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  • Illustration OCR: BRICK BRADFORD-Seeks the Diamond Doll THIS PICTURE WRITING IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS ON THE DOLL TREASURE CHART BOYSWE'RE RICH ! T By WILLIAM RITT and CLARENCE GRAY THE TREASURE'S DOWN THEREI TELL YOU! AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE STOPPED NOW WHEN I'M SO NEAR TO GAINING IT! OH! HO ! THIS IS BAD! THERE 'S WATER DOWN THEREBOSS - NOTHIN' BUT WATER ! BRICK BRADFORD-Seeks the Diamond Doll THIS PICTURE WRITING IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS ON THE DOLL TREASURE CHART BOYSWE'RE RICH ! T By WILLIAM RITT and CLARENCE GRAY THE TREASURE'S DOWN THEREI TELL YOU! AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE STOPPED NOW WHEN I'M SO NEAR TO GAINING IT! OH! HO ! THIS IS BAD! THERE 'S WATER DOWN THEREBOSS - NOTHIN' BUT WATER !

    Thu, September 26, 1940

    Brick Bradford

    By William Ritt & Clarence Gray
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  • Parallel OCR: MANDRAKE CHOPS INTO THE SECAET ROOM OF THE OCTOPUS! HERE WE ARE! THE OCTOPUS STAYED IN THIS ROOM--AND WATCHEO THRU THIS GLASS-- IT LOOKS LIKE A MIRROR ON THE OTHER SIDE! HE SPOKE THRU THIS MICROPHONE IT'S CONNECTED WITH THE LOUD-SPEAKER IN THE BACK OF THE CHAIR IFI SEE HIMILL SHOOT WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS! MANDRAKE LISTEN! I HEAR SOMETHING -TICKING-- A TIME BOMB! HIDDEN-- SOMEWHEAE--! /World righes rerved . 1960Inc. 9R6 toMorroua TICK-TOCK MANDRAKE CHOPS INTO THE SECAET ROOM OF THE OCTOPUS! HERE WE ARE! THE OCTOPUS STAYED IN THIS ROOM--AND WATCHEO THRU THIS GLASS-- IT LOOKS LIKE A MIRROR ON THE OTHER SIDE! HE SPOKE THRU THIS MICROPHONE IT'S CONNECTED WITH THE LOUD-SPEAKER IN THE BACK OF THE CHAIR IFI SEE HIMILL SHOOT WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS! MANDRAKE LISTEN! I HEAR SOMETHING -TICKING-- A TIME BOMB! HIDDEN-- SOMEWHEAE--! /World righes rerved . 1960King Features SyndikateInc. 9R6 toMorroua TICK-TOCK

    Thu, September 26, 1940

    Mandrake The Magician Vintage

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  • Art OCR: THERE SHE GOES! NOws My CHANCE TO GET IN HER ROOM! A TIMETABLE! NOTHING ON HER DESK BUT A DICTIONARY... GOT TO GET THIS TO X-9 NOW!-WAIT A ARE YOU GOING TO BE PROUD OF YOUR LITTLE SECRETARYx-9! HERE'S THE TIMETABLE...OUR DOWN! SPY- GAL STARTED TO BURN IT! I GOT HER OUT OF HER ROOM AND-WHOOPEE!- SNATCHED IT! THAT'S MARVELOUSBELINDA- LETS HAVE I SET HER BASKET ON FIRE TO MAKE HER THINK THE TIMETABLE BURNED... NIFTY? BUT WHERE'S THE ESPIONAGE CODE RIGHT HERE! SEE THESE NUMBERS WITH CHECKS AFTER THEM7 MINUTE IT! 407-42 MESSAGE? 11.6 EN TANO 12.5 BARBITT. 13.5 ARIIL. 15.0 1161N .....*5. 40/7.17 16.01PA 17.01 A ... 4 .** FALL ...* .... DALS pr. n Ka en rahla Wiekl rades d JTAPIUS. ORT...... kasTUN......e.so 7.58 8.10 .. 16.20 .oESTPORT 323KINGSTUM THERE SHE GOES! NOws My CHANCE TO GET IN HER ROOM! A TIMETABLE! NOTHING ON HER DESK BUT A DICTIONARY... GOT TO GET THIS TO X-9 NOW!-WAIT A ARE YOU GOING TO BE PROUD OF YOUR LITTLE SECRETARYx-9! HERE'S THE TIMETABLE...OUR DOWN! SPY- GAL STARTED TO BURN IT! I GOT HER OUT OF HER ROOM AND-WHOOPEE!- SNATCHED IT! THAT'S MARVELOUSBELINDA- LETS HAVE I SET HER BASKET ON FIRE TO MAKE HER THINK THE TIMETABLE BURNED... NIFTY? BUT WHERE'S THE ESPIONAGE CODE RIGHT HERE! SEE THESE NUMBERS WITH CHECKS AFTER THEM7 MINUTE IT! 407-42 MESSAGE? 11.6 EN TANO 12.5 BARBITT. 13.5 ARIIL. 15.0 1161N .....*5. 40/7.17 16.01PA 17.01 A ... 4 .** FALL ...* .... DALS pr. n Ka en rahla Wiekl rades d JTAPIUS. ORT...... kasTUN......e.so 7.58 8.10 .. 16.20 .oESTPORT 32

