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  • Publication OCR: SPURREO BY THE MESSAGE THAT GRAVES AND JET ARE MISSINGRIP KIRBY "POURS IT ON" RECKLESSLY... THE METEOR LIVES UP TO ITS NAME... ON THE BACK STRETCHTHE LEADERS ARE PREZZANOPAULEY AND KIRBYIN THAT ORDER! JIME DID YOU? MR. KIRBY'S DOING IT! MANIF THAT CAR WILL ONLÝ HOLD TOGETHER! 8-11 SPURREO BY THE MESSAGE THAT GRAVES AND JET ARE MISSINGRIP KIRBY "POURS IT ON" RECKLESSLY... THE METEOR LIVES UP TO ITS NAME... ON THE BACK STRETCHDID YOU HEAR THATWITH ONE LAP TO GOTHE LEADERS ARE PREZZANOPAULEY AND KIRBYIN THAT ORDER! JIME DID YOU? MR. KIRBY'S DOING IT! MANIF THAT CAR WILL ONLÝ HOLD TOGETHER! 8-11

    Tue, August 11, 1953

    Rip Kirby

    By Alex Raymond
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  • Comic book OCR: YIPPEE! HUBBA-HUBBAAUNTIE! FLOWERS! THIS IS THE BIG DAY-CHRISTY'S COMING HOME WITH BUZZARDJR. ARE YOU SURE EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT? BABY-BOTTLES AND THINGS? STOP BEING SO JITTERYBUZ. JUST GO GET THEMHERE'S YOUR HOSPITAL RECEIPTMR. SAWYER. NOW HE'S MINE! ONE BABY BOUGHT AND PAID FOR. I'LL ARRANGE THEMCASHIER Day 8-11 YIPPEE! HUBBA-HUBBAAUNTIE! FLOWERS! THIS IS THE BIG DAY-CHRISTY'S COMING HOME WITH BUZZARDJR. ARE YOU SURE EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT? BABY-BOTTLES AND THINGS? STOP BEING SO JITTERYBUZ. JUST GO GET THEMHERE'S YOUR HOSPITAL RECEIPTMR. SAWYER. NOW HE'S MINE! ONE BABY BOUGHT AND PAID FOR. I'LL ARRANGE THEMCASHIER Day 8-11

    Tue, August 11, 1953

    Buz Sawyer

    By Roy Crane
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  • Fictional character OCR: IS THAT CAB FOLLOWING NOI US? HMM MAYBE YOU DID TALK TO SOMEBODY ELSIE! DIDN'T! HONESTLY! WE'LL SOON SEE. HERE'S WHERE WE GET OUT. STOP THE CARYOU. THE CAB STOPPEDWILSON MCCOY 8-11 TOo IS THAT CAB FOLLOWING NOI US? HMM MAYBE YOU DID TALK TO SOMEBODY ELSIE! DIDN'T! HONESTLY! WE'LL SOON SEE. HERE'S WHERE WE GET OUT. STOP THE CARYOU. THE CAB STOPPEDWILSON MCCOY 8-11 TOo

    Tue, August 11, 1953

    The Phantom Vintage

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  • Parallel OCR: YOU KNOW MECLUMSY OAF WHO BARGES IN WHERE HE ISN'T WANTED. JUST HAVEN'T ENOUGH SENSE TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER ..SOLET ME IN... PLEASE ! MUFEPHY COME TO RESCUE THE BEE-UTIFUL DAMSEL IN DISTRESSGALAHAD? WELLDON'T BOTHER. THIS DAMSEL CAN TAKE EXCELLENT CARE OF HERSELF! ALWAYS BEEN A SUCKER FOR AN OPEN FACE AND A FEW CRUDE BUT HONEST REMARKS... COME IN AND JOIN ME IN MY GENTEEL POVERTY... YOU KNOW METIPPY.. THE BIGCLUMSY OAF WHO BARGES IN WHERE HE ISN'T WANTED. JUST HAVEN'T ENOUGH SENSE TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER ..SOLET ME IN... PLEASE ! MUFEPHY COME TO RESCUE THE BEE-UTIFUL DAMSEL IN DISTRESSGALAHAD? WELLDON'T BOTHER. THIS DAMSEL CAN TAKE EXCELLENT CARE OF HERSELF! ALWAYS BEEN A SUCKER FOR AN OPEN FACE AND A FEW CRUDE BUT HONEST REMARKS... COME IN AND JOIN ME IN MY GENTEEL POVERTY...

