Tip Top Comics (1936) comic books 1947

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Mo Leff, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Dick Moores. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 11 #6. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. A strangely prescient strip has Fritzi Ritz wearing a face mask (with lipstick). Windy is captured by the mysterious old lady, but she really wants the racehorse Paddles. Bill Bumlin decides to see who his true friends are by pretending to be broke, and of course it all goes horribly wrong. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; Bill Bumlin; Back Home Again; Jim Hardy; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Dick Moores. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 11 #7. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. While visiting his home farm, Curly Kahoe learns that young Danny is suffering from malnutrition from his time on the streets of New York. Fritzi Ritz shows off her mad skills at the ski jump, but says she's afraid of heights. Bill Bumlin berates the household for frivolous spending, then gets conned into purchasing tons of junk by a traveling salesman. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; Bill Bumlin; Back Home Again; Jim Hardy; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Dick Moores. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 11 #8. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. In the strip finally called "Windy and Paddles" (after years as "Jim Hardy"), Windy manages to overcome deadly female rustler "Princess" with help from her noble daughter, Polly. Phil Fumble goes on a resort vacation, in a strip that showcases Ernie Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Mr. Biltybux eats some "magic roots" and hallucinates everything as its opposite. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Back Home Again; Windy and Paddles; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Dick Moores. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 11 #9. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Notorious bandit Billy the Goat is released from prison after 99 years. He returns to Crabtree Corners to seek revenge on Bathless Groggins, descendant of the sheriff who arrested him, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with fine art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz strikes a deal with the March Wind itself to show off her new skirt, in a strip that showcases Ernie Bushmiller's "good girl" art. El Bombo tries to get a troubled boy to change his violent ways. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Back Home Again; Windy and Paddles; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Dick Moores. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 11 #10. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins faces a deadly conundrum involving the carnivorous Flink bird, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with fine art by Raeburn van Buren. Phil Fumble learns about Fritzi Ritz 's crazy initiation rituals for the "Jolly Girls Club." Curly Kahoe's bout with Dynamite Dunn results in a double knockout! Mr. Biltybux gets Bombo to be his replacement in a club fight, in a story featuring a cameo by real-life boxing champ Jack Dempsey. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Back Home Again; Windy and Paddles; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 11 #11. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins' latest invention makes him invulnerable to injury or pain, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with nice art by Raeburn van Buren. Curly Kahoe is declared champion after his double-knockout bout with Dynamite Dunn. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Back Home Again; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 11 #12. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins boxes Banker Hagstone to settle a grudge match worth $10,000 in stock shares, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with nice art by Raeburn van Buren. After Boris Borscht knocks Curly down in an impromptu fight in the gym, Boris is offered $25,000 to fight Curly in the ring. T. Heathcliff McMarvel uses his reverso-mento-magneto machine to switch bodies with Li'l Abner. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Back Home Again; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 12 #1. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins' latest invention is the "super-televisor," a TV that shows images from the past, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with fun art by Raeburn van Buren. El Bombo goes to the beach and meets an amorous mermaid and a bullying sea monster. Li'l Abner is mesmerized when his "ideel" meets the villain Rat-Top, in a Fearless Fosdick storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 12 #2. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins invents a washing machine that destroys clothing, but also brings back the dead, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with fine art by Raeburn van Buren. Fritzi Ritz falls asleep at the beach with a tide coming in one of several strips that showcase Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Mr. Biltybux is so caught up in his story about baseball that he doesn't even notice when a robber steals his and Bombo's pants. Plus a Fearless Fosdick storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 12 #3. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins promises to do the opposite of his natural impulses, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Society heiress Oona Minoot sets her sights on boxer Curly Kayoe, but he's put off by her snobbish elitism. Bombo dreams he's King of the World, but a sexy Venusian spy steals his atom-bomb formula. Plus a Fearless Fosdick storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 12 #4. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins learns that Madame Eclaire is going to sing "Grunsky's Lullaby," a song that causes all who hear it to fall asleep, so they can rob a society luncheon. Scorned society heiress Oona Minoot determines to manage - and marry - boxer Rudy Ruffin, to get revenge on Curly Kayoe. Mr. Biltybux asks Bombo to entertain an important visitor until his TV show is over. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 12 #5. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Fritzi doesn't think she's talking that loud in the movie theater. Aged Abbie discovers that her special "Old Maid's Salad" somehow makes her irresistible to men, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Rudy Ruffin takes on Curly Kayoe in the ring, thinking it will win him society heiress Oona Minoot, but she's just interested in revenge on Curly. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Good-girl art cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.