Digital Comic Museum - Champ Comics 023 -JVJ


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Another book from the JVJ collection.
Cover-to-cover paper scan and edit by tilliban.
Isssue #23, October 1942.

Issue: #23
Published: October 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Liberty Lads
Genre:	War

Public Service Announcement (1 page)
Synopsis:	Reproduction of a letter from the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. urging readers of the comic book to purchase War Savings Stamps.
Genre:	War

Comic Story (8 pages)	Carrying the Fight to France
Featuring:	Human Meteor
Synopsis:	After hearing of the massacre of a commando unit in France, Duke and Toby decide to pop over and help.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Nazis (villains) Lambesque (villain, Introduction, Death) Human Meteor [Duke O'Dowd] Toby

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Poison Plot
Featuring:	Liberty Lads
Synopsis:	The Lads investigate when they notice a robbery taking place at a drug company.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Liberty Lads [Skip Chuck] Lee Hunt The General [Dr. Dayton] (villain, Introduction) Nazis [villains];

Comic Story (8 pages)	Framed for Murder
Featuring:	Champ
Synopsis:	Champ and Henry are accused of murder.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Champ Henry Sergeant Cassidy Ed Day (villain, Introduction, Death) Pete Carter (villain, Introduction) Eduardo Martinelli (villain, Introduction)

Public Service Announcement (0 pages)
Synopsis:	One panel cartoon showing the inhabitants of Dogpatch lining up to buy War Bonds.
Genre:	Humor War
Characters:	Lil Abner Mammy Yokum Pappy Yokum Daisy Mae

Public Service Announcement (0 pages)
Synopsis:	One-panel cartoon showing Winnie Winkle offering to accept part of her salary in U.S. War Bonds.
Genre:	Humor War
Characters:	Winnie Winkle

Public Service Announcement (0 pages)	Liberty Limericks
Synopsis:	Two poems and illustrations promoting the purchase of U.S. War Bonds.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Humor War

Text Story (2 pages)	The Story Behind the Cover
Featuring:	Liberty Lads
Synopsis:	The Lads fight off an invading Japanese force that have landed in the Aleutian Islands.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	War
Characters:	Liberty Lads [Skip Chuck]

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Slim Jim and the Force
Synopsis:	Slim attempts to escape The Force by stowing away on a ship.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Slim Jim The Force

Cartoon (2 pages)	Flags of the 28 United Nations
Synopsis:	Drawings of flags of 28 United Nations and a charging soldier.

Comic Story (8 pages)	Conditions in Army Camp Appalling!
Featuring:	Twinkle Twins
Synopsis:	To undermine the public’s confidence, an unscrupulous newspaper publisher is paid by the enemy to publish lies about the conditions in American Army camps.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	A. Daniel Durst (villain, Introduction) Countess Honen Linden (villain, Introduction) Elijah Truth Diane Twinkle Dan Twinkle

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Daffy Drafty
Synopsis:	Daffy gets a role as a reporter for the camp newspaper.
Genre:	Humor Military
Characters:	Daffy Drafty

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Fiendish Four
Featuring:	Padlock Homes
Synopsis:	Padlock continues in his pursuit of The Professor, while both Nick O’Tyme and Dr Watsis have gone missing.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	The Professor (villain) The Baroness (villain) The Fiendish Four (villains)

Public Service Announcement (0 pages)
Synopsis:	One-panel cartoon showing Smokey Stover going to purchase War Bonds.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Smokey Stover

Public Service Announcement (0 pages)	One of Rube Goldberg's Inventions
Synopsis:	One-panel cartoon showing a man with an elaborate invention to remind him to purchase War Bonds.
Genre:	Humor

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages)

Activity (1 page)
Featuring:	Champ Confusers
Synopsis:	Multiple puzzles and word games.

Comic Story (6 pages)	Snooky the Mayor
Featuring:	Snooky
Synopsis:	Snooky fights off crooked campaigners in his run for mayor.
Characters:	Snooky (introduction) V (introduction) Harlow Jarmin (introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Synopsis:	A former colleague of Dr. Miracle has come to Hollywood to raise a zombie army.
Genre:	Fantasy Superhero
Characters:	Dr. Miracle Mat Mahata (villain, Introduction, Death) Dolores Dolora (introduction)

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