Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
Editing: Harry "A" Chesler (editor & publisher); George Nagle (managing editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Star Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1937 series) #5 Edit Cover
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Impy; Little Nemo in Slumberland / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:children; fantasy-supernatural
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Little Nemo; Impy

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

STAR COMICS is published monthly by CHESLER PUBLICATIONS, INC., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Editorial and Executive Offices, 276 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter March 1, 1937 at post office, St. Louis, Mo., under act of March 3rd, 1879 Subscription price, 12 issues in the United States and its possessions, and Canada, $1.00. Foreign countries, $2.00. Single copies, 10 cents.

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Belly Laughs / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:children; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And remember on the glorious Fourth of July...

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Shinanigans / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What a nice neck for a sky rocket runway.
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Little Nemo in Slumberland / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I love to lie abed and dream.
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Little Nemo; Flip; Doctor Pill; Princess of Slumberland
Synopsis:
While going to bed, Nemo thinks of his Slumberland friends.

Indexer Notes

Previously attributed to Winsor McCay, but does not come from his Little Nemo strips - further, the Princess' face does not follow his style, but rather that of his son's - Winsor McCay, Jr.

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Riggin' Bill / comic story / 2 pages

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Fred Schwab (signed)
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Fred Schwab (signed)
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Fred Schwab (signed)
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  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You --
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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:Com'on! Shake a leg!

[Hit Me in the Eye]
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Impy / comic story / 1 page

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Impy

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Jungle Town Show Boat / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No waitin', no delay, show starts right away!

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Foxy Grandpa / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't tell Grandpa we have these invitations...
  • Keywords:baseball
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Foxy Grandpa
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On Sit-Down Strike
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Jack Potts / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:adventure; humor
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Jack Potts

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Bows an' Arrows / comic story / 1 page

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Dick Ryan (signed)
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Dick Ryan (signed)
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Dick Ryan (signed)
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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And tonight we have Dolly Elephant...

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King Kole's Kourt / comic story / 2 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Through the kingdom Old King Kole was hustling...
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King Kole

[Sleepwalking]
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The Prince / comic story / 1 page

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Prince

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Professor McScrewy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Where was Moses when the light went out, Professor?
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Professor McScrewy

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Goobyland / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:children; fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Young Mickey Gooby's Pa and Ma said camping he could go...

The Burning Glass
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King Arthur / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:historical; adventure

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Topsy-Turvy / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Spying a house on the side of the road...

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Third Class Male / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Are you here? Say I thought I fired you?
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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:And just what is the trouble?

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Penny Aunty / comic story / 2 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How in the world did you get there Penny Aunty?
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Penny Aunty

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Li'l Arthur / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boy that was a swell picture!
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Ima Sphinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, boy, can my car step!
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Ima Sphinx

Human Document
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text story / 8 pages

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Fred Guardineer (illustrations)
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Fred Guardineer (illustrations)
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typeset

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Dan Hastings / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look in the visor plate, Dr. Carter
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Lt. Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Gloria; Bob; Lord Hugh Withering; Hanz Raskow (villain)
Synopsis:
Dan, Dr. Carter. Gloria and Bob take advantage of their enemies' distraction to escape to hide in a secluded cabin in the Canadian woodlands. Dan goes to the Canadian ministry of war to secure reinforcements, while Dr. Carter studies the enemy's ray gun.
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Indexer Notes

Synopsis, characters and credits added by Henry Andrews (2009-04-16).

David Copperfield
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Sketches from Dickens / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:non-fiction

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Bib and Tucker / comic story / 2 pages

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Jack Romer (signed)
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Jack Romer (signed)
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Jack Romer (signed)
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Huh, those children again!
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Bib; Tucker

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Ad-Ventures / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; children; humor

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Uses same characters as Curtiss Candy ads, but Curtiss products never mentioned.

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Cheerio Minstrels / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Just hear that steamboat whistle blow...
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Officer Clancy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I say stop! Stop!
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Officer Clancy

Forgets to Remember
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Pokey Forgets to Remember / comic story / 1 page

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Pokey

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Jingle Jingle / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The teacher said to Johnny Jones...

