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- ↑ Mallory, Michael (2009). Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters. University Press of Mississippi. p. 161. ISBN 9781604734775 . Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ↑ " Thursday previews", Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 20 April 1978.
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- ↑ "Thursday previews", Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 23 April 1978.
- ↑ "Thursday previews", Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 30 April 1978.