(Fall 1945)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1945 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1945-06-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Division of the Premium Service Co. Inc.
Printer
Printed in U. S. A.
Editing
Robert Wheeler (credited as Robert D. Wheeler) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1945, page 407, registration number B680834.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Wilcox
Inks
?
Colors
?
Genre
detective-mystery
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Cover Thumbnail for Young King Cole (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1945 series) #v1#1
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The Knife Handle (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Pam Robinson (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

This is the inside-front cover; the story continues on the inside-back cover.

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

Young King Cole / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Wilcox
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kingston Cole, Jr. [King Cole, Jr.] is receiving his diploma today at State College...
Genre
detective-mystery; crime
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Toni Gayle / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Plate
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Meet Toni Gayle, a glamourous, beautiful model, cast by tragedy...
Genre
crime
Characters
Toni Gayle (crime battler); Biff Muggson (bodyguard); The Ape (villain)
Synopsis
After her detective father is injured, fashion model Toni Gayle sets out to capture the sadistic criminal known as The Ape. She is aided by her bodyguard, a reformed crook named Biff.
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Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

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

Boitram the Boiglar / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Art Helfant (credited)
Pencils
Art Helfant (credited)
Inks
Art Helfant (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Art Helfant
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cripes, business has sure been awful bad lately...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Homer K. Beagle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Plate
Pencils
Harvey Fuller
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Homer keeps as busy as a bee, cracks open a honey of a crime gang...
Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Homer K. Beagle (demon detective)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

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

Inspector Klooz / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jason Comic Art (signed as bar JCA)
Inks
Jason Comic Art (signed as bar JCA)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A thine fing! I mean fine thing!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Foxy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Hy Gage
Pencils
Hy Gage
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, Foxy, how d'you like your job as office boy around here?
Genre
humor
Characters
Foxy (office boy in a detective agency)

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

Heathcliff the Hobo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Art Helfant
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whew! What a hot day!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

This is the back cover

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Knife Handle
  3. 2. ["Kingston Cole, Jr. [King Cole, Jr.] is receiving his diploma today at State College..."]
    Young King Cole
  4. 3. ["Meet Toni Gayle, a glamourous, beautiful model, cast by tragedy..."]
    Toni Gayle
  5. 4. ["Cripes, business has sure been awful bad lately..."]
    Boitram the Boiglar
  6. 5. ["Homer keeps as busy as a bee, cracks open a honey of a crime gang..."]
    Homer K. Beagle
  7. 6. ["A thine fing! I mean fine thing!"]
    Inspector Klooz
  8. 7. ["Well, Foxy, how d'you like your job as office boy around here?"]
    Foxy
  9. 8. ["Whew! What a hot day!"]
    Heathcliff the Hobo
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