Issue Details

Issue	#36
Published	May 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Helen Meyer ?
Notes	Indicia: RAGGEDY ANN + ANDY, Volume I, No. 36, May, 1949. Published monthly by Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 261 Fifth Avenue, New York; George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, Vice-President; Albert P. Delacorte, Vice-President. Entered as second-class matter April 23, 1946 at the Post Office at New York New York, under the act of March 3, 1879. Printed in the U. S. A. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Subscriptions in the U. S. A. $1.00 per year, single copies 10¢; foreign subscriptions $2.00 per year; no Canadian subscriptions accepted. Designed, produced and copyright, 1949, by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. All RAGGED ANN material, copyright, 1949, by The Johnny Gruelle Co.

Cover Details - "Peterkin Pottle, the strongest boy in the world"

Characters	Peterkin Pottle; Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Egbert Elephant
Synopsis	Peterkin Pottle lifts himself by his own collar.
Genre	Children; fantasy; humor
Pencils	John Stanley
Inks	John Stanley ?
Notes	Indicia: RAGGEDY ANN + ANDY, Volume I, No. 36, May, 1949. Published monthly by Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 261 Fifth Avenue, New York; George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, Vice-President; Albert P. Delacorte, Vice-President. Entered as second-class matter April 23, 1946 at the Post Office at New York New York, under the act of March 3, 1879. Printed in the U. S. A. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Subscriptions in the U. S. A. $1.00 per year, single copies 10¢; foreign subscriptions $2.00 per year; no Canadian subscriptions accepted. Designed, produced and copyright, 1949, by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. All RAGGED ANN material, copyright, 1949, by The Johnny Gruelle Co.

10 page Peterkin Pottle story "The Hair-Raising Adventures of Peterkin Pottle"

Characters	Peterkin Pottle; Mrs. Pottle; Pam; Bullies
Synopsis	After some bullies harass him on his way to buy groceries, Peterkin dreams about rescuing the town from a flood with super-strength.
Genre	Children; fantasy; humor
Script	John Stanley
Pencils	John Stanley
Inks	John Stanley ?

7 page Raggedy Ann story "Oh, Andy, I'm so terribly hungry!"

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Angels; Mr. Jay; Doctor
Synopsis	Raggedy Ann and Andy eat some poison mushrooms and have a psychedelic vision of flying to heaven.
Genre	Children; fantasy
Script	Gaylord Du Bois ?

1 page The Brownies story "Someone left an empty can by the Brownie blacksmith shop"

Characters	The Brownies
Synopsis	The Brownies build a swimming pool out of an empty can.
Genre	Children; fantasy; humor
Pencils	Howie Post ?
Inks	Howie Post ?
Notes	Illustrated poem

2 page The Brownies story "The Jetplane"

Characters	The Brownies
Synopsis	The Brownies build a rocket ship out of some fireworks.
Genre	Children; fantasy; humor
Pencils	Howie Post ?
Inks	Howie Post ?
Notes	Illustrated poem

2 page story "Subway Sam, Master Builder"

Characters	Subway Sam; Farmer Fred
Synopsis	Subway Sam, a mole, helps Farmer Fred by eating pests and building molehills.
Genre	Children; animal
Pencils	Mary Greenwalt [signed M. Greenwalt]
Inks	Mary Greenwalt [signed M. Greenwalt]
Notes	Sequential art and text

3 page Stuffins text story "Stuffins goes to school"

Characters	Stuffins [Dog]; Herbert [Rabbit]; Myrtle [Rabbit]; Bobby; Pierre [Cat]; Patches [Dog]
Synopsis	Stuffins breaks into Bobby's school on the last school day of the year and makes trouble.
Genre	Children; animal
Letters	Typeset; ?
Notes	Illustrated text story

6 page Billy and Bonny Bee story "Do you see anything, Sir?"

Characters	Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Mr. Water Beetle; Firemen
Synopsis	Billy and Bonny Bee help the firemen put out a grass fire with the water from Mr. Water Beetle's pitcher plant.
Genre	Children; fantasy
Script	Frank Thomas ?
Pencils	Frank Thomas ?
Inks	Frank Thomas ?

1 page Egbert Elephant story "Spring Song"

Characters	Egbert Elephant; Tuffy Tiger; Benjamin [Penguin]; Scooter Bill Mallard
Synopsis	It's spring on Egbert's Island.
Genre	Children; fantasy; humor
Pencils	Dan Noonan ?
Inks	Dan Noonan ?
Notes	Inside back cover

1 page Raggedy Ann and Andy promo (ad from the publisher) "Dell Comics are good comics"

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy
Synopsis	Illustrated subscription information and form
Genre	Children
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back cover; $1.00/year; $1.75/2 years; $2.50/3 years