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Issue: Champion Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #6 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWorth Carnahan
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Worth Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/28/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Worth Carnahan; Adolphe Barreaux (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 445837.
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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
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[untitled]

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Genres: adventure
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Worth Carnahan ? [as "The Champ"]
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Subject Matter
First Line: Hello there friends!
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Pages: 1
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The Deadliest Basketball Game

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Champ; Fay Madison; Gil Tomlinson (villain); Silky Burle (Intro); Old Charlie (intro); Doc Schultz; Pierre Fortesque
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

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Genres: non-fiction, sports
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Pages: 1
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The Money Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: historical
Character(s): Liberty Lads; Capt. Adair
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Pages: 6
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Civilization, Pirates, and Shipwreck

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Jungleman; Meng-Wong (Intro, Dies, villain)
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Pages: 6
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Episode One

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dash Dolan; Nalva Randolph; Dr. Ying; Sheng-Fang (villain); Lotus (villain)
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Pages: 6
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The Invisibility Pellets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Porter
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Fox (intro, origin); Olga Rakoff; Peter Pokane (villain); Marcus Rail (villain)
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Pages: 6
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Fight For Life

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Writer(s): Robert Turner
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 2
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In the Land of the Surface People

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Neptina; Nick (villain); Tony (villain); Mack (villain); Kalok (intro)
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Pages: 6
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Airships in Stamps

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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Champion Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the only appearance of the "Champion Stamp Page" feature.
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Introducing Duke O'Dowd

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Duke O'Dowd (introduction, Foreign Legionnaire); Karl Von Hond (introduction, villain)
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Pages: 5
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The Case of the Men with the Green Hair

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Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Lobo (a detective); Bob Dolan; August (villain)
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Pages: 6
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The Economical Farmer

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Worth Carnahan ?
Penciller(s): Worth Carnahan (signed)
Inker(s): Worth Carnahan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Champion Puzzler
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed with Worth Carnahan's monogram "WC."
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Dodo Island

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bill Handy; Marco; Pug; Prof. Stone (intro); Prof. Maxon (Intro, villain)
Synopsis: Prof. Stone tells Bill that in 1570 Captain Vetasco carried some dodo birds as a gift to a chief in Ecuador. The ship was wrecked on one of the Galapagos islands, and the professor believes the dodo survived there. Bill sails the Polaris through the Panama Canal to the island to capture a living dodo.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Bill Handy" feature.

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