(June-July 1944)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1944-05-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Oskar Lebeck (editor)

Issue Notes

Copyright 1944, by Oskar Lebeck.

On sale date per page 127 of 508, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1944 Periodicals New Series Vol 39 Pt 2.

Buy Bonds and Stamps (Table of Contents)

Uncle Wiggily / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
Walt Kelly (logo design, see notes)

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

Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos A #37: ANIMAL COMICS, 6 February 2021.

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

Elephunnies / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
Walt Kelly

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Plop
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
A bratty, baby elephant bumps into a tree.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover in black, white and red. Copr. 1944 by Walter Kelly.

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

Uncle Wiggily / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
AC9-446
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sh-h-h!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Wiggily Longears; Sammy Littletail; Susie Littletail; Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy; Mr. Twistytail; Mrs. Screechowl; Flapsie; Flopsie; Mrs. Eagle; Pipsisewah (villain); Skeeziks (villain); Pirate Foxes (villain); Anthony Ant
Synopsis
Sammy and Susie's kite gets stuck in a tree so Uncle Wiggily ties balloons to himself to float up and get the kite.

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1944 Howard R. Garis.

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 #10. Paid Nov. 10, 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."

How to Outsmart a Wolf (Table of Contents: 3)

Blackie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Golden
Inks
Tom Golden
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Blackie; The Wolf [also as Professor Bulge]
Synopsis
Blackie and the other lambs try to build up their muscles so they can stand up to the Wolf.

Indexer Notes

Copr. 1944 by Famous Studios. Story title the same as that in Animal Comics #7, but it's a new story.

Ol' Albert is Really a Deer (Table of Contents: 4)

Pogo / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
Albert the Alligator
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Albert; Pogo; Bumbazine; Upsy Daisy; Uncle Antler; Hornbill Casey
Synopsis
Albert challenges a moose to a duel.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Hector the Henpecked Rooster / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Rube Grossman (signed as Rube G.)
Inks
Rube Grossman (signed as Rube G.)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, for mercy sake, Hector!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Hector the Henpecked Rooster; Mrs. Bertha Henpeck; Peep; Fred; Mrs. Leghorn; Mr. Leghorn
Synopsis
Hector and his family go on a picnic.

Indexer Notes

Copr. 1944 by Famous Studios.

Buzzy (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Buzzy
Synopsis
Buzzy goes on his first mission collecting honey.

Lion Dog (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
A. W. Nugent
Inks
A. W. Nugent
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
animal
Characters
Bert Decker (sheep rancher); Red Dawn (Decker's collie); Chief (Red Dawn's month-old son); two mountain lion kittens; mother cougar
Synopsis
A puppy-dog is adopted by cougars and thinks it is a cougar, too. Even after being recovered weeks later, it still cleans its face like a cat.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Du Bois Account Books.

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

Monkey Biz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
Walt Kelly

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tara ta ta
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
Monkeys try to wake up an elephant.

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover in black, white and red. Copr. 1944 by Walter Kelly.

This is the only appearance of the "Monkey Biz" feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Elephunnies / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
Some elephants watch monkeys break open coconuts.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Copr. 1944 by Walter Kelly.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Buy Bonds and Stamps
    Uncle Wiggily
  2. 1. ["Plop"]
    Elephunnies
  3. 2. ["Sh-h-h!"]
    Uncle Wiggily
  4. 3. How to Outsmart a Wolf
    Blackie
  5. 4. Ol' Albert is Really a Deer
    Pogo
  6. 5. ["Oh, for mercy sake, Hector!"]
    Hector the Henpecked Rooster
  7. 6. Buzzy
  8. 7. Lion Dog
  9. 8. ["Tara ta ta"]
    Monkey Biz
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Elephunnies
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