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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published Summer 1942
Cover Price 0.05 USD
Pages 36
Editing Leon Harvey

Cover Details - "colonial sentinel"

Inks Joe Simon?

1 page Blondie story "Darling, I think we ought to be saving..."

Genre humor
Script Chic Young
Pencils Chic Young
Inks Chic Young

2 page Joe Palooka story "Hullo, Knobby--Hi Joe old boy--"

Script Ham Fisher
Pencils Ham Fisher
Inks Ham Fisher
Notes inside front-cover

Half page Smitty story "Say boss..."

Script J. R. Williams
Pencils J. R. Williams
Inks J. R. Williams
Notes inside-cover; back-cover

Half page Gumps story "Look, folks!"

Script Gus Edson
Pencils Gus Edson
Inks Gus Edson

Half page Li'l Abner story "Dogpatch goes 100% for U.S. War bonds"

Script Al Capp
Pencils Al Capp
Inks Al Capp

Half page Winnie Winkle story "Boss, I'd be glad to accept..."

Script Martin Branner
Pencils Martin Branner
Inks Martin Branner
Notes inside back-cover

2 page Green Hornet story "For Victory, Buy United States War Bonds and Stamps"

Script Leon Harvey
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve

1 page Victory Laffs story "gags"

Script various writers
Pencils various artists
Inks various artists

Half page Smokey Stover story "Where you rushing to, Smokey..."

Genre humor
Script Bill Holman
Pencils Bill Holman
Inks Bill Holman

Half page My Mama Done Tol' Me story "Wotcha doin', Fedora?"

Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan

Half page Rube Goldberg's Inventions story "What's the big idea?"

Script Rube Goldberg
Pencils Rube Goldberg
Inks Rube Goldberg

Half page cartoon story "Your Dime's In the Army Now!"

Half page poem with cartoon story "Nashing the Axis"

Script Ogden Nash
Letters typeset

1 page story "A Good Idea"

Script Berg
Pencils Berg
Inks Berg

1 page text story "Young America Helps Win the War"

Script Beverly Suser
Pencils J. R. Williams
Letters typeset

2 page Small Fry story "Ah'm eighteen y'ars old!"

Characters Small Fry (Intro)
Script Al Capp
Pencils Al Capp
Inks Al Capp

Half page Joe Palooka story "Private Joe Palooka Says--"

Script Ham Fisher
Pencils Ham Fisher
Inks Ham Fisher
Notes inside front-cover

Half page Reg'lar Fellers story "What's the idea of your li'l brother..."

Genre children; humor
Script Gene Byrnes
Pencils Gene Byrnes
Inks Gene Byrnes

Half page Little Mary Mixup story "All set for the dance, Mary?"

Script R. M. Brinkerhoff
Pencils R. M. Brinkerhoff
Inks R. M. Brinkerhoff

Half page Hap Hopper story "Aren't I beautiful, Hap?"

Script Jack Sparling
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling

Half page Rube Goldberg strip story "His First Thought"

Script Rube Goldberg
Pencils Rube Goldberg
Inks Rube Goldberg

Half page story "There's another cartoon finished..."

Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

Half page Boxcars story "Peanut! --Is that you--? Working!!"

Script Art Gates
Pencils Art Gates
Inks Art Gates

Half page Big Chief Wahoo story "C'mon, folks! Hop on um bond-wagon!"

Script Allen Saunders
Pencils Elmer Woggon
Inks Elmer Woggon

Half page story "Mom's Best Birthday Present"

Script Pierce Rice
Pencils Pierce Rice
Inks Pierce Rice

Half page Smilin' Jack story "What! You say you buy a U.S. War Bond..."

Genre adventure; aviation
Script Zack Mosely
Pencils Zack Mosely
Inks Zack Mosely

Half page Gasolene (sic) Alley story "Nina, we give our country's enemies..."

Script Frank King
Pencils Frank King
Inks Frank King

Half page Superman story "Hurry, everyone!"

Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Joe Shuster

Half page Nancy story "I knew it would woik--"

Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller

Half page Sweeney and Son story "My son, your pop is just about the smartest man I know..."

Script Al Posen
Pencils Al Posen
Inks Al Posen

Half page Dick Tracy text story "It's just a little piece of paper--"

Genre contest; detective
Script Chester Gould
Pencils Chester Gould
Inks Chester Gould

Half page Flyin' Jenny story "Everytime you lick a war stamp..."

Genre adventure; aviation; war
Script Russell Keaton
Pencils Russell Keaton
Inks Russell Keaton

1 page text story "Do We Deserve Them?"

Characters General Douglas A. MacArthur
Script Clare Boothe [Luce]
Letters typeset

3 page filler "Any Bonds Today?"

Script Irving Berlin
Letters typeset
Notes Sheet Music

1 page Timid Soul story "I guess I'm too old to enlist--"

Script H. T. Webster
Pencils H. T. Webster
Inks H. T. Webster

1 page story "Ahead There Lies Sacrifice For All of Us"

Characters President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Script Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Letters typeset
Notes Roosevelt photo; back cover