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Issue: Star Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1938
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Issues: #9 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagUltem
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Ultem Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 42 (28 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry "A" Chesler (Editor, credited); George Nagle (Managing Editor, credited)
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. on credits/table of contents page.

Index updated from a DCM scan missing pages 31-34 and 61-62.

There is considerable confusion surrounding this issue and the previous issue (Star Comics #8) in older sources. The original indexes were taken from Howard Keltner's guide, which appears to have swapped the contents of #8 and #9 (with a few inconsistencies). Even though the DCM scan is incomplete, the table of contents page is unquestionably that of #9, as it includes the indicia as well, and makes it clear that the Keltner listing for #8 come from the contents page of #9.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Next case, 1939

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (duotone, with red)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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From Start to Finish

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab (sidebar illustrations); ? (masthead illustrations)
Inker(s): Fred Schwab (sidebar illustrations); ? (masthead illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jest for Fun
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): W. C. Brigham
Inker(s): W. C. Brigham
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: The statement of ownership takes up about a quarter of the page, most of the way down. Otherwise this would have a page count of 1.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Statement of ownership of "Star Comics, published monthly at Mount Morris, Ill., for October 1, 1937, State of Illinois." Frank Z. Temerson (owner, business manager); I. W. Ullman (owner); C. & A. Publishing Co. (owner); Ultem Publications, Inc. (publisher); Harry A. Chesler (editor); George Nagle (managing editor) Addresses: 404 Fourth Avenue, N. Y. C. (Ullman; Temerson; Ultem Publications, Inc.) 420 Lexington Avenue, N. Y. C. (C. & A. Publishing Co.) 276 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. C. (Chesler; Nagle) Sworn to on October 7, 1937
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Pages: 0.25
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox ?
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Belly-Laughs
First Line: I helped put up that building
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Pages: 1
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"Kernal Hippo" plays "Santa" at the New Year Gift Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan
Inker(s): Dick Ryan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shinanigans
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In Content Item: FlagRed Seal Comics #16 published April 1946
as "Kernal Hippo" Plays "Santa" At the New Year Gift Party [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Where Cotton Originated

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Do You Know?
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Pages: 1
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Salute To a Doctor

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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The Base Stealer's Nemesis

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Feature(s): Sport-O-Gram
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jingle Jingle
First Line: Help!! I can't swim!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Norma Shearer

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
Feature(s): So This Is Hollywood!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Riggin' Bill
First Line: Limber up your saw-bone, mate
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Polly-Tix
First Line: Poor thing must be starved!
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In Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #13 published April 1942
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Professor McScrewy
First Line: Professor, what can I fill a barrel full of and make lighter?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits from comparison with the cover of Star Comics #1.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Goobyland
First Line: Don't pass a light in Gooby Town
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Art credit from comparison with the cover of this issue.

Narration is done in rhyme.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Round Table Adventures
First Line: King Arthur's knights were at the court
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jungle Town Show Boat
First Line: Follow the crowd to the boat --
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In Content Item: FlagCarnival Comics #[13] published January 1945
as Saved in the Neck of Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): King Kole's Kourt
First Line: When they crowned me I wasn't told that I'd have to wear this thing too!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Art ID by comparison with signed Schwab work.

Narration is done in rhyme.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Prince
First Line: Never mind -- I'll make it on the hoof!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ima Sphynx
First Line: Don't look like there's any work to be done around here!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signature is in the bottom right-hand corner of the last panel.
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Jack Rabbit

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Misleading Names
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Pages: 1
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The Pardon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Signed in the last panel. Also credited "by Claire S. Moe" in the splash panel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational
Feature(s): The Source of Famous Quotations
First Line: Caesar had been a member of Rome's ruling triumvirate.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Only the first page is present in the available scan, after which the next several pages are missing, but 2 pages would be typical of this feature.
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Colt Canyon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This story may or may not be located at this point- the pages here are missing from the available scan. The page count would fit given the expected page counts of the features to either side (the page count is from Keltner's index, although as with most of the issue, it is incorrectly listed under #8- however, it appears on this issue's title page which otherwise exactly matches the interior contents).

Alternately, the story listed as "50 Men Outside" may actually be "Colt Canyon" (with a 1-page filler occupying the extra space), and "50 Men Outside" may be a 2-page story here.
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Fitch ? (see note)
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Dan Hastings
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The available scan is missing the first page of this story, but Ken Fitch was credited on earlier splash illustrations. This story is at least 7 pages, and 8 pages is likely as that is the length of the installment in issue #7 (the text story for #8 has not been indexed at this time).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Nolan (credited, see notes)
Inker(s): Phil Nolan (credited, see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Smugglers Tracks
First Line: Y'know, Jim, things has been purty quiet along the border lately.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: There's a "by Phil Nolan" byline, but no information on Nolan can be found. He might have been a writer, or just a pen name.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jack Potts
First Line: Hi lee oh lay-de ho
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Topsy Turvy
First Line: Away way off in Turvy Land a little boy lay sick, [...]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Signed in the last panel.

Narration is done in rhyme.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Justice Triumphed
First Line: Herman Rosenthal, gambler of New York City
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Ryan
Penciller(s): Dick Ryan (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ryan (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bows an' Arrows
First Line: Good evening radio frinds... and what is your pleasure?
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In Content Item: FlagCarnival Comics #[13] published January 1945
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventures at the Circus
First Line: The girl who uses Argo Starch, [...]
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In Content Item: FlagSnap Comics #9 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: narration is in rhyme.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bib and Tucker
First Line: Come right in, Reverend, we are glad to see you.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joe McGee
First Line: The door's jammed? I'll be right up to fix it!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Court of Inhuman Relations
First Line: Order! Be seated -- next case.
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In Content Item: FlagKomik Pages #1 (10) published April 1945
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Arthur
First Line: Hot dogs!! That wuzza swell scrap!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Homing Instincts
First Line: As an experiment during the world war
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pig-Ville
First Line: So -- our presence is requested!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: narration is done in rhyme
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50 Men Outside

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: It's not entirely clear if this is "50 Men Outside" or not, as only the final page is present in the available copy. It may be "Colt Canyon", which is the other story on the table of contents that is not accounted for. The story is not mentioned in Keltner's guide, so there's no telling whether it's a 2 or 3 page story (it's possible that there was a 1-page filler that is also part of the 2 pages that are missing between this feature and the previous one.
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"I'm th' new reporter for the local chirp.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bug-Ville
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Pages: 1
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America's Greatest Comic Magazines

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab ?
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ? (duotone, with red)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Funny Pages; Funny Picture Stories
Synopsis: A robber only wants his victim's comics, not his cash.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On sale the first Wednesday of every month. Schwab usually wrote his humor scripts. Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (duotone, with red)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Noiseless Portable Typewriter
First Line: Greatest bargain in ten years
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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