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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published March-April 1947
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth; Bernard Breslauer ?

Cover Details

Characters Penniless Palmer,Oxie
Genre humor
Pencils Stan Kaye
Inks Stan Kaye

6 page Genius Jones story "The Kangaroo That Talked!"

Characters Genius Jones, Squint Burner
Synopsis Taking the Day off, Genius meets a talking kangaroo, Squint Burner was sent up by GJ for making false gold.
Genre humor

5 page Tinkerman Tad story "Melody in the Key of Wheeee"

Characters Tinkerman Tad
Synopsis Mrs I M Tonedeff needs her piano fixed for a concert, but Tad can't even find the problem.
Genre humor
Script Thruston Harper
Pencils Thurston Harper (signed)
Inks Thurston Harper

6 page Cave-Man Curly story "Adventures in Alligator Flats"

Characters Cave-Man Curly
Synopsis Curly's mother-in-law insists they get a summer vacation cave.
Genre humor
Script Joseph Sulman
Pencils Joseph Sulman (signed)
Inks Joseph Sulman

5 page Sillie Willie story

Synopsis A snail causes Willie all sorts of trouble
Genre humor
Script Tom McNamara
Pencils Tom McNamara (signed)
Inks Tom McNamara
Notes story told in rhyme

6 page Hamilton and Egbert story "Self-Service Subway"

Characters Hamilton and Egbert
Synopsis Hamilton invents an oil well digger, but it fails to impress Mr Funnel the oil well king.
Genre humor

4 page Dover and Clover story "A Brace of Beachcombers"

Characters Dover and Clover
Synopsis Dover and Clover spot a wanted poster but don't realize it's a help wanted poster!
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

5 page Two-Gun Percy story "The Baggin' of Bitter-Root Bill"

Characters Two-Gun Percy
Synopsis There a lion on the loose at Jenny Lee's ranch and it's a killing cattle.
Genre humor
Script Jimmy Thompson
Pencils Jimmy Thompson (signed)
Inks Jimmy Thompson

2 page text story "Silent Guns"

Genre humor
Script Stan Carter [Carter Woods?]
Letters typeset
Notes id from Jerry Bails' pen name list

5 page Penniless Palmer story "The Pink Eyebrow"

Characters Penniless Palmer, Pink Eyebrow (intro), Batman and Robin, Superman, Green Arrow and Vigilante
Synopsis O Howe Tragic comic book publisher has comic book characters leaving their books and cluttering up his room. He wants them back in their books where they belong
Genre humor
Pencils Thurston Harper
Notes The regular DC heroes look as if they might be stats