Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #199 [Child Life Shoes]
(1960)

Western, 1946 Series
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Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
20
On-sale Date
1960-01-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Editing
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Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Jungle James (Table of Contents: 2)

Huckleberry Hound / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Harvey Eisenberg

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy-o-boy! I'd give my eyeteeth to have a swell job driving a big limousine like that!
Feature Logo
Huckleberry Hound [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 2 Single Line of Letters]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Huckleberry Hound; nameless rich man; James (chauffeur); cop; bank robber; elephant; ape; rhino; crocodile; lion; zebra; hunter
Synopsis
Cab driver Huck, thanks to some extraordinary driving skills, is hired as a jeep-chauffeur for a rich man's jungle camera-safari.
Reprints
Keywords
camera safari; chauffeur; jeep; jungle animals; jungle setting; taxicab

Indexer Notes

Oddly, the rich man (who plays a major role as Huck's employer) remains nameless throughout the story while his chauffeur - who appears in only one panel, and in silhouette - is give the name "James".

The title, "Jungle James", refers to Huck's job as a jungle chauffeur for the rich man's African camera-safari. "James" becoming shorthand for chauffeur. Per Merlin Haas, it is also a parody reference to the character "Jungle Jim".

Huck begins this story as a cab driver. The same year (1960) saw "Huck's Hack", a cartoon casting Huck as a cab driver.

What Am I? (Table of Contents: 3)

Huckleberry Hound / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Harvey Eisenberg; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Huckleberry Hound plays many roles in his cartoon life.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Huckleberry Hound
Keywords
rebus

Indexer Notes

Using rebus-type clues, spell out the answer to Huck's occupation as illustrated. Two such rebus puzzles make up the page.

Huckleberry Hound Wants to Know: (Table of Contents: 4)

Huckleberry Hound / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Harvey Eisenberg

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What table has no legs?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Huckleberry Hound
Reprints
Keywords
riddles; scrambled word puzzle

Indexer Notes

Three riddles are presented with scrambled letters forming the answers. Unscramble the letters and solve the riddle.

Three original illustrations of Huckleberry Hound by Harvey Eisenberg illustrate the riddles. Eisenberg letters this entire page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Floating Heads] (Table of Contents: 6)

Huckleberry Hound / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Huckleberry Hound; Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks
Synopsis
Floating character heads of Huckleberry Hound, Pixie, Dixie, and Mr. Jinks displaying happy expressions - along with the "March of Comics" logo, which runs along the right edge of the page.
Keywords
art or lettering modification or omission; floating heads; repurposed art

Indexer Notes

The floating heads illustration comprises the top third of the back cover, in color. The remaining 2/3 of the back cover space is left blank to contain the name and logo of the business using the comic as a promotional item.

The image of each individual character's floating head is repurposed art from the cover of Four Color #990 (Dell, 1942 Series) Huckleberry Hound (May-July 1959). https://www.comics.org/issue/173636/cover/4/ The art is slightly extended below the chin-lines of Pixie and Dixie, giving both of them the Hanna-Barbera standard-issue bowties when only Pixie wears such a tie.

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Table of Contents
  1. 1. [no title indexed]
  2. 2. Jungle James
    Huckleberry Hound
  3. 3. What Am I?
    Huckleberry Hound
  4. 4. Huckleberry Hound Wants to Know:
    Huckleberry Hound
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
  6. 6. [Floating Heads]
    Huckleberry Hound
This issue was modified by
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Alan Hutchinson