New Comics #v1#4

(March-April 1936)

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

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

Script

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Pencils

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Inks

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Many Thanks (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (The Editors)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

editorial

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

Inch / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Vin Sullivan (credited as Deanie Partrick)

Pencils

Vin Sullivan (credited as Deanie Partrick)

Inks

Vin Sullivan (credited as Deanie Partrick)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fellers, I've got a swell idea...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Inch (only appearance); Pincus

Synopsis

Inch and his gang collect a bunch of stray cats to sell, so that no one cries over spilt milk.

Indexer Notes

"Copyright 1936 Vincent Sullivan" in the final panel.

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

Sir Loin of Beef / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

R. G. Leffingwell (credited)

Pencils

R. G. Leffingwell (credited)

Inks

R. G. Leffingwell (credited)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Guess I'll go out and hunt something...

Genre

humor; historical

Characters

Hash

[Episode 4] (Table of Contents: 5)

Vikings / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils

Alex Blum (credited as Anthony)

Inks

Alex Blum (credited as Anthony)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Versed all through his boyhood...

Genre

historical

Characters

Ivar; King Kol (his father);

Synopsis

During an invasion of their shores, King Kol is killed and his son, Ivar, assumes his rightful place.

Indexer Notes

Ivar grown to adulthood by this episode. Next episode: Usurper.

[Heading South, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 6)

Capt. Spiniker / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Cooper (credited)

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Tom Cooper (credited)

Inks

Tom Cooper (credited)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now Old Scuttle-Puss...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Spiniker; Sternpipe

Synopsis

Spinker and Sternpipe join forces and head south.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

G. Wiz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harold Sherman (credited, signed)

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Harold Sherman (credited, signed)

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Harold Sherman (credited, signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

How old would you say I wuz?

Genre

humor

Characters

G. Wiz

Synopsis

G. Wiz is concerned about how old people think he is, to the extent of making a public nuisance and being taken before a judge.

Indexer Notes

Feature next appears in More Fun.

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

Chubby / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harold Sherman (signed)

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Harold Sherman (signed)

Inks

Harold Sherman (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whee! I opened th' knot!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Chubby (only appearance)

Synopsis

Some of the boys go swimming in the water hole, but the level of water is too low. Chubby comes along and they get him to come in and so raise the level considerably.

[Episode 1] (Table of Contents: 9)

A Tale of Two Cities / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils

Merna Gamble (credited)

Inks

Merna Gamble (credited)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

During the year 1775...

Genre

drama; historical

Indexer Notes

adapted from the Charles Dickens novel

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Ramblin' Jim / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Randall (credited) (signed as Randall)

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Stan Randall (credited) (signed as Randall)

Inks

Stan Randall (credited) (signed as Randall)

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Letters

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There's th' lad who captured those three bandits!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Ramblin' Jim; Click Allen (introduction)

Indexer Notes

continued in More Fun #10

17-20 On the Black [Part 4] (Table of Contents: 11)

Jim Gale / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Cooper ? (credited as Billy Weston)

Pencils

Tom Cooper; Tom Cooper

Inks

Tom Cooper; Tom Cooper

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Alright, Gale! Just put your hands up!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jim Gale; Frog Morton (Introduction, villain); Kim; Hing Lee

Synopsis

Frog Morton captures Gale and attempts to throw him overboard.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Ol' Oz Bopp / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Cole (credited as Alger) (signed as Alger)

Pencils

Russell Cole (credited as Alger) (signed as Alger)

Inks

Russell Cole (credited as Alger) (signed as Alger)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thet stranger's up t' no good in town!

Genre

humor

Characters

Ol' Oz Bopp (introduction)

Great Guns (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

E. R. Anthony (credited as Capt. E. R. Anthony)

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

It's Magic / text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Andrini (credited as Andrini, the Great)

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

The House of Magic / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

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

Chikko Chakko / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Ellis Edwards (credited)

Inks

Ellis Edwards (credited)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Chikko - This chicken was hatched from a hard-boiled egg!

Genre

humor

Characters

Chikko Chakko; Pauncho; McGill

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Jungle Boy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Art Pinajian (signed as Pinajian)

Pencils

Art Pinajian (signed as Pinajian)

Inks

Art Pinajian (signed as Pinajian)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We find Jungle Boy one morn playing with his little playmate Bomba...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Jungle Boy (introduction); Bomba (introduction); Par-Nak

Synopsis

Jungle Boy tries to save Bomba from a lion, but it takes Bomba's older brother Par-Nak to actually achieve it. He leaps on the lion's back and plunges his knife into its throat, but is thrown off and lays dazed on the ground when a leopard appears.

