Juke Box Comics #1

(March 1948)

Famous Stars Praise Juke Box Comics (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Music Was Never Like This!! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Alex Toth (signed as Sandy Toth)

Inks

Alex Toth (signed as Sandy Toth)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

biography

Characters

Spike Jones; Tom; Phoebe

Synopsis

Brief history of Spike Jones and the City Slickers.

Keywords

celebrity

Tex Beneke Carries On (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

biography

Characters

Tex Beneke; Glenn Miller; Charlie

Synopsis

The story of Tex Beneke and his band.

Keywords

celebrity

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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biography

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Johnny Mercer

Synopsis

A very brief account of Johnny Mercer's career.

Keywords

celebrity

Serenade starring Woody Herman (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Robert Webster (signed as RWebstr)

Inks

Robert Webster (signed as RWebstr)

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Letters

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Genre

biography

Characters

Woody Herman; T. S. Shrood; Freckles; Steve; Betty; Tiny Ralph Brewster; Chubby Jackson; Hip Joe Edward Philips; Bill Harris; Sam Marowitz; Isham Jones; Red; Joe Cluck

Synopsis

A crooked promoter tries to pull a bait-and-switch on a high school dance committee.

Keywords

celebrity

Paging Mr. Husing! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Ted Husing

Synopsis

Short feature about radio announcer Ted Husing.

Keywords

celebrity

King of the Juke Boxes...Perry Como (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

CAM

Inks

CAM

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Genre

biography

Characters

Perry Como; Pietro Como (father); Freddy Carlone; Roselle Como (wife); Ted Weems; Ronnie Como (son)

Synopsis

The story of Perry Como's rise to fame.

Keywords

celebrity

[Jammy Sammy] (Table of Contents: 8)

Jivey and Groovy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Jivey; Groovy; Jammy Sammy

Synopsis

Jivey meets the daughter of a popular singer.

Serenade with Benny Goodman (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Sid Greene (signed)

Inks

Sid Greene (signed)

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Genre

biography

Characters

Benny Goodman; Professor Rosin; Art Lund; Dora Goodman (mother); David Goodman (father); Ben Pollack; Walt

Synopsis

Benny and Art expose a phony music school racket.

Keywords

celebrity

So You Want to Lead a Band (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Sammy Kaye; Betty Grable

Synopsis

A short account of Sammy Kaye's career.

Keywords

celebrity

Duke Ellington (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)

Inks

Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)

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Genre

biography

Characters

Duke Ellington; Al Hibbler (Ellington's blind vocalist)

Synopsis

Duke Ellington tells how he got his name, oddly enough, from his hobby of collecting clothes.

Keywords

celebrity

Buddy Rich Young Man with a Drum (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

R. Johnson (signed)

Inks

R. Johnson (signed)

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Letters

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Genre

biography

Characters

Buddy Rich; Richard Rich; Mary Rich; Joe Marsala; Frank Sinatra

Synopsis

How Buddy Rich became a drummer in Frank Sinatra's band.

Keywords

celebrity

Al Jolson Beloved Minstrel (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed as F B G)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed as F B G)

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Letters

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Genre

biography

Characters

Al Jolson; Oscar Levant

Synopsis

Al Jolson entertains the world.

Keywords

celebrity

Guy Lombardo Says (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Seymour Pearls (signed)

Inks

Seymour Pearls (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Guy Lombardo

Synopsis

Advice from Guy Lombardo.

Keywords

celebrity

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Sweetheart of the Juke Box Jo Stafford (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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biography

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Jo Stafford

Synopsis

Profile of singer Jo Stafford.

Keywords

celebrity

Indexer Notes

Back cover.