
childrens
Dubble Bubble Gum
Pud; Pud's pals; Pud's family
Boy! What a beauty!
Four panels of comics-form advertising for Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum features Pud and his pals chopping down a fir tree and bringing it home to be trimmed for Christmas.
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Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum Christmas edition ad in upper half of page 20.
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Shelby Donald Duck Bike

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, childrens
Imagine the thrill of owning one!
Donald Duck and his three nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie promote the Shelby Donald Duck bicycle.
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0.5
Additional information for Shelby Cycle Company found at Wikipedia; Dave's Vintage Bicycles, A Classic Bicycle Photo Archive; and The Online Bicycle Museum.
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Tripped

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
The Sad Sack
Sad Sack; woman with dog; large man; policeman
Sad Sack trips over a woman's leashed dog but as he hands the leash back he causes a man to trip.
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Miscellaneous
1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from the theme of strip.
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Bellhop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
The Sad Sack
Sad Sack; maître d'hôtel; hotel guest; room attendant
Slaving away as the bellhop, Sad Sack gets cheated out of a tip by a room attendant.
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Miscellaneous
1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from strip.

Guest is assigned Room 13 on the 13th Floor of Ace Hotel.
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Dramatic School

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
The Sad Sack
Sad Sack; Ace baseball team; umpire; Ace coach; director
Wimpy Sad Sack loses argument with dominant umpire, so coach sends him to drama school to bolster his arguing skills.
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1
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from sign in last panel.
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Screen Star

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
drama, humorous
Holly of Hollywood
Holly of Hollywood; Junior Lawson
Hi, Sue! I'm taking care of Junior Lawson today! His dad is a movie director --maybe he'll make me a big screen star!
Holly is on the phone with her friend Sue talking about being made a screen star when Junior Lawson, son of a movie director whom she's babysitting, eavesdrops then literally cuts out a screen star.
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Assumed title inferred from theme of strip.
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Beauty Sleep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
drama, humorous
Holly of Hollywood
Holly of Hollywood; Mrs. Teal; teen Joe
Humph - 8 A.M.! A fine time to be coming home!
Holly pulls an all-nighter at Colossal Studios and now needs her beauty sleep, but Joe's trumpet practicing is a nuisance.
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Assumed title inferred from theme of strip.
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Roy Rogers Pocket Flashlight

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction, western
older teen Bob; older teen red-headed boy; motorist couple; Roy Rogers
My pocket flashlight sure lights the way in the dark.
4-panel comic strip features two teen boys (Bob & his red-head friend) who come upon a car wreck. The red-head professes trust in his Roy Rogers pocket flashlight as he warns away other motorists.
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Pack-n-Post leveraged western celebrity Roy Rogers to market pocket flashlights, branded USA LITE, and manufactured by U.S. Electric Mfg. Corp. [circa 1920-1960s].

To compare modern color photograph of Roy Rogers pocket flashlight with 1949 color comic book ad of same, visit Gotalight.net, scroll to bottom middle of page, click on 'Show & Tell' button, finally scroll down and hover over Roy Rogers Lite with all the extras.

Coupon in lower right (p. 25) could be cut and mailed with 0.75 USD in money order or 3 quarters to:
PACK-N-POST Box 34, Old Chelsea Sta., NEW YORK, N. Y.
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The Birthday Gift!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
childrens, drama, humorous
Li'l Dot
Mrs. Mama Polka; Mr. Papa Polka; little brother Polka; Li'l Dot [little Dorothy "Dot" Polka]; puppy
Happy birthday, Li'l Dot! And what's your birthday wish?
Li'l Dot's wish for a puppy comes true on her sixth birthday.
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2
Li'l Dot's age is established based upon number of candles atop her birthday cake in panels 1 and 6 of page 26.

Page 27 panel 8 error: Editor Leon Harvey--twin brother of Harvey Comics President Alfred Harvey--missed an important error likely made between typesetting the manuscript and final paste-up of the original art prior to printing. This important error ruined Alfred Harvey's punchline in Li'l Dot's speech balloon which should have read:
"But mom ... you wouldn't let 'HIM' sleep in my bed! But you didn't say I couldn't sleep in HIS!"

