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Issue: Funny Picture Stories #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1938
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Issues: #9 of 9 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ? [as Uncle Joe]
Disclose Notes: Available as a scan at goldenagecomics.co.uk.

All art identifications by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
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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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sidney
First Line: It looked like rain, Sidney, so I brought your rubbers --
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Here's a Barrel of Good News

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Uncle Joe]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Short essay on how to be a good neighbor and new comics coming from Centaur.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Don't look now, but my manager thinks you're wrong!!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Four unrelated gag panels beginning with "Don't look now".
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Character(s): Rough House Annie
First Line: We had to lengthen it 3 feet to fit you, Annie!
Synopsis: At an obviously fake wrestling match, Annie obeys the shouts of the crowd to "Throw the bums out".
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jack Strand; Diana; King Milo; Stenzo
First Line: While exploring the undersea kingdom of Milo...
Synopsis: Jack foils the plans of Stenzo to kill King Milo and loot the Coral City.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Wilbur
First Line: What? Building another playground? 10 years!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery, sports
First Line: This way, boy.
Synopsis: Someone has kidnapped the high school football team. A detective looks for clues but the answer is, the team is not due to play until the following week.
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Ages of Animals
First Line: Animals are said to live longer in captivity...
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Pokey Forgets to Rememrer [sic]

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Pokey
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The Fun Spot

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: What amusement park attraction does this represent?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Do You Remember?
First Line: The lamplighter
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Look! A New Card Game for Boys and Girls

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Synopsis: Ad for Cross-Words Card Game and 100 Puzzles in a book.
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Bib; Tucker; their mother
First Line: Come, children, we're going down shopping.
Synopsis: The famiy goes shopping. The shopkeeper invites the kids to take some raisins, but they hesitate, so that he gives them even more with his bigger hand.
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Romance in the Zoo

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Genres: humorous
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The Yellow Death Part 2

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pat Casey; Ray Roberts; Kein Wan (villain); Malloy; Wong
First Line: Pat Casey, young Irish detective...
Synopsis: Detectives Casey, Roberts and Malloy combat a secret society in the heart of Chinatown.
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Crossed Wires

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Genres: adventure, drama
Character(s): Ted Stevens; Mr. Jones; Mary Ann
First Line: There's wire trouble...
Synopsis: Ted Stevens is a repairman working on the telephone lines. Cutting in on the line of his girl Mary Ann, he hears her arranging to meet a man at a drug store. In a huff he cuts the line and races to the store, only to discover the man is her father.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Honest Lady - They're not from Egypt or Persia...
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Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Four unrelated gag panels in which people tell the absolute truth.
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Sweet Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: No use, boys...
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Joe Dokes
First Line: I am glad I divorced my wife...
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): King Louis [aka George Walberg]; Chancllor Eric Hagert; Captain Kris Lopez; Professor Danzig; Master Brut
First Line: Chancellor Eric Hagert stands watching the boy king Louis...
Synopsis: Chancellor Hagert and Captain Lopez are concerned about the narrowness of the king's home schooling, so decide to send him to a semi-private school which gives attention to character. The king registers under an alias, with instructions to conceal his identity at all times, and interact with his fellow pupils in a fair manner. His superior education, however, quickly earns him an enemy in the humiliated Master Brut.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I couldn't hit the side of a barn
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Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Now On Sale

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: Ad for items that could be bought from Centaur Publications.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: Ad for many small items from Johnson Smith and Co., Detroit Michigan.
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Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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