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Issue: New Comics #1
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
On Sale Date: 1935
Volume: 1
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 48 (29 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (editor, publisher); William H. Cook (managing editor); John F. Mahon (business manager); Vin Sullivan [as Vincent A. Sullivan] (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: Indicia at top of inside front cover underneath the subtitle "The International Picture Story Magazine" and the editorial credits:

Published monthly by National Allied Newspaper Syndicate, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial Office, 373 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Second class entry pending at post office, St. Louis, Mo. under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States, its possessions, and Mexico, South America and Spain—$1.00: elsewhere $2.60. Single copies 10 cents—(in Canada, 15 cents). The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and drawings. Due care will be exercised in handling them. All drawings and manuscripts must be accompanied by sufficient postage for their return. Contents of this magazine may not be reprinted without permission of the publisher. Printed in U. S. A. Copyright 1935, National Allied Newspaper Syndicate, Inc. For advertising rates, address Advertising Dept., New Comics, 375 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color, duotone and black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: paper covers (#1-6); glossy covers (#7-11); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Vin Sullivan (signed)
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Subject Matter
Jibby Jones
Jibby Jones
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FlagAdventure Comics #503 [Direct Sales] published September 1983
as New Comics #1 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Give the Kid a Break!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Pastime Novelty Co.
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Inside front cover.
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Salute!

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
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typeset
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Introduction (centered text column) surrounded by 16 various panels of comic art. The introduction is signed by The Editors.

This new comic is described as "the International Picture Story Magazine...eighty pages packed and jammed with new comic features, written and drawn especially for NEW COMICS - never printed before anywhere."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo O'Mealia [as Leo]
Leo O'Mealia [as Leo]
Leo O'Mealia [as Leo]
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Subject Matter
humorous
Now--When I Was a Boy
Uncle Chris (only appearance)
Look! Now -- When I was a boy - To find a horseshoe was considered luck...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. G. Leffingwell
R. G. Leffingwell (signed)
R. G. Leffingwell (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Sir Loin of Beef
Sir Loin of Beef; Cowhide
And stay out!
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1.87
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. G. Leffingwell
R. G. Leffingwell (signed)
R. G. Leffingwell (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Axel
Axel
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0.13
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Whitney Ellsworth [as Whit Ellsworth] (signed)
Whitney Ellsworth [as Whit Ellsworth] (signed)
Whitney Ellsworth [as Whit Ellsworth] (signed)
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Subject Matter
western
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid (a boy); Pudge
Hey, Billy! Wait up fer a minit!
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Knife Ambush, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. G. Leffingwell
R. G. Leffingwell (signed)
R. G. Leffingwell (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
Sagebrush n' Cactus
Sagebrush; Cactus; Betty
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
R. G. Leffingwell
R. G. Leffingwell (signed)
R. G. Leffingwell (signed)
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Subject Matter
Fanny
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0.13
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Episode One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?
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?
Subject Matter
historical
Vikings
King Harald; Sigrid; Hagbard; Theseta; Ivar (Sigrid's baby); Kol the Wise; Hugin (Odin's raven); Munin (Odin's raven)
King Harald was a young and mighty warrior.
The male baby of King Harald and Sigrid is (in the king's absence, and by order of her father) taken into the forest and left for the wolves. A forester, Kol the Wise, beats off the wolves and takes the baby home, recognizing the three-pointed birth mark as "Odin's sign".
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Writer credit by Jerry Bails.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.
J. Worthington Blimp; Charlie; Jupiter Jones
Well folks, you are now looking at a man who will undoubtedly get his name down on the immortal pages of history...
Blimp decides, as a publicity stunt, to cycle the 3,000 miles from New York to the Exposition of San Diego, California. He ultimately thinks better of it, but is encouraged by reporters to make the attempt. After two weeks he arrives at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where he tries to scrounge a free meal and gets thrown in jail.
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Four self-contained pages, with ongoing storyline, each signed by Mayer.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
The Tinker Twins at Penn Point
Hooty Tinker; Flea Tinker; Pudge (Senior); Eddie (Senior)
Yep, Flea. Pa said we would get along swell here at Penn Point...
Seniors at the Cadet Academy try to blemish the perfect record of the Tinker twins, and succeed by letting a goat loose in their dormitory, which ends up in a tussle. They are assumed to have been fighting and ordered to report to their senior officer in the morning.
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Only appearance.
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Sawbones, C.O.D.

