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Series: Cannonball Comics

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Publisher: Rural Home

Title: Cannonball Comics
Issue: 1
Page Count: 52
Publish Date: February 1945
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: ?

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Cannonball Comics 1, Jon Berk Copy
Owner: entalmighty

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Crash Kid
Pages:1
Genre:superhero


Story Title: Stolen Pie - comic story
Features:Hobo-Ken
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Hobo-Ken
Synopsis:Hobo-Ken steals a pie, and shares it with the cop who chases him.


Story Title: The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods! - comic story
Features:Crash Kid
Pages:11
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Crash Kid [Rusty Adams] (introduction); Pook (Rusty's pal); Ho Lin Fong; Lum Fo (villain)
Synopsis:The Crash Kid joins forces with the daughter of a murdered Asian businessman to track down and halt the activities of the Black Dragon Cult.


Story Title: Shrunken Uniform - comic story
Features:Mussel-Man
Pages:1
Genre:satire-parody; superhero
Characters:Mussel-Man
Synopsis:Mussel-Man is late getting to a crime because he has to iron his uniform. He lands in a puddle and his uniform shrinks.


Story Title: Saving the Football Game - comic story
Features:Hardy of Hillsdale High
Pages:9
Genre:teen
Characters:Ted Hardy; Cal Vetter; Zelda; Lizzie Jones
Synopsis:Ted Hardy transfers from a rural school to a big city school where he tries to fit in. He gets his chance in the final football game of the season.


Story Title: Dangerous Dancing - comic story
Features:Hank the Hero
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Hank
Synopsis:Hank outfights a dozen Japanese soldiers on an island in the Pacific but breaks his leg while jitterbugging when he gets home.


Story Title: The Crash Kid Scores a Scoop - text story
Features:The Crash Kid
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Crash Kid [Rusty Adams]; Pook; Tommy Brown; Mr. Comedy [Tim Carmody] (villain)
Synopsis:Mr. Comedy pulls a robbery each day, and the Crash Kid has to figure out where he will strike next.


Story Title: The Strange Deaths of the Painted Grin - comic story
Features:Crime Crusader
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones] (intro); Kewpie O'Toole; Flip Baroni; Van Park; Joseph Miller; Lloyd Cosgrove; Verne Stanton
Synopsis:The Crime Crusader investigates a series of murders. Each corpse has a grotesque grin, and a stuffed animal is found near the body.


Story Title: Foiling the Bank Robbery - comic story
Features:Officer O'Heck
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Officer O'Heck
Synopsis:Officer O'Heck chases a little kid for riding his bike on the grass and accidentally breaks up a bank robbery.


Story Title: The D.A. Dares Danger - text story
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:crime
Characters:Andy Prescott; Mysto the Magician; Spud Mahoney
Synopsis:A district attorney uses a card trick to distract a thug who wants a statement that the D.A. has in his possession that proves the thug is a murderer.


Story Title: Raid on Algiers - comic story
Features:Thunderbrand
Pages:10
Genre:adventure
Characters:Brand [Thunderbrand] (first appearance); Barbarossa; Giacomo; Teng-ha; Hassan
Synopsis:Young Brand wins a sword fight and earns the right to find out how he came to be part of a pirate ship's crew. A lost golden scepter holds the secret of his identity. A raid against Algiers goes badly, and Brand has to rescue Barbarossa, the captain.


Story Title: The Rabbit Hunt - comic story
Features:Gunsite Gus
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Gunsite Gus
Synopsis:Gunsite Gus goes hunting for rabbits, but the one he finds tricks him into having his shotgun smashed by rocks.


Story Title: Birthstone Ring Given Away - advertisement
Features:Gold Crown Spot Remover
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: New True-Love and Friendship Ring - advertisement
Features:Empire Diamond Co.
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: New Enlargement 3¢ Stamp - advertisement
Features:Dean Studios
Pages:0.34
Letters:typeset


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