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Issue: Crackajack Funnies #10 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1939
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Issues: #10 of 43 Issues (44 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Whitman Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/24/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (21 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Additional information for this issue came from an index done by Doug Kendig for the apazine, APA-I (August 2004 mailing).

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 427666. Copyright was given to Whitman Publishing Co.

Entire contents copyright 1936, 1937, 1938 by NEA, Inc.; 1937 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.; 1938 Publishers Syndicate, Inc.; 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.; 1939 Whitman Publishing Co. Printed in U. S. A. Distributed by American News Company.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Freckles
First Line: No he isn't carrying it for me.
Synopsis: Child stuck in tuba on the way to plumber.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Just for Fun!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wiseman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes indicia at bottom of the page.

Advertisement for books and toys ordering form from Wiseman of Racine, Wisconsin.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dan Dunn; Curtis; Captain Sharp; Frank Cobb
First Line: Dan, this mystery is too much for me...
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Reprint Notes: from Dan Dunn daily (Publishers Syndicate) 1938-04-25 - 1938-05-07 [All panels trimmed at bottom.]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Beth Wilder; Ace Hanlon (crook); Jack Adams; Old Ben; Lash (crook)
First Line: With Little Beaver's help, Red Ryder prevents a stage hold up...
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Reprint Notes: from Red Ryder Sunday (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1938-12-04 - 1938-12-25
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Buck Jones; Lock Maze; "Waddie" Sims; Pete; Dogie
First Line: Lock Maze leader of the "Wolf Gang" plans to hold up the Frisco Express...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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A Wisecrack for Crackajack

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement calling for joke submissions to the magazine.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Looney Luke; Hug
First Line: How does the place look, Hug?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: New material, not a comic strip reprint.
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Major Hoople in Gorilla Land

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (illustration)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Crackajack One Page Thrillers
Character(s): Major Amos B. Hoople; Chauncey
First Line: A sister of Major Hoople was visiting him at his boardinghouse.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Character(s): Myra North; Doctor Jim Jason; baby Mark; baby Moses; Jack Lane; Lew Wen; Queen Ellen
First Line: Today we find Myra and Dr. Jason speeding back to the hospital...
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Reprint Notes: from Myra North, Special Nurse daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1936-07-xx - 1936-08-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): Freckles McGoosey; Nutty; Mrs. Lampwick; Officer Kelly; Twidge
First Line: Mrs. Lampwick, the court wishes you to tell what you know about the character of the defendant!
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Reprint Notes: from Freckles and His Friends daily (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 193X-XX-XX - 193X-XX-XX
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic, teen
Character(s): Boots; Cora; Mrs. Tutt; Horace
First Line: H'lo, Cora! Where's Boots?
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Reprint Notes: from Boots and Her Buddies daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Although widely distributed as Boots and Her Buddies, some newspapers continued to use the Boots title, as here.
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It's Ok with the Owls =; A Stowaway in His Own Scow =

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Major Amos B. Hoople
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Our Boarding House daily (NEA Service, Inc. [Newspaper Enterprise Association]) 1937-02-10 - 1937-02-11 [Two panel dailies.]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous, romantic
Character(s): Annibelle
First Line: I think I'm falling in love with Freddie.
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Reprint Notes: from Annibelle daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1938-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Speed Bolton; Major Egan; Sally Lee; Dr. Wu; Prince Chang-Li
First Line: Speed Bolton, operating an air line in South China, is hired by a strange Dr. Wu...
Synopsis: Speed Bolton's adventures in China.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Rudy Nebb; Max Smellung; Luther; Bruce Ardley
First Line: Come on - stand up and fight like a man
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Reprint Notes: from The Nebbs daily (The Bell Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx – 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Apple Mary; Dennie; Sunny; Peggy
First Line: This is the last stuff you'll charge here until you pay up.
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Reprint Notes: from Apple Mary and Dennie Sunday (Publishers' Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Clyde Beatty; Cockney; Grosser; Alice; Farnum; Johnson
First Line: Grab him, officer!
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Pages: 4
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Tom Mix and the Kidnappers of Cholla Wash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Tom Mix; "Bull" Eadie; "Mitch" Wooten; Julius Fern; Lanky Jones; Gail Fern
First Line: Tom learns "Bull" Eadie and "Mitch" Wooten are trying to force Julius Fern...
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Pages: 4
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Dan Dunn Trails the Fur Smugglers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (illustration)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Crackajack One Page Thrillers
Character(s): Dan Dunn; Jim Bradley
First Line: I have orders to get Bradley dead or alive, Chief.
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Pages: 1
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Myra North Files a Claim

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Feature(s): Crackajack One Page Thrillers
Character(s): Myra North; Mrs. Crandall; John Maisfield; Walt Dixon; Jed Wilson
First Line: I want you to take this oil lease to Shawnee...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two illustrations in the text story
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The Hold-Off; The Huntsman

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, romantic
Character(s): Willets
First Line: We're outa luck...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Out Our Way daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1938-10-01, 1938-10-07
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fanny; Betty
First Line: Didn't you check out that one last week, dear?; Turn it off!
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Reprint Notes: from Flapper Fanny daily (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 1937-07-21, 1937-08-10
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Freckles Goes Trapping

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Crackajack One Page Thrillers
Character(s): Freckles McGoosey; Nutty Cook; Blinkie (crook); Muggins (crook)
First Line: Adventure had been ringing in the ears of Freckles McGoosey for many weeks.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents two illustrations.
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Ed Tracer "G" Man X 32 vs "The Piranha" Ghastly Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Ed Tracer; Crown Princess Helena of Spanovia; Josie; Chuck Lonergan (crook); Count Serge Pierre; Jimmie Stewart; The Piranha (villain)
First Line: In your next assignment, Ed...
Synopsis: Adventures of a 'G' Man.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: New material, not comic strip reprints. Copyright listed as by Stephen Slesinger, Inc. N. Y. C.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Don Winslow; Red Pennington
First Line: Don and Red will drown like rats in the brig of the wrecked munitions ship unless -
Synopsis: Naval adventures of Don and his friend Red.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Don Winslow Sunday (Bell Syndicate) 1937-07-25 - 1937-08-15
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Character(s): Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy [aka The Tiger Man]; Colonel Jessup; Bow Wow Jones; Lulu Belle Wallis
First Line: I aint even started sockin'
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Reprint Notes: from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA [Newspaper Enterprises Association] Syndicate) 1937-xx-xx - 1937-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Airplane Models That Fly!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Westcraft
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Advertisement for toy aircraft from Westcraft of Racine, Wisconsin.
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Wow! The Years Biggest Bargain!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Advertisements for novelties for sale from Johnson Smith & Company of Detroit, Michigan.

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