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Issue: Headline Comics #5 (17) Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1946
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Issues: #5 (17) of 77 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagPrize
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: American Boys' Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Samuel Bierman
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Atomic Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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King Maline's Power Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Voight
Inker(s): Charles Voight
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Atomic Man
Character(s): King Maline (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art is consistent with Voight’s signed work from Picture News #2 (February 1946), including how he draws faces, the “J” inside the ear, and his general usage of wispy lines. Also, Bails credits Voight on the "Atomic Man" feature.
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The Two-Faced Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): August Froehlich
Inker(s): August Froehlich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Worldbeater and Unghh
Character(s): Joblo (guest-star); Joblo's father (introduction); Rindylu (introduction); Two-Faced Men (criminal Martians, villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: story out of sequence, cont'd from #15; last appearance
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The Plague of the Seven Year Locusts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Munson Paddock
Inker(s): Munson Paddock
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Buck Saunders
Character(s): Buck Saunders; Fatty; Judge Gavel; Professor Tinker
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art is consistent with Paddock’s signed work from New Adventure Comics #14-16 (1937) and Slapstick Comics #1 (1946), including Paddock’s big eyes and long noses.
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Wanted For Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lit-Win
Inker(s): Lit-Win
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Carrot Topp
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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This is what you've been waiting for!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: House ad for Frankenstein comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover of #2 is reproduced, art by Dick Briefer.
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Behind the Eight Ball

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Clem Colbert
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Anti-Immigrant Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer?
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Rangers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9

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