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Joe Dokes / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Do you give gas here?
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Joe Dokes
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Wilbur / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:By gum! This will never do.
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Wilbur

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Joe McGee / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Com'on up Joe, I think I smell gas.
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Joe McGee

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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:Did you ever at the beaches hear a beauty say...

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Animal Crackers / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I brought a rattle for for the baby

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Brain Teasers / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What book does this represent?

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When Father Was a Boy / cartoon / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who's singing bass all of a sudden?

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Voice of the People / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear sir, I sent four pairs of socks...

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When Mother Was a Girl / cartoon / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I think we better have our picnic someplace else!

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Bug-Ville / Bugville / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Dick Ryan (signed as Uncle Dick)
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Dick Ryan (signed as Uncle Dick)
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Dick Ryan (signed as Uncle Dick)
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  • Genre:humor; children; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That gang of swamp cromers kept th'whole village awake.
Reprints (1)
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    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Impy; Little Nemo in Slumberland
  2. ["And remember on the glorious Fourth of July..."]
    Belly Laughs
  3. ["What a nice neck for a sky rocket runway."]
    Shinanigans
  4. ["I love to lie abed and dream."]
    Little Nemo in Slumberland
  5. ["You --"]
    Riggin' Bill
  6. ["Com'on! Shake a leg!"]
    I'm the Guy
  7. [Hit Me in the Eye]
    Impy
  8. ["No waitin', no delay, show starts right away!"]
    Jungle Town Show Boat
  9. ["Don't tell Grandpa we have these invitations..."]
    Foxy Grandpa
  10. On Sit-Down Strike
    Jack Potts
  11. ["And tonight we have Dolly Elephant..."]
    Bows an' Arrows
  12. ["Through the kingdom Old King Kole was hustling..."]
    King Kole's Kourt
  13. [Sleepwalking]
    The Prince
  14. ["Where was Moses when the light went out, Professor?"]
    Professor McScrewy
  15. ["Young Mickey Gooby's Pa and Ma said camping he could go..."]
    Goobyland
  16. The Burning Glass
    King Arthur
  17. ["Spying a house on the side of the road..."]
    Topsy-Turvy
  18. ["Are you here? Say I thought I fired you?"]
    Third Class Male
  19. ["And just what is the trouble?"]
    Court of Inhuman Relations
  20. ["How in the world did you get there Penny Aunty?"]
    Penny Aunty
  21. ["Boy that was a swell picture!"]
    Li'l Arthur
  22. ["Oh, boy, can my car step!"]
    Ima Sphinx
  23. Human Document
  24. ["Look in the visor plate, Dr. Carter"]
    Dan Hastings
  25. David Copperfield
    Sketches from Dickens
  26. ["Huh, those children again!"]
    Bib and Tucker
  27. ["Now came the act they all enjoyed..."]
    Ad-Ventures
  28. ["Just hear that steamboat whistle blow..."]
    Cheerio Minstrels
  29. ["I say stop! Stop!"]
    Officer Clancy
  30. Forgets to Remember
    Pokey Forgets to Remember
  31. ["The teacher said to Johnny Jones..."]
    Jingle Jingle
  32. ["Do you give gas here?"]
    Joe Dokes
  33. ["By gum! This will never do."]
    Wilbur
  34. ["Com'on up Joe, I think I smell gas."]
    Joe McGee
  35. ["Did you ever at the beaches hear a beauty say..."]
    Tell Me Mr. Wise Guy
  36. ["I brought a rattle for for the baby"]
    Animal Crackers
  37. ["What book does this represent?"]
    Brain Teasers
  38. ["Who's singing bass all of a sudden?"]
    When Father Was a Boy
  39. ["Dear sir, I sent four pairs of socks..."]
    Voice of the People
  40. ["I think we better have our picnic someplace else!"]
    When Mother Was a Girl
  41. ["That gang of swamp cromers kept th'whole village awake."]
    Bug-Ville / Bugville
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  • Henry Andrews
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Lionel English
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Pat Lang
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
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  • Ramon Schenk
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