    Thu, September 26, 1940

    Secret Agent X-9

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  • Rectangle OCR: HEYBOSS - THE COPS ARE HERE !S HERE ? THAT'S RIGHTBOSS. THEY FOLLOWEDL REEB AND GIBBY AND ME OUT HERE. WE DIDN'T CATCH ON TILL WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR OUT FRONT "THE MORON" IS JUST ABOUT TO BRING DOWN THE BULL-WHIP ON SONIA LISTEN ! IMPOSSIBLE •9-26 Corr. 10Inc. ald ryhte rewned HEYBOSS - THE COPS ARE HERE !S HERE ? THAT'S RIGHTBOSS. THEY FOLLOWEDL REEB AND GIBBY AND ME OUT HERE. WE DIDN'T CATCH ON TILL WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR OUT FRONT "THE MORON" IS JUST ABOUT TO BRING DOWN THE BULL-WHIP ON SONIA LISTEN ! IMPOSSIBLE •9-26 Corr. 10King Featurn SyndsateInc. ald ryhte rewned

    Thu, September 26, 1940

    Radio Patrol

    By E. Sullivan & C. Schmidt
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  • Line OCR: YE KNOW SUMP'NCUZ -- I BEEN DOIN' A HEAP O' PONDERIN' AN' I GOT IT FIGGERED OUT WHAR WE-UNS KEEP QUIET AN" COULD PAY THAT FEED-BILL- BUT-I NEED SOME NEW BRITCHES AN A CLEAN SHIRT AN- I'M SORRYSNUFFY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE RUDE FOR TH' LOVE O MIKE! I SWOW! YE AIN'T GOT TH MANNERS OF A BLUE-NOSE MULE BY JEEPERS ! IF I LOOKT JES HALF-WAY PASSABLE I'D MAKE IT MY BIZNESS TO MEET SOME RICH WIDDER WOMAN LOADED DOWN WIF DIAMONTS LET ME THINK Billy DEBzch World ngha reerved /Copr. 1940. Inc 9-26 YE KNOW SUMP'NCUZ -- I BEEN DOIN' A HEAP O' PONDERIN' AN' I GOT IT FIGGERED OUT WHAR WE-UNS KEEP QUIET AN" COULD PAY THAT FEED-BILL- BUT-I NEED SOME NEW BRITCHES AN A CLEAN SHIRT AN- I'M SORRYSNUFFY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE RUDE FOR TH' LOVE O MIKE! I SWOW! YE AIN'T GOT TH MANNERS OF A BLUE-NOSE MULE BY JEEPERS ! IF I LOOKT JES HALF-WAY PASSABLE I'D MAKE IT MY BIZNESS TO MEET SOME RICH WIDDER WOMAN LOADED DOWN WIF DIAMONTS LET ME THINK Billy DEBzch World ngha reerved /Copr. 1940Kin Features Syndicate. Inc 9-26

    Thu, September 26, 1940

    Barney Google And Snuffy Smith Vintage

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  • Illustration OCR: YOU'RE UNDER ARREST ARE YOU CRANETHE MINE BOSS?}GEE--HE MUST BE SEVEN FEETr TALL! YEAHSERGEANT KING!AN'I WANT MY ENGINEER RELEASED! THAT INDIAN HE SHOT WAS TRESPASSIN USING INDIAN SLAVE LARSUSPICIÓN OF IN YOUR MINE? INVESTI- GATING INDIAN SLAVERY AT A SILVER MINEKING WAITS FOR CRANETHE OWNERAT KRAG LANDING"AFTER ARRESTING HO ENSINEER MURDER9-20 YOU'RE UNDER ARREST ARE YOU CRANETHE MINE BOSS?}GEE--HE MUST BE SEVEN FEETr TALL! YEAHSERGEANT KING!AN'I WANT MY ENGINEER RELEASED! THAT INDIAN HE SHOT WAS TRESPASSIN USING INDIAN SLAVE LARSUSPICIÓN OF IN YOUR MINE? INVESTI- GATING INDIAN SLAVERY AT A SILVER MINEKING WAITS FOR CRANETHE OWNERAT KRAG LANDING"AFTER ARRESTING HO ENSINEER MURDER

