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Issue: Madhouse Comics Digest #7
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #7 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/02/1981
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000690812
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 39 (33 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia date is "1981-82 Edition."
On sale date from the Comic Reader #191.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard US digest size
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Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Invisible Man; Mermaid; two-headed man; wizard; barbarian
First Line: Oh, mighty wizard! Transform me from a barbarian into a gentleman!!!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mirror writing at bottom says "Congratulations! You've got a great mag in your hands!"
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Space Section
Character(s): Captain Sprocket
First Line: Just look at these fantastic photos of my space adventures!
Synopsis: Captain Sprocket poses for some heroic photos by sticking his head through a hole in a mural.
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Pages: 1
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Mr. Fix-It of the Space World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Sabrina (cameo)
Synopsis: Captain Sprocket gets an award for his discovery of the planet Nishdu.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Appearance of Sprocket's unnamed nephew.
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Space Patrolman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Abner McKlunk
Synopsis: A space patrolman makes one mistake after another.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Credits confirmed in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #9.
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Jungle Bungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Synopsis: Malurians reach Earth, only to find it is an impenetrable jungle and give up. They are only an inch tall.
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Pages: 1
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The Lanolites

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Captain BZXQW; Lieutenant PRZQX; Alrauna; Lipton the Reporter
Synopsis: Three aliens visiting Earth from the planet Lanolin maintain they have a mathematical formula to explain everything. Then their secretary, Alrauna, runs into the concept of love.
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Pages: 5
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Girl Whirl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, romantic, science fiction
Feature(s): Space Ranger Kaz A. Nova
Character(s): Private Kaz A. Nova; Zelda; Klanko; Blips
Synopsis: Kaz gets involved in a love triangle with Pizzarovian robots.
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Pages: 6
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Fright Sight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Synopsis: At a space station dance, a spaceman learns that his date is not really what she appears to be.
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Pages: 1
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Planet Plight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Mad House Shorty
Synopsis: Aliens from Mercury plan to invade earth, but find that the Sahara desert is much too cold for them.
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Pages: 1
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Shrink Drink

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A scientist creates a health formula with a drastic side-effect.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Three vertical panels.
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Tank Crank

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two robot aliens mistake a gas pump for an Earth inhabitant.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Good Guy Section
Character(s): Hero Sandwich
First Line: Madhouse heroes are very colorful!
Synopsis: Various color/emotion related puns.
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Pages: 1
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Razzle Dazzle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Super Dazzle; Joe Slushwell; Leprechaun
Synopsis: A Leprechaun turns Slushwell into his hero Super Dazzle for 24 hours.
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Pages: 6
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Rhyme Time

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Each panel is a question that can be answered with two words that rhyme.
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The Cupid Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Super Cupid
Character(s): Super Cupid; Gladys; Gerald Gooch
Synopsis: Girl-hater Gerald Gooch appears to be immune to Cupid's arrows, so he dips his arrows in a super love potion.
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Pages: 6
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Horse Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Horse Man
Character(s): Horseman [Rodney J. Sidesaddle]; Fishface; Mary
Synopsis: When Fishface robs a bank, it's up to Horseman to track him down.
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Pages: 6
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Introducing Agent X-48

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, humorous
Feature(s): Miss X
Character(s): Agent X-48; Chief; Big Bertha; Blips
Synopsis: In an effort to get promoted to Agent X-1, Agent X-48 goes after Big Bertha and her gang.
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Pages: 6
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Car Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Car Man; Blue Bolt (villain)
Synopsis: Car Man (half-man, half automobile) captures villain Blue Bolt and his Blue Thunder car.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from the digest reprint.
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Power Struggle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Sprocket; Dynamo Man; The Pink Martian (host)
Synopsis: Captain Sprocket must face the electrical menace of Dynamo Man.
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Pages: 6
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Can a Mighty Girl (from a Small Town) Find Romance (in a Small Town)??

