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Issue: Camp Comics #2
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #2 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/06/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: He Said I Wouldn't Be Safe Without a Convoy!
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): A girl dancer; a high ranking army officer
Synopsis: The dancer carries a circular item reading the main contents of the issue, while the officer looks on delightedly ... and might be just about to leave a burn mark on her bottom with his cigar ...
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Disclose Notes: Printed in black and blue on inside front cover.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rusty O'Reilly
Character(s): Rusty O'Reilly; Betsy Saunders; Madame Q (villainess); Major Keene
First Line: Oh--Betsy!
Synopsis: Rusty poses as Madam Q in a jailbreak, and achieves inside information about the spy ring. Betsy seeks Rusty, gets captured by the spies, and in the last minute gets saved by Keene.
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Pages: 13
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rube Goldberg (signed)
Penciller(s): Rube Goldberg (signed)
Inker(s): Rube Goldberg (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pepsi and Pete
Character(s): Pepsi; Pete; an unnamed sailor
First Line: Golly, Pete, it's raining!
Synopsis: Pepsi and Pete scrub the ship's deck in a jiffy, so the sailor can come home to his mother.
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Disclose Notes: Comic strip advertisement for Pepsi-Cola. Placed between pages 8 and 9 of the Rusty O'Reilly story.
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Buck and Chuck
Character(s): Buck; Chuck
First Line: Thank goodness they finally got off duty!
Synopsis: The two servicemen change for their dates in record time, and one even has time to shave.
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Disclose Notes: Comic strip advertisement for GEM Clog-pruf [sic!] Razor.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Elmer and Bugs Bunny
Character(s): Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny; an army chef
First Line: What d'ya know!
Synopsis: Elmer wants to sell a truckload of carrots to the army, but the chef wants to buy Bugs who is hiding in the truck, instead.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Meta gag on pg. 2: "Do you figure the guy can't pronounce 'rabbits' or do you think the dope that drew this junk just can't spell?"
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Aw - c'mon be a sport -
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Disclose Notes: One cartoon about sailors.
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For self defense

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for The Barbasol Company.
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It's Not Etiquette to Strike a Lady Who Is a Good Counter-Puncher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Kelly
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Seaman Sy Wheeler
Character(s): Sy Wheeler; Clarence; Kitty; unnamed lady wrestler
Synopsis: Sy has a date with Kitty, and Clarence has a blind date that turns out to be the lady wrestler. Due to certain highly implausible complications, Sy ends up being the one that has to deal with the lady wrestler. He gets kicked around by her, 'til Clarence "saves" the lady from Sy's abuse, and all ends in pure delight.
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Pages: 12
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Party Line
First Line: He was home for only two days...
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Disclose Notes: Four pretty girls delivering double entendres about servicemen.
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These rookies catch on ...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Gillette blades.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: General, I think you dropped one of your medals!
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Disclose Notes: Two cartoons about soldiers, officers and pretty girls.
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The Case of the Scalped Hermit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Philo Vance
Character(s): Philo Vance; Sergeant Heath; Skittles
Synopsis: An old man has been murdered, scalped and shaved after death, and $25,000 has been drawn from his bank account after his death. Vance questions the suspects, and exposes the killer, just about to board a train out of town.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: While your [sic!] at it soldier -
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Disclose Notes: Two cartoons about servicemen and pretty girls.
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All you pipe fans, Ahoy!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Friends Smoking Tobacco, printed in black and magenta.
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Yoshio Matsuda -- of the Japanese Navy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): True Spy Stories
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #66 published August 1941
was Yoshio Matsuda -- of the Japanese Navy [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Thompson, the Masquerading Yeoman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): True Spy Stories
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From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #66 published August 1941
was Thompson, the Masquerading Yeoman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Rimfire Ferguson
Character(s): Rimfire Ferguson; Beth Hardy; Broder
First Line: Fork your broncs, cowpokes...
Synopsis: Beth Hardy and her father are sheep owners and get assaulted by a bunch of cow herders, led by Broder. Rimfire intrudes on the attack and scare off the villains, but they capture him and drive a flock of cattle stampeding towards Rimfire. Beth saves the day.
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Pages: 10
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Dear Ethel

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: "Letter" from W.B. Bingle to his girl at home, Ethel, telling of events at army camp.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): General Fuffle
First Line: She ought to make a fine camp hostess ..
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Disclose Notes: Four cartoons about military life.
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At Camp Anemic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Thomas
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Hank and Lank
Character(s): Hank; Lank; four fifth columnists
Synopsis: Hank and Lank want to sign up for service at Camp Anemic, but are ridiculed by the recruiting officer. They prevent the fifth columnists (all looking like Hitler) from stealing the plans for the army's new, super secret potato peeler, and are finally admitted - as sweepers in the donkey stalls.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: First four frames resume the protagonists' adventures in "Camp Comics" #1, breaking the fourth wall.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lichty (signed)
Penciller(s): Lichty (signed)
Inker(s): Lichty (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): General Fuffle
First Line: I told you this territory was no good ...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five cartoons about military life printed in black and blue. On inside back cover.
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Every time It's Chesterfield

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Chesterfield Cigarettes. On back cover.

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