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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	March 1952
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details - "Tell It to the Marines"

Characters	Spike Dowdy; Bat Bentley
Synopsis	Two American Marines battle Asian soldiers.
Genre	Humor; War; Military
Notes	Front cover.

1 page advertisement "Unique and Outstanding Book"

Synopsis	Full-page, black-and-white ad with cut-out form for the mail-order book, "Beat the High Cost of Living".
Script	? (ad copy)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover.

12 page story "Operation Petticoat"

Characters	Pfc. Spike Dowdy; Pfc. Bat Bentley
Genre	Humor; War; Military

14 page story "Arabian Nightmare"

Characters	Pfc. Spike Dowdy; Pfc. Bat Bentley.
Genre	Humor; War; Military

2 page text article "The Fighting Leathernecks March On!"

Synopsis	Unillustrated article about early-middle 19th century United States Marine Corps history.
Genre	Fact; Military History
Letters	typeset

4 page story "Lover O'Leary and His Liberty Belles"

Characters	Lover O'Leary; Blue Plate Blossom; Queenie Quadrille; Marlene; Three-Quarters-of-a-Mile Miriam; several nerdy, lusting young Marines
Genre	Humor; War; Military; Good Girl

1 page advertisement "Holy Pictures That Come to Life in Your Hand"

Synopsis	Full-page, black-and-white mail-order pictures of Pope Pius XII, the Savior, and Madonna.
Script	? (ad copy)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover.

1 page advertisement "The Most Amazing Tool Set Ever Offered!"

Synopsis	Full-page, color ad for mail-order set of hand tools with order form.
Script	? (ad copy)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover.