Animal Comics #1

(1942)

Ambition (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Worth Carnahan [as W. B. C.] (signed)

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Indexer Notes

Poem with illustration. On inside front cover in black, white and red.

Albert Takes the Cake (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly

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Walt Kelly

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Walt Kelly

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Content Information

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 A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
• in The Complete Pogo Comics (Eclipse, 1989 series) #1 (1989)

Katonka Flies North (Table of Contents)

Katonka / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Katonka; Sgt. Bain; Private Rooney; Tauber (villain); Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

A grateful goose alerts the soldiers that heeled him that some german spies are sneaking around the island.

Piggy Pranks (Table of Contents)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Pa Dunn; Ma Dunn; Bobby Dunn; Paddy (a pig); Pinkie (a pig)

Right of Way (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Snuffy (a skunk); Violet (a skunk); Judge Martin

Muzzy and Ginger (Table of Contents)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

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Walt Kelly

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Content Information

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.

The Monarch of Panther Gorge (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

George Kerr

Inks:

George Kerr

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Content Information

Characters:

The Monarch (a deer); Game Warden Dan Burke; Tom

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (May 2011).

Milk for the Baby (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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George Avison (signed)

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George Avison (signed)

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Content Information

Characters:

Babe (a baby elephant); Ernie; Cyrus Solon Walker; Mrs. Walker; Sonny Walker

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.

A Matter of Intelligence (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Worth Carnahan [as W. B. C.] (signed)

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Indexer Notes

Poem with illustration. On inside back cover in black, white and red.