Four Color #196 - Charlie McCarthy in the Haunted Hide-Out
(September 1948)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1948-07-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "CHARLIE McCARTHY in the HAUNTED HIDE-OUT, No. 196." Code number is C.M.O.S. #196-489. Copyright 1948 by Edgar Bergen Interests. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Pamphlets, page 37. Some information for this issue from Karl Wilcox, January 2008.

The Haunted Hide-Out (Table of Contents)

Charlie McCarthy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg; ? (photo)
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg; ? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
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[Charlie McCarthy Trivia] (Table of Contents: 1)

Charlie McCarthy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis
Trivia about Charlie McCarthy.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

The Haunted Hide-Out (Table of Contents: 2)

Charlie McCarthy / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd; Grampaw Snerd; Skinny Dugan
Synopsis
Charlie and Mortimer go into the laundry business, with disastrous results. To drum up business, Mortimer decides to go to a haunted house to see if the ghosts need their sheets washed and Charlie follows. The haunted house happens to be the hide-out of a couple of bank robbers.

Charlie McCarthy and His Pet Ostrich (Table of Contents: 3)

Charlie McCarthy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd; Penelope the Ostrich; Skinny Dugan
Synopsis
When Charlie's pet ostrich causes problems, Charlie tries to sell her to Mortimer.

Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd (Table of Contents: 4)

Charlie McCarthy / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor
Characters
Edgar Bergen; Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis
Studio photo of Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd dressed in Mexican costumes with sombreros. Bergen is playing a guitar.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Haunted Hide-Out
    Charlie McCarthy
  2. 1. [Charlie McCarthy Trivia]
    Charlie McCarthy
  3. 2. The Haunted Hide-Out
    Charlie McCarthy
  4. 3. Charlie McCarthy and His Pet Ostrich
    Charlie McCarthy
  5. 4. Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd
    Charlie McCarthy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Pat Conolly
  • Hector G. Dueñas G.
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • John P. Selegue
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