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Ideal 1

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Title Profile

Curated Charlton tales, timelines, and cover art notes.

Published July 1948 – March 1949
Issue Numbers 1 – 5
Total Issues 5
Continues To Love Romances
Issue Information
Cover Date
July 1948
Indicia Publisher
Timely Comics, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
Antony and Cleopatra
 
Cover Credits
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Issue Overview

Ideal #1 was published by Timely Comics, Inc. in July 1948. It is part of the Ideal series, which ran from July 1948 to March 1949.

Atlas Tales indexes 4 stories for this issue, including "All for the Love of a Woman!."

Stories

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Notes: Historical account of Queen Cleopatra VII Philopater of Egypt (69-30 BC) and Roman general Marcus Antonius (81-30 BC); possibly based on the plays Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1607) and/or All for Love by John Dryden (1678).
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Notes: Preview of next issue. Note in last panel reads, "On sale the first week in May ..."
Feature: An Ideal Classical Comics Coming Attraction
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Notes: "... published by the editors of Patsy Walker Comics!" It then lists Junior Miss, Two-Gun Kid, Jeanie, Miss America, and Wild West.

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