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Issue: Champ Comics #21 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Family Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: CHAMP COMICS, VOLUME 1, NUMBER 21, AUGUST 1942. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY FAMILY COMICS, INC., 420 DESOTO AVE., ST. LOUIS, MO.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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war
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Human Meteor [Duke O’Dowd]; Toby
As Duke and Tony drive past a defense factory…
After witnessing someone thrown out of a defense factory window the Human Meteor and Toby try and locate photographs of secret plans that were stolen.
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war
Liberty Lads [Skip; Chuck]; Jack the Rabbit (villain); Midge (villain); Lee Hunt
Crime wages vicious warfare in a constant effort to dim the beacon lights of democracy…
The Liberty Lads go after Jack the Rabbit when they hear he has escaped from custody.
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The Champ; Henry; The Owl [Prof. Ley] (villain)
Strolling across the Midwest campus, Champ meets Henry.
After Radium is stolen from the campus and Henry is kidnapped; The Champ hunts the crooks down.
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typeset
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war
The Story Behind the Cover
Liberty Lads [Chuck; Skip]
The Nazi pocket battleship, Von Hipper, ran amuck in the North Atlantic.
When Chuck and Skip hear that a plane has been left behind by the British who have gone off in search of a Nazi Battleship harassing RAF planes, they decide to steal it and join in the search.
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fantasy, humorous
Slim Jim
To-day, kidlets, I'm going to tell you about my adventures on a South Sea island.
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Armstrong drew the feature between 1914 and 1937.
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Dan Twinkle; Diane Twinkle; Elijah Truth
Dan and Diane are returning from school late in the afternoon when…
After witnessing a shooting the twins investigate.
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humorous, military
Never again!
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childrens, humorous
Roddie
Boy, it's a perfeck day!
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humorous
Padlock Homes; Dr Watsis; Nick O’Tyme; The Professor (villain); Baroness (villain)
Last month we left the great detective, Padlock Homes, and his American assistant in an autogiro...
Thinking that the Professors has been defeated and his submarine destroyed, Padlock relaxes, but he’s in for a shock.
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humorous
Private Puns
It's a birthday cake for the sergeant!
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Only appearance of the "Private Puns" feature
City Girl

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crime
A Champ Complete Short Story
Betty Caldwell; Eric Caldwell; Bill (boyfriend); Sammy Gordon (villain);
What can an ordinary young girl do to stem a rising tide of crime?
After Betty’s brother, a noted expert on criminals, is framed for a crime to force him to help a gang in their criminal activities, Betty sets out to rescue him from their clutches
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Only appearance of the "A Champ Complete Short Story" feature.
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Champ Confusers
By starting from any letter you wish and moving along a line to the next letter...
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fantasy, superhero
Dr. Miracle; Janice Craig; Dr. Jordan
Janice Craig, movie star, works before the camera with Dr. Miracle.
Film star Janice Craig is being victimized by Jordan, a cult leader. Dr. Miracle exposes him as a Nazi sympathizer raising money to establish a fifth column in Hollywood.
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