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Issue: Funny Pages #40 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #40 of 26 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/27/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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 US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Arrow [Ralph Payne]
First Line: Swinging the body of one of the ghouls, the Arrow went into action in time to halt the tickling death!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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The Ticking Death

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Arrow [Ralph Payne]; Maise
Synopsis: Foreign spies swarm into the US trying to obtain military secrets.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dr. Chang (Mad Ming)
Synopsis: Dr. Chang alias Mad Ming has for sometime been the guest of Detective Gene Gerald. Gene save Ming's life some time back and he was so grateful he promised to reform.
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Pages: 7
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The Case of the Livid Scar

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Randal Ross
Synopsis: Randal Ross, ingenious private detective, has been procured by Miss Joan Brent to thoroughly investigate the murder of a jewelry store owner.
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Pages: 8
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Centerfold contest for prize train.
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Kid Kopper
Synopsis: It's midnight and a man has just broken into an uptown office in the Reed building.
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Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Two pages of jokes with illustrations.
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The Circus and Sue

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sue; Carlo
Synopsis: Sue stands vigil at the bedside of the hospitalized Carlo
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Pages: 5
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Feature(s): Cartooning Self Taught
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: 1 pager on how to draw political cartoons and 2 pages of drawings sent in by readers.
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Steve West
Synopsis: Steve West in Rio de Janeiro is asked to sail a cargo of coffee to Mogodoro in Morocco.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Sea Rover feature first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #1 from Timely: http://www.comics.org/issue/628/#11173

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