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COMIC #342: Miss America Magazine Vol. 1 #6
DATE: March 1945
PUBLISHER: Miss America Publishing Corp.
CONTENTS: Letter from the editor by Jean Goodman; “Pogo-Stick Patsy…” by Peggy Lawton; “Swell Affair…” by S.I. Kishor, illustrated by Louise Altson; “Pvt. Lon McCallister Reporting…” by May Mann; “Ghost In The Guest Room” by Maxine Shore, illustrated by James Billmyer; “Pint-Size Pretties…”; “Hey, You! Wake Up!” by Helene Wanderman; “Speak Up!” by Karen Van Lissel; “What’s Cooking, Cookie?” by Ruth Baller; “Hollywood’s Younger Set…” by May Mann; “Date Data…” by Shirley Temple; “Jam Session” by Pat Parks; “Patsy Walker”; “See Here!…” by Rosalie F. Wilson; “Danny”; “Hair-Do’s For You” by Nancy Lake; “Pin-Up And Buckle Down”; “Miss America Speaks…”; “Sew Simple…”; “For Girls Only!” by Nina Wilcox Putnam; “Perk Up For Spring”; “Dear Betty Ann” by Victoria Allen Dunford”; “Tricky Tests For Teens…” by Martin Panzer. Cover by Hal Reiff. Editor: Bessie H. Little. Art director: Melvin D. Blum. Junior advisory editor: Annette Blackman. Fashion editor: Pauline O’Sullivan. Hollywood representative: May Mann. Supervising editor: Jean Goodman.
CANONICAL STATUS: Non-canon.

Thanks to Jim Vadeboncoeur for lending me this issue!

SERIES NOTES: This is the first Miss America-less Miss America; Patsy Walker is now the lead comic, and new feature Danny (possibly by Mike Sekowsky) is the backup. This is also the final issue of Vol. 1; for whatever reason, Miss America Magazine will restart its numbering every six issues. Probably more of a magazine thing than a comic thing.

Man… Danny is just as bland as its title. It’s another teen-hijinks comic about an all-American teenager and his friends and love interests— but it’s boring, even for that. Maybe it’ll get better? Meanwhile, Patsy Walker sees a fortune-teller and then runs for the student government.

As for the non-comic material: Shirley Temple gives dating advice (“I’d say ‘appearance’ comes first”). Plus more hep features for keen bobby-soxers.

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