{"id":4461,"date":"2026-03-05T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4461"},"modified":"2026-09-27T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:40:37","slug":"media-in-comics-001-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=4461","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA IN COMICS 001"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve often mentioned how comics as a medium has a grand tradition of not using the real names for people (see about half the entries in our collection of Real Folk<\/a> in comics) places (see the grand list of fictional countries on every continent of our list of Locations<\/a>) and things<\/a>, so I hope that it won’t surprise you when I say that they make up all the media, too. And since I have a big list of all the made-up books, newspaper columns, stage shows and movies sitting around already I figured I should share.<\/p>\n

Movies<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Lover Mine<\/i> (Funny Picture Stories v2 005, 1938)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Flying Cadets<\/i>, Colossal Pictures, stunts by the Four Aces (The Funnies 021, 1938)<\/p>\n

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Star-Dust<\/i> (Funny Picture Stories v3 002, 1939)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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War Eagles<\/i>, Colossal Studios (Keen Detective Funnies v2 006, 1939)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Pilots All<\/i>, Mammoth Film Company (Keen Detective Funnies v2 010, 1939)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Mystery of the Creeping Spook<\/i>, Superbo Pictures (Keen Detective Funnies v2 011, 1939)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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White Goddess<\/i> (Funny Pages v3 008 1939) <\/p>\n

Newspaper Columns<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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“On Broadway” by Walt “Bob Phantom” Whitney. (Blue Ribbon Comics 002, 1939)<\/p>\n

Plays<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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“Murder for Breakfast”, starring Kay Kenyon, one of Presto Martin’s many Hollywood friends. (Silver Streak Comics 010, 1941)<\/p>\n

Songs<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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“Boogie-Woogie Blast” (Champion Comics 002, 1939)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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