(May 30, 1968)

George A. Pflaum, 1946 Series
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Volume
23
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Every two weeks during the school year
On-sale Date
1968-05-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher Inc.
Editing
James Langdon (credited as James J. Langdon) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-December 1968, page 353, registration number B430408.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)
Inks
Lloyd Ostendorf (signed)
Colors
?
Cover Thumbnail for Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (George A. Pflaum, 1946 series) #v23#20 [446]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Backtalk / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover and inside back cover.

Forty-Niner Fever Part 10 - Strike at Mariposa! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Frances Crandall (credited as F. E. Crandall)
Pencils
Lloyd Ostendorf
Inks
Lloyd Ostendorf
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Captain Rogers; Davy; "Ribs" Rankin
Synopsis
Captain Rogers and his friends travel to Mariposa to search for gold. An accidental blow to the head cures his amnesia.
Keywords
amnesia; gold mining; Los Angeles; Mariposa; wagon train

The Cold Facts About Glaciers (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Huffman
Pencils
Frank Huffman
Inks
Frank Huffman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Synopsis
Information on glaciers.
Keywords
Alps; glacier; iceberg

Discovery: The Story of Charles Goodyear (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Hazel Mary Boring
Pencils
Tony Tallarico
Inks
Tony Tallarico
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Charles Goodyear
Synopsis
Charles Goodyear discovers how to vulcanize rubber.

King Salmon (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Paula M. Craig
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Did You Know? / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mario DeMarco (signed)
Pencils
Mario DeMarco (signed)
Inks
Mario DeMarco (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You just drop the ball down like this!
Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Lew Alcindor; Glenn Hall; Lou Gehrig
Keywords
baseball; basketball; hockey

Indexer Notes

Various sports factoids.

[Charming Snake] (Table of Contents: 7)

Ali / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Marvin Townsend (signed)
Pencils
Marvin Townsend (signed)
Inks
Marvin Townsend (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Ali
Synopsis
Before he can charm his cobra, Ali has to turn off the snake's TV set.
Keywords
snake charmer

The Miniature World at Your Fingertips (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Huffman
Pencils
Frank Huffman
Inks
Frank Huffman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Characters
Sir Reginald Trilby-Bellew
Keywords
bacteria; microscope

Indexer Notes

Facts about the microscopic world.

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

Randy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Hill (signed)
Pencils
Frank Hill (signed)
Inks
Frank Hill (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Very well, you have ten minutes to solve this problem.
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Randy
Synopsis
Another student accuses Randy of cheating during a math test because he's praying to God for help.

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

Chuck White and His Friends / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Matt Christopher
Pencils
Fran Matera
Inks
Fran Matera
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The pickup truck rolls towards Cookie Jones...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Chuck White; Cookie Jones
Synopsis
Chuck stops a runaway pickup truck.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Backtalk / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Backtalk Editor Has Big Plans for Summer (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Backtalk
  3. 2. Forty-Niner Fever Part 10 - Strike at Mariposa!
  4. 3. The Cold Facts About Glaciers
  5. 4. Discovery: The Story of Charles Goodyear
  6. 5. King Salmon
  7. 6. ["You just drop the ball down like this!"]
    Did You Know?
  8. 7. [Charming Snake]
    Ali
  9. 8. The Miniature World at Your Fingertips
  10. 9. ["Very well, you have ten minutes to solve this problem."]
    Randy
  11. 10. ["The pickup truck rolls towards Cookie Jones..."]
    Chuck White and His Friends
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Backtalk
  13. 12. Backtalk Editor Has Big Plans for Summer
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