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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published August 1948
Frequency every other month
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Leon Harvey
Notes publishing frequency verbiage as per indicia; editor as listed in indicia

Cover Details - "- Hmm - maybe this might not be such a bad spot after all!"

Pencils Milton Caniff (signed)
Inks Milton Caniff (signed)
Notes panel taken from story "Part 9: Trail to Adventure".

1 page Roadmaster Bicycle advertisement "Leaders Ride Roadmasters"

Letters typeset
Notes Bicycle ad from Cleveland Welding Company in black and white on inside front cover. Page also includes issue indicia.

1 page Tootsie Fudge advertisement "Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado"

Characters Captain Tootsie
Script C.C. Beck
Pencils C.C. Beck
Inks C.C. Beck
Notes An add for Tootsie Fudge, the precursor of today's Tootsie Roll.

2 page Terry and the Pirates story "A Japanese task force attacking an American island base..."

Characters Taffy Tucker
Synopsis While the Americans and Japanese battle over a secret island air strip, Taffy Tucker starts to recover from her amnesia - only enough to wonder how she ended up in the middle of a battle. She joins up with Marine Corp medical unit, and is put to use.
Genre War
Script Milton Caniff
Pencils Milton Caniff
Inks Milton Caniff

3 page Terry and the Pirates story "Part 2: Identity Discovered"

Characters Lt. G.M. 'Taffy' Tucker; Joss Goode; Patrick Ryan
Synopsis Taffy partially overcomes her amnesia to recover her identity. Meanwhile, her friends Joss and Patrick fight to hold the coast against Japanese ships seeking to establish a beachhead.
Genre War
Script Milton Caniff
Pencils Milton Caniff
Inks Milton Caniff

6 page story "Part 3: Jap Trickery"

Characters Joss Goode; Patrick Ryan; Taffy Tucker
Synopsis Joss and Patrick fret over the fate of Taffy Tucker and continue to search for her. They ultimately find her, partially amnesiatic, working at the field hospital. They help her fully regain her memory, and return her to base to face charges of being a Japanese spy.
Genre War
Script Milton Caniff
Pencils Milton Caniff
Inks Milton Caniff

3 page Terry and the Pirates story "Part 4: Grand Reunion"

Characters Col. Flip Corkin; Taffy Tucker; Major Bob Tucker
Genre War
Script Milton Caniff
Pencils Milton Caniff
Inks Milton Caniff

2 page Terry and the Pirates story "Part 5: Meet Grett Murmur"

Characters Terry Lee; Taffy Tucker; Grett Murmur (introduction)
Genre war
Script Milton Caniff
Pencils Milton Caniff
Inks Milton Caniff

3 page Terry and the Pirates story "Part 6: Flight Into Danger"

Characters Terry Lee
Genre war
Script Milton Caniff
Pencils Milton Caniff
Inks Milton Caniff

1 page Terry and the Pirates story "Part 7: Crash Landing"

Characters Terry Lee; Taffy Tucker
Genre War
Script Milton Caniff
Pencils Milton Caniff
Inks Milton Caniff

1 page Columbia Bicycles advertisement "Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike"

Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Colors ? (illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes ad for Columbia bicycles

2 page Reliance Manufacturing advertisement "Look!"

Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Colors ? (illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes Boy's wear centerspread ad with an mail-in offer for a compass.

1 page Fisk Bike Tires advertisement "Bike-Hike Quiz"

Synopsis boys use their bikes to tour America's famous sites.
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Colors ? (illustration)

1 page Terry and the Pirates story "Part 8"

Characters Terry Lee
Synopsis Terry learns that the Chinese can't corroborate his sighting of a Japanese bomber crash, a fact that will bring him in front of a Board of Inquiry. The Chinese, admiring his courage, determine to try to find the missing plane.
Genre War
Script Milton Caniff
Pencils Milton Caniff
Inks Milton Caniff

7 page Terry and the Pirates story "Part 9: Trail to Adventure"

Characters Terry Lee; Col. 'Flip' Corkin; Grett Murmur
Synopsis Terry's mysterious crashed Jap bomber is found, and he gets promoted by the board from Cadet to Flight Officer, but must still observe battles from the ground until he has more experience. Things heat up between Grett and Terry.
Genre War
Script Milton Caniff
Pencils Milton Caniff
Inks Milton Caniff

4 page Man in Black story "I am nowhere...I am everywhere..."

Characters The Man in Black [Death]
Synopsis A group of thugs plan and execute a kidnapping, and almost get away scot free, if it weren't for the clues that one of the thugs leaves behind, landscape drawings of where their hide-out is located.
Genre Crime
Pencils Bob Powell (signed)
Inks Bob Powell (signed)

1 page Bimbo's Beanery story "Here's where I do some big business!"

Synopsis A string of bizarre characters comes into Bimbo's diner, and he is perplexed until somebody tells him the circus is in town.
Genre humor
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #3

Half page Ricky Roony story "Isn't he devine?"

Characters Ricky Roony; Ginger
Synopsis Ricky can't see why Ginger thinks so highly of a boy who has a job at a department store.
Genre humor
Notes includes initials H.F.S.; possible credit?

Half page Ricky Roony story "Ooh-h-h! A fiver! Come to Papa!"

Characters Ricky Roony; Ginger
Synopsis Ricky finds a five-dollar bill on the ground, then proceeds to live like a king, treating himself and Ginger at the soda shop until he is told that it is counterfeit.
Genre humor
Notes initialed H.F.S.; possible signiture?

Half page Cartoon Laughs filler

Genre gags
Pencils Charles Strauss (signed)
Inks Charles Strauss (signed)
Notes a mixture of typeset gags with two single-panel gag cartoons.

Half page Puzzle Parade activity

1 page Black Cat text story "Final Curtain"

Characters Black Cat
Genre adventure
Letters typeset

1 page Black Cat text story "Web of Gold"

Characters Black Cat
Genre adventure
Letters typeset

1 page Popsicles advertisement "The Adventures of Popsicle Pete and Bob Feller"

Notes comic about baseball players and a give-away offer connected with Popsicle.

1 page Schwinn Bicycle advertisement "Get Your Free Movie Star Pictures"

Notes give-away promotion from Schwinn-Built Bicycle