(1945)

Croydon Publishing Co., 1945 Series
 
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Croydon Publishing Co.
Editing
?
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

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Miss Cairo Jones / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Cairo Jones
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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Miss Cairo Jones / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Albert (credited)
Pencils
Bob Oksner (credited and signed)
Inks
Bob Oksner (credited and signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ready yet, Cairo?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Cairo Jones; Saber von Tigron; Steve Racy
Synopsis
Cairo Jones and the reporter Steve Racy are on the trail of her war criminal husband, Saber von Tigron, who finally hangs himself to avoid capture. [Synopsis from Anthony Durrant via the error list, August 2007]
Reprints
  • from Miss Cairo Jones (Associated Newspapers Syndicate) strips from 1945 [exact dates unknown]

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Simp O'Dill / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sol Hess [as Hess]
Pencils
Sol Hess [as Hess]
Inks
Sol Hess [as Hess]
Colors
?
Letters
Sol Hess [as Hess]
Genre
humor
Characters
Simp O'Dill; Professor Faertildray
Synopsis
Four Simp O'Dill Sunday strips. 1) Simp goes to teach hillbillies, 2) Simp trades places with Jocko the ape, 3) Professor Faertildray crosses a pigeon with a woodpecker and 4) Professor Faertildray blows up the house when Simp unplugs his bath.
Reprints
  • from Simp O'Dill (Bell Syndicate) strips from unknown dates

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Silly Dillys / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sol Hess [as Hess]
Pencils
Sol Hess [as Hess]
Inks
Sol Hess [as Hess]
Colors
?
Letters
Sol Hess [as Hess]
Genre
humor
Synopsis
4 half page strips. 1) A tramp needs five red points, 2) Mose falls off a house, 3) two men on a log in an angry sea and 4) a bellboy doesn't cut a hanging man down because he isn't dead yet.
Reprints
  • from Silly Dillys (Bell Syndicate) unknown dates.

Indexer Notes

Silly Dillys was the topper strip to Simp O'Dell.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Miss Cairo Jones
  2. 1. ["Ready yet, Cairo?"]
    Miss Cairo Jones
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Simp O'Dill
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Silly Dillys
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