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Genres: anthropomorphic

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All in Fun

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Genres: humorous

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Pages: 1

Notes: Five unrelated gag panels.

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Rough-house Annie

First Line: Thanx, Annie!

Synopsis: Sailors are on strike and the captain has to tell the passengers he cannot sail. Annie has him lead her to the anchor, and she pulls it free of the bottom with her incredible strength.

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Little Giant Comics #1 published July 1938
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Genres: adventure, science fiction

Character(s): Jack Strand; Diana; Doctor Hains; King Karl [Lefty Kranz] (villain)

First Line: Jack is brought to the arena...

Synopsis: Diana is cast into the arena and a vicious beast released. Jack swings down on a sash and rescues her. He then releases the beasts into the arena and makes good their escape.

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Little Giant Comics #1 published July 1938
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Pages: 7

Notes: Frollo signs in the final panel.

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Wilbur

First Line: Hey, conductor! Come here, will ya!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Credits suggested by Who's Who.

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Professor Twiddle

First Line: I wish you'd come right over...

Synopsis: Professor Twiddle tries to solve the mystery of a missing grand piano.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Signed in first panel on the side of the desk (hard to see).

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Otto Graff The Autograph Hunter

Character(s): Otto Graff; Slippery Elm (crook)

First Line: P-s-s-t! Wot's your racket? Chum

Synopsis: Autograph collector Otto Graf exchanges autographs with the crook Slippery Elm. Unfortunately for Otto he had signed a check, which Elm had cashed.

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Michael Fury; Baldy; Mary; her father; Van Tenningen; Bryant

First Line: Well, Baldy, tonight I go to propose...

Synopsis: Fury goes to see Mary in order to propose, little knowing that her father has just been shot in the next room by the unscrupulous Van Tenningen.

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Pages: 3

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Little Nemo; the Imp; Flip; the Princess

First Line: In Slumberland the swimming pool is quite a place to see---

Synopsis: The gang are swimming when a crocodile breaks surface, and Nemo falls out of bed.

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The Ride of the Black Maria

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Character(s): Timmie; Ned

Synopsis: Drivers of a prison van accidentaly capture an escaped murderer, and are given a medal for their action.

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Pages: 4

Notes: The art is a little more crude than Guardineer's usual work, and may be by another hand.

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

First Line: It's a shame---there's not a drop of cold water...

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Pages: 2

Notes: A double page spread.

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Genres: non-fiction, sports

Feature(s): Sportest

First Line: W____ T____ won the first amateur singles crown...

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Pages: 1

Notes: A test for readers, with sports personalities identified only by their initials.

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Picture-queries?

First Line: 1 When did organised baseball come into existence?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Four illustrated general knowledge questions for readers.

Sweet Revenge

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

First Line: Extra! Wuxtry!

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Pages: 4

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Those Dizzy Dwarfs

First Line: I'm tired of sittin' here!

Synopsis: Two dwarfs, one old, one young, are sheltering from the rain under a huge mushroom. The senior of the pair chops down the mushroom and they use it as an umbrella. Arriving at a lake they upend it and use it as a boat. On the other side the elder cuts some mushroom steaks and cooks them over a fire. The youngster complains that he forgot the salt!

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Genres: adventure, historical

Character(s): Fadeaway Farr; Hermit Jackson; Caine; Mary Caine

First Line: To the lonely Rocky Mountain cabin...

Synopsis: Fadeaway Farr visits Hermit Jackson, who is promptly shot. Fadeaway goes off to find medical help, but is waylaid by the villain Caine, who forces him to lead his party out of the mountains. Caine's daughter, who appears to have some medical knowledge, is terrified of her father, and Fadeaway leads her away during the night. They are pursued, but Fadeaway puts them to rout. Arriving back at the cabin, Mary is able to bring the hermit through. It is discovered, using two halves of a broken token, that she is the hermit's daughter, who was stolen by Indians eighteen years earlier.

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Masked Marvel #1 published September 1940
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Pages: 6

Notes: The artist's full name was Yanos [Jack] Ronald Binder.

Football Odds and Ends

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Genres: non-fiction, sports

First Line: "Dis am gettin monotnus"

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Pages: 1

Notes: Who's Who lists Nilan as the writer of his own sports fillers.

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Writer(s): Chuck Thorndyke (credited)

Penciller(s): Chuck Thorndyke (credited)

Inker(s): Chuck Thorndyke (credited)

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Feature(s): Chuck Thorndyke's How to Draw Funny Pictures

First Line: This is lesson 3...

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Pages: 2

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Maybe I shoulda been to the judge after all!

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The Big Race

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Genres: sports

Character(s): Phil; Elaine; Ned

Synopsis: Phil's horse Thunderbolt is pipped at the winning post, but the winner is a ringer and is disqualified.

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Pages: 6

Notes: In addition to the credits in the splash panel, Kashuba signed the last panel.