    Tue, August 11, 1953

    Big Ben Bolt

    By Elliot Caplin & John Cullen Murphy
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  • Line art OCR: E TIME IS VALUABLE... AND EVEN AN OLD RATTLE- TRAP IS FASTER THAN WALKING! HOTHERE! CAN YOU GIVE ME A LIFT? MAIS OUIM'SIEU! I AM BOUND FOR LORIENT! GET IN ...I AM GLAD FOR THE COMPANY! E THE MONEY IS 3 AS GOOD AS IN MY HANDS NOw? SIX KILOMETERS! A LONG WAY TO GO! BUT AT THE END OF THE ROAD...HALF A MILLION POUNDS! FRWKBOINS LORIENT 6KM. LORIENT 6KM. F8-10 COPR. 3MORLU RIGHTS RESERVED E TIME IS VALUABLE... AND EVEN AN OLD RATTLE- TRAP IS FASTER THAN WALKING! HOTHERE! CAN YOU GIVE ME A LIFT? MAIS OUIM'SIEU! I AM BOUND FOR LORIENT! GET IN ...I AM GLAD FOR THE COMPANY! E THE MONEY IS 3 AS GOOD AS IN MY HANDS NOw? SIX KILOMETERS! A LONG WAY TO GO! BUT AT THE END OF THE ROAD...HALF A MILLION POUNDS! FRWKBOINS LORIENT 6KM. LORIENT 6KM. F8-10 COPR. 3NING FEATURES SYNDICATEMORLU RIGHTS RESERVED

    Mon, August 10, 1953

    Johnny Hazard

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  • Drawing OCR: I SUSPECT HE DIDBUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND MISS ALLYSON STAYING AWAY...SHE WOULDN'T WE CAN'T DESERT/ WE MUST INFORM HIM OF THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT'LL WE DOP ) HAND ME THE BLACKBOARD. GRAVESJET MISSING" OHTHE CHIPS ARE DOWN NOW...I'VE GOT TO MAKE MY BID! DECIDEDLY NOT! PLEASE THE TRAILER'S GONE? DESMONDDO YOU THINK GRAVES TOOK IT? MISS THIS RACE FOR THE WORLD. RIP NOW... DEVELOPMENTS. I SUSPECT HE DIDBUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND MISS ALLYSON STAYING AWAY...SHE WOULDN'T WE CAN'T DESERT/ WE MUST INFORM HIM OF THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT'LL WE DOP ) HAND ME THE BLACKBOARD. GRAVESJET MISSING" OHTHE CHIPS ARE DOWN NOW...I'VE GOT TO MAKE MY BID! DECIDEDLY NOT! PLEASE THE TRAILER'S GONE? DESMONDDO YOU THINK GRAVES TOOK IT? MISS THIS RACE FOR THE WORLD. RIP NOW... DEVELOPMENTS.

    Mon, August 10, 1953

    Rip Kirby

    By Alex Raymond
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  • Art OCR: I DON'T ENJOY YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILFULWILD... YOUR FATHER AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS BAILING YOU OUT OF WILD ESCAPADES.. I'VE BROKEN THEM ALL UP- AND WHILE YOU STILL THOUGHT YOU LOVED THE LAST ONE... YOU HATED ME...BUT I WAS RIGHT..TIME PROVED THAT... I WAS RIGHT! ADMIT ITDAN! PLAYING THE ROLE OF THE EVILPLOTTING MOTHERDAN... BUT WHERE YOUR HAPPINESS IS CONCERNED I DON'T CARE WHAT NAMES THEY PIN ON WORRIED OURSELVES SICK OVER EACH ONE OF YOUR VIOLENT TANTRUMS.. YOUR ROMANCES WITH IMPOSSIBLE GIRLS... ME... B-10L I DON'T ENJOY YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILFULWILD... YOUR FATHER AND I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS BAILING YOU OUT OF WILD ESCAPADES.. I'VE BROKEN THEM ALL UP- AND WHILE YOU STILL THOUGHT YOU LOVED THE LAST ONE... YOU HATED ME...BUT I WAS RIGHT..TIME PROVED THAT... I WAS RIGHT! ADMIT ITDAN! PLAYING THE ROLE OF THE EVILPLOTTING MOTHERDAN... BUT WHERE YOUR HAPPINESS IS CONCERNED I DON'T CARE WHAT NAMES THEY PIN ON WORRIED OURSELVES SICK OVER EACH ONE OF YOUR VIOLENT TANTRUMS.. YOUR ROMANCES WITH IMPOSSIBLE GIRLS... ME... B-10L

    Mon, August 10, 1953

    Heart Of Juliet Jones

    By Stan Drake
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  • Parallel OCR: WELL... I HELD OUT FOR EZEKIEL EBENEZERBUT CHRISTY INSISTED ON JOHN SINGERHERE'S MY REPORT ON THAT KEG ISLAND JOB. AND MORE IMPORTANTA NOTEBOOK OF SCIENTIFIC DATA AND A SAMPLE /SUREOF THAT TOXIC MOLD. BOTH SHOULD BE TURNED OVER TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCETHANKS. CIGARCHIEF? A BOY... HOW NICE! WELL. IF IT ISN'T THE NEW PAPA! CONGRATU- LATIONSBUZ. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM? BUZTHANKS. NOW FORGET WORK AWHILE AND ENJOY YOUR WIFE AND BABY. JUNIOR. -10 WELL... I HELD OUT FOR EZEKIEL EBENEZERBUT CHRISTY INSISTED ON JOHN SINGERBY THE WAYHERE'S MY REPORT ON THAT KEG ISLAND JOB. AND MORE IMPORTANTA NOTEBOOK OF SCIENTIFIC DATA AND A SAMPLE /SUREOF THAT TOXIC MOLD. BOTH SHOULD BE TURNED OVER TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCETHANKS. CIGARCHIEF? A BOY... HOW NICE! WELL. IF IT ISN'T THE NEW PAPA! CONGRATU- LATIONSBUZ. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM? BUZTHANKS. NOW FORGET WORK AWHILE AND ENJOY YOUR WIFE AND BABY. JUNIOR. -10

    Mon, August 10, 1953

    Buz Sawyer

    By Roy Crane
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  • Gesture OCR: GIVE IT TO ME! A NOW WHAT ABOUT Y PON'T GAB DIANA? HE PROMISED) SO MUCH. GET INTO THE CAR. WHERE TOMISS ELSIÉ? SHORE ROAD (LL TELL YOU WHERE TO STOP./ AND DON'T GET GOING. WILSON MCCOY -10 FOLLOW THAT CAR TGOT THE MONEY MILLION BUCKS! THAT AS I SAID I SIX WOULD. LOSE IT! NAT BAN E# E PuF GIVE IT TO ME! A NOW WHAT ABOUT Y PON'T GAB DIANA? HE PROMISED) SO MUCH. GET INTO THE CAR. WHERE TOMISS ELSIÉ? SHORE ROAD (LL TELL YOU WHERE TO STOP./ AND DON'T GET GOING. WILSON MCCOY -10 FOLLOW THAT CAR TGOT THE MONEY MILLION BUCKS! THAT AS I SAID I SIX WOULD. LOSE IT! NAT BAN E# E PuF

