(August 1955)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "M.G.M.'s SPIKE AND TYKE, No. 638." Code number is S.+T.O.S. #638-558. Copyright 1955 by Loew's Incorporated. Third of three Spike and Tyke Four Colors. Continues as M.G.M.'s Spike and Tyke (Dell, 1956 series) #4 (December 1955-February 1956).
["Dell is proud to present one of its many awards..."]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Facsimile of Distinguished Achievement Award given Dell publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr. by Newsdealers Post Number 1169, American Legion, on November 14, 1954.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Also includes typeset version of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." (not in usual form.)
Friendly Neighbors
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Spike; Tyke; McTavish; Spot
- Synopsis:
- Spike is trying to set a good example for Tyke, but is frustrated by his neighbor McTavish's secretive actions.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Big Spike and Little Tyke Meet Mr. Ingenuity
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Spike; Tyke
- Synopsis:
- Spike tries to use ingenuity to help Tyke move rocks, but ends up making the job more work than it was before.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Old News is Good News
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Spike; Tyke
- Synopsis:
- Tyke goes hunting Indians in the forest. Spike dresses up as an Indian to play along with the game.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
The Cat Who Came to Dinner
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Spike; Tyke; Snowball
- Synopsis:
- Spike and Tyke get Snowball the cat to carry their picnic basket to the park, but find that the park doesn't allow dogs. They try to find a way to get their basket of food back before Snowball eats it all.
Indexer Notes
The title is a takeoff on the title of the 1939 Broadway play, later a movie, "The Man Who Came to Dinner." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Trip to the Zoo]
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Spike; Tyke
- Synopsis:
- Spike is tired, but takes Tyke to the zoo anyway.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[The Pretender]
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Spike; Tyke
- Synopsis:
- Tyke pretends to be a bird dog and a poodle.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Table of Contents
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1.
["Dell is proud to present one of its many awards..."]
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2.
Friendly Neighbors
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
3.
Big Spike and Little Tyke Meet Mr. Ingenuity
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
4.
Old News is Good News
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
5.
The Cat Who Came to Dinner
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
6.
[Trip to the Zoo]
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
7.
[The Pretender]
Big Spike and Little Tyke
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- 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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