Popular Comics #15

(April 1937)

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

Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Humph! You haven't found out who put that note in your sandwich!

Genre

detective-mystery

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-04-05
• from Dick Tracy Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-04-12
• from Dick Tracy Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-04-19
• from Dick Tracy Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-04-26

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line:::: "The trail after the murderer of Adie Gothorn grows hotter..."
Third Sunday 1st line: "Scene: The apartment of Athnel Jones."
Fourth Sunday 1st line: "Certainly – I killed Adie Gothorn..."

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

Tiny Tim / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Stanley Link

Pencils

Stanley Link

Inks

Stanley Link

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good grief! This current is sweeping me right into that cave –

Genre

adventure; children

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

Smitty / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Walter Berndt

Pencils

Walter Berndt

Inks

Walter Berndt

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd give a million dollars if I could dope out how the boss could see me through the telephone

Genre

humor; children

[Dime Hat] (Table of Contents: 4)

Herby / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Walter Berndt

Pencils

Walter Berndt

Inks

Walter Berndt

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

Pantomime strip.

Junior Takes Up Life on the Ranch (Table of Contents: 5)

The Nebbs / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Sol Hess

Pencils

Wallace Carlson

Inks

Wallace Carlson

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

adventure; humor; domestic

Reprints

• from The Nebbs Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx

Simp Becomes a Clerk in the General Store (Table of Contents: 6)

Simp O'Dill / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Sol Hess

Pencils

Wallace Carlson

Inks

Wallace Carlson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Simp O'Dell Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx

Junior Goes Hunting and Gets Lost (Table of Contents: 7)

The Nebbs / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Sol Hess

Pencils

Wallace Carlson

Inks

Wallace Carlson

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Letters

?

Genre

adventure; humor; domestic

The Ham Sandwich (Table of Contents: 8)

Simp O'Dill / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Sol Hess

Pencils

Wallace Carlson

Inks

Wallace Carlson

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Letters

?

Genre

humor

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

Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I didn't catch any fish today, folks...

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

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Zack Mosley

Pencils

Zack Mosley

Inks

Zack Mosley

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

– – Mary – this is Jack – – I can tell by the strength of your radio you are near.

Genre

adventure; aviation

Reprints

• from Smilin' Jack Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

Color Changes of Fish; Coyotes (Table of Contents: 11)

This Curious World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

William Ferguson

Pencils

William Ferguson

Inks

William Ferguson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; animal

Reprints

• from This Curious World Sundays (NEA) 1936-09-13

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 3.2 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Gray

Pencils

Harold Gray

Inks

Harold Gray

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

If only I knew how I came out on that z'amination –

Genre

drama; adventure; children

Characters

Annie Warbucks; Sandy; Jack Boot; Miss Strick

Reprints

• From Little Orphan Annie Sundays (Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate) 1936-03-29
  From Little Orphan Annie Sundays (Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate) 1936-04-05
  From Little Orphan Annie Sundays (Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate) 1936-04-12
  From Little Orphan Annie Sundays (Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate) 1936-04-19

Indexer Notes

0.8 x 4

Second Sunday 1st line: "Can't I help yuh, Uncle Jack?"
Third Sunday 1st line: "Look, Sandy – there's that farmer kid, Cuthbert Jones"
Fourth Sunday 1st line: "Hello Cuthbert – how's tricks?"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Maw Green / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Harold Gray

Pencils

Harold Gray

Inks

Harold Gray

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ha! Ha! Ha! Will I catch that old crook, Usury Jones...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• From Little Orphan Annie Sundays (Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate) 1936-03-29
  From Little Orphan Annie Sundays (Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate) 1936-04-05
  From Little Orphan Annie Sundays (Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate) 1936-04-12
  From Little Orphan Annie Sundays (Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate) 1936-04-19

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line: "Sure, and these April showers do be tricky..."
Third Sunday 1st line: "– Yeah – he's one o' them big nabobs now..."
Fourth Sunday 1st line: "Huh – look what's movin' in down th' street..."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Smitty / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Walter Berndt

Pencils

Walter Berndt

Inks

Walter Berndt

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Har har I've still got Smitty fooled with my make-believe television attachment to the phone

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Smitty Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

[Wet Dog] (Table of Contents: 15)

Herby / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Walter Berndt

Pencils

Walter Berndt

Inks

Walter Berndt

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

Pantomime strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Always Belittlin' / comic story / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script