    Thu, September 26, 1940

    King of the Royal Mounted

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  • Gesture OCR: THIS LL HOLD YOU TILLIVE NARBOSS/ THE NO NEED GOIN'TO TH' MINEKING--BOgs CRANE IS COMIN DOWN SO YOU WARNED HIM I WAS COMING! (1..-]--HAD TOKING! HE RUNG THIS TOWN! GILLIS CRANE WILL GET ME OUT! TRADINO-POST CRANE'S AN INDIAN SLAVER! AND IF YOU'RE PART OF HIS GANGYOU'LL 60 TO PRISON WITH HIMGILLIS! Podeced br Sphen M rCynde by Ke fo I t THIS LL HOLD YOU TILLIVE NARBOSS/ THE NO NEED GOIN'TO TH' MINEKING--BOgs CRANE IS COMIN DOWN SO YOU WARNED HIM I WAS COMING! (1..-]--HAD TOKING! HE RUNG THIS TOWN! GILLIS CRANE WILL GET ME OUT! TRADINO-POST CRANE'S AN INDIAN SLAVER! AND IF YOU'RE PART OF HIS GANGYOU'LL 60 TO PRISON WITH HIMGILLIS! Podeced br Sphen M rCynde by Ke fo I t

    Wed, September 25, 1940

    King of the Royal Mounted

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  • Gesture OCR: So BoWL - So SESSY - so DOMINOO - WHO BUT HE ETEPTIN BE BOLD BE SASSY BE DOMINANT THATS ME |COME - AS I WISH AND AS i WISH I G. WHO BIDS ME COME ? "PAPPY- WOTTA MICE- WOTTA MICE" OF HIS *SOLE" -1-YIYE YLYE MOMmy *PA-A-PEE COME 9-R5 Coer. 1940Inc. World rights rerod So BoWL - So SESSY - so DOMINOO - WHO BUT HE ETEPTIN BE BOLD BE SASSY BE DOMINANT THATS ME |COME - AS I WISH AND AS i WISH I G. WHO BIDS ME COME ? "PAPPY- WOTTA MICE- WOTTA MICE" OF HIS *SOLE" -1-YIYE YLYE MOMmy *PA-A-PEE COME 9-R5 Coer. 1940King Features SendikateInc. World rights rerod

    Wed, September 25, 1940

    Krazy Kat

    By George Herriman
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  • Fiction OCR: SO THE OCTOPUS NEVER WAS IN THIS CHAIR! ONLY PROP. LEGS AND A LOUD-SPEAKER THRU WHICH HE GAVE ORDERSTHEN-- WHERE WAS h HE ? THIS IS IT! A MIRROR! I'LL BET IT'S TRANSPARENT FROM THE OTHER SIDE! THERE'S A ROOM BEHIND THIS WALL! HE LOOKED IN FROM THERE--AND GAVE HIS ORDERS ! HE MAY STILL BE THERE! TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM. HE MUST HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE SOMEWHERELOOKING INTO. L THIS ROOM! IT ALWAYS SEEMED STRANGE THAT THE OCTOPUS COULD SEE ALL OVER THE ROOM WITHOUT LOOKING OUT OF HIS CHAIR -- THERE MUST BE A SECRET PANEL OR A PEEPHOLE IN THE WALL-- THE BEST. WHILE MANDRAKE PONDERS THE PUZZLELOTHAR IS CARRIED OUTALIVE BUT UNCONSCIOUS. World righes rexrved 9R5 Cipr. 1940Ine TOMORROW = The SECRET ROOM - SO THE OCTOPUS NEVER WAS IN THIS CHAIR! ONLY PROP. LEGS AND A LOUD-SPEAKER THRU WHICH HE GAVE ORDERSTHEN-- WHERE WAS h HE ? THIS IS IT! A MIRROR! I'LL BET IT'S TRANSPARENT FROM THE OTHER SIDE! THERE'S A ROOM BEHIND THIS WALL! HE LOOKED IN FROM THERE--AND GAVE HIS ORDERS ! HE MAY STILL BE THERE! TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM. HE MUST HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE SOMEWHERELOOKING INTO. L THIS ROOM! IT ALWAYS SEEMED STRANGE THAT THE OCTOPUS COULD SEE ALL OVER THE ROOM WITHOUT LOOKING OUT OF HIS CHAIR -- THERE MUST BE A SECRET PANEL OR A PEEPHOLE IN THE WALL-- THE BEST. WHILE MANDRAKE PONDERS THE PUZZLELOTHAR IS CARRIED OUTALIVE BUT UNCONSCIOUS. World righes rexrved 9R5 Cipr. 1940King Peatures SyndicateIne TOMORROW = The SECRET ROOM -

