Joke Comics #1

([circa March 1942])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Say ain't you fellows gonna work!

Genre

humour; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Blackouts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

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Private Jones didn't wait for the official blackout but has two all his own-

Genre

humour

Characters

Private Jones

Indexer Notes

Three one-panel cartoons and one three-panel comic.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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What's wrong? Lose something?

Genre

humour

Synopsis

A police man questions a drunk in the street.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

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Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

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Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

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Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

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I beg to report a direct hit sir!

Genre

humour; war

Crossword No. 1 (Table of Contents: 5)

activity / 0.33 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

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John O'Henly (signed)

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John O'Henly (signed)

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John O'Henly (signed)

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John O'Henly (signed); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Did yo'all miss that train mister?

Genre

humour

Characters

Joe

Indexer Notes

Three two-panel comics, three one-panel cartoons and a magic trick.

Optical Illusions (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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The divided line ".B:C". appears to be longer than A-B But they are exactly the same length

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We'd better try and look sad till teacher gets away.

Genre

humour; children

Casey at the Bat (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Pencils

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

Inks

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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typeset

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It looked extremely rocky for the Boston nine that day;

Genre

sport

Characters

Cooney; Burrows; Flynn; Blake; Casey

Indexer Notes

An illustrated version of the poem, but with Boston substituted for Mudville.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

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Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

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Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

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Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

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No, McCool, we don't give marks for neatness in this war.

Genre

humour

Characters

McCool; Joe

Indexer Notes

Three one-panel cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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Good morning sir.

Genre

humour

Characters

Rosenbloom

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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Speaking of coincidences a friend once told me I look like.....

Genre

humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen - in a few years time people will look up at this studio and say Cobalt the great artist used to live and work there!

Genre

humour

Characters

Cobalt

[Boys! Build One of These Flying Models] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes boys?

Genre

humour

Characters

Jack; Bud

Synopsis

Two drunks get a hotel room.

[Three Color Cards] (Table of Contents: 17)

Magic Sidu Mako teaches you! Easy tricks. / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sidu Mako

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

The Three T's / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Mann Harris

Pencils

Mel Crawford (credited)

Inks

Mel Crawford (credited)

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Gee - it's great to read about some of the things they're doing in the war - wish we could be in it!

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Tom Adams; Terry Benson; Tubby [Ralph Henry]; Mr. Barnes; Henry [Hans]; Joe; Mr. Pearce; Mr. Adams; Mrs. Adams; Miss Adams; Rags; Leary

Synopsis

Three Canadian boys wishing they could help in the war, discover a plot against the town munitions factory.

Reprints

• in The Great Canadian Comic Books (Peter Martin Associates, 1971 series) (1971)

[Cash Prizes for Winners Contest] (Table of Contents: 19)

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[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Smoke Screens / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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Attention! 4th interceptor squadron. Formation approaching runway no. 1!

Genre

humour; war

Characters

Jones

Indexer Notes

Four one-panel cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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I don't care if you are Hitler that'll be 10¢ each

Genre

humour; war

Characters

Adolph Hitler

Indexer Notes

Three one-panel cartoons and one three-panel comic.

[Featured only in Dime Comics] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Catfish Junction / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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Edmund Legault (signed as Edmund Gault)

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Edmund Legault (signed as Edmund Gault)

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Edmund Legault (signed as Edmund Gault)

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Edmund Legault (signed as Edmund Gault)

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Im a telling ye dadgaritt!!

Genre

humour

Characters

Luk

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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Say chief, why doesn't the squaw ride?

Genre

humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Catfish Junction / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Edmund Legault (signed as Edmund Gault)

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Edmund Legault (signed as Edmund Gault)

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Edmund Legault (signed as Edmund Gault)

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Edmund Legault (signed as Edmund Gault)

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After the railway had been run through Catfish Junction many exciting incidents occured, "Libby Muggens" had an awful fright one day.

Genre

humour

Characters

Libby Muggens

Synopsis

Libby outruns the train.

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comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hey, sailor? Do you want these eggs turned over?

Genre

humour

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Catfish Junction / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hey Zebb! A ship!!

Genre

humour

Characters

Zebb; Dee; Zack; Jake

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

On the Campus / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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Is this formal or can I wear my own clothes?

Genre

humour

Indexer Notes

Two one-panel gags.

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Catfish Junction / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Jock Jenkins finds a dadgared good medicine for lumbago......