Percy Crosby

Pencils

Percy Crosby

Inks

Percy Crosby

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, you! Have ya got a screw-driver – I dropped a wheel

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

0.4 x 4

Second Sunday 1st line: "Hoiman! I got a bite!"
Third Sunday 1st line: "Hey, Northrup! I got somethin' to tell ya."
Fourth Sunday 1st line: "I got somethin' for ya."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Skippy / comic story / 2.4 pages (report information)

Script

Percy Crosby

Pencils

Percy Crosby

Inks

Percy Crosby

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Papa, there's no more hot water for your bath

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Skippy Sundays (King Features) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

0.6 x 4

Second Sunday 1st line: "Oh, hello, Carol."
Third Sunday 1st line: "A friend spends the weekend with the Skinners"
Fourth Sunday 1st line: "All stand by and I'll give the exact time."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Life's Little Tragedies / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Frank Beck (credited)

Pencils

Frank Beck (credited)

Inks

Frank Beck (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Your dog chased my kitty up that pole.

Genre

humor

Snails; Giant Dragons (Table of Contents: 19)

This Curious World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

William Ferguson

Pencils

William Ferguson

Inks

William Ferguson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; animal

Reprints

• from This Curious World Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Milton Caniff

Pencils

Milton Caniff

Inks

Milton Caniff

Colors

?

Letters

Frank Engli

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Golly! – I dreamed the Dragon Lady cut off Cap'n Blaze's beard...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Connie; Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Cap'n Blaze

Reprints

• from Terry and the Pirates Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-01-05
  from Terry and the Pirates Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-01-12
  from Terry and the Pirates Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-01.19

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line: "Two dozen lashes apiece for th' blawsted guards..."
Third Sunday 1st line: "Oh gollies! Oh horrors!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Gasoline Alley / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank King

Pencils

Frank King

Inks

Frank King

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not half bad!

Genre

drama

Reprints

• from Gasoline Alley Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line: "Everything's goin' swell this morning, Uncle Avery!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Maw Green / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Harold Gray

Pencils

Harold Gray

Inks

Harold Gray

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

0.2 x 4

Tom Mix Plays a Lone Hand (Table of Contents: 23)

Tom Mix / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Wilton West

Pencils

Hal Arbo

Inks

Hal Arbo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tom climbed up the chimney and on to the roof...

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Big Little Book 1173 (Whitman)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Don Winslow / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank V. Martinek

Pencils

Leon A. Beroth

Inks

Leon A. Beroth

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Leaving Doctor Q's shattered base in the African jungle Winslow guides the scorpion plane on an eastward course...

Feature Logo

Don Winslow of the Navy

Genre

adventure; military

Reprints

• from Don Winslow Sundays (Bell Syndicate) 1936-04-19 - 1936-05-10

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line: "While Winslow and Pennington rejoin their comrades on the African coast..."
Third Sunday 1st line: "A navy bomber has carried Winslow and his aide from Africa..."
Fourth Sunday 1st line: "Winslow and Captain Cutler set out from the Philippines..."

All Lit Up (Table of Contents: 25)

Let's Draw Cartoons / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Ryan (credited as Dic)

Pencils

Dick Ryan (credited as Dic)

Inks

Dick Ryan (credited as Dic)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

how-to

Chapter I – The Kid's Boyhood (Table of Contents: 26)

Billy the Kid / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Bos'n Hal Sea Scout / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Frank V. Martinek

Pencils

Leon A. Beroth

Inks

Leon A. Beroth

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Professor, now known as Jett Black, has gathered a crew of renegades to man Melvin Horn's ship...

Genre

adventure; military

Reprints

• from Bos'n Hal Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line: "The dirigible is sailing steadily northward..."
Third Sunday 1st line: "Last week Bos'n Hal sighted a landmark..."
Fourth Sunday 1st line: "Is volcanic island only a fantastic dream after all?"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

The Gumps / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sidney Smith

Inks

Sidney Smith

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now along the bleak frozen shores of Kane Basin, the adventurers bravely carry on...

Genre

adventure; humor; domestic

Reprints

• from The Gumps Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line: "Whew – only 60 below today..."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Sister Susie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alice Harvey

Pencils

Alice Harvey

Inks

Alice Harvey

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wait! – Now we've got to find the cat!

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Sister Susie Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line: "Yes. Of course."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Winnie Winkle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Branner

Pencils

Martin Branner

Inks

Martin Branner

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't see the gang around. So I'll go to work!

