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Pages: 68
Editing: Harry "A" Chesler (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Star Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1937 series) #2 Edit Cover
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cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Dick Ryan (signed)
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Dick Ryan (signed)
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The family got so large we had to take another floor upstairs.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Credits from American Comic Strip collections by Dennis Gifford.

Saint Patrick
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text article / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; biography
Synopsis:
One-page biography of Saint Patrick.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover: green and orange color over black-and-white art only.

Jest For Fun
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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

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Contents
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table of contents / 1 page

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Bows an' Arrows / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Pencils:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks:
Dick Ryan (signed)
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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All right!

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Pokey Forgets to Remember / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pokey wrote a play one day
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Pokey
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The Picket
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Joe Ticket / comic story / 0.75 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't patronize this building
Characters:
Joe Ticket

Indexer Notes

Bottom 1/4 of page is ad for Mead bicycles.

Botanical Burps
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Professor McScrewy / comic story / 1 page

Script:
W. C. Brigham (signed as Brig)
Pencils:
W. C. Brigham (signed as Brig)
Inks:
W. C. Brigham (signed as Brig)
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  • Genre:humor

Daniel Boone
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Daniel Boone / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:biography; western-frontier
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Riggin' Bill / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come on Bill, the sailors said...
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Riggin' Bill

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I'm the Guy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Be back at six bells!
Characters:
Polly Tix the parrot; Riggin' Bill

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Jingle Jingle / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Said Mary to the farmer
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Court of Inhuman Relations / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hear ye!

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Bear Facts / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I wish you'd speak to Tommy
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Sidney Carton
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Sketches from Dickens / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:historical; non-fiction

Detective Shultz's Derby
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Detective Shultz / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; detective-mystery

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Nutty Fagin / comic story / 0.75 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yippee I'm an eagle
Characters:
Nutty Fagin

Indexer Notes

Bottom 1/4 of page is ad for Butterfingers candy bar.

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Ima Sphinx / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Benvenuto (signed)
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Benvenuto (signed)
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mama's in the kitchen, Mrs. Gawk.
Characters:
Ima Sphinx; Mrs. Gawk; Ima's daughter

Indexer Notes

Signed in last panel.

He Who Serves Progress Serves the World
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He Who Serves Progress Serves the World / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:non-fiction; biography
Characters:
James Watt

Indexer Notes

Signed in last panel.

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School Daze / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Glad that's over

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Officer Clancy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yoo hoo Officer Clancy
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Officer Clancy

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Ad-Ventures / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:To the advertising circus...

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Bug-Ville / Bugville / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Dick Ryan (signed as Uncle Dick)
Pencils:
Dick Ryan (signed as Uncle Dick)
Inks:
Dick Ryan (signed as Uncle Dick)
Colors:
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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All the big bugs will be there
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Belly Laughs / cartoon / 0.75 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hmmm--it don't weight much

Indexer Notes

Four one-panel gag cartoons. Bottom 1/4 of page is ad for six joke books via mail-order.

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King Arthur / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; historical
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Topsy-Turvy / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:children; fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Topsy and Turvy lay dreaming...
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Outside of Duty
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Dan Hastings / text story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Clemen Gretter
Inks:
Clemen Gretter
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typeset
  • Genre:science fiction
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Dan Hastings / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:On Mexady, a small planet...
  • Keywords:Mexady
Characters:
Ursulis [Kurp Ursulis] (antagonist); Dr. Carter (supporting, introduction); Gloria Carter [unammed Dr. Carter's daughter] (guest, introduction); Bob Carter [unammed Dr. Carter's son] (guest, introduction)

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King Kole's Kourt / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:But, King, this drought has become indeed serious

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The Prince / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ugh!

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Wilbur / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh boy!

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Kat Nips / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, mommy!

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Joe McGee / comic story / 0.75 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boy-oh-boy what an eyeful!
Characters:
Joe McGee

Indexer Notes

The logo for this comic strip in this issue is spelled "Joe M'Gee." Bottom 1/4 of page is ad for Baby Ruth candy bars.

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Words That Ring Through the Mists of Time / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:non-fiction; biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jean Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

Indexer Notes

Column title : Words That Echo Through the Mists of Time.

River of Death
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comic story / 3 pages

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Shinanigans / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I wish I could skate

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Cheerio Minstrels / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We bring to you a minstrel tune...
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Runt and Tuffy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:He looks like a kind man
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Behind the Scenes / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's the well dressed man that gets ahead

Indexer Notes

Bottom half of page is an ad for a mail-order watch.

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Penny Aunty / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And the horoscope said this was my lucky day!

[Ready to Eat]
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Jack Potts / comic story / 0.75 page

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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Jack Pott

Indexer Notes

Logo on this comic strip in this issue reads "Jack Pott" (singular). Bottom 1/4 of page is an ad for Baby Ruth candy bars.

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Bingo / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor

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Stars and Stripes / comic story / 0.75 page

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  • Genre:humor; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't slip we still got 400 yards to go

Indexer Notes

This strip takes up the left 3/4 of the page (vertically). The right 1/4 is an ad for a mail-order kayak sold by Mead.

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Sources of Famous Quotations / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Brutus, sincerely troubled...

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Li'l Willie / comic story / 0.75 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:So! Bad again...

Indexer Notes

Bottom 1/4 of page is an ad for Butterfingers candy bars.

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When Father Was a Boy; When Mother Was a Girl / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And then over the horizon could be seen...
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Do You Know Why? / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The jack rabbit, when pursued by hounds...

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Bingo / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boy-oh-boy I've et about eight bucks

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Tell Me Mr. Wise Guy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In your travels round the world

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["The family got so large we had to take another floor upstairs."]
  2. Saint Patrick
  3. Jest For Fun
  4. Contents
  5. ["All right!"]
    Bows an' Arrows
  6. ["Pokey wrote a play one day"]
    Pokey Forgets to Remember
  7. The Picket
    Joe Ticket
  8. Botanical Burps
    Professor McScrewy
  9. Daniel Boone
    Daniel Boone
  10. ["Come on Bill, the sailors said..."]
    Riggin' Bill
  11. ["Be back at six bells!"]
    I'm the Guy
  12. ["Said Mary to the farmer"]
    Jingle Jingle
  13. ["Hear ye!"]
    Court of Inhuman Relations
  14. ["I wish you'd speak to Tommy"]
    Bear Facts
  15. Sidney Carton
    Sketches from Dickens
  16. Detective Shultz's Derby
    Detective Shultz
  17. ["Yippee I'm an eagle"]
    Nutty Fagin
  18. ["Mama's in the kitchen, Mrs. Gawk."]
    Ima Sphinx
  19. He Who Serves Progress Serves the World
    He Who Serves Progress Serves the World
  20. ["Glad that's over"]
    School Daze
  21. ["Yoo hoo Officer Clancy"]
    Officer Clancy
  22. ["To the advertising circus..."]
    Ad-Ventures
  23. ["All the big bugs will be there"]
    Bug-Ville / Bugville
  24. ["Hmmm--it don't weight much"]
    Belly Laughs
  25. ["King Arthur and his gallant band..."]
    King Arthur
  26. ["Topsy and Turvy lay dreaming..."]
    Topsy-Turvy
  27. Outside of Duty
    Dan Hastings
  28. ["On Mexady, a small planet..."]
    Dan Hastings
  29. ["But, King, this drought has become indeed serious"]
    King Kole's Kourt
  30. ["Ugh!"]
    The Prince
  31. ["Oh boy!"]
    Wilbur
  32. ["Oh, mommy!"]
    Kat Nips
  33. ["Boy-oh-boy what an eyeful!"]
    Joe McGee
  34. ["Jean Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu"]
    Words That Ring Through the Mists of Time
  35. River of Death
  36. ["I wish I could skate"]
    Shinanigans
  37. ["We bring to you a minstrel tune..."]
    Cheerio Minstrels
  38. ["He looks like a kind man"]
    Runt and Tuffy
  39. ["It's the well dressed man that gets ahead"]
    Behind the Scenes
  40. ["And the horoscope said this was my lucky day!"]
    Penny Aunty
  41. [Ready to Eat]
    Jack Potts
  42. [no title indexed]
    Bingo
  43. ["Don't slip we still got 400 yards to go"]
    Stars and Stripes
  44. ["Brutus, sincerely troubled..."]
    Sources of Famous Quotations
  45. ["So! Bad again..."]
    Li'l Willie
  46. ["And then over the horizon could be seen..."]
    When Father Was a Boy; When Mother Was a Girl
  47. ["The jack rabbit, when pursued by hounds..."]
    Do You Know Why?
  48. ["Boy-oh-boy I've et about eight bucks"]
    Bingo
  49. ["In your travels round the world"]
    Tell Me Mr. Wise Guy
  50. ["We'll be seeing you in the April issue"]
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