Indexer Notes

only appearance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Slim and Tex / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Leslie Ross (credited as A. Leslie Ross)

Pencils

Leslie Ross (credited as A. Leslie Ross)

Inks

Leslie Ross (credited as A. Leslie Ross)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd shore like to take Miss Helen to the dance...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Slim; Tex; Helen

Synopsis

Slim and Tex flip a coin to decide who gets to ask Helen to the dance.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Sara Lou Sunshine / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Emma McKean

Pencils

Emma McKean

Inks

Emma McKean

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Says Sonny to Sara...

Genre

humor

Characters

Sara Lou Sunshine; Sonny; Rita Lou

[The Train Robbery, Part 3] (Table of Contents: 20)

Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Homer Fleming (signed as Fleming)

Pencils

Homer Fleming (signed as Fleming)

Inks

Homer Fleming (signed as Fleming)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Johnny I'm going to drop a glove...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Captain Jim; Uncle Bob; Jane; Johnny

Synopsis

Jane and Johnny are abducted. Jane drops a glove so that Captain Jim and Uncle Bob can track them. When they do, someone takes a potshot at them.

Indexer Notes

formerly Captain Bill

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Just Suppose / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

A. D. Kiefer (credited)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (credited as H. C. Kiefer)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (credited as H. C. Kiefer)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

That the Aztecs had not believed in the 'Fair God'...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Andrew Jackson

Keywords

Mexico; New Orleans

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

Stratosphere Special, 2036 A.D. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Serena Summerfield (signed)

Pencils

Serena Summerfield (signed)

Inks

Serena Summerfield (signed)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Week-End Excursion to the Moon

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Weekend trips to the Moon are being advertised. The space ship later appears above the Moon's surface and the pop-eyed denizens run away in fear.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Andy Handy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)

Inks

Leo O'Mealia (credited as Leo E. O'Mealia)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Take the cover off, Andy!

Genre

humor

Characters

Andy Handy

Synopsis

In struggling to get the lid off a jar of olives Andy drops and smashes it. His wife sends him to the store through the driving snow to get another bottle. He gets the store keeper to open it there and then, using a handy device. When Andy gets home he realizes he has bought the device but no olives.

Reprints

• in New Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series) #25 (March-April 1938)

[Episode Two] (Table of Contents: 24)

King Arthur / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rafael Astarita (signed)

Pencils

Rafael Astarita (signed)

Inks

Rafael Astarita (signed)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

One morning in early spring...

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Queen Guinevere; Prince Geraint; The Earl; Enid (his daughter); The Sparrow Hawk; his dwarf servant

Synopsis

At Camelot the call to hounds is heard. Guinevere meets Geraint and they ride to hounds, but encounter an unknown knight and his dwarf servant. Asking his master's name, Geraint receives a blow from a riding whip. Riding after them bent on revenge Geraint rides into a fortress where he learns that the knight is a great champion known as The Sparrow Hawk. Geraint enters the tourney lists aiming to joust with this knight.

Reprints

• in Atomic Comics (Green Publishing, 1946 series) #1 (January 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Needles / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Al Stahl (credited, signed)

Pencils

Al Stahl (credited, signed)

Inks

Al Stahl (credited, signed)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boy! That's wot I call a real pair of skis!

Genre

humor

Characters

Needles

Synopsis

Needles treks up Suicide Hill with his skis. Pushing off, he lands badly, but has an idea. A week later he is back wearing a parachute.

[The St. Pierre Mystery, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 26)

Maginnis of the Mounties / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

J. C. Leonard (credited, signed)

Pencils

J. C. Leonard (credited, signed)

Inks

J. C. Leonard (credited, signed)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Maginnis I'm going to take you out of uniform.

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Maginnis (introduction); Major Hall; Dubois; his daughter Yvonne

Synopsis

Maginnis' superior assigns him to undercover work, in order to solve the problem of trappers in the St. Pierre Country being robbed of their furs. After crossing the St. Pierre River he is shot at. He later arrives at the home of a trapper named Dubois and his daughter Yvonne. While they are eating the mysterious sniper peers in at the window.

[Welcome to Bugville] (Table of Contents: 27)

Bugville / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan (signed)

Pencils

Dick Ryan (signed)

Inks

Dick Ryan (signed)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What abrite lil' fire fly...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

1st appearance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Laughing at Life / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Vin Sullivan (credited, signed)

Pencils

Vin Sullivan (credited, signed)

Inks

Vin Sullivan (credited, signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hollywood - The Celluloid City - Folks!