    Wed, September 25, 1940

    Mandrake The Magician Vintage

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  • Font OCR: OKAYTRADER. AFTER. "THE MORON " MAKES A ROAD MAP OUT OF THE LACOY'S FACEMAYBE I'LL GET SO HELP ME RIDER - MORON! THE WHIP THAT STOCK ALL RIGHTMORON - STRIKE ! Cepr. 1940World rigtes nrrved 9-25 OKAYTRADER. AFTER. "THE MORON " MAKES A ROAD MAP OUT OF THE LACOY'S FACEMAYBE I'LL GET SO HELP ME RIDER - MORON! THE WHIP THAT STOCK ALL RIGHTMORON - STRIKE ! Cepr. 1940King Feature fyndicateWorld rigtes nrrved 9-25

    Wed, September 25, 1940

    Radio Patrol

    By E. Sullivan & C. Schmidt
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  • Style OCR: IVE GOT MUGGSY'S MESSAGE... SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S AFTER! ITS SENSATIONAL! BETTER GET RID OF THE MESSAGE... THIS OLD MAIDS HOME IS FULL OF SNOOPERS. WHILE IN THE ROOM ACROSS THE COURTBELINDA.... SHE'S BURNING SOME PAPERS! GOT TO STOP HER AND GET THEM! HMM -! HELLO..THIS iS MISS BURTONTHE DESK CLERK- WOULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWNSTAIRST THERE'S A TELEGRAM FOR YOU. TELEGRAM FOR ME? MIGHT BE FROM MUGGSY. SOMETHING WRONG? I'LL DESTROY THIS LATERInc. Werld victes owreed. 7-25 IVE GOT MUGGSY'S MESSAGE... SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S AFTER! ITS SENSATIONAL! BETTER GET RID OF THE MESSAGE... THIS OLD MAIDS HOME IS FULL OF SNOOPERS. WHILE IN THE ROOM ACROSS THE COURTBELINDA.... SHE'S BURNING SOME PAPERS! GOT TO STOP HER AND GET THEM! HMM -! HELLO..THIS iS MISS BURTONTHE DESK CLERK- WOULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWNSTAIRST THERE'S A TELEGRAM FOR YOU. TELEGRAM FOR ME? MIGHT BE FROM MUGGSY. SOMETHING WRONG? I'LL DESTROY THIS LATERCopr. 1940King Featurea SyndiaeInc. Werld victes owreed. 7-25

    Wed, September 25, 1940

    Secret Agent X-9

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  • Drawing OCR: SNUFFY AND I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER TOWN TRYING TO RAISE SOME DOUGHMAC - IF WE DON'T KICK (N WITH THAT $68192 FEED BILL TH' JUNGLE DERBY'S ON THE ROCKS NOWIF YOU COULD-- YOU'RE UP TO SUMP'N ! SORRYPAL- BUT WHAT IS IT ?? MEBBE SNUFFY HAD BETTER LUCK Billy DEBECK 9.25 Copr. 1940World ngha ceserved SNUFFY AND I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER TOWN TRYING TO RAISE SOME DOUGHMAC - IF WE DON'T KICK (N WITH THAT $68192 FEED BILL TH' JUNGLE DERBY'S ON THE ROCKS NOWIF YOU COULD-- YOU'RE UP TO SUMP'N ! SORRYPAL- BUT WHAT IS IT ?? MEBBE SNUFFY HAD BETTER LUCK Billy DEBECK 9.25 Copr. 1940King Features SyndicaseWorld ngha ceserved

    Wed, September 25, 1940

    Barney Google And Snuffy Smith Vintage

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