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Issue: Funny Picture Stories #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1938
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Issues: #5 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagUltem
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Ultem Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 32 (21 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
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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Genres: humorous
First Line: Look, Mommy - We got company!
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (two color, red and black)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

Advertising for Johnson Smith & Co. (from Detroit, Michigan) 1938 novelty catalog.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Between Ourselves
First Line: Resolved!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Editorial wishing the readers Happy New Year. There is an illustrated logo and a panel of artwork down the right-hand side of the page.
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Contents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Table of contents, Statement of Ownership and publisher's indicia.

There is a line drawing of a man and a woman behind the table of contents.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Giggles
First Line: When you hear the gong...
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Joel McCrea

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Joel McCrea; Nelson Eddy; Alan Dinehart; Deanna Durbin
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Brief bio of actor Joel McCrea; three small cartoons at bottom of page illustrate trivia about Deanna Durbin, Alan Dinehart, and Nelson Eddy.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Brain Teasers
First Line: What well known prize fighter is this?
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jack Strand; Diana; Jim
First Line: Jack, in an attempt to spy...
Synopsis: Jack defeats the leader of the giants and forces them to make peace with the pygmies. Jack returns to Rankin but the giants follow him.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Nice li'l doggie.
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"Boots" Klupping

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Facts
Character(s): Boots Klupping; Patsy Coleman; S. W. Garrigus; Tom Hull
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I've gotta hustle up a bit of credit--
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Colonel I. T. Pryor

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Feature(s): Triumphs of Kindness
Character(s): I. T. Pryor
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Y'know, Boss, I work awfully hard...
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Disclose Notes: Signed "FS" in the last panel.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, mystery
First Line: Now, don't read the last page first--
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The signature can be found on the next to last panel of the story.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Come right this way, Madam...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'll thumb a ride way out of town...
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I've come for the payments on the piano!
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Disclose Notes: Signed "B.W." in the last panel.
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Gulliver's Travels

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The Stork Brings a Baby Hippo!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 2
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Murder Prints

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: mystery
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Open to all--except Joe Dokes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed "Swab" in last panel.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Oh, boy...a hunter!
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Detective Shultz's Luck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Detective Shultz; Dagger Dan
Synopsis: Detective Shultz performs an inept pursuit of Dagger Dan across the country.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Signed in last panel on first page.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: And I declare Wilbur nominated for mayor!
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Disclose Notes: A newspaper showing election results reads: "George Nagle Elected!" Nagle was a comic book writer who contributed to various Chesler comics, including this one.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Old Lady Jim
Character(s): Jim; Snaky Smith
First Line: Yes I know, sir.
Synopsis: Jim impersonates an old lady to catch Snaky Smith, who has been posing as a laborer in order to case old women's homes.
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Pages: 5
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Range Poison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: western
Character(s): Rogers (rancher); Taggart (rancher); Bill (Rogers' foreman)
Synopsis: Taggart schemes to poison Rogers' cattle to drive him off his land.
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In Content Item: FlagKeen Komics #2 published September 1939
as Range Poison [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Mad One

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pete; Jim; Bomar (mad scientist, dies)
Synopsis: While exploring in the jungle, Pete and Jim encounter Bomar, a madman who thinks they've come for his gold. Bomar falls off a cliff and the explorers find the gold.
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Disclose Notes: Art signed in last panel. Writer Nagle credited one first page in logo.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I took it when you weren't looking!
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Disclose Notes: Four one-panel cartoons on the same theme: people telling the truth in situations where they would normally lie.
Same artist did "Phony Crimes" story in this issue.
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Ages of Animals

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Genres: nature, non-fiction
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Disclose Notes: Trivia facts about how long certain animals live.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: America's Greatest Comic Magazines
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Reddish tones over black-and-white artwork. Promo for "Star Ranger" and "Star Comics."
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Greatest Bargain in Ten Years

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (two color, red and black)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

An advertisement for the Remington Rand Incorporated (from Buffalo, New York) noiseless portable typewriter.

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