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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published June-July 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whiteny Ellsworth (credited); Larry Nadle (uncredited)

Cover Details - "America's Favorite Funnyman!"

Characters Bob Hope (photograph)
Genre humor
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Colors ? (photograph)
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1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "You Will Always Hit the Bullseye When you Buy a Magazine with This Trademark!"

Synopsis house ad for DC Comics
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Notes inside front cover

33 page Bob Hope story "A Very Merry Mix-up!"

Characters Bob Hope; Mrs. Peabody
Synopsis Bob and Mrs. Peabody get involved in a bathing beauty contest at the beach.
Genre humor
Script Cal Howard ?
Pencils Owen Fitzgerald ?
Inks Owen Fitzgerald ?

Half page Broadway Laffs story "I think I'll have to look for another job!"

Synopsis The theatre usher's job won't last long.
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff ?
Inks Henry Boltinoff ?
Letters Henry Boltinoff ?
Notes This sequence is between page 8 of sequence 1 and sequence 4.

Half page advertisement "Be King of the Road With This Great Bike!"

Synopsis an advertisement for Westfield Manufacturing Company's Columbia motobike.
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Notes bottom 1/3 of page.

1 page advertisement "Phil Rizzuto"

Synopsis advertisement for General Food's Wheaties breakfast cereal

1 page advertisement "Get This Swell Official League Baseball!"

Synopsis advertisement for Bazooka Bubble Gum premiums.
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Notes This sequence is between sequence 5 and page 9 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "The Popsicle Hall of Fame"

Characters Francis Maguire; Popsicle Pete
Synopsis comic strip-style advertisement for Joe Lowe Corporation's Popsicle bars.
Pencils Sam Glankoff (signed)
Inks Sam Glankoff (signed)
Notes This sequence is between page 20 of sequence 2 and sequence 8.

1 page U.S. Royal advertisement "Beating the Broken Buckboard!"

Synopsis comic strip-style advertisement for United States Rubber Company's U.S. Royal Bicycle Tires.
Pencils Al Plastino ?
Inks Al Plastino ?
Notes This sequence is between sequence 7 and page 17 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "Tom Mix Trading Post"

Synopsis advertisement for Shredded Ralston premiums
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Notes This sequence is between page 26 of sequence 2 and sequence 10.

Half page Video Laffs story "Dear, I wish you'd increase Junior's allowance!"

Synopsis Junior tries to make money by selling concessions.
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff ?
Inks Henry Boltinoff ?
Letters Henry Boltinoff ?

Half page advertisement "Our Bunch All Munch"

Synopsis advertisement for Nestle's Crunch Milk Chocolate candy
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Notes bottom 1/3 of page.

2 page It Happens in Hollywood text article "After being "stabbed" with a fork for a dramatic scene in "Locked In"..."

Synopsis News items about upcoming Hollywood productions.
Genre fact
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1 page advertisement "Straight Arrow Mystic Wrist Kit"

Synopsis advertisement for National Biscuit Company's Nabisco Shredded Wheat premiums
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Half page Radio Beams story "Shut that off!"

Synopsis A patron plays a radio in a library.
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff ?
Inks Henry Boltinoff ?
Letters Henry Boltinoff ?

Half page advertisement "New Schwinn Handbrakes!"

Synopsis advertisement for Schwinn bicycle handbrakes
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Notes This sequence is between sequence 14 and page 27 of sequence 2. Bottom 1/2 of page.

1 page advertisement "See Monark...And Then Buy the Monark Super Deluxe!"

Synopsis advertisement for Monark Silver King, Inc.'s Monark bicycle.
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Notes This sequence is between page 29 of sequence 2 and sequence 17.

1 page advertisement "We Could Have Killed Him!"

Synopsis comic strip-style ad for Ray-o-vac batteries.
Notes This sequence is between sequence 16 and page 30 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "Schwinn is Guaranteed!"

Synopsis advertisement for Arnold, Schwinn & Co.'s Schwinn Black Phantom bicycle.
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Notes This sequence is between sequence 2 and sequence 19.

1 page Jim Wise advertisement "The Stagecoach Stick-Up"

Synopsis comic strip-style advertisement for B.F. Goodrich and Hood Rubber Co.'s "P-F" canvas shoes.
Genre western

1 page advertisement "A Salute to the Boy Scouts of America!"

Characters Superman; Batman; Robin
Synopsis advertisement for the 1950 National Boy Scout Jamboree.
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Notes inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Rope 'Em Both, Partner!"

Synopsis advertisement for Daisy BB Guns sales catalogs.
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Notes back cover