Joe Palooka Comics #21

(June 1948)

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

Red Cross / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Steve Abrams ? (signed)

Inks

Steve Abrams ? (signed)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Illustrated public service announcement for the Red Cross. Signed in lower right corner, but signature is not clear.

Bernard Putter -- Voted "Most Popular Boy" (Table of Contents: 2)

High School "Champs" of America by Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Bernard Putter

Indexer Notes

First interior page. Illustrated Ad featuring a profile of Bernard Putter, a student at Tilden High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. Part of a series sponsored by Thom McAn shoe stores.

Bobby Shelby Gets a Job -- (Table of Contents: 3)

Shelby Cycle Company; Bobby Shelby / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Lee Elias (signed)

Inks

Lee Elias (signed)

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This is a big paper route, Bobby...

Characters

Bobby Shelby; his father; Mr. Jones

Synopsis

Bobby is able to deliver his afternoon newspaper route in less than an hour because he has a Shelby bicycle.

Keywords

paper route

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic format for the Shelby Cycle Company, Shelby, Ohio.

Adventure in the Hidden City (Table of Contents: 4)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Ham Fisher (signed)

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Ham Fisher (signed)

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Ham Fisher (signed)

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Oh, Perkins, don't be such an old fusspot.

Genre

adventure; sports

Characters

Joe Palooka; Smokey; Knobby Walsh; Angela; Perkins; Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou

Synopsis

Joe and Smokey are in the French Foreign Legion. They get lost in the desert and are captured by soldiers and taken to the hidden city of Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou.

Reprints

• from Joe Palooka daily (McNaught Snydicate) newspaper strips from ?

Keywords

Arabs; desert; Foreign Legion

Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. C. Beck ? (credited); Rod Reed ?

Pencils

C. C. Beck (credited, signed)

Inks

Pete Costanza (credited as Peter Costanza)

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Pete Costanza (credited as Peter Costanza)

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Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion are camping in the mountains.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Secret Legion: Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Coon Tail Charlie

Synopsis

While camping in the mountains, Captain Tootsie uses an Army Sniperscope to hunt down a killer bear at night.

Keywords

Army Sniperscope; bear; camping; hunting; mountains

Indexer Notes

Signed "C. C. Beck and Peter Costanza" in title panel. Includes mail-in coupon for a 'Coon Tail for 15 cents and one Tootsie Roll wrapper to Tootsie Rolls Dept 105, Box 8 Brooklyn 1, N. Y. (Just the "Coon Tail," not a hat.)

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

Flossie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Wonder if I could train ya to be a husky?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Flossie

Synopsis

Flossie teaches her dog to pull her on a cart, with predictable results.

Keywords

baker; cake; cart; dog

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

Flossie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Gosh, it's a cloudburst, an' how!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Flossie; her mother

Synopsis

In a rainstorm, Flossie takes an umbrella to meet her sister at the subway.

Keywords

rain; subway; umbrella

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

Monark Silver King, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Sleek as the new convertibles

Indexer Notes

Illustrated ad for Monark Silver King, Inc. bicycles, featuring the 1948 Monark Super Deluxe.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Bike-Hike Quiz; Fisk Bike Tires / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Young Americans everywhere are "seeing America first" on bicycles.

Characters

Dick; Jim

Synopsis

Dick and Jim ride their bikes through historic Williamsburg, Virginia.

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic format for Fisk Bicycle Tires.

[Adventure in the Hidden City - part 2] (Table of Contents: 10)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Ham Fisher (signed)

Pencils

Ham Fisher (signed)

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B-But, my dear... When did you arrive...

Genre

adventure; sports

Characters

Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Smokey; Miss Billings; Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou; Sultan Jeb Alltrash

Synopsis

Sheik Ibi-Ben-Abou bets Sultan Jeb Alltrash that Palooka can beat his champion in a boxing match.

Reprints

• from Joe Palooka daily (McNaught Syndicate) newspaper strips from ?

Keywords

boxing; camels; Foreign Legion; telephone

Indexer Notes

Continued in the next issue.

Palooka versus Assassin! (Table of Contents: 11)

Joe Palooka / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre

sports

Characters

Joe Palooka; Assassin

Indexer Notes

Promo for Joe Palooka #22 with cover and three preview panels depicted. "On sale May 14"

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

Kerry Drake / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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We were matching wits with a clever, but merciless killer -- Angel-Puss!

Characters

Kerry Drake; Angel-Puss

Indexer Notes

Promo for Kerry Drake Detective Cases #9 with cover and preview panels depicted. "On Sale May 5th".

Cartoon Laughs at the Ringside (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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O.K. This is the round. Give him everything you've got!

Genre

humor; sports

Keywords

boxing

Indexer Notes

Jokes involving boxing, with two illustrations.

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

Ricky Roony / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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All is over between us!

Genre

humor

Characters

Ricky Rooney; Chickie

Synopsis

Ricky thinks he has a chance when Chickie dumps the military cadet she has been dating.

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

The Flyin' Fool / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell (signed as POWELL)

Pencils

Bob Powell (signed as POWELL)

Inks

Bob Powell (signed as POWELL)

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Crashing in the Himalaya mountains, Chickie, Gooch and Maylene are...

Feature Logo

Chickie Ricks Better Known as the Flyin' Fool

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Chickie Ricks [Flyin' Fool]; Gootch; Maylene; Ola Jansson

Synopsis

Chickie, Gootch, and Maylene were rescued from a crash in the Himalayan Mountains by a band of bandits, who intend to hold Maylenne and her friends hostage for a large ransom. They are locked in a storeroom, but with the help of a Swedish hideaway find a plane and attempt an escape.

Keywords

airplane; cave; Himalayas; ransom; Sweden

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

Flossie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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You can sit there.

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Flossie

Synopsis

Flossie finds ways to make noise when she's watching an old man fishing.

Keywords

bubble gum; drum; fishing

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

Green Hornet / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Friends- Issue no. 40 of my magazine will reveal for the first time...

Characters

Green Hornet; Kato; Mike Axford; Casey

Indexer Notes

Promo for Green Hornet Fights Crime #40 with cover and lead characters depicted. "On Sale May 5th." Also a plug for the Green Hornet radio show "On the air coast-to-coast Tuesday nights Blue Network"

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

Flossie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Nice lot of canned goods...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Flossie; her father

Synopsis

Flossie builds a castle from canned food, but tears the labels off the cans.

Keywords

canned food; x-rays

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Black Cat / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Lee Elias (signed)

Inks

Lee Elias (signed)

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Sensational Hollywood star turns terror!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne

Indexer Notes

Promo for Black Cat #12 with cover by Lee Elias (signed) and lead characters depicted. "On Sale May 5th."

The Case of the Missing Gems (Table of Contents: 20)

Black Cat / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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"Jeez, but the bulls sure got themselves a first class puzzler."

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Tim Turner; Barry Boston; Rick Horne; Jonesey

Synopsis

Linda Turner gets a tip from an underworld hood about a jewel theft. The Black Cat then follows the tipster to the gang holding the jewels.

Keywords

jewel thief; judo

Indexer Notes

Tiny Black Cat illustration by the title is the only art.

3 in 1 Air Pistol (Table of Contents: 21)

Johnson Smith & Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Ad for Sportsman Jr. air pistol, which shoots regular BB's, pellets, or steel darts. Pistol ($3.49) and packages of BBs, .177 pellets, and steel darts all available by mail from Johnson Smith & Company, B-195, Detroit 7, Michigan.

Here's a Funsational Value (Table of Contents: 22)

Fun Parade, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Eight joke books for $1.00 postpaid. Titles include Jokes, Grins, Fun Parade, Hello Buddies, Joke Parade, Army and Navy Hot Shots, America's Funnies Cartoons, and World's Best Laughs. Mail-in coupon to Fun Parade, Inc, Dept. 6, 1860 Broadway, New York 23, N.Y.

U.S. Savings Bonds (Table of Contents: 23)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)

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Otto Soglow (signed as O. Soglow)

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Indexer Notes

"Courtesy of The New Yorker". Ad in comic format for buying U. S. Savings Bonds in order to fight inflation.

How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame (Table of Contents: 24)

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Charles Atlas (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for Charles Atlas "Dynamic Tension" muscle-building course, with mail-in coupon to Charles Atlas, Dept. 303C, 115 East 23rd St., New York 10, N.Y.

Beginning a Beautiful Friendship (Table of Contents: 25)

Baby Ruth; Curtiss Candy Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Baby Ruth candy makes tasty cookies

Synopsis

A baseball player offers the umpire some Baby Ruth cookies.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustrated ad for Baby Ruth candy bars. Curtiss Candy Company; Chicago 13, Ill.