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Toby, 1954 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
Toby Press, Inc.
Brand:
Toby Press
Editing:
Mel Lazarus (Art Director); Benton J. Resnick (General Manager)
Color:
color
Dimensions:
standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock:
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding:
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

Promoted as "Real Life Adventures" so the stories may have been based on fact.

Code of the Jungle (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:
Bernard Safran (signed, painted)
Inks:
Bernard Safran (signed, painted)
Colors:
Bernard Safran (signed, painted)
Letters:
?
Genre:
adventure
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Code Of the Jungle (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mel Keefer (signed)
Inks:
Mel Keefer (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
adventure

Indexer Notes

Promoted as "A True He-Man Adventure".

Art credits confirmed by Keefer in Alter Ego #119 (August 2013).

Mr. Flatfoot (Table of Contents: 2)

Frank Hodges / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mel Keefer
Inks:
Mel Keefer?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
non-fiction; crime
Characters:
Frank Hodges

Indexer Notes

Presented as a true story.

The Man In The Shadows (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Sparling
Inks:
Jack Sparling
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

Sparling art per Nick Caputo, July 2015.

Up Front With The Marines (Table of Contents: 4)

6 very short stories / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Genre:
war
Synopsis:
"The First Hit Doesn't Count"
"Strange Kill For A Panther"
"A Hero All The Way"
"The Wrong Time Out"
"Nothing To Write Home"
"Notes On The Red Burb Gun"

Horses Of The Old West" (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Genre:
non-fiction; western-frontier
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Pencils: Original art originally credited to Mel Keefer, but art collector Michaël Dewally denies this.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Code of the Jungle
  2. 1. Code Of the Jungle
  3. 2. Mr. Flatfoot
    Frank Hodges
  4. 3. The Man In The Shadows
  5. 4. Up Front With The Marines
    6 very short stories
  6. 5. Horses Of The Old West"
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Craig Delich
  • Per Sandell
  • James Ludwig
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • James Ludwig
  • Gary L. Watson
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