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Pages: 36
Editing: Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes) (editor)
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Solid Jackson / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Solid Jackson; Natch Kilroy; Judy Farrell; Portia

Issue Data

The Midterm Break!
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Natch / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Job Number:A-36
Characters:
Natch Kilroy; Solid Jackson; Judy Farrell; Portia; Mrs. Kilroy; Katie Kilroy; Miss Crunchpitt
Synopsis:
School is out for two weeks for mid-winter break. The gang decides to charter a Pullman railroad car and go skiing in the mountains. However, while on a sidetrack, their car gets hitched to a train going to Florida.

"Welcome to the Bar-X Ranch, Miss Knothead!"
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Knothead Nancy / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Nancy; Pecos Bill
Synopsis:
Nancy goes to a dude ranch where she gets involved with a bear and a bandit.

The Right Kind of Girl
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text story / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:romance; teen
Characters:
Freddie; Carole; Jane Hollis
Synopsis:
Glamourous Carole refuses to go to a dance with Freddie because he can't dance. Freddie gets dancing lessons from a less-pretty girl in a nearby town who is an excellent dancer and who turns out to be a lot nicer than Carole.

The Big Buildup!
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The Kilroys / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Job Number:A-46
Characters:
Natch Kilroy; Solid Jackson; Mr. Kilroy; Judy Farrell; Mr. Bonecrusher
Synopsis:
Jackson tries out for the football team but gets crushed. Natch tries to build him up with a weight-lifting program, but all Jackson does is ruin Mr. Bonecrusher's rosebush, which gets Mr. Kilroy in trouble. Trying to build up his confidence, Natch paints some light weights as heavy weights, but Mr. Kilroy tries them first and gets an inflated idea of how strong he is.

[no title indexed]
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Jitterbuck / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
Dan Gordon (signed as Dan G.)
Inks:
Dan Gordon (signed as Dan G.)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That infernal racket will drive me...
  • Keywords:drums
Characters:
Jitterbuck; his father; his mother
Synopsis:
Irritated by Jitterbuck's drum-playing, his father takes a turn at the drum set and lets his frustrations take over.

Indexer Notes

Probably a reprint.

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Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer / advertisement / 0.5 page

Romantic Yarn
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text story / 0.67 page

Script:
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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:romance; teen
Characters:
Linda Sue
Synopsis:
While she's knitting on the bus, Linda Sue wonders who'll take her to the dance. When she drops her ball of yarn it gets tangled in the feet of a handsome boy.

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953
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statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953. No circulation figures given.

Solid Jackson, Poet!
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That Kilroy Krew / comic story / 8 pages

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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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Job Number:A-35
Characters:
Solid Jackson; Portia; Natch Kilroy; Judy Farrell; Arbuthnot Allen; Miss Crunchpitt
Synopsis:
The girls fall for the new boy, who recites romantic poetry. Jackson tries to become a poet, but only one he impresses is Miss Crunchpitt.

Indexer Notes

The splash panel is the same as the cover, but the scene doesn't appear in the story.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["This is Juliet?"]
    Solid Jackson
  2. The Midterm Break!
    Natch
  3. "Welcome to the Bar-X Ranch, Miss Knothead!"
    Knothead Nancy
  4. The Right Kind of Girl
  5. The Big Buildup!
    The Kilroys
  6. ["That infernal racket will drive me..."]
    Jitterbuck
  7. ["I'm afraid of wild animals in these woods-"]
    Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer
  8. Romantic Yarn
  9. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953
  10. Solid Jackson, Poet!
    That Kilroy Krew
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  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike O'Regan
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
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