Genre

humour

Characters

Jock Jenkins

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'H)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'H)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'H)

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typeset

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Johnny's mother told him there were two oranges in the pantry, and to take one himself and give the other to his sister.

Genre

humour

Characters

Johnny; Mary

Indexer Notes

Two text jokes with illustrations.

On a Sure Thing (Table of Contents: 32)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Mann Harris

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John O'Henly (credited as J. O'Henly)

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John O'Henly (credited as J. O'Henly)

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typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How much dough have we got in the bank, honey?

Genre

sport

Characters

Bert Normand; Marge Normand; Skelley; Jergens; Whitey Fielding; Terry Edwards

Synopsis

Bert, goal-keeper for the Elephants Hockey team, tells his wife to bet $2000 on the opposing team.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Private Stuff / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Ted Steele (signed as TAS)

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Ted Steele (signed as TAS)

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Ted Steele (signed as TAS)

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Ted Steele (signed as TAS)

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What a day! Spring has come! The sun is shining, the birds are out, I can even hear the little bees buzzing merily past my head!

Genre

humour; war

Characters

Private Stuff; Adolf Hitler (picture); General Sourkrout

Synopsis

Private Stuff is captured by the Germans.

Answers to Puzzles and Tricks (Table of Contents: 34)

activity / 0.78 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

cartoon / 0.22 page (report information)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You likee my tlacks? Okay so I makee more!

Genre

humour

Indexer Notes

Dialogue written in dialect.

Shadowgraphs (Table of Contents: 36)

Rainy Day Pastimes / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Rabbit

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Mike & Spike / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John O'Henly

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John O'Henly

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John O'Henly

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John O'Henly

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Boy! It shure did rain!

Genre

humour

Characters

Spike; Mike

Synopsis

Spike and Mike talk about the rain and catch a train.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

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Iy, iy, iy, Maxie! Vere iss your bizness sense?

Genre

humour

Characters

Maxie

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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I hear dot your fadder is dead.

Genre

humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

comic story / 0.34 page (report information)

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Couldn't you drive around me?

Genre

humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Friendships / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

Letters

Lou Skuce (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If a friend does something you don't like, hesitate before you take any action about it-

Genre

humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Pie-Eye Pete / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Shay, buddy, hic c'mere will ya? C'mere!

Genre

humour

Characters

Pie-eye Pete

Synopsis

A good samaritan tries to help Pete home.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

Pencils

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

Inks

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

Letters

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

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"Magellen!" Get right back to that furnace!

Genre

humour

Characters

Magellen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

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See answer page 48

Indexer Notes

Crossword puzzle.

Puzzles and Tricks (Table of Contents: 45)

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Oscar always loved to show off only yesterday he and his girl went into the drug store on Main Street to get a soda in paying the check Oscar took 5 straws...

Characters

Oscar

Indexer Notes

Page of puzzles, a cartoon and a comic.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Whopper Wats / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John O'Henly (signed as O'Henly)

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John O'Henly (signed as O'Henly)

Inks

John O'Henly (signed as O'Henly)

Letters

John O'Henly (signed as O'Henly)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say Whopper, will you tell me about your farm?

Genre

humour

Characters

Whopper Wats; Joey

Synopsis

Whopper tells of hunting on his farm.

His Treasure (Table of Contents: 47)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Skuce (signed)

Pencils

Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

Letters

Lou Skuce (signed)

Genre

humour

Synopsis

A man jealously guards his sugar.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

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John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

Letters

John O'Henly (signed as J. O'HENLY)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

@xx-!!! @*?!!=xx

Genre

humour

Characters

Sneeze [Ah Choo]; Jack

Indexer Notes

Two comics and a cartoon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Why did you say you were Napoleon? Last week you said you were George Washington.

Genre

humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

Pencils

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

Inks

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

Letters

Josh Silburt (signed as Burt)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Shot down two enemy

Genre

humour

Characters

Johnson

The Next Great Invasion! (Table of Contents: 51)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Skuce (signed)

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Lou Skuce (signed)

Inks

Lou Skuce (signed)

Letters

Lou Skuce (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To the baseball stadiums

Genre

humour; sport

[Greatest Comic Characters of Them All!!] (Table of Contents: 52) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Called "Lightning" by the R.A.F.] (Table of Contents: 53) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)