    Mon, August 10, 1953

    The Phantom Vintage

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  • Organism OCR: ...YOU PACK QUITE A WALLOP! BEFORE YOU LANDED THAT HEAVY CRUISER ON MY JAW GOSHCHAMP-I DIDN'T MEAN IT..I GUESS YOU WEREN'T READY! uIS GONE ON YOUAND THAT'S WHY SHE LOST HER NERVE? YOU GET THE GENERAL IDEACHAMP! YOU WERE SAYING THAT TIPPY...AH I JUST FORGOT TO DUCKGENE.AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT.. IT WAS JUST A LUCKY PUNCH FROM STRICTLY AN AMATEUR.. BELIEVE ME! MUNY 8-10 ...YOU PACK QUITE A WALLOP! BEFORE YOU LANDED THAT HEAVY CRUISER ON MY JAW GOSHCHAMP-I DIDN'T MEAN IT..I GUESS YOU WEREN'T READY! uIS GONE ON YOUAND THAT'S WHY SHE LOST HER NERVE? YOU GET THE GENERAL IDEACHAMP! YOU WERE SAYING THAT TIPPY...AH I JUST FORGOT TO DUCKGENE.AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT.. IT WAS JUST A LUCKY PUNCH FROM STRICTLY AN AMATEUR.. BELIEVE ME! MUNY 8-10

