(May 1954)
- 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. 556." Code number is GOOBER O.S. #556-545. Copyright 1954 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Based on the "Double Trouble" newspaper strip by Bill MacLean.
[Penny in a Sidewalk Grate]
Goober / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bill MacLean
- Pencils:
- Bill MacLean
- Inks:
- Bill MacLean
- Letters:
- Bill MacLean ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Goober
- Synopsis:
- Goober makes a profit in retrieving a penny he dropped down a sidewalk grate.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
"Guardsmen"
Goober and his Double Trouble Pals / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill MacLean
- Pencils:
- Bill MacLean
- Inks:
- Bill MacLean
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill MacLean ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie
- Synopsis:
- Goober and the twins go into the private detective business.
Goober Meets a Funny Man
Goober / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill MacLean
- Pencils:
- Bill MacLean
- Inks:
- Bill MacLean
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill MacLean ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie
- Synopsis:
- Goober's mother sends him to grocery store to get a dozen eggs. On the way he meets the twins, who go with him. On the way back the three meet "Floppem," the clown, who pulls a nasty trick on them with the eggs.
Food for Thought
Goober / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill MacLean
- Pencils:
- Bill MacLean
- Inks:
- Bill MacLean
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill MacLean ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie
- Synopsis:
- Jeannie and Johnnie try to avoid Mrs. McMeany, who always has them run errands in return for stale ginger cookies. Their plan backfires and they miss an impromptu party given by Mrs. McMeany for the neighborhood kids.
Measles Makes a Friend for Life
Measles / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill MacLean
- Pencils:
- Bill MacLean
- Inks:
- Bill MacLean
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill MacLean ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- animal
- Characters:
- Measles (dog); Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie
- Synopsis:
- Measles is tied up while the kids go fishing. He breaks free, but is chased by the dog-catcher. The pair end up at the kids' fishing spot where the dog-catcher falls in the water and Measles has to save him.
[The Baby-Sitter]
Goober / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bill MacLean
- Pencils:
- Bill MacLean
- Inks:
- Bill MacLean
- Letters:
- Bill MacLean ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie
- Synopsis:
- Goober takes the job when the twins' baby-sitter quits.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
[Water for the Birds]
Goober / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bill MacLean
- Pencils:
- Bill MacLean
- Inks:
- Bill MacLean
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill MacLean ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Goober; Jeannie; Johnnie
- Synopsis:
- Goober uses his squirt-gun to give a thirsty bird a drink.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Penny in a Sidewalk Grate]
Goober -
2.
"Guardsmen"
Goober and his Double Trouble Pals -
3.
Goober Meets a Funny Man
Goober -
4.
Food for Thought
Goober -
5.
Measles Makes a Friend for Life
Measles -
6.
[The Baby-Sitter]
Goober -
7.
[Water for the Birds]
Goober
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
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- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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