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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Feature(s): Brass Knuckles and Slap Happy (from Sparky Watts)

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ham Fisher (signed)

Inker(s): Ham Fisher (signed)

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Feature(s): Joe Palooka

First Line: Howda do. I'm Mister Pat Casey, the well-known sport preemoter.

Synopsis: Two boys, Casey and Max, build an airplane from junk parts. When it crashes, Joe Palooka buys them a small train. Knobby Walsh gets rail tickets belonging to someone else and is found out. Joe Palooka sees a rabbit in a country meadow but, when he returns two hours later, flowers have been torn up and trash scattered everywhere.

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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from 4 Sundays of Joe Palooka (McNaught Syndicate) ?

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Tom DeAngelo (signed)

Inker(s): Tom DeAngelo (signed)

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Feature(s): Sparky Watts

First Line: One week--and still no water!

Synopsis: Two inventors, Pat Pending and Doc Static, attempt to bring water to desperately dry Appledale. Slap Happy accidentally turns on the cosmic ray machine, sending Sparky Watts hurtling through clouds, creating rain.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox

Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inker(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)

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Feature(s): Skyman

First Line: And now, what happens to us?

Synopsis: While exploring the moon, Skyman has fallen into a ravine and been knocked unconscious. He is found by two Germans, Gloria Van Dorn, a beautiful redhead, and Kurt, a vicious Nazi, who tries to steal Skyman's ship. Hidden on the ship are reporter Alec Benson (who had met Gloria in Germany in 1938 and fallen in love with her) and Fawn Carroll, who is in love with Skyman. Skyman slugs Kurt and they take off for home in the rocket ship. But the engines go dead.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): J.P. McEvoy (see notes)

Penciller(s): John Striebel (see notes)

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Feature(s): Dixie Dugan

First Line: There's going to be no more dissention in the family from now on

Synopsis: Last part of sequence about bossy mother-in-law.

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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Sunday Dixie Dugan (McNaught syndicate) ?

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Pages: 5

Notes: Writer and artist credit under logo states "by McEvoy and Striebel"

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Mart Bailey [as Marty] ?

Penciller(s): Mart Bailey [as Marty]

Inker(s): Mart Bailey [as Marty]

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Feature(s): Brass Knuckles

First Line: Hello, mister!

Synopsis: Brass runs away from a little girl who wants him to meet her aunt Ginger. He runs into an ice cream vendor and is helped by a beautiful redhead, who turns our to be Ginger. In the second two page sequence (which has a separate logo), he calls on Ginger with flowers and candy, but leaves when he sees her other suitors, who have looks, strength and money. But Ginger prefers Brass and runs after him.

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Pages: 4

Good Old Bumpy

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Mart Bailey (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Synopsis: Three sailors with a parrot are in a bar. When they can't pay their bill, they sell the parrot to another patron, named Good Old Bumpy.

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Don Dean

Penciller(s): Don Dean (signed)

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Feature(s): Cranberry Boggs

First Line: Avast, Cran, stop muggin' up and shove off!

Synopsis: Cran is impressed by a new "beam trawler" fishing ship, but he falls into the catch and then smells like fish. A little girl is not catching any fish using gumdrops for bait so Cran helps her.

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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from 2 Sunday Cranberry Boggs (McNaught Syndicate) ?

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Frank Beck

Penciller(s): Frank Beck

Inker(s): Frank Beck

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Feature(s): Bo

First Line: Why are you sniffing and fussing around the door so much, Bo?

Synopsis: Junior puts an old sweater on Bo.

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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Bo Sundays (McNaught Syndicate) ?

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Pages: 5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Alfred Andriola

Penciller(s): Alfred Andriola

Inker(s): Alfred Andriola

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Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Charlie Chan

First Line: I'm afraid it's measles, Lee!

Synopsis: Charlie Chan begins to tell the story of the Lottery Murders to his son, Lee.

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In Content Item: Flag

Charlie Chan #3 published January 1983
as The Lottery Murders [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Sunday Charlie Chan (McNaught Syndicate) for July 13, 20 and 27, 1941

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Pages: 4

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Frank Beck

Penciller(s): Frank Beck

Inker(s): Frank Beck

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): All in a Lifetime

First Line: Tell your mother I couldn't find a thing that needs to be done to your teeth.

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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from daily panels All in a Lifetime (McNaught Syndicate) ?

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: Lower half of page has small advertisements.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Jefferson Machamer [as Jeff Machamer]

Penciller(s): Jefferson Machamer [as Jeff Machamer]

Inker(s): Jefferson Machamer [as Jeff Machamer]

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Feature(s): Hollywood Husband

First Line: A shave you want?

Synopsis: The Husband finds he can't get just a shave at a barber shop and, when he goes home, he can't get just a shave there either.

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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from Sunday Hollywood Husband (McNaught Syndicate) 1940 ?

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mart Bailey

Penciller(s): Mart Bailey (signed)

Inker(s): Mart Bailey (signed)

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Tony Trent

First Line: We must be off our course - I don't recognize those islands

Synopsis: Tony and Liz Doyle, "radio's glamour girl," are flying to Tokyo when their plane goes off course over the Burile islands. The plane is attacked by communist planes displaying the red star. The Jabo Jockeys come to their aid and shoot down several planes. Back on the ground, the General tells the pilot, Captain Bailey, that he is proud of the flyers even if they caused an international incident.

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Pages: 6

Job Number: 83