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Issue: Prize Comics #4 (52) Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1945
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Issues: #4 (52) of 68 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Feature Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/28/1945
Volume: 5
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 2, p. 228.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Oscar; Sir Prize
First Line: Beginning in this issue the comical adventures of Sir Prize
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Readers amazing gift offer!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Encyclopedia Educational Service.
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Love Comes to Character... on the Installment Plan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Character(s): Boom Boom Brannigan; Dan Cupid; Character Conklin; Oscar; Lydia Stickum; Winnie Wills
Synopsis: Character goes to a dating service.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Frankenstein and the Beanstalk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Frankenstein; Miss Dusa; Hoodoo; Mysto; Marvelo
Synopsis: Frankenstein goes to the library to find the book Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Possibly the last "first version" story of Frankenstein.
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Upstaged by Army

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Malott] (signed)
Penciller(s): ? [as Malott] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Malott] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mac
Character(s): Mac
Synopsis: Mac is upstaged by an Army officer who asks out his intended.
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Pages: 1
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Wings Over France

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Don Pickett; Riker; Marjorie Cummings; Johnson
Synopsis: New pilot Pickett delivers the belongings of the pilot he is replacing to the widow.
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ham and Eggs
Character(s): Ham (intro; only appearance); Eggs (intro; only appearance); Mr. Lyon; Phineas Phox; Percy Penguin; Mr. Poodle
First Line: That sign was a stroke of genius!
Synopsis: Ham and Eggs get a backer with a $5000 check, but he wants to be in the act.
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Pages: 5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Fall In!
First Line: So sorry... I must have left my pass in my other suit!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed Lee/Schertz. Writer Lester Lee is a possibility suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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The Mighty Midge McGuire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yank; Doodle; Black Owl; Midge McGuire; Slug; Mrs. McGuire; Pete
Synopsis: Midge McGuire has fallen in with a gang of crooks.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card attached to online scanned version.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Herc
Character(s): Herc; Ossie
First Line: Hey! Where yuh goin', Ossie?
Synopsis: Herc saves 50 dollars a week.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed Lee/Schertz. Writer Lester Lee is a possibility suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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The Castle Booboo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sir Prize (intro); Lady Chili; Oscar; The Red Knight; Sir Blackard; Lady Lulu
Synopsis: Sir Prize must stop Sir Blackard from taking possession of Castle Booboo.
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Pages: 7
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Save waste paper
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be the first in your town to wear this sensational corozo nut ring said to bring good luck to the wearer
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Harem Co.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Smashing book offer your choice of any of these educational books free with your order!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pickwick Co.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Pick your prize
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Lancaster County Seed Co.

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