(October-December 1959)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "RUFF AND REDDY, No. 1038." Code number is RUFF+REDDY O.S. #1038-5910. Copyright 1959 by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Based on the animated TV series "Ruff and Reddy." Third of three Ruff and Reddy Four Colors. Continues as Ruff and Reddy (Dell 1960 series) #4 (January-March 1960).
A Fair Share
Ruff and Reddy / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Ruff; Reddy
- Synopsis:
- Ruff and Reddy argue over an umbrella.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
Pioneer Pilots
Ruff and Reddy / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal; science fiction
- Characters:
- Ruff; Reddy
- Synopsis:
- After building a jumbo model airplane, Ruff and Reddy go on a test flight and crash-land at a scientist's compound. He has a rocket ready for launch and needs two pilots. Ruff and Reddy volunteer. The rocket takes the two to a planet where civilization is at a Middle Ages level, complete with knights, castles, and kings. The two adapt their model plane design to work with horsepower and defeat a knight who is threatening the castle.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
Surf-Bored
Ruff and Reddy / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Ruff; Reddy
- Synopsis:
- Ruff and Reddy accidentally sail to Hawaii, wrecking their rented ship on the beach. They try their hand at surf boarding in order to win a contest, but end up far offshore. They are picked up by a boat that's short of crewmen. Ruff and Reddy's lack of sailing skills ends up beaching that boat, too; but it turns out the two men on the boat were pirates who had just stolen it. The reward allows them to book passage on a cruise back to the states.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008). The script was submitted under the title "Surf Poked" according to Carl Fallberg's notes.
Snooper Detective
Ruff and Reddy / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Ruff; Reddy
- Synopsis:
- Reddy becomes a "Private Nose." He and Ruff try to solve the mystery of a race car whose engine is missing (not running smoothly). In the meantime a dimwitted crook decides to use the race car for a bank robbery. He coasts it downhill to the bank, robs it, then tries to make his getaway. He doesn't get far because the engine starts sputtering and missing and the police capture him. Ruff solves the problem of the missing engine by finding a peanut stuck in the fuel line.
Indexer Notes
Reddy as a "Private Nose" is a take-off on the many "Private Eye" detective series that were popular then. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
Ruff and Reddy and the Tiny Twister
Ruff and Reddy / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Ruff; Reddy
- Synopsis:
- Ruff and Reddy are hired to clean up a man's yard and pull out a stump. A tiny talking tornado comes by and helps them accomplish all their chores and later provides emergency power for a merry-go-round.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
[Overlooking the Obvious]
Ruff and Reddy / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Ruff; Reddy
- Synopsis:
- Reddy has Ruff puzzled when he chips away at a block of stone with a hammer and chisel.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
The Caged Lion
Ruff and Reddy / activity / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Ruff; Reddy
- Synopsis:
- When a lion escapes from a zoo, Ruff captures him by a method that requires reader participation.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Activity is in comic form. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
The Car Wash
Ruff and Reddy / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks:
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Ruff; Reddy
- Synopsis:
- When Reddy's shower doesn't work, Ruff takes him to the car wash.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
Table of Contents
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1.
A Fair Share
Ruff and Reddy -
2.
Pioneer Pilots
Ruff and Reddy -
3.
Surf-Bored
Ruff and Reddy -
4.
Snooper Detective
Ruff and Reddy -
5.
Ruff and Reddy and the Tiny Twister
Ruff and Reddy -
6.
[Overlooking the Obvious]
Ruff and Reddy -
7.
The Caged Lion
Ruff and Reddy -
8.
The Car Wash
Ruff and Reddy
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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