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Issue: Juke Box Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1948
 
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Publisher: FlagEastern Color
Indicia Publisher: Famous Funnies Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ? (editor); William J. Pape (president); William B. Pape (treasurer)
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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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Subject Matter
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Duke Ellington; Woody Herman; Sammy Kaye; Buddy Rich; Jo Stafford
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Miscellaneous
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Famous Stars Praise Juke Box Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jo Stafford; Charlie Spiyak; Duke Ellington; Buddy Rich
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Subject Matter
Comments from Radio personalities and band leaders about the new comic book.
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Inside front cover.
Music Was Never Like This!!

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Spike Jones; Tom; Phoebe
Brief history of Spike Jones and the City Slickers.
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Tex Beneke Carries On

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Tex Beneke; Glenn Miller; Charlie
The story of Tex Beneke and his band.
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Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive

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Johnny Mercer
A very brief account of Johnny Mercer's career.
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Serenade starring Woody Herman

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Woody Herman; T. S. Shrood; Freckles; Steve; Betty; Tiny Ralph Brewster; Chubby Jackson; Hip Joe Edward Philips; Bill Harris; Sam Marowitz; Isham Jones; Red; Joe Cluck
A crooked promoter tries to pull a bait-and-switch on a high school dance committee.
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Paging Mr. Husing!

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Subject Matter
celebrity
Ted Husing
Short feature about radio announcer Ted Husing.
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2
King of the Juke Boxes...Perry Como

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Subject Matter
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Perry Como; Pietro Como (father); Freddy Carlone; Roselle Como (wife); Ted Weems; Ronnie Como (son)
The story of Perry Como's rise to fame.
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Miscellaneous
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Jammy Sammy

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Subject Matter
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Jivey and Groovy
Jivey; Groovy; Jammy Sammy
Jivey meets the daughter of a popular singer.
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Serenade with Benny Goodman

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Benny Goodman; Professor Rosin; Art Lund; Dora Goodman (mother); David Goodman (father); Ben Pollack; Walt
Benny and Art expose a phony music school racket.
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So You Want to Lead a Band

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Sammy Kaye; Betty Grable
A short account of Sammy Kaye's career.
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3
Duke Ellington

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celebrity
Duke Ellington; Al Hibbler (Ellington's blind vocalist)
Duke Ellington tells how he got his name, oddly enough, from his hobby of collecting clothes.
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Buddy Rich Young Man with a Drum

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R. Johnson (signed)
R. Johnson (signed)
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Subject Matter
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Buddy Rich; Richard Rich; Mary Rich; Joe Marsala; Frank Sinatra
How Buddy Rich became a drummer in Frank Sinatra's band.
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Al Jolson Beloved Minstrel

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Al Jolson; Oscar Levant
Al Jolson entertains the world.
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Guy Lombardo Says

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Seymour Pearls (signed)
Seymour Pearls (signed)
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Subject Matter
celebrity
Guy Lombardo
Advice from Guy Lombardo.
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Inside back cover.
Sweetheart of the Juke Box Jo Stafford

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Jo Stafford
Profile of singer Jo Stafford.
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover.

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