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Issue: Seven Seas Comics #1
Publication Date: April 1946
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagIger
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Universal Phoenix Features Syndicate
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): S. M. Iger (publisher); R. A. Roche (executive editor)
Disclose Notes: Universal Phoenix Features Syndicate was the legal name of the Iger Shop during this time.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover
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
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Synopsis: Neptune attacks a ship.
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: The editors and artists of Seven Seas Comics...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover, intro to book framed by picture of a statue of a mermaid and a compass.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manning Lee Stokes ?
Penciller(s): Robert Webb
Inker(s): Robert Webb
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Captain Cutlass
Character(s): Captain Cutlass [Rodney Yorke]; Sir Henry Yorke; Elizabeth Yorke; Geoffrey; Abernathy Bates; Timmy; Peter Dirk; Blind Meg; Sue; Alf
First Line: Twas a fine June morn when disaster...
Synopsis: The king has declared Rodney Yorke a pirate. As Captain Cutlass, he puts together a crew to search for treasure and adventure.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Page of original art at Lewis Wayne Gallery.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Frank Little [as Watt A. Lyre]
Penciller(s): Frank Little [as Watt A. Lyre]
Inker(s): Frank Little [as Watt A. Lyre]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tall Stories
Character(s): Binks; Joe; Mrs. Binks
First Line: There he is, fellows! Isn't it a beauty
Synopsis: Tall story about catching a mermaid.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Manning Lee Stokes [as Lee Stoken]
Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?; Matt Baker ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tugboat Tessie
Character(s): Tugboat Tessie; Bill Jetty; Melody; Ambrose Q. Ouch; MacGuire; Spider; Joe
First Line: Slap that paint on faster, Melody...
Synopsis: Bill Jetty takes a towing job that had been offered to Tessie.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Most of the artwork looks like the work of Alex Blum, but the character Melody (particularly in the swimsuit sequence) appears to have been drawn by Matt Baker.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manning Stokes (credited) [as Manning]
Penciller(s): Bob Hebberd (signed) [as Hebberd]
Inker(s): Bob Hebberd (signed) [as Hebberd]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Harbor Patrol
Character(s): Mousey; Steve Badger; Squeaky; Whimsical Pete; Shifty; Tony
First Line: The night is sultry, shadows sport along the wharves...
Synopsis: Crooks throw a store dummy into the harbor which is an elaborate plan to rat out a rival gang. This brings the Harbor Patrol onto the scene between the two rival gangs.
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Pages: 7
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The Silver Whistle

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Master Thomas Judd; Mr. Rountree; Henry Howland; Captain Burton
Synopsis: Thomas is lonely because the other midshipmen won't be his friends. But uses his silver whistle to call for help after he and another midshipman are trapped below during a pirate raid.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Frank Little (signed)
Penciller(s): Frank Little (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Little (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous
Feature(s): Crossbones Charlie
Character(s): Crossbones Charlie
First Line: Ahoy Captain! Mutiny adeck!
Synopsis: A crewman gets the captain's treasure map and takes over the ship.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Ruth Roche ?
Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?
Inker(s): Alex Blum ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Ol' Skipper
Character(s): The Ol' Skipper; Bo'sun; Tom
First Line: The sea often steals a man's heart...
Synopsis: The Ol' Skipper tells a tale of when he was trapped in the Sargasso Sea and rescued by an albatross.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Ruth Roche credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Ol' Skipper Webb]
Penciller(s): Robert Webb ?
Inker(s): Robert Webb ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Salty Stuff
Character(s): The Ol' Skipper
First Line: There! Now she'll stay fast!
Synopsis: Instructional page on types of knots.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Webb ?
Inker(s): Robert Webb ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sagas of the Sea Authentic Adventures
Character(s): Captain Barr
First Line: Six hundred miles off Newfoundland...
Synopsis: The sinking of the Volturna on October 9, 1913.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manning Lee Stokes
Penciller(s): Matt Baker (signed)
Inker(s): Matt Baker (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): South Sea Girl
Character(s): South Sea Girl [Alani]; Captain Ted Trimble; Bill; Marty; Tanaka; Old Naggi
First Line: Above a volcano floor...
Synopsis: Two criminals travel to the Vanishing Isles with a plan to make it a hideout for international criminals but are defeated by the islands protector, the South Sea Girl Alani.
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Pages: 9
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Ye Map of Block Island

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: Map of Block Island.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside backcover.
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New! Bobby Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Bobby; Mrs. Kitt
Synopsis: Promotional ad for Bobby Comics, from a comic strip.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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