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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
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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
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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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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
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The Three Limping Kidnappers

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Genres: mystery
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Pages: 8
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Red Morgan's Dam

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Genres: western
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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Inside the Hollow Earth

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Character(s): Bob and Bill (first appearance; two Boy Scouts); a giant (first appearance); a giant's wife (first appearance)
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Pages: 7
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The Menace of Dr. Thor: Part ?

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Genres: war
Character(s): Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Dr. Thor (villain); the Duchess (villain)
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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

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Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): The Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 8
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Tumak's Return

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Disclose Notes: adapted from Hal Roach's movie ONE MILLION B.C.
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The T.S. Show Mystery

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Roses For Virginia

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Admiral Bird's Ship

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Penguin Pete; Pudgie
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints?

The "Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie" feature formerly appeared in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.
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The Food Racketeers

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Owl [Nick Terry]; unnamed Police Inspector; Lee Terry's servant); Belle Wayne [as Bell]
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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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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Herky; Pinchy; Lois
First Line: Do you think I look like a glamor boy, Herk?
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: strip reprint

The "Herky" feature is currently appearing in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series) and will now be appearing in Crackajack Funnies also.
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The Power Plant

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Pages: 5

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