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Issue Details

Issue	#1042
Published	October-December 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "THE THREE CHIPMUNKS, No. 1042." Code number is THREE CHIPMUNKS O.S. #1042-5910. Copyright 1959 by Monarch Music Company, Inc. First and only Three Chipmunks Four Color. Based on the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" recordings by David Seville. The character design is different than that used in the later "Alvin" TV series.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	The Three Chipmunks [Alvin; Simon; Theodore]
Genre	funny animal

1 page The Three Chipmunks story "The Musician's Agent"

Characters	The Three Chipmunks [Alvin; Simon; Theodore]; Dave
Synopsis	Dave gets the Chipmunks a job in the concert hall, but it isn't the one they had in mind.
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white.

8 page The Three Chipmunks story "The Troublesome Trio"

Characters	The Three Chipmunks [Alvin; Simon; Theodore]; Dave; Prof. Pitch
Synopsis	Alvin, Simon and Theodore are taking voice lessons from Prof. Pitch before their big concert.
Genre	funny animal

6 page The Three Chipmunks story "The Record Request"

Characters	The Three Chipmunks [Alvin; Simon; Theodore]; Dave; Hy Platter
Synopsis	Dave and the Chipmunks try to get disc jockey Hy Platter to play their new record.
Genre	funny animal

6 page The Three Chipmunks story "The Haunted Harmonica"

Characters	The Three Chipmunks [Alvin; Simon; Theodore]; Dave
Synopsis	Annoyed when Alvin's early morning harmonica playing wakes him up, Simon throws the harmonica into an old haunted house.
Genre	funny animal

6 page The Three Chipmunks story "Happy Birthday"

Characters	The Three Chipmunks [Alvin; Simon; Theodore]; Dave
Synopsis	Dave gets the Chipmunks jobs singing "Happy Birthday" to various people; but the trio manage to ruin the birthday parties they're hired for.
Genre	funny animal

6 page The Three Chipmunks story "The Clean Up Campaign"

Characters	The Three Chipmunks [Alvin; Simon; Theodore]
Synopsis	Alvin is sentenced to "clean up the town" when he is arrested for littering.
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".

1 page The Three Chipmunks story "An Ill Wind"

Characters	The Three Chipmunks [Alvin; Simon; Theodore]
Synopsis	Alvin wants to stay home from school to practice his harmonica, but Simon has a plan that gets him to school anyway.
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Inside back cover

1 page The Three Chipmunks story "No Sale"

Characters	The Three Chipmunks [Alvin; Simon; Theodore]
Synopsis	The Chipmunks take several records into the listening booth at a record store, but stack them like playing cards rather than listen to them.
Genre	funny animal
Notes	Back cover; pantomime story.