Boy Commandos #34

(July-August 1949)

Make mine snapshots! (Table of Contents)

Kodak Verichrome Film / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Kodak camera film.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Dog That Became A Commando (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

France Herron?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

John Guinta?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Capt. Rip Carter; Andre; Brooklyn; Tex; Wolf (Intro a half-breed wolf/German Shepard that saves Rip's life and after training becomes an honorary Commando. First and only appearance)

Indexer Notes

Confirmed pencil credit. Very doubtful of inking credit. Possibly Chuck Winter or Moe Worthman. Gene Reed 2/22/2011.

Kids! Make This Chiquita Banana Cloth Doll (Table of Contents)

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Content Information

Characters:

Chiquita Banana

Synopsis:

Get a cloth cut out that can be sewn to make a Chiquita Banana cloth doll. Available for 10 cents and a Kellogg's Corn Flakes box top.

Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan (Table of Contents)

Captain Tootsie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

C. C. Beck

Pencils:

C. C. Beck

Inks:

C. C. Beck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Captain Tootsie

Synopsis:

Ad for Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Pops and Tootsie Fudge.

The Battle That Changed History (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy

Inks:

John Giunta

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western; period

Characters:

Bat Masterson

Synopsis:

Nineteen buffalo hunters hold off a band of seven hundred Indian warriors with the help of the new Colt Revolver.

Focusing on the Firebug (Table of Contents)

U. S. Royal / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

U. S. Royal

Synopsis:

Ad for U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires.

River Rescue (Table of Contents)

R. C. and Quickie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

R. C.; Quickie

Synopsis:

Ad for Royal Crown Cola.

The Bandit of Mile-High Mountain (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Rip Carter; Sheikh El Kebir; Brooklyn

Synopsis:

The Commandos help a prince battle a man who apparently cannot be harmed by bullets.

Looks like a bird...flaps its wings like a bird... (Table of Contents)

Post Cereals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for the flaphappy, kite-like toy available for 15 cents and a top from Post Grape-Nut or Grape-Nuts Flakes.

[Motorycle Patrol] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Casey; Tim

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents)

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

A list of the members of DC's advisory board plus a list of currently published comics. Thirty-one titles are listed.

That Camping Trip (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

R. H. Joseph

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Helpful hints for a successful camping trip.

"Two dollars for these posies!" (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jerry

The Official Bubble Gum of Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Circus (Table of Contents)

Bazooka Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Bubble gum ad.

The Rembrandt from Flatbush (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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Inks:

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Henri Rappeua; Little Poison Manet

Synopsis:

Brooklyn gains fame as a painter.

Indexer Notes

This looks like one of the Simon & Kirby shop artists.

159 Years of Service (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon

Pencils:

Joe Simon?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

A short history of the Coast Guard.

Do You Want Spending Money? (Table of Contents)

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad to recruit salespeople for plastic motto plaques.

In Hollywood with Roddy McDowall (Table of Contents)

Popsicle Pete / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

celebrity

Characters:

Popsicle Pete; Roddy McDowall

Synopsis:

Ad for Popsicle Products and premiums available for weappers.

Indexer Notes

Art is signed but the signature is unreadable.

A Superman DC Publication Means the Best in Westerns (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Toth; Bob Oksner; Howard Sherman

Inks:

Joe Giella; Bob Oksner; Howard Sherman

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Johnny Thunder; Dale Evans; Wyoming Kid

Synopsis:

Ads for All-American Western #108, Dale Evans Comics #6 and Western Comics #10.

Indexer Notes

Picture for Dale Evans #10 is a line-drawn version of the photo cover that appears on the published comic.

Escaped Bear...and a Bare Escape! (Table of Contents)

Another Jim Wise P-F Story / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jim Wise

Synopsis:

Ad for canvas shoes made by B. F. Goodrich and Hood Rubber Co.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.