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Issue: The Flintstones #22
Publication Date: October 1964
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Issues: #22 of 54 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/20/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
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Content Items: 14 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10006-410. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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FlagFlintstones en andere verhalen #4/1965 published January 1965 as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Along Came a Spider

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Pebbles Flintstone; spider
Synopsis: A large spider sets itself, not on a tuffet, but on Fred's in-play golf ball. Does Fred dare play the ball where it lies, or opt for a multi-legged penalty?
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Western Publishing Company, Inc.; Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls
Character(s): anthropomorphic squirrel on a swing
First Line: It's the swingin'-est thing yet! The Golden Magazine for boys and girls
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo and subscription coupon for the Golden Magazine for boys and girls, published by Golden Press. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Money Matters...A Lot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Betty Rubble; thin cop; bulky cop; desk sergeant
First Line: I'm sorry we let the girls talk us into taking them shopping!
Synopsis: A bag of money falls from an armored car, landing at Fred and Barney’s feet. Their own excitability complicates their turning it over to the police.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Reads just like an early episode of the TV show.
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The Hobby Habit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Betty Rubble; Bamm-Bamm Rubble; hypnotist
First Line: Pick a card... any card!
Synopsis: Wilma turns to a hypnotist to break Fred of his annoying obsession with hobbies.
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Pages: 4
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Flying by Scareplane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Character(s): J. Evil Scientist; Goonda; witch; resort hotel owner; resort guests
First Line: Oh, J. Evil, Isn't this exciting?
Synopsis: Stranded while on the way to their second honeymoon, J. Evil Scientist and Goonda take gardener and housekeeping jobs at a short-staffed resort hotel. Guests, beware...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This story has rectangular dialogue balloons, in accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): General Mills; Lucky Charms; L.C. Leprechaun
Character(s): L.C. Leprechaun; two boys
First Line: 'Tis luck to catch a leprechaun!
Synopsis: To hold on to his Lucky Charms cereal, L.C. Leprechaun avoids one trap and steps into another.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Lucky Charms cereal from General Mills. Middle right page of centerfold.
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Who Has the Clue?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Perry Gunnite; Mr. Lava; Mr. Marble; Mrs. Rockface; Mrs. Gemstone; Mr. Stonewall; Mrs. Soapstone; six small boys
First Line: Perry Gunnite had never had such a busy day!
Synopsis: Perry must juggle six clients at once, all of whom are reporting missing objects. He arrives at the solution by gleaning clues from each client’s description of their missing items.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An unusual addendum appears at the end of the story... "Editor's Note: Test your detective ability. See if you can find the clues that helped Perry solve all six problems."
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The Strange Case of the Sprained Toe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Dr. Stoney Quirk (real doctor) Dr. Ben Cagey (TV doctor), TV director; orderly
First Line: Oh, boy! Lunchtime!
Synopsis: Fred sprains his big toe in a work accident and is taken to the hospital for treatment on a day the “Ben Cagey” TV doctor show happens to be filming there!
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: "Ben Cagey" is a parody of 1960s TV doctor “Ben Casey”, played by actor Vince Edwards. "Stoney Quirk" is a parody of 1960s TV character "Stoney Burke", played by actor Jack Lord. Oddly, the character of "Stoney Burke" was not a doctor but a rodeo rider.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): General Mills; Trix; Trix Rabbit
Character(s): Trix Rabbit (as a cowboy); cowboy kid
First Line: How's Trix? Worth rounding up...
Synopsis: The Trix Rabbit tries to lasso a box of Trix cereal.
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Ad for Trix cereal from General Mills. Top 3/4 of page.
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All your favorites are at their best in Gold Key Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Western Publishing Company; Gold Key Comics
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: No characters or comic book covers pictured. Only the Gold Key Comics logo with ad copy on either side. Lower 1/4 of page.
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The Explorers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wilma Flintstone; Pebbles Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Betty Rubble; Pre-Stone-Age people
First Line: Boy oh boy... a picnic! My favorite kind of outdoor sport!
Synopsis: While exploring a deep cave, our stone age explorers Fred and Barney discover an underground civilization of shaggy-haired, bearded “Pre-Stone-Age people”. All goes well until Fred decides to bring “modern-stone-age” progress to the Pre-Stone-Age. ...Is it even possible to "set-back" the Pre-Stone-Age? Just watch Fred!
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Good dialogue exchange:

BARNEY: "These are pre-stone age people, and this is a pre-stone age civilization! They live underground!"

PRE-STONE AGER: You two must be men of the future... We read about you in our science fiction books!

FRED: You've got us wrong! We live in the present... in a modern city outside these caves!

PRE-STONE AGER: But that's impossible! The world hasn't COOLED-OFF enough yet to have a city outside!
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): General Mills; Cheerios; Rocky and Bullwinkle
Character(s): Rocky; Bullwinkle; whale
First Line: Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
Synopsis: Bullwinkle eats Cheerios for “muscle-makin’ protein” to power his rowboat, and runs into a whale.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: One of a series of Cheerios ads featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle. On final interior page of the comic.
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132 pc. Roman Soldier Set Only $1.98

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: 2 Complete Roman Armies!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering two complete armies of molded plastic Roman soldiers – one in blue, one in yellow. Color ad on inside back cover.
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Nationally Famous Prizes at No Cost to You!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
First Line: Or a big 50 cent profit for each box you sell
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "lovely all occasion cards" or "sensational new Christmas cards". Inflation Alert: The 1967 version of this very same ad offered "a big *55* [vs. 50] cent profit for each box you sell". Color ad on back cover.

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