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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Mighty Chick
Character(s): Mighty Chick; Mickey Mouse (cameo); Blips; Golden Boy; Melvin
Synopsis: Mighty Chick searches for love.
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bad Guy Section
First Line: Mad House villains always get it -- in the end!
Synopsis: A Mad House villain is chased by vicious dogs.
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Captain Shark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain Shark (villain); Union of Super Heroes; Captain Sprocket; Diver Jiver; Porpoise Man; Water Beetle Man
Synopsis: Water Beetle Man uses his brains to capture Captain Shark.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art previously thought to be Samm Schwartz.
Henchman in second panel is reading the same story.
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Nonsense Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Three two-panel gags: witches on radar; advice on painting Martian canals; inspector tag in a mummy case.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Three two-panel gag cartoons.
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The Diamond Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Carbo Man
Character(s): Carbo Man [short for Carborundum Man]; Ruby (villain); Emerald (villain); Sapphire (villain); Union of Super Heroes; Steel Men; Sabrina the Teenage Witch (cameo)
Synopsis: Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire easily defeat the efforts of the "Union of Super Heroes" to stop their crimes because the villains' bodies are made of solid gemstone, and "diamonds are the hardest substance in the world". Carborundum Man defeats the male villains "with psychology", and ends story by proposing to Sapphire.
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Disclose Notes: Super-hero parody introducing Carbo Man. Sapphire looks like a cross between Smurfette and Bizarro Lois Lane. The Diamond Man is colored red like a ruby. At the super-hero headquarters, one of the heroes is reading a "Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch" comic book.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hilda's Monster Section
Character(s): Hilda the Witch
First Line: In my find, you'll find only choice, top quality monster entertainment!
Synopsis: Hilda promises to never use Brand X monsters in her Monster Section.
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Our Monster is Hip. Oh, Where Did We Slip?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dr. Krankenstein; Ludwig; Krankenstein's monster
First Line: Yes, Ludwig! The most fearsome monster of all time is aobut to be made!
Synopsis: A Frankenstein-type monster has the brain of a maniac, but the heart of a hippie.
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The Broom Boom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hilda the Witch
Character(s): Hilda the Witch; unnamed store keeper
Synopsis: Hilda can't replace her broom because of the new fad of broom skiing.
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Pages: 2
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Everything Happens in Transylvania

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Three Transylvania-themed cartoons: a woman paints a mustache onto a painting of a woman; two women wear hats in a theater; Transylvania children are cleaned.
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Stretch Strategy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Ronald the Rubber Boy
Character(s): Ronald; Gladys; The Smasher
Synopsis: Ronald and Gladys try to spend time at the beach, but the Smasher keeps pestering Ronald.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from the index of the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #8, no credits listed in this issue.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Guess Which One
First Line: ...Doesn't know it's Saturday yet.
Synopsis: Guess which one doesn't know it's Saturday yet, is telling the joke, is happy he didn't drop out of school, and just killed her chances of being asked out on another date.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: four gag cartoons
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Life In Transylvania

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A series of one panel gags comparing life in Transylvania with life in normal society.
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Pages: 2
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The Teeth Feat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): The Pink Martian
Character(s): The Pink Martian
Synopsis: The Pink Martian develops a toothache.
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Pages: 1
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Professor Transistor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hilda's Mad Lab Section
Character(s): Hilda the Witch (host); Professor Transistor; Archie Andrews (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
Synopsis: Professor Transistor shows off the robots he invented.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Professor Transistor, who would become a recurring character in Madhouse.
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The Teen-Age Machine Age

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Science Dept.
Synopsis: The wonders of the electronic world are put to use for teenager's in such machines as the Teachitron, Jukeboxitron, and Snack-O-Mat.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Guess Which One
First Line: ...Just won the sweepstakes.
Synopsis: Guess which one just won the sweepstakes, just spotted a relative, isn't crazy about ticker-tape parades, and will give up experimenting with electrical instruments.
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Disclose Notes: four gag cartoons
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Campaign Pictures Sometimes Lie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Madhouse Exposure Department
Character(s): A. Kreep
Synopsis: A look at high school campaign photos and the truth behind them.
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Pages: 3
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The Trend Setters

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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mad House Ma-ads Featuring The Archies
Character(s): Fran the Fan; Dan Didit; Dippy Didit; Dick Didit; Clyde Didit; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: When Fran the Fan finds out that the Archies are going to appear at the Ma-ads concert, the Archies have to find a way to sneak past souvenir-hungry fans.
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Pages: 6
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Teen-Agers of the Past

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: A series of gags starring Victorian-era teens.
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Pages: 2
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Blip Quips

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Blips
Character(s): Blips
Synopsis: Gags and puns.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The blips also appear in the center of some pages in Girl Whirl, X-48, and Mighty Chick.

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