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Issue: Crackajack Funnies #26 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #26 of 43 Issues (44 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Whitman Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/01/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Oskar Lebeck
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Robert Bugg [as Bugg] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Bugg [as Bugg] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bob and Bill
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Three Limping Kidnappers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Ellery Queen
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Red Morgan's Dam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Harman
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (credited)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Red Ryder
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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Inside the Hollow Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Bugg
Inker(s): Robert Bugg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bob and Bill
Character(s): Bob and Bill (first appearance; two Boy Scouts); a giant (first appearance); a giant's wife (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Menace of Dr. Thor: Part ?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank V. Martinek [as F. V. Martinek] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Don Winslow
Character(s): Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Dr. Thor (villain); the Duchess (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Strip reprints.
Previous indexer listed F. V. Martinek as the artist, but he was only the writer.
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Duel With a Destroyer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al McWilliams ?
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)
Inker(s): Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Stratosphere Jim
Character(s): The Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Tumak's Return

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): One Million B. C.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: adapted from Hal Roach's movie ONE MILLION B.C.
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The T.S. Show Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Connor
Penciller(s): Bill Treadwell
Inker(s): Bill Treadwell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gabby Scoops
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Roses For Virginia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Crane
Penciller(s): Roy Crane
Inker(s): Roy Crane
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wash Tubbs
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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Admiral Bird's Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Win Smith
Penciller(s): Win Smith (signed)
Inker(s): Win Smith (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Pete and Pudgie
Character(s): Penguin Pete; Pudgie
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints?
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The Food Racketeers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Thomas (signed)
Penciller(s): Frank Thomas (credited) (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Thomas (credited) (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Owl
Character(s): The Owl [Nick Terry]; unnamed Police Inspector; Lee Terry's servant); Belle Wayne [as Bell]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: According to Michael Barrier in his book "Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comics", Frank Thomas was the writer. Previous indexer credited Leonard Steinman.

Thomas' first Owl story in this title.

In Alter Ego #151 article, Thomas' daughter recounts that whenever her father was doing characters and needed a name, he used names of people that the family knew.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Clyde Lewis
Penciller(s): Clyde Lewis
Inker(s): Clyde Lewis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Herky
Character(s): Herky; Pinchy; Lois
First Line: Do you think I look like a glamor boy, Herk?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: strip reprint
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The Power Plant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crusoes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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