Spunky the Smiling Spook (1957) comic books 1957
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Issue #1
$9.20
Reprints from Frisky Fables. Untitled story; Zany Giraffe July 4th story. "Hiawatha And The Fire Magician"; Dopsy Durvy, a Fire-Extinguisher selling rabbit, takes a break and falls into a storybook world, where he helps Hiawatha fight the evil Fire Magician. Clement Gets The Right Time text story. Safety Matches; Spunky gives Mr. Whiskers a hot foot, and starts a forest fire which quickly gets out of hand. Mr. Elephant comes to the rescue. A Date with Effie public service announcement; Betty is in a huff with Stan after she hears he had a date with Effie; Effie turns out to be a Radio System for broadcasting in a hospital; Public service strip to encourage volunteer workers in the Health Care System. Untitled story; The animals put on a benefit play and raise enough money to help Mrs. Wren rebuild her house. In-Tro-Ducing; The three kittens (Tick, Tack, and Toe) sneak into the circus and wind up becoming part of the show. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
$6.10
$6.10
Reprints from Frisky Fables. An interesting issue in that the title character, Spunky, the Smiling Spook, does not appear anywhere in this comic. There is a Spunky story, but the title character in the story is a small kangaroo. Why the change which appears to have been done at the last minute? We'll probably never know. Untitled story, art by Al Fago; Boston Bully calls people names and gets turned into the animals that he calls them. Untitled story, art by Marty Taras; Frosty and Gabbie find a milk-making machine. Untitled story, art by Harold Abbey; Pidgy paints a bear and gets into a fight with it. "Rootitoot" text story. Untitled story; Spunky pretends to be the Crown Prince of Kangavania and gets himself into trouble. Untitled story; Tick, Tack, and Toe play at a construction site. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
