(March 1948)

Holyoke, 1944 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Holyoke Publishing Co.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Most information for this index from Darci, January 2009.

[Policeman Down In Front of Truck] (Table of Contents)

True Dramatic Crime / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sid Greene ?
Inks
Sid Greene ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
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More and More for your Dime (Table of Contents: 1)

Sparkling Stars / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
House ad for Sparkling Stars comics.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover: indicia at bottom of page.

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

Saxie and Peaches / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas (signed)
Inks
Sol Brodsky (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Saxie, that's our car!
Genre
humor
Characters
Saxie; Peaches; Teck; Mell, Mr. Carlson; Dean Fletcher

Indexer Notes

Last appearance. Signatures of Artists are in splash panel but very difficult to read.

Delinquents And Criminals Can Change (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. Master
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

J. M. Master is a Probation Officer for U. S. District Court, Southern N. Y.

Gretchen Merrill (Table of Contents: 4)

Unusual Sports Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Gretchen Merrill

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

Fangs the Wolf Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sid Greene (signed)
Inks
Sid Greene (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
With his murderous and pillaging crew of deserters...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Fangs; Lana Reed; Pref. Rand Reed; Maata the Leopard Girl; Igar; Rajo

Indexer Notes

last appearance

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

Chuck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Jud (signed)
Inks
Gus Jud (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
All right, Mrs. Smitt--
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Chuck; Kenny

A Great Broadway Detective (Table of Contents: 7)

True Dramatic Crime / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Characters
Johnny Broderick; Spike; Smokey; Red McKenna; Mickey Amberg; Bob Berg; McManus; Halsted; Two-Gun Crowley; Rudy Duringer; Henshaw; Phillips; Tom Fitzgerald; Johnny Cordes; Helen Walsh; William O'Dwyer

Indexer Notes

Last appearance. Feature name may be "A True Crime Fighter."

Sid Tannenbaum (Table of Contents: 8)

Unusual Sports Stars / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Sid Tannenbaum

Ralph Beard (Table of Contents: 9)

Unusual Sports Stars / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Ralph Beard

Magic Tricks (Table of Contents: 10)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Inks
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Flying the Freight (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Moore (signed)
Inks
Ed Moore (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Jasper Jones

Indexer Notes

True story

Greatest Actress of the World (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Pious ?
Inks
Robert Pious ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
biography
Characters
Sarah Bernhardt

Indexer Notes

True story

Love and Laughter (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Poems

Ali Baba Saves Pasha Kasha's Head (Table of Contents: 14)

Ali Baba / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sid Lazarus
Inks
Sid Lazarus
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Ali Baba; Pasha Kasha; Dr. Hassan; Gretch; Zaza; Fatima; Robo; Sultan

Indexer Notes

last appearance

Paula Kann (Table of Contents: 15)

Unusual Sports Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Paula Kann

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

Ham 'n' Eggs / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Time to rise and shine...it's 6:30 A.M.!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Ham; Red Rooster

Indexer Notes

Same artist who worked on Cosmo Cat for Fox

Puzzle Page (Table of Contents: 17)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
A. W. Nugent ?
Inks
A. W. Nugent ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Max Bentley (Table of Contents: 18)

Unusual Sports Stars / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Max Bentley

Maurice Richard (Table of Contents: 19)

Unusual Sports Stars / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Maurice Richard

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Lank Strong / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas (signed)
Inks
Sol Brodsky (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Led by the Brown Terror, a dozen bandits drop from the sky...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Lank Strong; Clem West; Gil Little; Brown Terror; Butts Tracy; Mrs. Strong

Indexer Notes

Feature was formerly Hell's Angels; last appearance.

Smashing Book Offer (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Pickwick Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Personal Comic Album; Stravon Publishers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Policeman Down In Front of Truck]
    True Dramatic Crime
  2. 1. More and More for your Dime
    Sparkling Stars
  3. 2. ["Hey, Saxie, that's our car!"]
    Saxie and Peaches
  4. 3. Delinquents And Criminals Can Change
  5. 4. Gretchen Merrill
    Unusual Sports Stars
  6. 5. ["With his murderous and pillaging crew of deserters..."]
    Fangs the Wolf Boy
  7. 6. ["All right, Mrs. Smitt--"]
    Chuck
  8. 7. A Great Broadway Detective
    True Dramatic Crime
  9. 8. Sid Tannenbaum
    Unusual Sports Stars
  10. 9. Ralph Beard
    Unusual Sports Stars
  11. 10. Magic Tricks
  12. 11. Flying the Freight
  13. 12. Greatest Actress of the World
  14. 13. Love and Laughter
  15. 14. Ali Baba Saves Pasha Kasha's Head
    Ali Baba
  16. 15. Paula Kann
    Unusual Sports Stars
  17. 16. ["Time to rise and shine...it's 6:30 A.M.!"]
    Ham 'n' Eggs
  18. 17. Puzzle Page
  19. 18. Max Bentley
    Unusual Sports Stars
  20. 19. Maurice Richard
    Unusual Sports Stars
  21. 20. ["Led by the Brown Terror, a dozen bandits drop from the sky..."]
    Lank Strong
  22. 21. Smashing Book Offer
    Pickwick Co.
  23. 22. ["Look, Fellers"]
    Personal Comic Album; Stravon Publishers
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