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Issue: Miss America Magazine #4
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Miss America Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 11/29/1944
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 34 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 1, p73.
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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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romantic, teen
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Model on the cover is Maggie Long, but has often been misidentified as Bettie Page.
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Miss America Contents

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Hello, Girls:

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Hello Girls
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0.33
Announces that each month the magazine will run one reader-submitted story or article each month, paying the winning author $50.
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[untitled]

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non-fiction, teen
Jimmy Durante (photo); Margaret O'Brien (photos)
Trudy's wonderful words on sweaters…
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1.67
Appears on pages 3 (1p) and 56 (0.67p).
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Christmas Climax

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"Hey Betty!" Ray yelled from where he lounged in a chair tilted against the wall.
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Appears on pages 4 (1p), 5 (1p), 60 (0.75p), and 61 (0.89p).
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School Is Fun...

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Elizabeth Taylor (photo); Mickey Rooney (photo); Butch Jenkins (photo)
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A profile of actress Elizabeth Taylor.

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Soot and Satan

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In denim shorts, Judy Vance hopped and plunged through brush and weeds, grabbing wildly for the black streak ahead of her.
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Appears on pages 8 (1p), 9 (1p), 62 (0.8p), 63 (0.8p), and 64 (0.25p).
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Merry Modes...

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A two-page ad for various women's clothing items.
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In my moment of triumph…
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3.56
Appears on pages 13 (1p), 14 (1p), 44 (0.89p), and 45 (0.67p).
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Your Manners Are Showing...

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An article about manners.

Appears on pages 14 (1p), 45 (0.22p), and 48 (0.4p).
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Make Up Your Mind!

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An article encouraging decisiveness.

Appears on pages 15 (1p), 34 (0.22p), and 43 (0.67p).
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Right, This Way...

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An article about etiquette.

Appears on pages 16 (1p) and 43 (0.5p).
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Miss Heatherby...

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We never knew what her first name was.
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So You Know ALL the Answers!

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1.67
Tips for keeping conversation going while on a date.

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Case of the Crystal Unicorn

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superhero
Imagine me rubbernecking, yet I can't resist the urge to get a peep myself!
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Miss America Holiday Fashions

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An ad for cloth patterns from Miss America Fashions. Features Miss America (the superhero) wearing four different outfits that the patterns could be used to make.
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drama, romantic
Cousin Percy
This is the Walker house – – – let's see – – – my last telegram to deliver today!
Remembering cousin Percy as a wimpy nerd, Patsy is not happy to learn he's coming for a visit.
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He says, "It's not that I'm ignorant, I just don't know anything!"
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0.11
A captioned one-panel cartoon of one girl speaking to another.

Appears on page 43 amidst the unrelated "Right, This Way..." text feature, seemingly to pad out the page's leftover space.
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"Bill is such a quiet dresser he won't even wear tongues in his shoes."
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0.11
A captioned one-panel cartoon. In the foreground is a boy in a checkered green jacket speaking to a girl. In the background is a bespectacled boy in a drab blue suit walking towards them.

Appears on page 44 amidst the unrelated "Dear Betty Ann" text feature, seemingly to pad out the page's leftover space.
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"It's not your money, of course, Horace,—it's only because you're so big and strong!"
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A scrawny, nerdy-looking boy is holding an open ring box while a girl looks down at her gleaming diamond ring.

Appears on page 45 amidst the unrelated "Your Manners Are Showing" text feature, seemingly to pad out the page's leftover space.
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Helen Rogers, Cadet Nurse

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A red light flashed on the desk of Mrs. Hollernick, head nurse at Mercy Hospital.
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The story's opening page says “by Patricia Michael,” but the issue's table of contents page says “by Vera Lawson.”

Appears on pages 46 (1p), 47 (1p), 56 (0.33p), 57 (0.8p), and 58 (0.33p).
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[untitled]

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"Are you sure you'll have time for all of these, Tom?"
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A young man wearing a service uniform is standing before a woman. He has a set of golf clubs on his back, a tennis racket in his hand, a football helmet hanging from his arm, and a suitcase behind him. In the background is a kiosk with the word “Information” written atop it.

Appears on page 48 amidst the unrelated "School Is Fun" text feature, seemingly to pad out the page's leftover space.
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Iris the Virus

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An article about viruses.

Appears on pages 49 (1p) and 55 (0.5p).
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Are You a Turtle?

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An article advising girls to date around rather than be possessive of a single boy.
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Class Room Belles

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1.45
Beauty and fashion tips.

Appears on pages 51 (1p) and 58 (0.45p).
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Fashions from Filmland...

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Gloria Jean (photos)
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A photo feature of actress Gloria Jean.
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Tricky Tests for Teens...

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Tricky Tests for Teens
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Appears on pages 54 (1p) and 55 (0.44p).
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[untitled]

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"I've lost so much weight jitterbugging!"
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A husky girl dances energetically with a wide-eyed boy.

Appears on page 56 amidst the unrelated "Cadet Nurse" text feature, seemingly to pad out the page's leftover space.
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Could Be...

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Girls never say what they really want, Boys say (sound of girls' laughter):
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A short poem included as filler.
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Too True...

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Arithmetic's a dreary thing, It helps divide a nhumba;
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A short poem included as filler.
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Your wonderful letters have made me so happy…
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Appears on pages 59 (1p) and 64 (0.63p).
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[untitled]

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"Will I look like Turner or Grable?"
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A captioned one-panel cartoon. A dorky-looking girl sits in a beautician's chair looks up at the surprised beautician excitedly. Behind the girl is a sign that reads, “Madam Fifi's Facial Treatment – We Guarantee to Make You Beautiful!”

Appears on page 64 amidst the unrelated "For Girls Only" text feature, seemingly to pad out the page's leftover space.
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Beauty or Bust...

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Max Factor (photos); Anne Rooney (photos); Jean Davis (photos)
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1.75
Makeup tips.

Appears on pages 65 (1p) and 66 (0.75p).
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[untitled]

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0.25
A one-panel cartoon. Two girls with baskets stand before an apple tree with a ladder leaning on it. To the tree's right is a sign that reads, “TRESSPASSERS, PLEASE USE LADDER, DO NOT SHAKE TREE!”

Appears on page 66 amidst the unrelated "Beauty or Bust" text feature, seemingly to pad out the page's leftover space.

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