'HIM' (male puppy) was incorrectly typeset as 'ME' (Li'l Dot).
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Three Great Comics by Ham Fisher

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, humorous, teen
Joe Palooka; Humphrey; Little Max
Joe Palooka; Humphrey; Little Max
Harvey Publications ad for three Ham Fisher comics on sale at all newsstands
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Wahooo! Everyone Loves the Sad Sack

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Sad Sack
Sad Sack
Harvey Publications preview of Sad Sack Comics issue #4
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0.5
Special subscription offer included coupon in lower right corner that could be cut and mailed to:

Harvey Publications
1860 Broadway
New York, 23, N.Y.

25 issues could be purchased for every 2.00 USD subscription (5 free issues).
12 issues could be purchased for every 1.00 USD subscription (2 free issues).
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Hollywood Ham

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Winnie the Waitress
Winnie; Maizie; Gertie; diner; Dennis Deadbeat; manager
Well, how do you like that! She did it again!
Pretty new waitress Gertie steals away big tipping customers from waitresses Winnie and Maizie.
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Miscellaneous
2
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Hi Fellows! The New Lionel Trains Catalog is Ready

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
boy; father
Boy!—I'll bet you and dad are planning a new and bigger Lionel Railroad for this Christmas!
Comics-form artwork of a young boy and father enjoying two Lionel Trains in motion.
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Coupon for a 40-page, full-color Lionel Train Catalog for 1949 could be cut and mailed with 0.10 USD to:
The Lionel Corporation
15 East 26th Street
Depot H. C., N.Y. City
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The Big Scoop!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
drama, sports
Buck Horne; Dave Callahan; student editors; Mike
It was the night of the important basketball game between Central High School and Newton High School.
Freshman Dave Callahan of Central High School is sent by his school paper to report on an important rival basketball game between his school and Newton High School. Competing Newton H.S. student paper editors, however, try a clever trick in an effort to prevent Central from publishing game results.
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Alfred Harvey (Owner, President, and Publisher of Harvey Comics) likely author of this story since many parallels can be drawn between elements in this text story and his life.

Coupon for Major League baseball bat pen & pencil set at lower right could be cut and mailed to:

MAJOR LEAGUERS
P.O. Box 2500
Paterson, N.J.
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Comb and Brush Set

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
Old Nick; Bit-O-Honey
Bob; 1 other boy; Bob's mom; Bob's sister Gwen
Want to get your Mother or your best girl, or your sister the most beautiful and practical Christmas or birthday gift in the world?
Bob discusses with his pal how he can't afford expensive Christmas presents for his mom and sis. His pal suggests a comb and brush set that looks like a million but only costs 0.35 USD.
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Comics-form ad leverages coming holiday season. Issue 3 was on sale 7 weeks before Christmas.

Assumed title from panel 2 of comics-form advertisement. Coupon could be clipped and mailed to:
Bit-O-Honey, Box 0, Plaza Station, St.Louis 1, Missouri
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Ace Boys Club

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, sports
The Sad Sack
Sad Sack; boys
Sad Sack rushes in an Ace Boys Club football game, gets tackled in a heap, knocked out, recovers, but the football is flattened.
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Assumed title from sign on fence in background of panels 2, 3, 8, and 9.
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Fame Instead of Shame

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Charles Atlas
Charles Atlas (photo)
I know what it means to have the kind of body that people pity!
Inside back cover (p. 35) ad for the natural "Dynamic Tension" method of muscle building
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1
Assumed title taken from excerpt of ad headline "How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame Instead of Shame!"

Coupon for a free book, "Everlasting Health and Strength" could be clipped and mailed to:

Charles Atlas, Dept. 303 V
115 East 23rd St., New York 10, N.Y.
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Shoot Daisy's Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Daisy BB Guns; Red Ryder
Red Ryder
I just rode into your dealer's store with some of my new carbines! Hurry down pronto—get one, partner!
Red Ryder endorses various models of Daisy BB guns, including: No. 25, No. 100, No. 118, No. 311, No. 320 and a "Christmas Reminder Kit" for the grown-ups. Coupon could be clipped and mailed to: Daisy Manufacturing Company 1315 Union Street Plymouth, Mich., U.S.A.
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Back cover mail order ad for a Christmas Reminder Kit from Red Ryder, care of Daisy Manufacturing Co., 1289 Union St., Plymouth, Michigan.

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