    Mon, August 10, 1953

    Big Ben Bolt

    By Elliot Caplin & John Cullen Murphy
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  • Organism OCR: BIGBEN BOLT HAVING PROVED HIS THEORY OF "MOTOR DYNAMICS IS PURE DYNA- MITE IN THE PRIZE RINGTHE PECULIAR PROF. PEDDLE RETURNS TO THE CLASS- ROOM.. I'LL BE FINISHED IN A MOMENTSPIDER. MERELY DEMONSTRATING A PRINCIPLE OF MOTION TO MY STUDENTS. FROM HERE IT DON' LOOK LIKE THERE'S TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS MOTION BUSINESS YOU CAN LEARN THEM CHICKSPROF! HIPROF!- CH'SCUSE ME „DIDN'T KNOW YOU WAS SO BUSY! by TOHN CULLEN MURPHY WHAT A LOTTA CONTROL A GUY HASTA HAVESTANDIN NEXT T' THEM GORGEOUS BABES ALL DAYWITHOUT SO MUCH AS MAKIN' A SMALL PASS! ROUGHLYTHAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN... THE ANSWER IS YES.UNFORTUNATELYMY FEMALE STUDENTS REGARD ME SOLELY AS A MAN OF SCIENCE STUDYING THE SMALLEST INSECT UNDER A MICROSCOPE! PHYSICS ABORATORY IF BY THAT YOU MEAN: DOES ONE IN MY POSITION EVER ENTERTAIN ROMANTIC THOUGHTS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX .? MR. PEINNE 14 AHTHE PURE WHITE FLAME OF EMOTION GLOWS IN ME ...BUT IT SPUTTERS AND DIES WITHOUT THE FAINT- LIKE BEIN'A CELEBRITY EST HINT OF OXIDATION FROM THE FAIR SEX ! ONE. TWO..TEN...FIFTY STRAIGHT K.O.'S. YER NAME IN THE PAPERS. PERSONAL APPEARANCES. AUTO- GRAPHS ON NAPKINS. PAL.OLD LADY FORTUNE IS WAITIN' FOR YOU.WITH THE GLOVES ON! ALL THAT'S GONNA BE CHANGED SOON'S YOU GET TO BE A FAMOUS PUG.AIN'T NOTHIN' AT THE MOMENTI'M STILL AN ASSISTANT PHYSICS PROFESSORSPIDER.. AND IF I DON'T GET TO MY NEXT LECTURE PRETTY SOONI MAY HAVE TO CONFINE MY ACTIVITIES TO THE PRIZE RING! T' BRING TOMATOES CROWDIN' AROUND A MAN! Z YIN CLLEN MULHY 8-9 NEXT WEEKTHE PROFESSOR FIGHTS AGAIN! PEATURKA FYNEOCATElk. KORLIL RICUT E BIGBEN BOLT HAVING PROVED HIS THEORY OF "MOTOR DYNAMICS IS PURE DYNA- MITE IN THE PRIZE RINGTHE PECULIAR PROF. PEDDLE RETURNS TO THE CLASS- ROOM.. I'LL BE FINISHED IN A MOMENTSPIDER. MERELY DEMONSTRATING A PRINCIPLE OF MOTION TO MY STUDENTS. FROM HERE IT DON' LOOK LIKE THERE'S TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS MOTION BUSINESS YOU CAN LEARN THEM CHICKSPROF! HIPROF!- CH'SCUSE ME „DIDN'T KNOW YOU WAS SO BUSY! by TOHN CULLEN MURPHY WHAT A LOTTA CONTROL A GUY HASTA HAVESTANDIN NEXT T' THEM GORGEOUS BABES ALL DAYWITHOUT SO MUCH AS MAKIN' A SMALL PASS! ROUGHLYTHAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN... THE ANSWER IS YES.UNFORTUNATELYMY FEMALE STUDENTS REGARD ME SOLELY AS A MAN OF SCIENCE STUDYING THE SMALLEST INSECT UNDER A MICROSCOPE! PHYSICS ABORATORY IF BY THAT YOU MEAN: DOES ONE IN MY POSITION EVER ENTERTAIN ROMANTIC THOUGHTS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX .? MR. PEINNE 14 AHTHE PURE WHITE FLAME OF EMOTION GLOWS IN ME ...BUT IT SPUTTERS AND DIES WITHOUT THE FAINT- LIKE BEIN'A CELEBRITY EST HINT OF OXIDATION FROM THE FAIR SEX ! ONE. TWO..TEN...FIFTY STRAIGHT K.O.'S. YER NAME IN THE PAPERS. PERSONAL APPEARANCES. AUTO- GRAPHS ON NAPKINS. PAL.OLD LADY FORTUNE IS WAITIN' FOR YOU.WITH THE GLOVES ON! ALL THAT'S GONNA BE CHANGED SOON'S YOU GET TO BE A FAMOUS PUG.AIN'T NOTHIN' AT THE MOMENTI'M STILL AN ASSISTANT PHYSICS PROFESSORSPIDER.. AND IF I DON'T GET TO MY NEXT LECTURE PRETTY SOONI MAY HAVE TO CONFINE MY ACTIVITIES TO THE PRIZE RING! T' BRING TOMATOES CROWDIN' AROUND A MAN! Z YIN CLLEN MULHY 8-9 NEXT WEEKTHE PROFESSOR FIGHTS AGAIN! PEATURKA FYNEOCATElk. KORLIL RICUT E

