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Clean Fun Starring Shoogafoots Jones (1944) comic books 1938-1955

  • Issue #NN.GREY

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    Dark grey cover edition; "Clean Fun, Starring Shoogafoots Jones" is a 1944 comic book by the Southern Book Company of Columbus, Ohio. The book features short stories in comic book format featuring stereotypical African-Americans from the American South. Although the stereotypes are from a time that is now, thankfully, long past, Shoogafoots does perform some non-stereotypical deeds: in one story, he appears as a World War II flying ace, shooting down enemy planes and bombing Axis submarines. 28 pages with a slightly thicker cardboard cover which is also slightly larger than the interior pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #NN.WHITE
    Clean Fun Starring Shoogafoots Jones (1944) NN.WHITE





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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #21-31C4038-007
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1482322018
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    White cover edition; "Clean Fun, Starring Shoogafoots Jones" is a 1944 comic book by the Southern Book Company of Columbus, Ohio. The book features short stories in comic book format rife withg Jim Crow-era stereotypes of African-Americans from the South. Although the stereotypes are from a time that is now, thankfully, long past, Shoogafoots does perform some non-stereotypical deeds: In one story, he appears as a World War II flying ace, shooting down enemy planes and bombing Axis submarines. 28 pages with a slightly thicker cardboard cover which is also slightly larger than the interior pages. Cover price $0.10.