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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): George Marcoux

Inker(s): George Marcoux

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Feature(s): Supersnipe

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Pages: 1

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

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First Line: Looks Like the Real Thing, Doesn't it?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.
Ad for Air Trails magazine.

Snowbound

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Ed Gruskin ?

Penciller(s): George Marcoux

Inker(s): George Marcoux

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): Supersnipe

Character(s): Supersnipe [Koppy McFad]; unnamed snow plower; Herlock Domes; Professor Noall, The Mindreader; unnamed policemen; unnamed police chief; Noall's unnamed male and female accomplices

Synopsis: Koppy is arrested by the police after they and Professor Noall find him with stolen jewels. Herlock helps Koppy escape jail and they discover that Professor Noall and his accomplices were behind the planting of the jewels on Koppy and other robberies. Koppy, as Supersnipe, and Herlcok track down the criminal crew in the mountains and proceed to confront the crew, managed to capture them, and after a harried sled ride down the mountain, bring them to the police to clear Koppy's name.

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Pages: 25

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Joe Maneely [as Maneely] (signed)

Inker(s): Joe Maneely [as Maneely] (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Butterfingers!

Character(s): Buttfingers; Coach; unnamed teammates; unnamed gangsters; Gatso Gunsel; unnamed sheriff

First Line: Come to Me, Ball! This is Where I Come Through in the Clutch!

Synopsis: Butterfingers hates himself for letting the win in the football game slip through his fingers. During a walk he stumbles into a plot by gangsters to injury key players. His attempt to escape from them only to run into escaped fugitive, Gatso Gunsel in a barn loft. Butterfingers tendency to create havoc ends up stopping Gunsel and resulting in his arrest.

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Pages: 6

The Ice Has It!

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): George Marcoux

Inker(s): George Marcoux

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Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Trouble

Character(s): Jasper Trouble Jones; unnamed policeman; Yapburg's Hockey Cats [Koppy McFad; Herlock Domes; Ulysses Q. Wacky; Diana (Roxy) Adams]; unnamed kids of rival hockey team

Synopsis: Trouble gets ready for the hockey game but his outfit causes a policeman to think he was a criminal. A confrontation on the stairs results in a tumble and the policeman being knocked out. Later Trouble has to explain to his team why he was late which caused them to almost forfeit the game. As the game goes on, the puck gets stuck in his face mask. The efforts to remove the puck result in Trouble getting tossed into the net, causing a goal and the win for the opponents.

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Crisis in the Comics!

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): Supersnipe

Character(s): Supersnipe [Koppy McFad]; Mr. Vex; Mrs. Amelia Van Upshot; two unnamed reporters; unnamed dog; two robbers

Synopsis: Newsstand man Mr. Vex has to break the bad news to Koppy that the City has made comics illegal to purchase in Yapburg. Koppy is convinced that this is a criminal plot and as Supersnipe he will get to the bottom of it. Supersnipe's efforts ended up saving Mrs. Van Upshot, the women who pushed for the ban, from would-be robbers. Mrs Upshot realizes she was wrong about comics and pledges to end the ban on "decent" comic books.

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A Better Mouse Trap

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): George Marcoux

Inker(s): George Marcoux

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Ulysses Q. Wacky

Character(s): Ulysses Q. Wacky; Clarice Young; Andy Tule; Clancy (policeman); unnamed male and female neighbors

Synopsis: Wacky's efforts to get Clarice and Andy together nearly backfires.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Same artist as in the Supersnipe story earlier in this issue.

Most Amazing Convenient Pocket Lighter

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

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Notes: Ad for Henry Senne & Company pocket lighter.

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Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

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Notes: Inside back cover.
Ad created in cooperation with the Magazine Publishers of America, a public service announcement for U.S. Saving Bonds.

12 Beautiful Husky, Young Evergreens

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

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Notes: Back cover.
Ad for evergreen trees from the Michigan Bulb Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan.