Tip Top Comics #v2#3 (15)
(July 1937)

United Feature, 1936 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Captain and the Kids / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rudolph Dirks
Inks
Rudolph Dirks
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

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

Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Rice Burroughs (credited)
Pencils
Hal Foster (signed)
Inks
Hal Foster (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the two mounted guards swooped down on Tarzan and the maiden...
Genre
adventure; jungle

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

Broncho Bill / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Harry O'Neill (credited, signed)
Pencils
Harry O'Neill (credited, signed)
Inks
Harry O'Neill (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The men whom Bill suspects of being masked riders took...
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

The top half of 4 pages.

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

Bumps / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Harry O'Neill (credited, signed)
Pencils
Harry O'Neill (credited, signed)
Inks
Harry O'Neill (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, pop, at last the show reaches our old home town.
Genre
humor; domestic

Indexer Notes

The bottom half of 4 pages.

Free! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You cost me every cent I had...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The top half of 2 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Colonel Wowser / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah me!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The bottom half of 2 pages.

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

The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script
Rudolph Dirks
Pencils
Rudolph Dirks
Inks
Rudolph Dirks
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stay out of der bathroom...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The top 2/3 of 4 pages.

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

Hawkshaw the Detective / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Rudolph Dirks
Pencils
Rudolph Dirks
Inks
Rudolph Dirks
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Poor watso is in the power of the sinister Prof. Feend...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The bottom 1/3 of 2 pages.

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

Frankie Doodle / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Batsford (credited)
Pencils
Ben Batsford (credited)
Inks
Ben Batsford (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, kid! Come here a minute!
Genre
adventure

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

Home Towners / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ed Dodd
Pencils
Ed Dodd
Inks
Ed Dodd
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Two 1-panel jokes.

The Ghost Plane of Geyser Gulch - Part 3 (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Methot (credited as Lieutenent Fred A. Methot)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Chopters five & six.

The Jewels of Janga-Ja (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

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

Jim Hardy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Moores (credited)
Pencils
Dick Moores (credited)
Inks
Dick Moores (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Is the telegram important, Jim? Is it bad news?
Genre
adventure

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

Ella Cinders / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Conselman (signed)
Pencils
Charlie Plumb (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Looks like good fishing, Sonny.
Genre
drama

Indexer Notes

The top 2/3 of three pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Chris Crusty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Conselman (signed)
Pencils
Charlie Plumb (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The bottom 1/3 of three pages.

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

Joe Jinks / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I thought so! A telegram usually means trouble...
Genre
domestic

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

Divot Diggers / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, Harry.
Genre
humor; sports

Batty Baseball (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Alan Maver (signed)
Pencils
Alan Maver (signed)
Inks
Alan Maver (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Walter Johnson; Vernon Deck

Judy's Deception (Table of Contents: 19)

Peter Pat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mo Leff (credited as Mo' Leff)
Pencils
Mo Leff (credited as Mo' Leff)
Inks
Mo Leff (credited as Mo' Leff)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

The top 2/3 of three pages.

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

Percy Penguin / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mo Leff (credited, signed as Mo' Leff)
Pencils
Mo Leff (credited, signed as Mo' Leff)
Inks
Mo Leff (credited, signed as Mo' Leff)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

The bottom 1/3 of three pages.

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

Little Mary Mixup / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited, signed)
Pencils
R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited, signed)
Inks
R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those mean dogs chased that poor kitty up the tree.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The top 1/2 of three pages.

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

All in the Family / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited, signed)
Pencils
R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited, signed)
Inks
R. M. Brinkerhoff (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aw, don't ask so many questions.
Genre
humor; domestic

Indexer Notes

The bottom 1/2 of three pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Cynical Susie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Becky Sharp
Pencils
Laverne Harding (credited, signed)
Inks
Laverne Harding (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Their voices aren't bad, but their harmony is terrible!
Genre
humor; children

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

Home Towners / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Ed Dodd (signed)
Pencils
Ed Dodd (signed)
Inks
Ed Dodd (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Set still, Alec...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Two 1-panel jokes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Benny / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
J. Carver Pusey (credited) (signed as Pusey)
Pencils
J. Carver Pusey (credited) (signed as Pusey)
Inks
J. Carver Pusey (credited) (signed as Pusey)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Smoking Prohibited
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Opportunity Knox / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
J. Carver Pusey
Pencils
J. Carver Pusey
Inks
J. Carver Pusey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children

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

Mr. and Mrs. Beans / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Robert Dickey (credited, signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
Pencils
Robert Dickey (credited, signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
Inks
Robert Dickey (credited, signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Beans, as a husband and father, you leave much to be desired.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Bucky and His Pals / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Robert Dickey (credited, signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
Pencils
Robert Dickey (credited, signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
Inks
Robert Dickey (credited, signed as Robt. L. Dickey)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

