Marge's Tubby #35

(July-August 1959)

15 Issues for only $1.20 Plus a Handy Pocket Printer (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Inside front cover. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Comics. Premium is a free pocket printer with name and address. 15 issues for $1.20. Also has Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

A Record Performance (Table of Contents: 2)

Tubby / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

No! No! Stop! I can't stand it!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Tubby; Professor Cleff; Wilbur; Gloria; Gloria's mother; Tubby's mother; Tubby's father

Synopsis

Tubby makes a record of his awful violin-playing at a music shop and takes it to Gloria's birthday party, where it is played and ruins the party.

Keywords

birthday party; record; record player; violin

Willing an' Able (Table of Contents: 3)

Tubby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, Gloria! I was passing your house and--

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Tubby; Gloria; Wilbur; Nippy (Wilbur's dog); Mr. Grouchmier

Synopsis

Mr. Grouchmier the butcher has to hire Tubby to deliver a roast to Mrs. Darling, Gloria's mother. But Wilbur's dog is an obstacle.

Keywords

butcher; delivery boy; roast beef

Green Thumb (Table of Contents: 4)

Tubby / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre

humor; children

Characters

Tubby; Sammi

Whale Tale (Table of Contents: 5)

Tubby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre

humor; children

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Tubby; Iggy; Gran'pa Feeb; Willy (cameo)

Synopsis

Gran'pa Feeb tags along when Tubby and Iggy go fishing.

Keywords

fishing; picnic; row boat

Narrow Escape (Table of Contents: 6)

Knotknee / text story / 1 page (report information)

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Knotknee was terribly excited when his father announced that he was taking the entire family to the ocean for a week end.

Genre

humor; children

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Knotknee

Synopsis

Knotknee's family goes to the beach for a weekend vacation and Knotknee gets caught in a fishing boat's nets.

Keywords

beach; fishing boats; nets; vacation

Run Away, Run Away, Run Away Home (Table of Contents: 7)

Alvin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Oh, boy, you'll be the cleanest dog in town!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Alvin; Kathy

Synopsis

Alvin is spanked after using his father's shaving cream to wash his dog. He decides to run away from home and meets up with Kathy, who's also running away. However, Alvin has to wait so long for Kathy to get ready that he eventually gives up and goes back home.

Keywords

running away from home; spanking

Indexer Notes

Reference to "the twelve o'clock whistle," which smaller towns used to sound at noon each day.

Bill's Vacation Gift from Dad (Table of Contents: 8)

Daisy Manufacturing Co. / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What will you do all summer, son, now that school is out?

Characters

Dad; Bill

Indexer Notes

Daisy Air Rifle advertisement. Six-panel comic, plus mail-in coupon for two free training books. Daisy Manufacturing Company, Dept. 639-A, Rogers, Arkansas, U.S.A. References V.F.W. [Veterans of Foreign Wars] and NRA [National Rifle Association] in promotion of competitive shooting.

New! Daisy Scope Gun (Table of Contents: 9)

Daisy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Featuring new Daisy Scope Gun No. 88, Daisy Hunter air rifle with scope mounted and sling; Daisy Pump Gun air rifle with screwdriver; and Daisy Western Saddle Carbine air rifle with genuine leather boot. Listed price for No. 88: $9.99.

Inside back cover. Daisy Training Air Rifles advertisement.

Kraft Candies (Table of Contents: 10)

Kraft Fudgies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Back cover. Kraft Candies advertisement, featuring Kraft Fudgies. Combination of a Darrow drawing of a child and photographs of individual pieces of candy, wrapped and unwrapped.