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Broadway Hollywood Blackouts (1954) comic books 1938-1955

  • Issue #1
    Broadway Hollywood Blackouts (1954) 1
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    An offbeat comic presenting short, often risque humor stories in a sort of comics version of vaudeville. Each "sketch" is presented as if it's on a vaudeville stage, complete with footlights. A cop helps a drunk man break into his own house, but it's the wrong house. Before his death, a man creates the first "video will" with his motion-picture camera - much to his family's surprise. When two men learn they're dating the same woman, they find a way to settle the dispute with a gun that fires blanks. One Too Many; The Last Will and Testament; Best Friends; The New Dress; The Triangle; It's a Bet; The Pickpocket; The Lost Key; The Dead Duck; The Love Seat; Peppermint Candy; Two Timer; Once a Ham...; Broken Hearted; The Hearing Aid; Time Out; Trapped. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Broadway Hollywood Blackouts (1954) 2

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    An offbeat comic presenting short, often risque humor stories in a sort of comics version of vaudeville. Each "sketch" is presented as if it's on a vaudeville stage, complete with footlights. In a story that's a real reflection of its era, a couple goes to the train station just so they can kiss each other in public without causing a scandal. An early comics version of the "Philanderer's Porsche" urban legend. A woman who gets a mink coat from her boyfriend finds a way to trick her husband into thinking he gave it to her - or so she thinks! The Lovers; The Proposal; Hands Off; The Kissing Bugs; The Dowry; The Grand Robbery; Trip Cancelled; The Mink Coat; Happy Birthday; The Alibi; The Bad Host; The Bargain; The Old Maid; The Toothache; The Nut with the Net; The Audacious Audition; It's for Charity; Memories; The Milkman; The Bogeyman; Insured. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Broadway Hollywood Blackouts (1954) 3
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3717571008

    An offbeat comic presenting short, often risque humor stories in a sort of comics version of vaudeville. Each "sketch" is presented as if it's on a vaudeville stage, complete with footlights. A detective advertises for an assistant, but he should have been more specific. A woman demands to see the hotel manager after seeing a man in her window. A couple is interrupted by the arrival of the woman's husband. There's No Place Like Home; The Palmist; On the Spot; Dispossessed; Old Faithful; Quickie Blackouts; The Sport; The Mother-in-Law; Private Eye; The Wrong-doing; There Should Be a Law; After the Honeymoon; He's No Angel; Even Steven; It's a Gift; Social Climber; The Right Approach; Night Court; Jack and the Bean Stalk; The Problem Child; Ally and Oop; Caught in the Act. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.