| Issue | V5#3 [51] |
| Published | December 1945 |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia: COMICS ON PARADE, Dec. 1945, Vol. 5, No. 3. Published quarterly and copyright 1945 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc., New York, N. Y. Editorial and Advertising office 220 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Phone Murray Hill 2-2030. Single copies 10 cents. Distributed by the American News Company, Inc., 131 Varick St., New York 12, N. Y., Printed in the U. S. A. Subscriptions not accepted. |
| Characters | Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Salomey |
| Synopsis | Mammy jumps when shot in the rear by a boy with a slingshot. |
| Genre | Humor; satire |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Reprinted | Contents are reprinted from Li'l Abner newspaper strips with publication dates from March to June 1939 (per Art Lortie). |
| Synopsis | Ad for Chemcraft chemistry sets from The Porter Chemical Company |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Ole Man Mose; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Hannibal Hoops; Salomey; Winky; Henry; Granny Scragg |
| Synopsis | Advised by Ole Man Mose, Daisy Mae tricks Li'l Abner into proposing to marry her. King Henry slips off to Dogpatch on a hunting expedition. Hannibal Hoops fakes a photograph of Daisy Mae kissing Winky and shows it to Li'l Abner. |
| Genre | Humor; satire |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Characters | Volto from Mars |
| Synopsis | Volto from Mars saves the town from a flaming meteor and is rewarded with Grape-Nuts Flakes. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Notes | Hop Harrigan radio show blurb at bottom of page |
| Characters | Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Hannibal Hoops; Winky; Henry; Granny Scragg; Margo Mars |
| Synopsis | Li'l Abner leaves Dogpatch. Henry escapes to Dogpatch, is injured and feigns amnesia so that Daisy Mae can nurse him back to health. Hannibal Hoops tries to trick Daisy Mae into marrying him. Margo Mars discovers Henry in Dogpatch. |
| Genre | Humor; satire |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Characters | Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Marryin' Sam; Henry; Margo Mars |
| Synopsis | Henry proposes marriage to Daisy Mae, who finds Marryin' Sam. Henry's advisors find him and tell him that he has become a king. Henry is about to broadcast the news of his marriage when Abner returns to Dogpatch. Abner receives a letter from Scotland. |
| Genre | Humor; satire |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Characters | Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Wild Thing of the Moors |
| Synopsis | Li'l Abner receives a letter from his Aunt Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire, asking him to live with her in New York. |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Synopsis | Article about stamps from the Dominican Republic and Bolivia, plus classified ads for stamps |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; Black Rufe; Wild Thing of the Moors |
| Synopsis | Li'l Abner takes a train to New York, trailed by Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat, who are trailed by Black Rufe. Duchess Beatrixe has a mysterious suit of armor, containing the Wild Thing of the Moors, shipped to her home in New York. Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat tangle with the Wild Thing of the Moors at a costume ball given in Li'l Abner's honor. |
| Genre | Humor; satire |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Synopsis | Classified ads |
| Synopsis | Four jokes |
| Genre | Humor |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Two single-panel gags |
| Genre | Gags |
| Script | Ed Dodd |
| Pencils | Ed Dodd |
| Inks | Ed Dodd |
| Characters | Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; Black Rufe; Wild Thing of the Moors; Sir Basil; Charlie [ghost]; Linda Lou; Eddie Noble |
| Synopsis | Li'l Abner, Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat ship the Wild Thing of the Moors and Black Rufe to Scotland with Sir Basil. Li'l Abner meets Charlie, a top-hatted ghost who must wander the earth until he makes his two fiancées happy. Li'l Abner attempts to give $250,000 to Eddie Noble so that he can marry one of them, Linda Lou. |
| Genre | Humor; satire |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Notes | Parody of the movie, "Topper" |
| Characters | Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Charlie [ghost]; Eddie Noble; Sandra Petwell; Hon. Peter Peachtree; Hon. Peter Peachtree, Jr. |
| Synopsis | Eddie Noble accepts $250,000 so that he can marry Linda Lou. Li'l Abner offers to marry Sandra Petwell himself, but she rejects him when he laughs at her hat. Sandra instead marries Hon. Peter Peachtree, Jr., so Charlie is released from wandering the earth. |
| Genre | Humor; satire |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| Inks | Al Capp |
| Notes | Parody of the movie, "Topper" |
| Synopsis | True facts about Kaffir hairdos, geysers, Francis Parkman and flying fish |
| Genre | Fact |
| Script | John Hix |
| Pencils | John Hix |
| Inks | John Hix |
| Synopsis | Single-panel gags |
| Genre | Gags |
| Script | Abner Dean |
| Pencils | Abner Dean |
| Inks | Abner Dean |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Ad for ring and earring set from Invenco Corp. |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Ad for "Wonders of Living Things" with free microscope from Metro Publications |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover |
| Synopsis | Ad for song folios with free autographed celebrity photos from Leeds Music Corporation |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Back cover |