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Alfred "Wishbone" Watters; Walrus McGonigle; Dr. Midas Snagby; Sheriff Pike Hogg
They were just a pair of saddle-tramps...
Wishbone and Walrus capture the wanted criminal Dr. Snagby and reap the benefits of the $250 reward.
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3.5
Text story with four illustrations.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
More Fun
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Miscellaneous
0.5
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Hey! Fellers!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
Pastime Novelty Co.
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1
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Andrini the Great]
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
It's Magic
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Miscellaneous
1
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Petey the Pup

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Jimmy; Petey the Pup; The Tiger Man
A Story of the Wintry Day...
Little Jimmy and Petey go carol singing, and by way of various minor adventures (including an encounter with a thoroughly despicable neighbor) eventually reach the safety of home.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Needles
Needles
Well - Ive just finished a correspondence course...
Needles invents a hair-cutting machine that looks more like an electric chair. Trying it on himself, it explodes and burns off all his hair.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bo Brown (credited)
Bo Brown (credited)
Bo Brown (credited)
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dizzy and Daffy
I thought I recognized that windup...
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Four unrelated gag panels. Note: there are no characters named Dizzy or Daffy.
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17-20 In the Black [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Billy Weston (credited)
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Jim Gale
Jim Gale; Kim; the lady in black
The story of how Jim Gale ended his gambling career...
Career gambler Jim Gale wins a pearl necklace, which the owner tries to steal back. Gale is rescued, and the following morning sees a reward-offered notice in the newspaper. Arriving at the address he is surprised to find his rescuer, who is a servant to a lady in black. He decides to place the $1,000 reward on 17-20 - on the black.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
historical
Just Suppose
Charles Goodyear
That the victorious Gauls in their stealthy approach on Rome...
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Miscellaneous
2
Various unrelated dramatized historical events.
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Lesson I: Pen Lines

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Randall
Stan Randall [as Stanley] (signed)
Stan Randall [as Stanley] (signed)
Stan Randall ?
Subject Matter
Cartoon Corner
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Miscellaneous
1
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Matt Curzon
Matt Curzon
Matt Curzon
?
Subject Matter
The Pixie Puzzle Adventures
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1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Chikko Chakko
Chikko Chakko
Caramba! A new hole in my zapas!
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A Voyage To Lilliput

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?; Jonathan Swift (original author)
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver; Lilliputians
Shipwrecked in the South Seas in 1699...
Gulliver is tied down on the beach by Lilliputians, then by an elaborate mechanical device transported to their village.
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adapted from GULLIVER'S TRAVELS by Jonathan Swift
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Giving Up His Seat & Helping a Man in Need

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Freddie Bell He Means Well
Freddie Bell
Freddie gives up his seat on the trolley car to a fat woman who displaces the men sitting either side. They throw him off in anger. Then Freddie sees a fat man stuck halfway down a manhole. He asks for help and Freddie throws a coin in the man's upturned straw hat.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Sister and Brother
Sister; Brother (only appearance); their mother
Hold the camera steady, Sister...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Bunco the Bear
Bunco the Bear (only appearance); Honey Bear; Uncle Grizzly
-And don't call on my daughter again...
As a joke, Bunco is fooled into believing there is buried treasure on Bunco Ranch. He digs in vain for three days, then strikes oil.
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The Travel Twins

