Issue: #6
Published: January 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Printed by The Eastern Color Printing Co. Covers printed and books bound by The Curtiss Way Corp., Meriden, Conn.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Desi Arnaz |
| Characters: |
Desi Arnaz |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Kay Starr |
| Featuring: |
Sweetheart of the Juke Box |
| Synopsis: |
Profile of singer Kay Starr. |
| Characters: |
Kay Starr |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Betty Hutton |
| Synopsis: |
This is the short story of Betty Hutton's rise to fame from a street dancer to movie star and recording artist. |
| Characters: |
Betty Hutton Vincent Lopez Arthur Treacher |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Imagine You Having Eyes for Me |
| Featuring: |
Nellie Lutcher |
| Synopsis: |
Brief profile of Nellie Lutcher plus the sheet music to one of her songs. |
| Credits: |
Script: Nellie Lutcher | Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Nellie Lutcher |
| Text Article (2 pages) |
Your Record Review |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Borrah Minevitch King of the Harmonica |
| Synopsis: |
Borrah Minevitch goes from selling papers to playing harmonica solos with an orchestra. |
| Characters: |
Borrah Minevitch Dr. Hugo Reisenfeld |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Hoppy Will Show You How to Play This Metal Harmonica |
| Featuring: |
Hopkinson Harmonica Co. |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for a Harmonica with instructions and a songbook. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Liltin' Martha Tilton Takes the Cake |
| Synopsis: |
Martha does her best to deliver a cake to a soldier. |
| Characters: |
Martha Tilton |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Gene Krupa, James Hardy, Symphony Sid, Bob Morrow, Fred Robbins |
| Synopsis: |
Spotlight on drummer Gene Krupa accompanied by caricatures and anecdotes about various disc ockeys around the country. |
| Characters: |
Gene Krupa James Hardy Symphony Sid Bob Morrow Fred Robbins |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Ranopama Dude Ranch |
| Featuring: |
Jivey and Groovy |
| Synopsis: |
Jivey, Groovy and the gang go to a dude ranch for a relaxing vacation. |
| Genre: |
Teen |
| Characters: |
Jivey Groovy |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Desi Arnaz...You Can't Keep a Good Man Down |
| Synopsis: |
The Arnaz family is exiled from Cuba during a revolution. Desi becomes a dancer, singer and conga player and organizes entertainment for the troops during World War II. |
| Characters: |
Desi Arnaz Lucille Ball Xavier Cugat |
| Text Article (2 pages) |
America's Youngest Platter Spinner |
| Synopsis: |
Profile article about a six-year-old disc jockey for starion WOR. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Robin Morgan |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
That Genial Irish Gentleman Art Mooney |
| Synopsis: |
Art's musical career is interrupted when he's drafted. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? [as Jay] (signed) | Inks: ? [as Jay] (signed) |
| Characters: |
Art Mooney |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Dick Haymes Jack of All Trades |
| Synopsis: |
Young Dick Haymes works as an actor, a singer, a band leader and a composer. |
| Characters: |
Dick Haymes Johnny Johnson Harry James |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Bob Crosby The Edison Complex |
| Synopsis: |
Bob interviews a number of people with odd inventions. |
| Characters: |
Bob Crosby |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Hurry on down for Nellie Lutcher's S-i-z-z-l-i-n-g New Album! |
| Featuring: |
Capitol Records |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for Nellie Lutcher's latest Capitol Record release CC-70. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Nellie Lutcher |
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