Genre

humor

Characters

Eric von Dunkem

Indexer Notes

only appearance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

The Book Shelf / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Carson McCullers

Pencils

Vin Sullivan ?

Inks

Vin Sullivan ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Worth-While Films to Watch For / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

I. W. Magovern

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Charlie Chan; Tom Keene

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

The Radio Dialer / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. R. Lane

Pencils

Vin Sullivan ?

Inks

Vin Sullivan ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Don DeConn

Pencils

Don DeConn

Inks

Don DeConn

Letters

Don DeConn

Lesson 4: Comic Figures (Table of Contents: 33)

Cartoon Corner / activity / 1 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

What Do You Think? / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Charles Casmus, Patricia Hedges, Bernard Kearley, Charles Dilley, Marjorie Callaghan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Goofo the Great / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Cole (credited as Alger) (signed as Alger)

Pencils

Russell Cole (credited as Alger) (signed as Alger)

Inks

Russell Cole (credited as Alger) (signed as Alger)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We start wiz a simple one!

Genre

humor

Characters

Goofo (introduction); Marie (his assistant); Victor

[The Time Machine, Part 4] (Table of Contents: 36)

The Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mr Oliver Weed is a book worm...

Genre

adventure; humor; science fiction

Characters

Oliver Weed; Professor Mowcher; Fritz; Miss Abigail Blumel; Madame Betsy Blumel; Jane

Synopsis

Weed, Mowcher and Fritz have traveled a century into the past, where they court women of the Blumel family.

[Episode 3] (Table of Contents: 37)

Castaway Island / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Cooper (credited)

Pencils

Tom Cooper (credited)

Inks

Tom Cooper (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dougal MacDougal and the castaways are confronted by Blackface.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Blackface (villain); Dougal MacDougal; Larry; Sally

Synopsis

MacDougal rousts Blackface and then asks Larry to help protect the yacht by removing the sails and spark plugs.

[Knife Ambush, Part 4] (Table of Contents: 38)

Sagebrush n' Cactus / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

R. G. Leffingwell (credited, signed)

Pencils

R. G. Leffingwell (credited, signed)

Inks

R. G. Leffingwell (credited, signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The boys struck a rich lode...

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Characters

Sagebrush; Cactus

Synopsis

The boys are torn between avenging their friend and benefactor Pickax Pete, or buying a small town and ruining it in one night.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

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

Script

Harry Lewis (credited, signed)

Pencils

Harry Lewis (credited, signed)

Inks

Harry Lewis (credited, signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Goodbye Son. Here's something for being such a good boy...

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

only appearance

[Episode Three] (Table of Contents: 40)

Captain Quick / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Sven Elven (credited)

Pencils

Sven Elven (credited)

Inks

Sven Elven (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

For many months Kendal Quick preys upon Spanish shipping...

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Kendal Quick; Marjorie; Captain Velasquez

Synopsis

Quick discovers his fiancee en route to Spain and betrothed to Captain Velasquez.

Reprints

• in Atomic Comics (Green Publishing, 1946 series) #1 (January 1946)

The Drew Mystery [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 41)

Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan (credited as Ryan)

Pencils

Dick Ryan (credited as Ryan)

Inks

Dick Ryan (credited as Ryan)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

There she goes, Stitch...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dale Daring (introduction); Lt. Dick Sparks; Dr. Millard; Stitch (villain)

Synopsis

Dale follows up a lead on the Drew case and gets herself caught and bound.

[The Stagecoach, Part 3] (Table of Contents: 42)

J. Worthington Blimp, Esq. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)

Inks

Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Man - This sho' is a dull town...

Genre

humor

Characters

J. Worthington Blimp, Esq.; Jupe Jones

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[Submarine Terror, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 43)

Federal Men / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Midnight! - A full moon beams down...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Steve Carson; Franklin D. Roosevelt (guest)

Synopsis

Thwarting an attempt to poison the water supply, agents find a map with a spot marked "X". Steve Carson is assigned to follow up, and discovers a submarine submerged in the harbor. He tackles one of the crew outside then boards it. A plot to assassinate President Roosevelt, traveling on a nearby ship, is revealed.

Indexer Notes

title from last issue blurb

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

It's a Dern Lie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Pencils

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Inks

R. G. Leffingwell (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When my grandfather was a young man...

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Synopsis

Tall tales of the old west.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

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

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Remington Rand / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

back cover