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Issue Details

Issue #74
Published December 1948
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Cover features two panels of art taken from the interior stories. Story titles, genre and notes added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Cover Details - "A Famous Coach's Special Football Tips]; [The Story Behind the T-Men]; [Amos N' Andy]; [The Case of Public Enemy No. 1"

Genre sports; detective
Notes Cover features two panels of art taken from the interior stories. Story titles, genre and notes added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Shelby Bicycle advertisement "untitled"

Characters Bobby Shelby
Synopsis Shelby bicycle ad featuring the Bobby Shelby strip.
Pencils Lee Elias (signed)
Inks Lee Elias (signed)
Notes Found on the inside front cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

5 page The Story Behind the U.S. Treasury story "untitled"

Synopsis 1st in a series.
Genre fact
Notes Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page My Most Interesting True Experience biography (nonfictional) "untitled"

Genre fact; bio
Script Babe Ruth (signed)
Pencils Ed Smalle (signed)
Inks Ed Smalle (signed)
Notes Genre and art credits added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

4 page Amos and Andy biography (nonfictional) "untitled"

Characters Amos and Andy
Synopsis Radio program.
Genre fact; bio
Notes Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Wheaties advertisement "untitled"

Characters Ewell Blackwell
Synopsis Wheaties ad featuring Cincinnati Reds pitcher, Ewell Blackwell.
Genre sports; celebrity
Letters ?; mostly typeset
Notes Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

4 page Alfred E. Smith biography (nonfictional) "The Happy Warrior"

Characters Alfred E. "Al" Smith
Genre bio; political

2 page Electric Power text article "untitled"

Synopsis Last in the series. Illustrated text featuring schematics by Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Genre and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Parent's Magazine Press advertisement "untitled"

Synopsis Subscription ad for Parent's Magazine Press.
Letters typeset
Notes Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Are You a Quiz Whiz? activity "untitled"

Characters Gene Autry
Synopsis Text quiz.
Genre quiz
Letters mostly typeset
Notes The last half of this page is an ad for Gene Autry cowboy boots. Genre, synopsis and notes added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

4 page Lou Little story "Football Tips"

Characters Lou Little
Synopsis Football tips given by Lou Little, head coach at Columbia University.
Genre sports
Script Lou Little (signed)
Notes Feature, genre, character appearance and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

2 page Highlights in the Life of Tom Dewey text article "untitled"

Characters Thomas E. Dewey
Genre bio; political
Pencils ? (2 panels art)
Inks ? (2 panels art)
Letters typeset

1 page Truly Comic! filler "untitled"

Synopsis Page consists of jokes sent in by readers, plus some classified ads.
Genre humor
Letters typeset
Notes Genre and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

5 page Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations story "The Case of Public Enemy No. 1"

Characters Steve Saunders
Genre detective
Notes Story title, feature, genre and character appearance added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

1 page Daisy Air Rifles; Red Ryder advertisement "untitled"

Characters Red Ryder; Little Beaver
Synopsis Ad for Daisy Air Rifles, featuring Red Ryder and Little Beaver.
Genre western
Pencils Fred Harman (signed)
Inks Fred Harman (signed)
Notes Found on the back cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).