Grade | VG 4.0 |
Year | 1946 |
Publisher | Brown Shoe |
This is a low grade item. It will be complete and readable, but will show significant wear. Allowed defects for this grade include: spine roll, a moderate amount of staining or water damage, writing or other marks on the cover, up to one inch spine splits or other tears, a cover or centerfold that is detached at one staple, discoloration due to oxidation, and a minor piece or pieces missing. An item could be assigned this grade due to either an accumulation of minor/moderate defects or one or two major defects.
Stories by Hobart Donovan. Art by Ray Willner and Ernest Schroeder. A classic giveaway comic from the Brown shoe company, featuring adventure stories and comical hijinks from radio personality Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang of talking animals. Smilin Ed and the Buster Brown Gang perform for the troops at a US Army camp; Ghanga the elephant boy and Teela the elephant join the search for wildlife poachers; Greedy fortune hunters force a Polynesian boy to dive for pearls. The Poachers; Smilin Ed and His Gang Entertain the Army; Black Lagoon. 32 pages, Full Color.
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