Headline Comics #v1#4 (4)
(Summer 1943)

Prize, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
American Boys' Comics Inc.
Editing
Samuel Bierman

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Junior Rangers / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Junior Rangers

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

Junior Rangers / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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Outclassed in the air, outfought on land...
Characters
Junior Rangers; Adolf Hitler (villain!!!); Benito Mussolini (villain!); Hirohito (villain); Dr. Schmutz (villain; introduction)

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

Cliff Gordon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Cliff Gordon is too young a boy to be taken seriously by the government.
Characters
Cliff Gordon

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

Happy and Scrappy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ken Browne
Pencils
Ken Browne
Inks
Ken Browne
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, well--looks who's here--
Characters
Happy; Scrappy

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

Tom Morgan / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Al Zere
Inks
Al Zere
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the days of ancient Rome the emperor used to say...
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tom Morgan; Caesar Nero (villain!); Lavinia
Keywords
Ancient Rome

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

Invisible Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Dan Curtis, an average American boy of 12...
Characters
Invisible Boy [Dan Curtis]

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

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

Script
Willis Blaine [as Blaine] (credited)
Pencils
Al Zere
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Al Zere
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Howdy, son?
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Private Messkit

Blinky Serves (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Crest Wood
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Homerville High School gym was gaily bedecked with flags and bunting.

The Crime Wave That Made No Sense (Table of Contents: 8)

Little Johnny Doolittle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Al Zere
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Al Zere
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Another of those terrible crimes!
Genre
children; crime
Characters
Little Johnny Doolittle; Mr. Doolittle; Mrs. Doolittle; Lumpy

Revolt On Devil's Island (Table of Contents: 9)

Perry Allen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What was that?
Characters
Perry Allen
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Junior Rangers
  2. 1. ["Outclassed in the air, outfought on land..."]
    Junior Rangers
  3. 2. ["Cliff Gordon is too young a boy to be taken seriously by the government."]
    Cliff Gordon
  4. 3. ["Well, well--looks who's here--"]
    Happy and Scrappy
  5. 4. ["In the days of ancient Rome the emperor used to say..."]
    Tom Morgan
  6. 5. ["Dan Curtis, an average American boy of 12..."]
    Invisible Boy
  7. 6. ["Howdy, son?"]
    Private Messkit
  8. 7. Blinky Serves
  9. 8. The Crime Wave That Made No Sense
    Little Johnny Doolittle
  10. 9. Revolt On Devil's Island
    Perry Allen
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt