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Issue Details

Issue #683
Published March 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "HI AND LOIS, No. 683." Code number is HI + LOIS O.S. #683-563. Copyright 1956 by King Features Syndicate. Based on the "Hi and Lois" newspaper strip by Mort Walker and Dik Browne.

Cover Details

Characters Hi; Lois; Trixie

1 page Hi and Lois story "Dawg"

Characters Hi; Lois; Chip; Dot; Ditto; Dawg (dog)
Synopsis Hi wants Dawg to pull the children on their sled, but Dawg has other ideas.
Genre humor
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

8 page Hi and Lois story "Trixie, the Escape Artist"

Characters Hi; Lois; Trixie; Sugarfoot (cat)
Synopsis Hi and Lois tie a bell around Trixie's neck so they can tell where she's at, but Trixie ties the bell around the cat and Hi and Lois frantically follow the bell as the cat wanders around outside.
Genre humor
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

8 page Hi and Lois story "Chip, The Inventor"

Characters Hi; Lois; Chip; Dot; Ditto
Synopsis Chip thinks up inventions to make his household chores easier, but they never seem to work like they should.
Genre humor

8 page Hi and Lois story "The Joiner"

Characters Hi; Lois; Chip (cameo); Dot (cameo); Ditto (cameo)
Synopsis Lois thinks Hi has joined too many fraternal organizations, and tells him he and she are going out for dinner by themselves.
Genre humor

8 page Hi and Lois story "Dot and Ditto Do It Themselves"

Characters Hi; Lois; Dot; Ditto; Dawg (dog); Trixie (cameo)
Synopsis Hi tries to build a terrace in his back yard, but gets too much "help" from Dot, Ditto, and Dawg.
Genre humor

1 page Hi and Lois story "Chip"

Characters Hi; Lois; Chip
Synopsis Lois makes Chip clean his room.
Genre humor
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Hi and Lois story "The Child Expert"

Characters Hi; Lois
Synopsis Hi and Lois attend a lecture on how to bring up children properly.
Genre humor
Notes Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."