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Issue: Movie Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1946
 
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Indicia Publisher: Fiction House Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Bob Lubbers (signed)
Bob Lubbers (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Big Town
Steve Wilson (image of Phillip Reed); Lorelei Kilbourne (image of Hillary Brooke)
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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various
various
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Subject Matter
The big 6 of the comics!
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Inside front cover promo for 6 Fiction House comics, Wings Comics #75, Jumbo Comics #93, Jungle Comics #83, Rangers Comics #32, Planet Comics #45, and Fight Comics #47.
Big Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Claude Lapham (credited)
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Bob Lubbers (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Steve Wilson; Willard Erskine; Pete Ryan; Lorelei Kilbourne; Chief Berkeley; Vivian LeRoy; Gerald Meeker; Mr. Fletcher; Mr. Ingram; Amos Peabody; Vance Crane; Mrs. Crane
Steve Wilson is hired as editor to save a dying newspaper.
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12
Adaptation of movie "Big Town" based on the radio show. Stars Philip Reed and Hillary Brooke.
Here With the Breeze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Graham (credited)
Al Walker (credited)
Al Walker (credited)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Flicker Funnies
Ivan Porkenuff; Cathy Poodle; Rex Collie; Rinaldo Rat; Ferret; Fox
Funny animals make motion pictures.
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6
Illustrated in a vertical style like a filmstrip.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Ronald Wood] (credited)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Johnny Danger of the Screenland Patrol
Johnny Danger; Gloria Ralston; Webb; Saul; Sam Vickers; Peter Ralston; Elsie
Sam Vickers...Gloria's first husband...
Gloria's ex-husband escapes from an asylum and threatens her life.
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7
A Tree Grows in Hollywood

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Mike Peppe [as M. Peppe] (signed)
Mike Peppe [as M. Peppe] (signed)
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typeset
Subject Matter
biography
Star Movie Filmographs
Peggy Ann Garner; Allyn Joslyn; Joan Blondell; George Raft
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Bio of Peggy Ann Garner.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mackay
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Bob Lubbers (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Wolfred
Wolfred Rake; Olga Option; Albert
Hollywood! Wolfred Rake reporting for beauty...
A Hollywood wolf chases after women.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Lance Norton] (credited)
John Celardo [as Celardo] (signed)
John Celardo [as Celardo] (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Captain Stand-In
Buck Hoskins; Linda Lawrence; Corey; Black Baron [Mr. Black]; Mr. Byron
Will Buck make it, Corey?
A flashback to Buck's experiences in the war and his getting a new face.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Peppe [as Michael] (signed)
Mike Peppe [as Michael] (signed)
Mike Peppe [as Michael] (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Garret McBard
Garret McBard
Have you -(crunch)- received no word -(crunch) from Titanic Studios on my -(crunch!) epic yet? I'm going mad with (crunch) hunger.
A starving screenwriter asks his agent if his script has sold.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Fran Hopper
Fran Hopper
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Subject Matter
adventure
Mitzi of the Movies
Mitzi Mason; Trigger Benson; Sandra Snow; Birdie La France; Joe Gaston; Frank Ford; Mrs. Mason; Mr. Mason
Ladies and gentlemen, let me spin you a tale...
Mitzi Mason goes to Hollywood and gets mixed up with a jewel theft.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Sheena; Bob Reynolds
By a very popular vote, the graduating class of February, 1947 of the John Bartram High School has selected "Sheena" as their class mascot.
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Full page promo for Jumbo Comics with Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.
A Man's Pastime

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Full page ad for three pulp magazines published by Fiction House, North-West Romances, Frontier Stories, and Lariat.

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