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Issue Details

Issue #1072
Published February-April 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "MARGE'S BLYTHE, No. 1072". Code number is BLYTHE O.S. #1072-602. Copyright 1960 by Marjorie Henderson Buell. First and only Blythe Four Color. Stories in this issue have sometimes been credited to John Stanley, but Stanley disclaimed authorship of this feature in "The Stanley Steamer" #58.

Cover Details - "Blythe"

Characters Blythe; George
Genre teen

1 page Blythe story "Misplaced Skates"

Characters Blythe; her mother
Synopsis Blythe ransacks her room to find her roller skates. After doing so her mother makes her put everything away. After she does that she's lost the skates again.
Genre teen
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.

8 page Blythe story "Split Timing"

Characters Blythe; her mother; Wally; George
Synopsis Blythe's mother sends her to the store but she talks Wally into running to the store as training for the track team. Blythe's mother then asks her to go buy five pounds of sugar and she talks George into running to the store for that.
Genre teen

8 page Blythe story "A Way With Boys"

Characters Blythe; her mother; Liz
Synopsis Blythe thinks her friend Liz is not acting grown-up enough to attract boys.
Genre teen

8 page Blythe story "The Friday Night Knight"

Characters Blythe; Liz; Paul; Wally; DeeDee
Synopsis Wally has a number of misadventures after Blythe asks him to take her to the movies.
Genre teen

8 page Blythe story "Sauce for the Gander"

Characters Blythe; Liz; Paul
Synopsis Blythe and Liz's drama club gets a strict new coach, who's also handsome.
Genre teen

1 page Blythe story "Long-sleeved Sweater"

Characters Blythe; Paul
Synopsis Blythe knits Paul a sweater, but the sleeves are too long.
Genre teen
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Blythe story "Curing Insomnia"

Characters Blythe; Paul; Wally
Synopsis Blythe can't sleep, so she counts boys jumping over a fence, instead of sheep.
Genre teen
Notes Back cover; color; pantomime story.