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Menu Crackajack Funnies #23 FR/GD 1.5 1940
Grade FR/GD 1.5 Year 1940 Publisher Dell
1.25\" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached at two staples. Mold.
This is a low grade item. The story will be complete and readable, but the item itself will have low eye appeal and will display major damage. Allowed defects for this grade include: non-story elements such as coupons, ad pages, or Marvel Value Stamps cut or torn out of the book; spine split of up to 2/3 the length of the book; a missing back cover provided the front cover is still attached; severe water damage, residue, mold, or paper deterioration due to oxidation; vertical book-length crease; detached cover or centerfold; writing or other marks on the cover; major tears; discoloration, staining, or brittleness.
Description
Cover by Bill Ely. Stories and art by Roy Crane, Fred Harman, Norman Marsh, Bill Ely, J. R. Williams, Merrill Blosser, Ray Thompson, Charles Coll, Martha Orr, Win Smith, Al McWilliams, Al Lewin, Frank V. Martinek, Leon A. Beroth, and Abe Martin. Crackajack Funnies presented original stories and reprints of classic comic strips, including Roy Crane\'s influential Wash Tubbs & Captain Easy. In what may be his first comic-book appearance, legendary detective Ellery Queen is hired by Margie to prove her fiancé is innocent of murder. Stratosphere Jim hires a crew in preparation for aerial heroics, in a story that features the first cutaway view of his experimental plane, the Flying Fortress. Red Ryder and Little Beaver set out to catch the rogue cougar Scarfoot, but catching him and keeping him are two different things. Plus a Tarzan prose story. Ellery Queen; Dan Dunn; Red Ryder; Freckles and His Friends; Myra North, Special Nurse; Wash Tubbs; Apple Mary; Our Boarding House; Clyde Beatty; The Crusoes; Stratosphere Jim; Don Winslow of the Navy; Ed Tracer, G-Man X32; Tarzan; Time Marches Back with Looney Luke; Out Our Way; Curious World. 64 pages, Full Color.
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