([December] 1942)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1942-09-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in U. S. A.
- Editing
- Oskar Lebeck (credited) (copyright)
Issue Notes
Copyright, 1942, by Oskar Lebeck.
Indicia publisher is Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
The comic was published on September 8, 1942.
As per page 615:
Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Etc. New Series Vol 39 Pt. 1
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Which states:
Animal comics, no. 1. © Sept. 8, 1942; AA 409454; Oskar Lebeck, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 27533
The "©" is followed by the publication date.
"©" implies copyright registration of a published work followed by date of publication
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The publication date would be the date the publication was printed, cut, assembled, stapled, packaged, and shipped from the printing plant to retailers.
Indicia publisher is Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
The comic was published on September 8, 1942.
As per page 615:
Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Etc. New Series Vol 39 Pt. 1
IMAGE LINK: http://goo.gl/CnPsmD
Which states:
Animal comics, no. 1. © Sept. 8, 1942; AA 409454; Oskar Lebeck, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 27533
The "©" is followed by the publication date.
"©" implies copyright registration of a published work followed by date of publication
IMAGE LINK: http://goo.gl/Zn0XnO
The publication date would be the date the publication was printed, cut, assembled, stapled, packaged, and shipped from the printing plant to retailers.
[no title indexed]
cover / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
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in Walt Kelly's Pogo (Hermes Press, 2014 series) #1 ([March] 2014), #5 ([October] 2017)
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Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
Ambition
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I grow up...
Indexer Notes
Poem with illustration. On inside front cover in black, white and red.
Albert Takes the Cake
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once there was a big old Alligator named Albert who loved chocolate cake.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert (first appearance, an alligator); Pogo (first appearance, a possum); Bumbazine (first appearance); Mrs. Jay (first appearance); Beetle (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Bumbazine bakes Pogo a birthday cake, but Albert tries to steal it.
- Reprints
- in The Rocket's Blast-Comicollector (The S. F. C. A., 1964 ? series) #126 (April 1976) [black and white]
- in A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) (1981)
- in The Complete Pogo Comics (Eclipse, 1989 series) #1 (1989)
- in Walt Kelly's Pogo (Hermes Press, 2014 series) #1 ([March] 2014)
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Indexer Notes
The story features the notorious panel in which Bumbazine, a black child, is shown eating watermelon.
Katonka Flies North
Katonka / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As morning light broke over the wilderness marsh, Katonka, the big wild gander, joined his mate.
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Katonka; Sgt. Bain; Private Rooney; Tauber (villain); Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- A grateful goose alerts the soldiers that healed him that some German spies are sneaking around the island.
Indexer Notes
Art originally credited to Morris Gollub, but Rick Richmond says Gollub did not join Western until 1946. (Error report 9437, 2013-11-10)
Piggy Pranks
comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One morning when Bobby Dunn is eating breakfast, his father hurries in from the barn.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pa Dunn; Ma Dunn; Bobby Dunn; Paddy (a pig); Pinkie (a pig)
- Synopsis
- Bobby raises two pigs that lost their mother.
Right of Way
comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This old den in the wall is vacant, Violet - how would you like to live here?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Snuffy (a skunk); Violet (a skunk); Judge Martin
- Synopsis
- A newly mated skunk pair try to find a home.
Muzzy and Ginger
comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's as far as I'll carry that chimp - she bit a piece out of my hat and nearly wrecked my delivery truck!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Muzzy (a chimpanzee); Ginger (a kitten); Homer; Dr. Atkins
- Synopsis
- Muzzy and Ginger escape from a pet shop. Dr. Atkins finds them and takes them as pets for the State School for Crippled Children.
- Reprints
The Monarch of Panther Gorge
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- November snows drove the Monarch and his family to seek their winter home, deep in the woods.
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- The Monarch (a deer); Game Warden Dan Burke; Tom
- Synopsis
- The deer herd struggles to survive the winter.
- Keywords
- Sawtooth Range
Milk for the Baby
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Avison (signed)
- Inks
- George Avison (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mother, I want my breakfast!
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Babe (a baby elephant); Ernie; Cyrus Solon Walker; Mrs. Walker; Sonny Walker
- Synopsis
- A baby elephant runs from a train crash and tries to find some milk to drink.
Indexer Notes
The art is signed in the foliage in the last panel. Hames Ware and Mike Barrier examined this comic in March 2013 and under magnification discovered the name is George Avison, who was Al Avison's father. As far as is known, this is George Avison's only comic book work.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Ambition
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2.
Albert Takes the Cake
Pogo -
3.
Katonka Flies North
Katonka -
4.
Piggy Pranks
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5.
Right of Way
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6.
Muzzy and Ginger
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7.
The Monarch of Panther Gorge
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8.
Milk for the Baby
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9.
A Matter of Intelligence
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Morbus Iff
- R. S. Martin
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Scott Pell
- Dave Porta
- Tony R. Rose
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