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Issue: Miss America Magazine #3
Publication Date: December 1944
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Issues: #3 of 82 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Miss America Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 10/27/1944
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 4, p423.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Pages: 1
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Miss America Contents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
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Hello, Girls:

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Feature(s): Hello Girls
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction, teen
Character(s): Jane Withers (photo); June Carlson (photo); Johnny Miles (photo); Shirley Temple (photo); Gloria Jean (photo)
First Line: Let's trot along with our cute reporter…
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 3 (1p), 46 (0.4p), and 48 (0.6p).
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Sauce for the Gander

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First Line: Eileen Elliot, debating the wisdom of borrowing her younger sister's cork-soled wedgies—for Sukey would have to know why—wondered if she were really as lucky as every other Tallacola girl of high school age considered her.
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Pages: 3.65
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 4 (1p), 5 (1p), 59 (0.5p), 63 (0.75p), and 64 (0.4p).
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Miss Dolly Dimples

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Character(s): Dolly Dimples (photo of Diana Lynn)
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Pages: 2.67
Disclose Notes: A photo feature of actress Diana Lynn.

Appears on pages 6 (1p), 7 (1p), and 58 (0.67p).
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X Plus Y

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First Line: I was studying Math furiously, with the final looming just a mere week off, when the telephone rang.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 8, 9, 65, and 66.
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Thinking Is Being

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First Line: Beautiful! He had called her beautiful.
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Pages: 2.6
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 10 (1p), 55 (0.6p), and 56 (1p).
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What Goes?

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Disclose Notes: This is an advertisement for shoes from Wise Shoe Stores that purports to be a matching game. The reader is supposed to study its six photographed pairs of shoes, determine what type of outfit would best be worn with each, and then turn to the "Dress Best" clothing ad on page 60 for the answers.
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[untitled]

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First Line: I am in a total eclipse!
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Pages: 3.33
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 12 (1p), 13 (1p), 48 (0.33p), and 50 (1p).
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Miss In-Be-Tween

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Character(s): Jane Powell (photo)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Double-page ad for clothes for girls who are on the cusp of womanhood.
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Career-Minded Minx

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Character(s): Janet Martin (photo); Allan Lane (photo); Bill Henry (photo); Frank Sinatra (photo)
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Pages: 2.93
Disclose Notes: A profile on actress Janet Martin.

Appears on pages 16 (1p), 17 (1p), and 52 (0.93p).
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Sigh-Entific Studying...

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Pages: 1.27
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 18 (1p) and 53 (0.27p).
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The Case of the Goldfish

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): King Cobra (villain, introduction); Jim Benton (Miss America's uncle)
First Line: Jim! Listen! The bomber plans! The King Cobra's after them! He---
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

Table of contents lists the title as "Clue of the Goldfish."
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Your Haven

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First Line: Marion was lamenting the drab, dull look of her bedroom, pouting and complaining about not having enough money to re-decorate it, while Gertrude smiled and listened thoughtfully.
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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

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Genres: drama, romantic, teen
First Line: It was real sweet of you to come shopping with me today, Buzz!
Synopsis: When Patsy thinks Buzz is showing interest in Hedy because she has a job, Patsy decides she needs to get one as well.
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She Calls Me Dad...

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Writer(s): ? (credited as Everybody's Daddy)
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First Line: Sometimes I look at her over my newspaper and marvel.
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Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 35 (1p) and 45 (0.67p)
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The Adventures of the Ring

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Genres: superhero
First Line: You know, Madeline, these neighborhoods remind me--?
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Title comes from the table of contents (“MISS AMERICA in the ADVENTURES OF THE RING”).
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Said the Spurter to the Mumbler...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (signed M. K.)
Inker(s): ? (signed M. K.)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.6
Disclose Notes: An article about articulating properly.

Appears on pages 44 (1p) and 46 (0.6p).
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$1000 Cash Prize Contest Announcement

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A reminder about the contest that was announced in the previous issue.
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Road to Charm

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An article about grooming.
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Miss America's Favorite Fashions

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Paper doll of Madeline Joyce and five outfits to cut out. Title comes from table of contents.
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Is This You?

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Pages: 1.4
Disclose Notes: An article about the types of behavior boys don't like in girls.

Appears on pages 51 (1p) and 53 (0.4p).
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Tricky Tests for Teens...

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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Tricky Tests for Teens
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Pages: 1.4
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 54 (1p) and 55 (0.4p).
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Metropolitan Baby...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Patrice Munsel (photo)
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Pages: 1.83
Disclose Notes: A profile on actress Patrice Munsel.

Appears on pages 57 (1p), 58 (0.33p), and and 59 (0.5p).
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Dress Best...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Double-page ad for clothes to match with the shoes found on page 11's "What Goes?" ad.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, teen
First Line: Do accept Nina (Aunt Nina to you) Wilcox Putnam's invitation…
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Appears on pages 62 (1p) and 64 (0.5p).

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