(February 1958)
- 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 "THE CAPTAIN AND THE KIDS, No. 881." Code number is CAPT.+KIDS O.S. #881-582. Copyright 1958 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Based on the 1918-79 "The Captain and the Kids" newspaper strip by Rudolph Dirks and his son John Dirks.
Bird Brains
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Mendelsohn ?
- Pencils:
- John Dirks ?
- Inks:
- John Dirks ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- The Captain; Hans; Fritz
- Synopsis:
- A bird follows Hans and Fritz home and tries to eat a mounted fish hanging on a wall.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Underground Explorers
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 14 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Mendelsohn ?
- Pencils:
- John Dirks ?
- Inks:
- John Dirks ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- The Captain; The Inspector; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Barium Borax
- Synopsis:
- Hans and Fritz fall into an underground cave while digging for worms to use as bait for oyster fishing. After walking a while in the cave, they find Professor Barium Borax, who is looking for emeralds in his Molemobile.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Musical Monkey Mix-Up
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Mendelsohn ?
- Pencils:
- John Dirks ?
- Inks:
- John Dirks ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- The Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; The Inspector
- Synopsis:
- Fritz dresses a monkey in his clothes to do his violin practice while he goes swimming with Hans. The monkey plays better than Fritz does.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Great Stamp Hoax
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 14 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Mendelsohn ?
- Pencils:
- John Dirks ?
- Inks:
- John Dirks ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- The Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Klaak-Klaak (stork); Paprika
- Synopsis:
- Paprika, the President of Banana, sends a message for help by stork to The Captain. The Captain, Hans, and Fritz go by boat to the island where they find that Paprika has gone broke buying postage stamps from General Tabasco. The General will take over the country unless Paprika can come up with 2,000 pazasters.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
...Tails, You Lose
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Mendelsohn ?
- Pencils:
- John Dirks ?
- Inks:
- John Dirks ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Hans; Fritz
- Synopsis:
- Fritz tries to fool an ostrich by hiding his head in the sand.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Pie in the Sky
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Mendelsohn ?
- Pencils:
- John Dirks ?
- Inks:
- John Dirks ?
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Fritz; Mama
- Synopsis:
- Fritz steals a pie from the window sill, but a large bird steals the pie from Fritz.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Table of Contents
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1.
Bird Brains
The Captain and the Kids -
2.
The Underground Explorers
The Captain and the Kids -
3.
The Musical Monkey Mix-Up
The Captain and the Kids -
4.
The Great Stamp Hoax
The Captain and the Kids -
5.
...Tails, You Lose
The Captain and the Kids -
6.
Pie in the Sky
The Captain and the Kids
- Alan Hutchinson
- 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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