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The Firefly. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. No. 56. 11 March 1916.

While his brother Charlie was appearing in The Funny Wonder, “Syd Chaplin, the King of Keystone Komiks” was knocking about in The Firefly, starting in 1915.  Artist: Fred Crompton. The editor of The Firefly, Fred Cordwell, was soon to graduate to the editor’s chair of the highly successful British comic Film Fun. See also H9.

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