(December 1943-January 1944)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
On-sale Date
1943-11-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Oskar Lebeck (editor)

Issue Notes

Copyright, 1943, by Oskar Lebeck.

On sale date per page 354 of 489, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1943 Periodicals Jan-Dec New Series Vol 38 Pt 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Wiggily / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly ?
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Wiggily Longears
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Uncle Wiggily / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois (credited as Howard R. Garis)
Pencils
H. R. McBride
Inks
H. R. McBride ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This scooter craft is going to be fun--
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Uncle Butter; Susie; Sammie; a bear; a snake; pirate foxes
Synopsis
Uncle Wiggily saves everyone from a snake, a bear, and pirate foxes using self-popping popcorn.

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois writer credit per Gaylord Du Bois, page 4, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (Michigan State University Libraries 1985) 203 leaves ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy of computer printout. -- Call no.: PN6727.D77 A2S35 1985, which states: "Uncle Wiggly. 12p. For Animal Comics. Paid Dec. 25, 1943."

Hubbell R. McBride art credit per Michael Barrier, page 71, "Funnybooks" (UCPress 2015), which states, "The 'Uncle Wiggly' stories were drawn by Hubbell R. McBride, who was, like his Western colleagues Arthur Jameson and George Kerr, a veteran illustrator---in McBride's case, of Liberty magazine's covers."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Keeto the Jungle Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Hickey (signed)
Pencils
Tom Hickey (signed)
Inks
Tom Hickey (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Hickey (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Krufa, the brown bear, found Keeto when he was only a baby...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Keeto; Krufa; baboons; Leo; Arak
Synopsis
Keeto is kidnapped by baboons

Indexer Notes

The story is highly derivative from Rudyard Kipling's _The Jungle Books_.

At the Seashore (Table of Contents: 4)

Muggins Mouse / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Majorie Barrows
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Muggins Mouse; a lobster; a wooden sailor
Synopsis
Muggins has an adventure at the seashore

The Beetle Battle of Bug Battalion (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Thomas (signed as Bumblebrain)
Inks
Frank Thomas (signed as Bumblebrain)
Colors
?
Letters
Frank Thomas (signed as Bumblebrain)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
Characters
Japanese Beetles (villains)
Synopsis
Japanese beetles invade the garden.

Indexer Notes

The Japanese beetles are dressed like WW2 era Japanese soldiers.

Chatter Learns a Lesson (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Kerr
Inks
George Kerr
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Homer Pigeon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Veve Risto
Inks
Veve Risto
Colors
?
Letters
Veve Risto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, Car-r-rie! I brung ya somethin!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
Characters
Homer Pigeon; Carrie Pigeon; a Japanese vulture
Synopsis
Homer helps get an important military message past a Japanese vulture.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Merry Meadows / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Justin Gruelle (signed)
Inks
Justin Gruelle (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ho-hum! It's dull around here.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
A policeman makes several mistakes in an effort to find who hit him with snow.

Spunky and the Hornets (Table of Contents: 9)

Spunky Spaniel / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
Spunky decides he's a big dog and gets involved with some hornets.

Indexer Notes

This is the only appearance of the "Spunky Spaniel" feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Uncle Wiggily
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["This scooter craft is going to be fun--"]
    Uncle Wiggily
  4. 3. ["Krufa, the brown bear, found Keeto when he was only a baby..."]
    Keeto the Jungle Boy
  5. 4. At the Seashore
    Muggins Mouse
  6. 5. The Beetle Battle of Bug Battalion
  7. 6. Chatter Learns a Lesson
  8. 7. ["Well, Car-r-rie! I brung ya somethin!"]
    Homer Pigeon
  9. 8. ["Ho-hum! It's dull around here."]
    Merry Meadows
  10. 9. Spunky and the Hornets
    Spunky Spaniel
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
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