Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #v19#14 [360]

(March 12, 1964)

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

activity / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Howdy, here are two games to test your skill.

Synopsis

A western-themed crossword puzzle and a western-themed maze.

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

1976 Pettigrew for President / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Berry Reece (credited)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Colors

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

My word!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tim Pettigrew; Bart Blatt; Joey Blatt; Angie Blatt; Mary Jane Blatt; Hyman Spatz; Senator Oilengass; Edmond Lasso

Synopsis

The president sees Senator Oilengass yelling and screaming at little Angie for causing his fall and decides to withdraw his support of the senator. Sen.O. spies on Pettigrew's party and hears they will hire Gus Gallipoli as their pollster. Sen.O. beats them to Gallipoli, so they hire Lasso as pollster to find out if Pettigrew can win New Hampshire. It turns out Oilengass didn't run in NH, because Gallipoli's poll showed he would lose. So now, he'll be running against Matt Fizz, the vice-president, who happens to be from NH. They feel Pettigrew hasn't a chance.

Track (Table of Contents: 3)

Origin of Sports / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre

humor; sports

Characters

Coach Weepy Heffalump; Tiny

Synopsis

The history of track, looking at prehistoric, ancient Egypt, Greece, Roman and Persian times, up through the present.

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

Chuck White / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss (credited as Max Pine)

Pencils

Fran Matera (signed)

Inks

Fran Matera (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do something about my fur caps!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Chuck White; Tony (Sourdough Tony) Laport; Kitty; Vince Magee;

Synopsis

Tony is offered a brand new turbine-engine sports car and he signs papers for it without heeding Chuck's warning. Chuck tells him to read what he's signing for before signing. Kitty is worried that Chuck is getting too involved in Tony's affairs. The group go to a recording session with a famous conductor and orchestra and Tony manages to upset the conductor with his obvious lack of real musical ability and the conductor walks out in disgust.

Indexer Notes

Max Pine was an alias of Frank Moss, per 2006 interview with Frank Borth: "You can find out in reading your things he also uses the word Max Pine as a substitute for him because he didn't want them to think he was writing everything in the place..." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849

The Statue of Freedom (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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Pencils

Bill Martin (signed)

Inks

Bill Martin (signed)

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Genre

historical

Characters

Thomas Crawford; Jefferson Davis

Synopsis

The story of the 10-ton bronze Statue of Freedom, which stands atop the capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Indexer Notes

Both pages are printed sideways.

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

The Champ Out West / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss (credited)

Pencils

Frank Borth (signed)

Inks

Frank Borth (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

June, why is your father holding this roundup?

Genre

adventure; humor; western-frontier

Characters

Frumson (The Champ) Wooters; Sandy; June; Grogan

Synopsis

June's father thinks someone has been stealing his cattle. He wants all unbranded calves rounded up and branded. The kids frown upon having to watch the branding, so they go to an abandoned ghost town and find an old fashioned bicycle in the blacksmith's shop. Frumson gets it running, only to discover it has no brakes and he can't stop it. He becomes a runaway juggernaut.

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

Father Mac's Letter / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Leon McKenzie (credited as Father Leon McKenzie)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear boys and girls, Do you like riddles?

Genre

religious

Indexer Notes

Text article with two accompanying illustrations.

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

Treasure Jests / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Art Winburg (signed); ?; Ali (signed)

Inks

Art Winburg (signed); ?; Ali (signed)

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Genre

humor

Synopsis

Four single-panel gags.

Saint Stanley Kosta Patron of Young Students (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre

biography; religious

Characters

Stanley Kosta; Paul Kosta

Synopsis

The story of Saint Stanley Kosta, the patron saint of young students. He was Polish, attended school in Vienna with his older brother and died at the age of 17 in 1565.

Indexer Notes

The name Kosta is misspelled twice on the last page of the story as "Kostka".

[Umbrella Mugger] (Table of Contents: 10)

Pierre / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor

Characters

Pierre; holdup man

Synopsis

A holdup man mugs Pierre for his umbrella as it begins to rain.

Indexer Notes

Pantomime gag-strip told in six panels.
On inside back cover.