Volume: #9, Issue: #3 (27)
Published: June 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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Citizens Service Corps |
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Script: ? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
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Nazis |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Ricky |
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Ricky's dad takes Ricky swimming and he teaches Ricky some of the pranks he learned when he was younger. Ricky has a prank of his own that he shares with his father. |
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Humor |
Characters: |
Ricky (introduction) Ricky's Dad |
Text Story (1 page) |
Shining Evidence |
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Quentin is kidnapped and held for ransom. |
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Script: John S. Endicott | Colours: John S. Endicott | Letters: typeset |
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Crime |
Characters: |
Quentin Fuller Bert George |
Comic Story (7 pages) |
Captive in the Jungle |
Featuring: |
Crash Carter, air cadet |
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Crash and his pals receive orders sending them to Libya, but en route their plane is shot down by the Luftwaffe. |
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Pencils: Bob Oksner | Inks: Bob Oksner |
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War |
Characters: |
Nazis (villains) Crash Carter Looie Stew |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Baseball Blitz |
Featuring: |
Sergeant Bill King |
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Nazis try to kill American generals attending a U.S.O. sponsored baseball game between professional players and military members. |
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Pencils: Maurice Gutwirth (signed) | Inks: Maurice Gutwirth (signed) |
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War |
Characters: |
Nazis (villains) Sgt. Bill King Muller |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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The John Doe's and the Doe Boy |
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Dickie paints his dog black. |
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Pencils: Ray McGill (signed) | Inks: Ray McGill (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Dickie Jeeps (dog) |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Secret Jap Base |
Featuring: |
Larry North, U.S. Navy |
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Lt. North is ordered to discover the base of operations of Japanese aircraft carriers harassing convoy routes to Australia. |
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Script: Robert Leslie Bellem ? | Pencils: Max Plaisted | Inks: Max Plaisted |
Genre: |
War |
Characters: |
Japanese (villains) Lt. Larry North Betty |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
Featuring Hog-Bite Holler's favorite son... |
Featuring: |
Looie Lazybones |
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Looie has a rival, Grogan, for Clarabelle's affections. Driven by jealousy, Looie tries his best to discredit Grogan in the eyes of Clarabelle. |
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Pencils: Art Gates (signed) | Inks: Art Gates (signed) |
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Humor |
Characters: |
Ed Grogan (villain, Introduction) Clarabelle Looie Lazybones Doolittle |
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J. E. Smith (photo) |
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Script: ? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset; ? |
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