(November 1953)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Dell Comic
Editing:
?
Format:
Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "DOUBLE TROUBLE with GOOBER, No. 516." Code number is GOOBER O.S. #516-5311. Copyright 1953 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Based on the "Double Trouble" newspaper strip by Bill MacLean. Third of four Double Trouble with Goober Four Color issues.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Double Trouble with Goober / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Bill MacLean (signed)
Inks:
Bill MacLean (signed)
Colors:
?

Content Information

Genre:
children
Characters:
Goober

"Not So Nutty After All" (Table of Contents)

Goober / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill MacLean
Pencils:
Bill MacLean
Inks:
Bill MacLean
Letters:
Bill MacLean ?

Content Information

Genre:
children
Characters:
Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie
Synopsis:
Jeannie and Johnnie go to the woods to hunt for nuts, while Goober finds it simpler to use a vending machine.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white.


Monkey Business (Table of Contents)

Goober and his "Double Trouble" Pals / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill MacLean (signed)
Pencils:
Bill MacLean (signed)
Inks:
Bill MacLean (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bill MacLean ?

Content Information

Genre:
children
Characters:
Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie; their parents
Synopsis:
Goober, Jeannie, and Johnnie fix up an old broken wind-up record player to use as a hand-organ. With Goober playing the part of a monkey and Jeannie and Johnnie singing "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush," the trio attract a crowd downtown. They are taken to the police station for not having an organ grinder's license, but end up performing on the Police Athletic League television program.

Goober Puts the Freeze on His "Double Trouble" Pals (Table of Contents)

Goober / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill MacLean
Pencils:
Bill MacLean
Inks:
Bill MacLean
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bill MacLean

Content Information

Genre:
children
Characters:
Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie; Measles (dog);
Synopsis:
Goober gets Jeannie and Johnnie to crank his ice-cream freezer for him.

"Blow Wind - Blow Some More" (Table of Contents)

Goober / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill MacLean
Pencils:
Bill MacLean
Inks:
Bill MacLean
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bill MacLean

Content Information

Genre:
children
Characters:
Goober; Johnnie
Synopsis:
Goober and Johnnie take some old newspapers in for scrap, but on the way a strong wind scatters the papers over the neighborhood, with some surprising results.

Indexer Notes

Just one "Double Trouble" twin in this story. Jeannie does not appear.


Fun, Food, and Frolic (Table of Contents)

Measles / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill MacLean
Pencils:
Bill MacLean
Inks:
Bill MacLean
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bill MacLean

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Measles (dog)
Synopsis:
Measles goes to the woods to get some exercise.

[Knock-Out] (Table of Contents)

Goober / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill MacLean
Pencils:
Bill MacLean
Inks:
Bill MacLean
Letters:
Bill MacLean

Content Information

Genre:
children
Characters:
Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie
Synopsis:
Jeannie pretends to knock out Johnnie with a boxing glove in order to fool Goober.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white.


[The Skating Race] (Table of Contents)

Goober / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill MacLean
Pencils:
Bill MacLean
Inks:
Bill MacLean
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bill MacLean

Content Information

Genre:
children; sports
Characters:
Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie
Synopsis:
Goober and Johnnie have an ice-skating race.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. "Not So Nutty After All"
    Goober
  2. 2. Monkey Business
    Goober and his "Double Trouble" Pals
  3. 3. Goober Puts the Freeze on His "Double Trouble" Pals
    Goober
  4. 4. "Blow Wind - Blow Some More"
    Goober
  5. 5. Fun, Food, and Frolic
    Measles
  6. 6. [Knock-Out]
    Goober
  7. 7. [The Skating Race]
    Goober
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