Joker Comics #17 (1944) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		Skidsy, Tessie Tender
4	-	comic story	7		Skidsy, Tessie Tender
5	-	comic story	6	script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton; letters: Basil Wolverton	Powerhouse Pepper
6	Rook Knows His Onions	comic story	5
7	-	comic story	6
8	-	comic story	6
9	Teen-Age Girls!!! Enter the Miss America Magazine Contest!!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (letters only); letters: typeset	Miss America
10	-	comic story	5
11	-	comic story	5
12	-	comic story	3	script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton; letters: Basil Wolverton
13	-	comic story	1	script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton; letters: Basil Wolverton
14	The Case of the Concealed Carcass	comic story	2	script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton; letters: Basil Wolverton

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Brain Bats of Venus (1942–1952) ISBN 978-1-68396-214-4	2019	On eBay ›

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