    Sun, August 9, 1953

    Big Ben Bolt

    By Elliot Caplin & John Cullen Murphy
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  • Style OCR: Buz. Sauyer AID INJUNS WAS ON TH WARPATH. WASN'T TEN MINUTES BEFORE THEV CAME A-WHOOPIN' ALONG GOLD! SAW IT BURIED. FRIEND OF MINE. JM STRUGGLESCOME A-RIDIN' UP ONE DAY SCARED TO DEATHUGGIN THIS POT OF GOLD. GRANDPA WANTED ME TO BRING HIM TO SEE VOU MR. SWEENEY. HOMESTEADED THIS VERY LANDYOUNG FELLER. WILL YOU SPLIT 50-50 IF I SIOW YOU WHERE TO FIND A POT OF GOLD? A POT OF WHAT? FEATURING HIS PAL ROSCO SWEENEY By ROY CRANE AND JIM SAVED OUR SCALPS BY HIDIN IN TH CATTAILS. STOLE OUR HOSSESTHEY DID. AFTER THEY LEFT. JIM S BURIED HIS GOLD UNDERA CLUMP OF OAK TREES. I'M A-HEADIN' FER TH SETTLEMENT AFOOTITS YOURN. COUPLE DAVS LATERI GOT SKEERED AND LIT OUTTOO. NEVER CAME BACK. THEN HOW DO VOU KNOW THE GOLD'S STILL BURIED HERE? BOUND TO BE! I JIST LEARNEDNEARLY 80 YEARS LATER. THAT JM NEVER COME BACKEITHER HE NEVER REACHED TH' SETTLEMENT. GOLD? Y ROSCOWHY DONT YOU GET OUT YOUR BURIED- TREASURE DETECTOR? MIGE? WELLDANG MY DINGIES! MAYBE THE GOLD'S BURIED UNDER THESE VERY OAKS! WAS IT NEAR A CANAL ? DONT RECOLLECT AND THERE USED TO BE ANOTHER CLUMP OF OAKS HERE. WAL... THERE AIN'T NOTHIN' THAT LOOKS FAMILIAR. MAY AS WELL GIVE UP IF VOU HAPPEN TO FIND THAT GOLDYOUNG FELLER. IT'S YOURS. WE SURE COULD JUSE A POT OF IT. PAL. WHAT DO VOU THINK I'M LOOKING FOR. WAL.. A CANAL. IcornKING PEATURES STNDICATE Buz. Sauyer AID INJUNS WAS ON TH WARPATH. WASN'T TEN MINUTES BEFORE THEV CAME A-WHOOPIN' ALONG GOLD! SAW IT BURIED. FRIEND OF MINE. JM STRUGGLESCOME A-RIDIN' UP ONE DAY SCARED TO DEATHUGGIN THIS POT OF GOLD. GRANDPA WANTED ME TO BRING HIM TO SEE VOU MR. SWEENEY. HOMESTEADED THIS VERY LANDYOUNG FELLER. WILL YOU SPLIT 50-50 IF I SIOW YOU WHERE TO FIND A POT OF GOLD? A POT OF WHAT? FEATURING HIS PAL ROSCO SWEENEY By ROY CRANE AND JIM SAVED OUR SCALPS BY HIDIN IN TH CATTAILS. STOLE OUR HOSSESTHEY DID. AFTER THEY LEFT. JIM S BURIED HIS GOLD UNDERA CLUMP OF OAK TREES. I'M A-HEADIN' FER TH SETTLEMENT AFOOTSONNY. IF I DON'T GIT THEREITS YOURN. COUPLE DAVS LATERI GOT SKEERED AND LIT OUTTOO. NEVER CAME BACK. THEN HOW DO VOU KNOW THE GOLD'S STILL BURIED HERE? BOUND TO BE! I JIST LEARNEDNEARLY 80 YEARS LATER. THAT JM NEVER COME BACKEITHER HE NEVER REACHED TH' SETTLEMENT. GOLD? Y ROSCOWHY DONT YOU GET OUT YOUR BURIED- TREASURE DETECTOR? MIGE? WELLDANG MY DINGIES! MAYBE THE GOLD'S BURIED UNDER THESE VERY OAKS! WAS IT NEAR A CANAL ? DONT RECOLLECT AND THERE USED TO BE ANOTHER CLUMP OF OAKS HERE. WAL... THERE AIN'T NOTHIN' THAT LOOKS FAMILIAR. MAY AS WELL GIVE UP IF VOU HAPPEN TO FIND THAT GOLDYOUNG FELLER. IT'S YOURS. WE SURE COULD JUSE A POT OF IT. PAL. WHAT DO VOU THINK I'M LOOKING FOR. WAL.. A CANAL. IcornKING PEATURES STNDICATE

    Sun, August 9, 1953

    Buz Sawyer

    By Roy Crane
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