Issue | #132 |
Published | July 1947 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Listed as "Vol. 11, No. 12" in indicia, No. 132 on cover. |
Characters | Der Captain; Der Inspector; Hans; Fritz |
Genre | humor |
Notes | Listed as "Vol. 11, No. 12" in indicia, No. 132 on cover. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Viderm Skin Cleanser and Viderm Fortified Medicated Skin Cream. Both for $2.00 plus postage from New York Skin Laboratory, New York, N.Y. |
Characters | Der Captain; Der Inspector; Mama; Hans; Fritz |
Synopsis | Fireworks; Der Inspector's Cousin Chulius; Mama on roller skates. |
Genre | humor; jungle |
Script | R. Dirks |
Pencils | R. Dirks |
Inks | R. Dirks |
Reprinted | from The Captain and the Kids (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips. |
Characters | Scoopy |
Script | ? (signed DeMotte) |
Pencils | ? (signed DeMotte) |
Inks | ? (signed DeMotte) |
Notes | Soft-sell promo for various United Features titles, with the titles just being mentioned in the last panel. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustrated ad for 24 full-color bird pictures, available as premiums in packages of Kellogg's Krumbles breakfast cereal. |
Characters | Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; T. Heathcliffe McMarvel; Appasionata Van Climax; Marryin' Sam |
Synopsis | T. Heathcliff McMarvel uses a reverso-mento-magneto machine to transfer his brain and personality into Li'l Abner's body. Abner's brain and personality are transfered into McMarvel's broken-down body. |
Genre | humor; science fiction |
Script | Al Capp |
Pencils | Al Capp |
Inks | Al Capp |
Reprinted | from Li'l Abner (United Features Syndicate) newspaper strips |
Characters | El Bombo; Mr. Biltybux |
Synopsis | El Bombo fights Bigboy McAtom. |
Genre | humor; sports |
Script | Bernard Dibble |
Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
Inks | Bernard Dibble |
Letters | Bernard Dibble ? |
Notes | Original story. |
Synopsis | Topics: money to burn; why horses canter; echoes; chain letters; bang-up; compulsory education; buttons on sleeves; the mother-in-law joke; coming up to scratch; Mahomet and the mountain; hob-nob; "I beat him all hollow" |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text page with illustrated header. |
Characters | Bathless Groggins; Wilberforce Groggins |
Synopsis | Bathless Groggin battles Banker Hagstone in a boxing match to settle a grudge match that is worth $10,000 in stock shares. |
Genre | humor; sports |
Script | Raeburn Van Buren |
Pencils | Raeburn Van Buren |
Inks | Raeburn Van Buren |
Reprinted | from Abbie 'n Slats (United Features Syndicate) newspaper strips. |
Characters | Thomas Alva Edison |
Synopsis | Part two of a multi-part article on the life of inventor Thomas Alva Edison. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | About 3/4 of each page consists of classified-type ads for postage stamps sent on approval. |
Characters | Nancy; Sluggo |
Synopsis | The fake echo; the unbreakable fountain pen; Nancy's dog and the fireworks; the party next door |
Genre | humor |
Script | Ernie Bushmiller |
Pencils | Ernie Bushmiller |
Inks | Ernie Bushmiller |
Reprinted | from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper pages. |
Characters | Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble |
Synopsis | The western costume party; the housing shortage; billboards for food; celebrities with dark glasses. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Ernie Bushmiller |
Pencils | Ernie Bushmiller |
Inks | Ernie Bushmiller |
Reprinted | from Fritzi Ritz (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips. |
Characters | Winston Churchill; Stonewall Jackson |
Synopsis | Topics: Winston Churchill; Collins & Glennville (Ga.) Railroad; Irish "Sick Boats"; Stonewall Jackson |
Genre | fact |
Script | Ernest Hix |
Pencils | Ernest Hix |
Inks | Ernest Hix |
Reprinted | from Strange as It Seems (United Features Syndicate) newspaper strips. |
Characters | Curly Kayoe; Happy Daye; Joe Jinks; Boris Borscht |
Synopsis | Hot-tempered Boris Borscht knocks Curly down in an impromptu fight in Curly's gym and is offered $25,000 to fight Curly in the ring. |
Genre | sports |
Script | Sam Leff |
Pencils | Sam Leff |
Inks | Sam Leff |
Notes | part of a continuing story. |
Reprinted | from Curly Kayoe (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips. |
Characters | Juan Pablo Jones; Juarez Keats Garcia; Gordo Lopez; Pelon Padilla; Pepito |
Synopsis | The grapejuice well; Gordo's romance with Conchita. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Gus Arriola (as Gustavo Arriola) |
Pencils | Gus Arriola (as Gustavo Arriola) |
Inks | Gus Arriola (as Gustavo Arriola) |
Reprinted | from Gordo (United Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustrated ad for Trix-Pix Comix. A game of making funny faces with cut-out ears, noses, etc. 25 cents from Wm. Stockman, New York, N.Y. (Note early use of "comix" spelling.) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustrated ad for kite plane that looks like jet plane but flies like a kite. $1.00 from R. B. Hussey & Co., Springfield, Mass. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustrated ad for color-embossed zipper billfolds. $1.98 each plus postage from Illinois Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Ill. |
Characters | Charles Atlas (photo) |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for the Dynamic Tension body-building course. Free book "Everlasting Health and Strength" available by sending coupon to Charles Atlas, New York, N.Y. |
Notes | Back cover; color. Illustrated ad (part in comic form) for Vacutex blackhead remover device. $1.00 from Ballco Products Company, New York, N.Y. |