Issue: #48
Published: May 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 60, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 2.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
The Shield, Betty, and Veronica catch something unexpected while fishing. |
| Genre: |
Humor Superhero Teen |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Shield G-Man Club |
| Synopsis: |
Letter from Joe Higgins [aka The Shield] to recycle paper to help the war drive. Also includes coupon to join the Shield G-Man Club. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)] | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Curse of the Black Monkey |
| Synopsis: |
The Jinx is a blind black monkey, surviving owner after owner managing to survive until it comes to Dusty, the Shield’s kid partner. The Shield discovers through an anthropologist friend that the monkey is an idol of sorts to the Thuggi cult of India and represents all evil and bad luck to all but the Thuggi. Higgins arranges for the monkey to be sent to Japan. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Jinx (a Black Monkey, Introduction) Legs Sardi (villain, Introduction, Death) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Camera Bugs |
| Synopsis: |
Archie gets a new camera and starts taking pictures that get him in trouble. |
| Genre: |
Teen |
| Characters: |
Kappy (introduction) |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Money |
| Synopsis: |
Promo to win a subscription to Pep Comics or a War Stamp by writing a letter about what your favourite character is. |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Promo announcing that Li'l Chief Bugaboo will start appearing in Jolly Jingles Comics as of issue 13. |
| Characters: |
Li'l Chief Bugaboo |
| Activity (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Pep's Puzzle Page |
| Synopsis: |
A maze with a copy of Pep Comics at the center, a man holding a sign with scrambled letters and how to draw a face. |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
A witch looks in her crystal ball and sees a new comic called Black Hood now on sale. |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
A man with an MLJ Logo for a head is the skipper of a rowing crew where other MLJ Comics are the rowers. |
| Activity (1 page) |
Do You Know??? |
| Synopsis: |
Four trick questions and answers including how to tell the left bank of a river from the right bank. |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Prizes for You ~~ Come an' Get 'em |
| Featuring: |
Mr. Jim Thayer |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for prizes for delivering Collier's magazine. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Cartoon (0 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Three fun facts about animals as submitted by readers. Address says to submit to "Catfish Joe", so presumably this was a sub-feature of that strip. |
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