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Issue: Comics on Parade #5 (29)
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #5 (29) of 104 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagUnited Feature
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: United Feature Syndicate Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/12/1940
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 32 (24 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Raeburn van Buren
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Abbie an' Slats
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Raeburn van Buren
Penciller(s): Raeburn van Buren (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Abbie an' Slats
First Line: That girl has done what none of his doctors have been able to do...
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Pages: 8
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Phantom Fokker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Hal Forrest (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tailspin Tommy
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Pages: 5
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Fokker D-XXI Pursuit

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tailspin Tommy Model Plans
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Owen (credited)
Penciller(s): Frank Owen (credited)
Inker(s): Frank Owen (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jasper
Synopsis: Four 1-panel jokes.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Nancy
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rudolph Dirks (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Captain and the Kids
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Looey Dot Dope
Character(s): Looy
First Line: If I do say so -- it's the best poem I ever wrote to the greatest love I ever knew!
Synopsis: Looy revises his love poem each time his girlfriend changes her mind about their date.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Looy Dot Dope
Character(s): Looy; George Dilbury; Ma Dilbury
First Line: Dilbury ain't the only one who can keep a diary!
Synopsis: Looy's descriptions of his day in his diary don't exactly correlate with reality.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Looy Dot Dope
Character(s): George Dilbury; Looy
First Line: Ah! The utter wonder of being alive on such a day!
Synopsis: At the beach, Dilbury waxes poetic about the sea, but is distracted by an attractive young woman in a skimpy bathing suit.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edgar Rice Burroughs (original author); ? (comics script)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): The Son of Tarzan
First Line: Many miles to the west, as Meriem struggled in the arms of the Swede...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bill Conselman (credited)
Penciller(s): Charles Plumb (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ella Cinders
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dynamiite Dunn
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank N. Ernest (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Unbelievable But True
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Opdyke (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Young Idear
Synopsis: Four 1-panel jokes.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Mary Mixup
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Richards (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Boomers
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble (credited)
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Danny Dingle
Character(s): Danny Dingle
First Line: Danny has joined the Order of Benevolent Buffaloes...
Synopsis: Danny has to perform various stunts for his lodge initiation.
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Disclose Notes: 3 daily strips pasted together. The last panel of the last strip appears on the next page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble (credited)
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Danny Dingle
Character(s): Danny Dingle; Dilbury Dingle; Ma Dingle; Dewberry Dingle
First Line: As an extreme favor, would you kindly boot me with great abandon in the hip-handkerchief pocket?
Synopsis: Danny's cousin Dewberry arrives for a visit and his excessively kind ways are irritating.
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Disclose Notes: Daily strips pasted together in a single continuity over 2 pages. On the first page, "Dilbury" is spelled "Dillbury."
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Calico

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Berdanier (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): How It Began
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Canine Strategy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Bernardier (signed)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Twice Told tales
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry O'Neill (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Broncho Bill
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Feature(s): Cynical Susie
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): H. E. Homan (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Billy Make Believe
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Pages: 0.67
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Crossbow

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): H. E. Homan (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): How to Make It
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): H. E. Homan (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Billy Make Believe
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Pages: 0.67
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Roller Boat

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): H. E. Homan (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): How to Make It
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): H. E. Homan (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Billy Make Believe
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Pages: 0.67
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Novelty Pot Holder Hanger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): H. E. Homan (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): How to Make It
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp (credited)
Penciller(s): Al Capp (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
First Line: Today Daisy Mae chooses between waitin' fo' Li'l Abner an' goin' steady wif me...
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Pages: 5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Owen (credited)
Penciller(s): Frank Owen (credited)
Inker(s): Frank Owen (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jasper
First Line: It's all right, Aunt Gussie...
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Pages: 0.67
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Watch For the Big 4!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: House ad for four United Features comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad featuring Tip Top Comics #52, Comics on Parade #29, Okay Comics #1, and Sparkler Comics #1 (1940 series).

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