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(Fall 1943)

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

Ye Editors' Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

The top half of the page is an editorial. In it, it is mentioned that "Dick Cole" artist Bob Davis died "well over a year ago" in an automobile accident, and Jim Wilcox has just taken over the strip.

The bottom half of the page is readers' letters and editorial responses.

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

Dick Cole / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jim Wilcox

Inks

Jim Wilcox

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is a holiday at Farr Military Academy...

Characters

Slag (introduction, villain, death); Elmer Gutz (introduction, villain); Bill (introduction, villain); Chet (introduction, villain); Mr. Kent (introduction); Mrs. Kent (introduction)

The Kidnapping of Edison Bell (Table of Contents: 3)

Edison Bell / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill

Pencils

Harold DeLay

Inks

Harold DeLay

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Edison Bell

Indexer Notes

The bottom 1/3 of 5 different pages throughout the story are actually separate diagrams showing readers how to make simple games at home.

Spotto (Table of Contents: 4)

Edison Bell / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ray Gill

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Indexer Notes

This is separate from the Edison Bell story, but is billed as "Edison Bell's Gift to Plane Spotters..." Consists of instructions showing readers how to make a device that projects silhouettes of war planes on the wall, so their shapes can be memorized. This allows civilians to identify friendly and enemy aircraft during wartime.

Rejected (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

Typeset

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

Dan'l Flannel / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gorsh! I ain't heard so much fuss...

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Cadet / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Kermit Jaediker

Pencils

John Jordan

Inks

John Jordan

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm Big Jim Purdy, the oil man...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Big Jim Purdy (introduction); Ohokus (introduction); Morton (introduction, villain); Half-Pint (introduction, villain)

Indexer Notes

Signed on first page in lower right-hand corner "Jaediker & Jordan."