Genre

humor; children; drama

Reprints

• from Winnie Winkle Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Bottom 1/3 of page is paper dolls.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Popular Crossword Puzzles / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here are the prize winners in this month's crossword puzzle contest.

Indexer Notes

puzzles

[Dog Gone Tired] (Table of Contents: 32)

Tippie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina)

Pencils

Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina)

Inks

Edwina Dumm (credited as Edwina)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; animal; children

Indexer Notes

Pantomime strips.

Neither Sunday has a title and both are about a tired dog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Moon Mullins / comic story / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Willard

Pencils

Frank Willard

Inks

Frank Willard

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yas – I met yer Uncle Willie when we was in school –

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Moon Mullins Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

0.8 x 2

Second Sunday 1st line: "So she said I was the biggest dumbbell in the world..."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Kitty Higgins / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

Frank Willard

Pencils

Frank Willard

Inks

Frank Willard

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ow! Ow! Oe! My dog bit me!

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Kitty Higgins Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

0.2 x 2

Second Sunday 1st line: "There just ain't any justice, that's all!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

A Strain on the Family Tie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gaar Williams

Pencils

Gaar Williams

Inks

Gaar Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why sure – a goat's one of th' most valuable uv animals.

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from A Strain on the Family Tie Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Apple Mary / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Martha Orr

Pencils

Martha Orr

Inks

Martha Orr

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You'll like my Gran'ma, Slim.

Feature Logo

Apple Mary and Dennie

Genre

drama; humor

Reprints

• from Apple Mary Sundays (Publishers Syndicate) 1936-08-23 - 1936-09-13

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line: "Doggone it, Dennie..."
Third Sunday 1st line: "Why hesitate?"
Fourth Sunday 1st line: "I'll bet with Billy Bones guarding gran'ma..."

Only the 1st Sunday is "Apple Mary and Dennie" – rest are "Apple Mary."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Little Joe / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ed Leffingwell

Pencils

Ed Leffingwell

Inks

Ed Leffingwell

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Howdy, boys – Ah – Good Day – Perhaps you can direct us to the one we seek –

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from Little Joe Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

The Popular Stamp Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Montgomery Mulford (credited)

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Many countries have adopted national symbols.

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

hobby

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Sweeney & Son / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Al Posen

Pencils

Al Posen

Inks

Al Posen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So you're actually going to work in the garden!

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Jinglet / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Al Posen

Pencils

Al Posen

Inks

Al Posen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dude food check heck!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Jinglet Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks & Comics / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent

Pencils

A. W. Nugent

Inks

A. W. Nugent

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

puzzles

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Harold Teen / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Ed

Pencils

Carl Ed

Inks

Carl Ed

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boy! There is a keen number!

Genre

humor; teen

Reprints

• Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Second Sunday 1st line: "I'm sorry you can't go skiing with me –"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

A Strain on the Family Tie / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Gaar Williams

Pencils

Gaar Williams

Inks

Gaar Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tell you what!

Feature Logo

Mort Green and Wife

Genre

humor

[Big Pig] (Table of Contents: 44)

Zipper / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Gaar Williams

Pencils

Gaar Williams

Inks

Gaar Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; animal

Indexer Notes

Pantomime strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

Little Folks / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Tack Knight

Pencils

Tack Knight

Inks

Tack Knight

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You wait here, Babs...

Genre

humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Streaky / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script

Gus Edson

Pencils

Gus Edson

Inks

Gus Edson

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This game is gonna be easy...

Genre

drama; sports; humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

Smokey Stover / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Bill Holman

Pencils

Bill Holman

Inks

Bill Holman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There ain't a thing on fire boys...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Smokey Stover Sundays (News Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

Ella and Her Fella / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script

Al Posen

Pencils

Al Posen

Inks

Al Posen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh! That ball nearly hit me...

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

White Boy in Skull Valley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Garrett Price

Pencils

Garrett Price

Inks

Garrett Price

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You're not slowing up to pick up that man...

Genre

western-frontier

Reprints

• from White Boy in Skull Valley Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50)

Ella and Her Fella / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Al Posen

Pencils

Al Posen

Inks

Al Posen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So we hafta drag your little cousin along, eh?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 51)

Jinglet / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Al Posen

Pencils

Al Posen

Inks

Al Posen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Shiek squeak hope dope!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Jinglet Sundays (Chicago Tribune) xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover