- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help! The gorilla is loose!
- Characters
- Judy; Jim; gorilla; panicked crowd; two zoo keepers; enthusiastic little kid
- Synopsis
- Brave kids Judy and Jim hold off an escaped zoo gorilla with the nifty premiums they received by selling White Cloverine Brand Salve from the Wilson Chemical Co.
- Keywords
- gorilla; kids; live animals as ad premiums; prizes; product-spawned heroics; sales; salve; zoo
Ad for Wilson Chemical Co., offering prizes or money for the sales of Cloverine Brand Salve. Among the many prizes offered in the ad is a live pony. "Look! Live Pony! Yessiree, a real, live pony for your very own!" Black and white ad on inside front cover.
- Script
- ?
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- Al Plastino
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- Al Plastino
- Colors
- ?
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- Please, Superman - - stop him!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyztplk; Lois Lane; Perry White; fifth dimension doctor
- Synopsis
- Mr. Mxyztplk comes to Earth with a plot to make Superman and his friends vanish into the Eighth Dimension by getting them to say their names backwards.
- Keywords
- archaeology; Eighth Dimension; Fifth Dimension; magic; Metropolis; quiz shows; trickery
Bill Woolfolk originally credited as writer, but this story does not appear in his records.
Mxy does not send his victims to his own Fifth Dimension, but into the Eighth Dimension where they sleep for 24 hours before returning to our own Third Dimension.
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- Win one of these valuable prizes!
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie
- Keywords
- candy; contest
Contest rules are as follows: "Tell us why you like ... Tootsie Rolls... or any of these Tootsie Roll candies. Print or write clearly - your name address, city or town, state... and give your age... Every entry must be accompanied with 5 wrappers from one of the Tootsie Roll candies shown above."
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
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- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a beautiful night for a drive, isn't it, Peg?
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Peg; Peg's boyfriend
- Synopsis
- Peg is not one to settle for small wishes.
- Keywords
- moonlit night; wishes
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- For boys, girls, and dads
- Keywords
- B-B Gun
Lower 1/3 of page.
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fellow Legionnaires, we welcome to our ranks -- our newest member -- Tommy Tomorrow!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Chief Hawkke (villain); Martian with x-ray eyes; Venus Frog Man; Pluto Frost Man; Jupiter Robot; Neptune Winged Man; Uranus Stone Man
- Synopsis
- While pretending to suffer from amnesia, Tommy joins an interplanetary syndicate of crime, in order to bring them to justice.
- Keywords
- amnesia; crime syndicate; outer space setting
Chief Hawkke dubs the supposedly-amnesiac Tommy Tomorrow as "Johnny Jupiter".
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
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- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Mom!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Pete; Pete's mom
- Synopsis
- Indigestion causes Pete to stay after school, but not for the reason his mom thinks.
- Keywords
- indigestion; school
Top half of page.
- Script
- ?
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- ? (photo)
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- ? (photo)
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- Measures only 2 inches wide and 1 1/4 inches tall......only $2.98 ea.
- Keywords
- camera; mail order marketing
Ad offering a mini spy camera from Modern Merchandise Co. Lower half of page.
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The jackpot winner is -- Shorty!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shorty; contest host
- Synopsis
- Shorty wins a huge jackpot of prizes in a contest, but still finds something to complain about.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- contest; jackpot; never satisfied; prizes
- Script
- ? [as Al Capp]
- Pencils
- ? [as Al Capp]
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- ? [as Al Capp]
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- ?
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- ?
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- Gangway, Fosdick!! We're bustin' out!!
- Genre
- crime; satire-parody
- Characters
- Fearless Fosdick; three escaping prisoners
- Synopsis
- Three convicts escape from prison but, when Fosdick produces a jar of Wildroot Cream Oil, the cons return to get some for themselves.
- Keywords
- detective; hair product; prison break
Lower 1/4 of page.
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited as John Michaels)
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- ?
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- He thought the meek geologist was a weakling, but he came to learn how wrong he was.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mark Rader; Basil Davenport
- Keywords
- geology; mountain
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Pencils
- Ed Smalle
- Inks
- Ed Smalle
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You didn't believe a mastodon still existed, Congo Bill!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Chota (chimpanzee); Loring; Bombo (elephant); mastodon
- Synopsis
- Congo Bill leads a photojournalist in pursuit of a mastodon living in modern Africa.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- jungle setting; mastodons
- Script
- ?
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- ?
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- Exciting new collection!
- Keywords
- celebrity photos; mail order marketing
Ad offering celebrity photos from DeLuxe Photo Service. Top half of page.
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- ?
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- Giant Imported collection of 338 different stamps
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; stamp collecting; stamps
Ad offering around the world stamps from Zenith Co. Lower half of page.
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- $35.00 is yours for selling only 50 boxes of our 300 Christmas Card line.
- Keywords
- Christmas cards; sales
Ad for selling Christmas cards for Colonial Studios, Inc. On final interior page of the comic.
This exact same ad (in the exact same position - final interior page of the comic) appears in Felix the Cat (Harvey, 1955 Series) #64 (October 1955), but under the name of "Cheerful Card Company".
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- Look, Joe, let's see if you can make it right too
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- bodybuilding; fitness; mail order marketing; training
Ad for muscle-building courses from Charles Atlas. Black and white ad on inside back cover.
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- ...Will you wear and show it in your community?
- Keywords
- dresses; sales
Ad for selling dresses for Fashion Frocks by wearing the dresses to entice others into buying them. Color ad on back cover.