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

Tip Top Cartoon Club / activity / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
humor

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

Tip-Top Ticklers / text story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Indian Summer (Table of Contents: 31)

How It Began / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
Pencils
Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
Inks
Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; history

New York (Table of Contents: 32)

If You Want to Know / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
Pencils
Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
Inks
Paul Berdanier (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; history

The Boy Scouts (Table of Contents: 33)

Stamp Tips / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

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

Danny Dingle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble (credited)
Pencils
Bernard Dibble (credited)
Inks
Bernard Dibble (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Uncle Danny, will you tell me...
Genre
humor; domestic

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

Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And you tell your platter-eyed boy friend...
Genre
humor

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

Colonel Wowser / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah! Loafing on the job!
Genre
humor

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

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller (credited, signed)
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller (credited, signed)
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, isn't that a cute monkey!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The bottom 2/3 of three pages.

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

Phil Fumble / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller (credited, signed)
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller (credited, signed)
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, Joe.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The top 1/3 of three pages.

Aces of Diamonds (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Alan Maver (signed)
Pencils
Alan Maver (signed)
Inks
Alan Maver (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Bobby Lowe; Lou Gehrig; Chuck Klein
Keywords
baseball

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

Billy Make Believe / comic story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script
H. E. Homan
Pencils
H. E. Homan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
G-r-r-r! There they are, enjoying themselves...
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

The top 2/3 of two pages.

A Jack-in-the-Box (Table of Contents: 41)

How to Make It / activity / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
H. E. Homan
Pencils
H. E. Homan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The bottom 1/3 of two pages.

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

Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp (credited, signed)
Pencils
Al Capp (credited, signed)
Inks
Al Capp (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fry mah hide ef thet hain't th' purtiest robin ah evah seen!
Genre
humor
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Captain and the Kids
  2. 1. ["When the two mounted guards swooped down on Tarzan and the maiden..."]
    Tarzan
  3. 2. ["The men whom Bill suspects of being masked riders took..."]
    Broncho Bill
  4. 3. ["Well, pop, at last the show reaches our old home town."]
    Bumps
  5. 4. Free!
    Broncho Bill
  6. 5. ["You cost me every cent I had..."]
    Looy Dot Dope
  7. 6. ["Ah me!"]
    Colonel Wowser
  8. 7. ["Stay out of der bathroom..."]
    The Captain and the Kids
  9. 8. ["Poor watso is in the power of the sinister Prof. Feend..."]
    Hawkshaw the Detective
  10. 9. ["Hey, kid! Come here a minute!"]
    Frankie Doodle
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Home Towners
  12. 11. The Ghost Plane of Geyser Gulch - Part 3
  13. 12. The Jewels of Janga-Ja
  14. 13. ["Is the telegram important, Jim? Is it bad news?"]
    Jim Hardy
  15. 14. ["Looks like good fishing, Sonny."]
    Ella Cinders
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Chris Crusty
  17. 16. ["I thought so! A telegram usually means trouble..."]
    Joe Jinks
  18. 17. ["Hello, Harry."]
    Divot Diggers
  19. 18. Batty Baseball
  20. 19. Judy's Deception
    Peter Pat
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Percy Penguin
  22. 21. ["Those mean dogs chased that poor kitty up the tree."]
    Little Mary Mixup
  23. 22. ["Aw, don't ask so many questions."]
    All in the Family
  24. 23. ["Their voices aren't bad, but their harmony is terrible!"]
    Cynical Susie
  25. 24. ["Set still, Alec..."]
    Home Towners
  26. 25. ["Smoking Prohibited"]
    Benny
  27. 26. [no title indexed]
    Opportunity Knox
  28. 27. ["Beans, as a husband and father, you leave much to be desired."]
    Mr. and Mrs. Beans
  29. 28. [no title indexed]
    Bucky and His Pals
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Tip Top Cartoon Club
  31. 30. [no title indexed]
    Tip-Top Ticklers
  32. 31. Indian Summer
    How It Began
  33. 32. New York
    If You Want to Know
  34. 33. The Boy Scouts
    Stamp Tips
  35. 34. ["Uncle Danny, will you tell me..."]
    Danny Dingle
  36. 35. ["And you tell your platter-eyed boy friend..."]
    Looy Dot Dope
  37. 36. ["Ah! Loafing on the job!"]
    Colonel Wowser
  38. 37. ["Oh, isn't that a cute monkey!"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  39. 38. ["Hello, Joe."]
    Phil Fumble
  40. 39. Aces of Diamonds
  41. 40. ["G-r-r-r! There they are, enjoying themselves..."]
    Billy Make Believe
  42. 41. A Jack-in-the-Box
    How to Make It
  43. 42. ["Fry mah hide ef thet hain't th' purtiest robin ah evah seen!"]
    Li'l Abner
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Len Wolinsky
  • Warren Zeigler