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| "The Adventures of Marco Polo" artwork is not by W Bryce Hamilton, as stated in Additional Information. It's by Michael Hubbard (who's named under the title). The hand- lettering is by Alfred Taylor. |
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| In "Tod and Annie hear the story of A Christmas Carol" artist Hugh McNeill's version of Scrooge resembles English character actor Wilfred Hyde White. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 12th 1948 | Price: 3d [0-0-3 GBP] | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Danny |
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| Synopsis | Young John Marston runs away from home to try to prove himself. |
| Featuring | Tinker Taylor |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: John Taylor Marston; Mrs Marston; Cousin Bertram; Sam Smith; Lawyer Janes |
| Notes | Part 2 of a serial. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ernie Entwhistle; Charlie the caterpillar |
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| Comic Story | Tod and Annie Hear the Story of A Christmas Carol (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr Print has befriended Tod and Annie and is reading A Christmas Carol to them by the fireside. |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Tod; Annie; Mr Print |
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| Synopsis | Tales of St. Clement's school |
| Featuring | Tom Tuffen's Schooldays |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Tom Tuffen; Schoolfriends; Schoolmasters |
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| Comic Story | Sexton Blake versus Solo (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: Sexton Blake; Tinker; Solo |
| Notes | Part 9 of a serial |
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| Synopsis | Marooned on an island as a boy by Rackham, Michael learns swordsmanship from the Count and takes his revenge. |
| Featuring | Captain Flame |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Michael Flame; Count Anthony Ferrara; The Moth; Tom Rackham |
| Notes | Part 2 of a serial |
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| Featuring | Jack of Africa |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack; Hercules (pigmy); Flash o' Lightning (horse); Grimmond |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Billy Bunter; Jones Minor; Mr Quelch |
| Notes | A slapstick version of the Frank Richards originals. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Marco Polo; Kubla Khan |
| Notes | This looks like an adaptation of the Gary Cooper movie. |
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| Featuring | In Quest of the Golden City |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tom Markham; Jimmy Markham; Major Markham; Dr Markham; Hamilton Edward Shakespear; Da Silva |
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| Comic Story | Stonehenge Kit the Ancient Brit and the Prehistoric Air Liner (1 page) |
| Featuring | Stonehenge Kit the Ancient Brit |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kit; Glam; Kingy; Whizzy; Brit Bashers |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mike; Dad |
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