Issue: #43
Published: July 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newspring Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date found in Famous Funnies (Eastern, 1934 series) #155 (June 1947) text article "Let's Get into a Huddle."
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Boys! Girls! Get 'em Now! Fireworks for July 4th |
Featuring: |
Acme Sales Company |
Synopsis: |
Several fireworks packages offered by mail, including sparklers, firecrackers, Roman candles and other items. |
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
In This Issue... |
Featuring: |
Heroic Hall of Honor |
Synopsis: |
A list of the men and women featured in this issue. |
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Bang! Now You Can Buy Fireworks |
Featuring: |
Banner Fireworks Mfg. Co. |
Synopsis: |
Fireworks by mail, different from the ad on inside front cover. |
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Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Lady of Daring |
Featuring: |
Mary Wiggins |
Synopsis: |
A recounting of Mary Wiggins' career as a stunt pilot and stunt driver. |
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Script: Ben R. Allen [as Stookie Allen] | Pencils: Ben R. Allen [as Stookie Allen] | Inks: Ben R. Allen [as Stookie Allen] | Letters: Ben R. Allen [as Stookie Allen] |
Characters: |
Mary Wiggins |
Comic Story (8 pages) |
Rescue by Helicopter |
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescues the survivors of a plane crash. |
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Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Lt. Guy Kleisch |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Impossible Mile |
Featuring: |
Roanoke's Volunteer Lifesavers |
Synopsis: |
The Lifesavers battle floods and bad roads to deliver an iron lung. |
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Pencils: Sid Greene (signed) | Inks: Sid Greene (signed) |
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Adventure |
Characters: |
Roaoke Lifesavers |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
Detective versus Killer |
Featuring: |
George Patton |
Synopsis: |
Detective Patton enters an apartment building to apprehend a killer. |
Genre: |
Crime |
Characters: |
George Patton |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The XII Scout Law |
Synopsis: |
A scoutmaster uses the Jamboree to teach two youths about respect of religion. |
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Pencils: Mike Roy [as Roy] (signed) | Inks: Sam Burlockoff [as Burly] (signed) |
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Adventure |
Characters: |
Dr. James E. West |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
A Miner Faces Death |
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A miner save a co-worker fro being crushed. |
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Pencils: Si Pearlstein (signed) | Inks: Si Pearlstein (signed) |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Joseph Cannizzaro |
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Their Maine Chance |
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Fisk Bike Tires |
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Ad for bicycle tires. |
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Bob Feller Says, Boys and Girls..." |
Featuring: |
Popsicle Pete |
Synopsis: |
Ad for Popsicles and a note that prizes are awarded for wrappers. Also ad for the Posicle Pete Fun Book. |
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Bob Feller Popsicle Pete |
Text Story (2 pages) |
One Way to Safety |
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Two painters are rescued from the bottom of a 50,000 gallon tank. |
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Adventure |
Characters: |
Noel W. Phillips Ernal C. Terry; |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
Fight for Life |
Featuring: |
Nina Wilkins |
Synopsis: |
Nina Wilkins nurses a wounded man while they cross a stormy bay. |
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Pencils: Allen Ulmer (signed) | Inks: Allen Ulmer (signed) |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Nina Wilkins |
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New Easy Way Teaches Guitar |
Featuring: |
Jim Major |
Synopsis: |
Ad for a guitar-playing course and a book of 53 songs. |
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Pencils: Bernard Baily | Inks: Bernard Baily |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Detective Harold Moore, N. Y. City |
Synopsis: |
A short account of the career of Detective Harold Moore. |
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Script: Ben Allen [as Stookie Allen] (signed) | Pencils: Ben Allen [as Stookie Allen] (signed) | Inks: Ben Allen [as Stookie Allen] (signed) | Letters: Ben Allen [as Stookie Allen] (signed) |
Genre: |
Biography |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
Rescue by Air |
Featuring: |
Frederick Landa |
Synopsis: |
A pilot rescues four boys adrift on a raft. |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Frederick Landa |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Labrador Doctor |
Featuring: |
Doctor Grenfell |
Synopsis: |
A doctor braves ice and snow to treat a patient. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Sol Brodsky (signed) | Inks: Sol Brodsky (signed) |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Dr. Grenfell |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
Mountain Rescue |
Featuring: |
James Irwin |
Synopsis: |
James Irwin sets a hiker's broken leg. |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
James Irwin |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Richard C. Gill |
Featuring: |
Medical Hero |
Synopsis: |
Profile of Richard Gill. |
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New! Amazing Auto-Magic Picture Gun |
Featuring: |
Allen Sales Co. |
Synopsis: |
Ad for a projection toy. Advertised as a Krypto-Ray Gun in some DC titles. |
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Letters: typeset |
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The Insult That Turned a Chump into a Champ |
Featuring: |
Charles Atlas |
Synopsis: |
Charles Atlas body-building ad. |
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Letters: typeset |
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Good Luck to You Boys! Girls! Women! Men! |
Featuring: |
Dean Studios |
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Ad for birthstone rings. |
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