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Emma McKean
Emma McKean
Emma McKean
?
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A paper doll page and a coloring page with poem.
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Sons of the Red Cormorant, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Thor]
? [as Thor]
? [as Thor]
?
Subject Matter
adventure
"Wing" Walker
"Wing" Walker; Sons of the Red Cormorant; Nipper
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Cap'n Spinniker
Cap'n Spinniker; Cap Sternpike
Cap'n Spinniker starts boring beneath the ice...
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Previous appearance in New Fun #v1#6 (1/5 pg. strip) as Captain Spinacker.
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An Important Stamp

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Stamps and Coins
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Miscellaneous
1.33
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Big Premium Offer

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
New Comics
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Miscellaneous
0.67
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Danny Ryan
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Hobbies
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Miscellaneous
2
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Archibald [as Archie]
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction, sports
Sports
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Miscellaneous
1
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They Started Young!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Archibald
Joe Archibald
Joe Archibald
Joe Archibald
Subject Matter
sports
Bobby Jones; Junior Coen; Helen Wills
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Miscellaneous
1
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Josephine Craig
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Worth-While Films to Watch For
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1
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Connie Naar
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
The Book Shelf
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Includes "The Radio Dialer."
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Episode One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
?
Subject Matter
historical
Captain Quick
Captain Kendal Quick; Marjorie Barlow; Lord Barlow
London 1586...
Quick is thought a coward for refusing to sign on with Lord Barlow and privateer against Spanish ships. Then he thwarts a previously overheard attempt by Spanish saboteurs to set fire to the ship, which was his plan all along, and joins the crew.
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FlagAtomic Comics #1 published January 1946
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Writer credit from Jerry Bails.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Jibby Jones
Jibby Jones; his father
Jibby: Am leaving you money to get your hair cut...
Jibby's father leaves him money to get a haircut, but he would rather have an ice cream sundae. He gets a young friend to cut his hair, then goes to the ice cream parlor. When his father later pulls off Jibby's cap he finds he is all but bald.
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The Time Machine, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
The Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed
Oliver Weed; Uriah Mowcher; Fritz
Say - Did you see that new boarder...
Uriah Mowcher claims to have invented a time machine,and invites Oliver Weed to travel back to 1835. Unknown to them, young Fritz has climbed aboard before take off.
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The Secret Cruise, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Ray and Gail
Ray Coveal; Gail Coeval; John Coeval (father); Mary Coeval (mother); Willie Gewgaw
Mary, take good care of our little twins.
Ray and Gail, born in 1912, find themselves orphans in 1935, during the Depression. Ray is unable to find any rewarding work, but a rich friend invites them to sail with him and his father to a secret location. Gail is so enthusiastic that she convinces Ray to go along.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Rafael Astarita
Rafael Astarita
?
?
Subject Matter
historical
Allan De Beaufort
Allan De Beaufort (only appearance); Helen
Allan, forced by treachery to find sanctuary among the enemies of the True Cross...
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Miscellaneous
4
Compare art to King Arthur in issue 3. Writer credit from Jerry Bails.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dickie Duck
Dickie Duck
Hey you! Make yourself useful around here...
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2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Peter and Ho-lah-an
Peter; Ho-lah-an
Peter had a dog called Rab and a ram named Loki...
Peter meets an Indian teen named Ho-lah-an, and shares his food with him. Ho-lah-an teaches Peter how to weave blades of grass into a lasso, which later comes in handy when a ram attacks. Subduing it, they ride off on its back.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
It's a Dern Lie
Utah Falcon
Utah Falcon, my great-grandfather, was a renowned hunter...
Tall tales told about Utah Falcon.
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Miscellaneous
1
"As told by G. W. Falcon, Evanston, Ill"
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Little Miss Muffet Play Sets for Little Misses

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Pastime Novelty Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
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A Real... Shirley Temple Doll!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Pastime Novelty Co.
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Back cover.

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