Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #v19#12 [358]

(February 13, 1964)

Our Lenten Cover (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Berry Reece Jr. (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

religious

Synopsis

A text article from the editor about Lent and what the single grain of wheat depicted on the cover signifies.

Indexer Notes

top-half of page

Valentine's Day Puzzle (Table of Contents: 2)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Characters

Dan Cupid

Synopsis

Dan Cupid has six arrows and wants to score exactly 100 points. What numbers will he have to hit on the heart shaped target? The point values on the concentric shaped hearts are 14, 12, 32, 18 and 48. Also, a Cupid's arrow Valentine maze. Can you get to the heart in the center of the maze?

Indexer Notes

bottom-half of page

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

Chuck White and His Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss [as Max Pine] (credited)

Pencils

Fran Matera (signed)

Inks

Fran Matera (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Little Tony Laport a pop singer!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Chuck White; Tony (Sourdough Tony) Laport; Kitty; Vince Magee;

Synopsis

Chuck has come to New York City seeking Tony Laport, who has written him for help. He finds him headlining a mid-town theater as a pop singer named Sourdough Tony and has hundreds of screaming fans lined up to see him perform. Tony tells Chuck he wants him as his business manager to make sure the Broadway leeches don't bleed him dry. He doesn't trust his current manager, Vince Magee.

Indexer Notes

Max Pine was an alias of Frank Moss, per 2006 interview with Frank Borth: "You can find out in reading your things he also uses the word Max Pine as a substitute for him because he didn't want them to think he was writing everything in the place..." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849

Presidential Parallel 1860 1960 (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

Inks

Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

biography; historical

Characters

Abraham Lincoln; John F. Kennedy; Mary Todd Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy; Gen. Isaac Dutton Barnard; Ted Kennedy; F.W. Lincoln; John E. Fitzgerald; Levi Lincoln; Robert Kennedy; Stephen Douglas; Richard Nixon; Willie Lincoln; Tad Lincoln; Caroline Kennedy; John Kennedy Jr.; Robert Todd Lincoln; Joseph P. Kennedy; Major Henry Rathbone; John Wilkes Booth; Lee Harvey Oswald; Andrew Johnson; Lyndon Baines Johnson

Synopsis

A look at the remarkable parallels in the life of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.

Pullman's Pioneer The Story of the First Pullman Sleeper (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Pete Hironaka (signed)

Inks

Pete Hironaka (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

historical

Characters

George Pullman

Synopsis

A look at Pullman sleeping cars and how they came to be developed.

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

Father Mac's Letter / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Father Leon McKenzie

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

religious

Indexer Notes

Text article with two accompanying illustrations.

The Great Seal of the United States (Table of Contents: 7)

Our Heritage / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Genre

historical

Characters

Benjamin Franklin

Synopsis

A look at the Great Seal of the United States, what its features represent and how it is used in government.

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

The Champ Out West / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss (credited)

Pencils

Frank Borth (signed)

Inks

Frank Borth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's the fat boy champ of?

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Frumson (The Champ) Wooters; Sandy; June; Grogan;

Synopsis

Short and fat and dressed in a Swiss mountain outfit, Cousin Frumson doesn't meet with anyone's expectations of what a "champ" looks like. The ranch workers make fun of him behind his back and figure he must be good at eating, judging by the size of the boy, until they see him lift a heavy bag like it was full of feathers. He changes into a cowboy outfit, which is just as comical as his Swiss outfit. He and June come across Grogan abusing a burro. He tries his hand at taming the burro and succeeds, which gets Grogan upset. To play a trick on Frumson, they put him up on Old Thunder.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

1976 Pettigrew for President / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Berry Reece (credited)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What the...?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tim Pettigrew; Bart Blatt; Joey Blatt; Angie Blatt; Mary Jane Blatt

Synopsis

The Blatt's open the door and find their "missing" children. They weren't kidnapped, they just ran away from grandma to be with their parents. The news that Pettigrew will run for president is announced and a fanatical man in Centre City watches the news on TV and is furious. He vows that Pettigrew will never become president. As Pettigrew and his party approach the state capitol, the fanatic hides behind a marble column with a gun in his hand and points it at Pettigrew.

Indexer Notes

The theme of political assassination in American politics comes less than 3 months after the assassination of President John Kennedy.

Golf (Table of Contents: 10)

Origin of Sports / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; sports

Characters

Coach Weepy Heffalump; Tiny

Synopsis

A look at the history of golf, starting with the Romans and the various forms the game has taken throughout its history.

Keywords

brassie; choule; cleek; driver; gutta perch; kolf; kulban; links; Paganica; putter; sand iron; spoon

[Cold Dog] (Table of Contents: 11)

Ali / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Marvin Townsend (signed)

Pencils

Marvin Townsend (signed)

Inks

Marvin Townsend (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Ali

Synopsis

Ali warms up a cold dog by wrapping it in his turban.

Indexer Notes

Pantomime gag strip told in six panels.
On inside back cover.