Tip Top Comics
#v9#1 (97)
(July 1944)
United Feature,
1936 Series
- Volume
- 9
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except May
- On-sale Date
- 1944-06-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- United Feature Syndicate Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 3.
[The Letter From 1849]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum
[no title indexed]
The Triple Terror / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I, Abdul, Abdul, command you to give me your will.
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The Triple Terror
[no title indexed]
Gordo / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mira, Pepito! One of these lanterns...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gordo
- Keywords
- Mexican
[no title indexed]
Tommy Tailspin / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Radiogram for El Doctor Herman Vermin!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Tommy Tailspin
[no title indexed]
Fritzi Ritz; Nancy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So you think my yard looks awfully bare?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fritzi Ritz; Nancy
Indexer Notes
The top half of the 6 pages feature Fritzi Ritz, while the bottom half of the 6 pages feature Nancy.
[no title indexed]
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Rudolph Dirks [as R. Dirks] (signed)
- Inks
- Rudolph Dirks [as R. Dirks] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brrrrr-Hey wake up Cap Ve iss froze uppy...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Captain and the Kids
[Special Assignment in China]
The Mirror Man / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The Mirror Man
[no title indexed]
Funny Side Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've had a nice mud bath...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Comprised of six individual 1-panel gag cartoons.
[no title indexed]
Bill Bumlin / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It took me months to locate him ...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bill Bumlin; Wilbur Wolfbane
- Synopsis
- Bill visits former classmate Wilbur, now a mad scientist. Wilbur creates a "monster," but is disappointed when the hulking creature merely wants to roam the countryside and pick "fwowers" like "viowets" and "wild, wed woses."
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Table of Contents
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0.
["See Mammy, ah said ah could stop it!"]
Li'l Abner -
1.
[The Letter From 1849]
Li'l Abner -
2.
["I, Abdul, Abdul, command you to give me your will."]
The Triple Terror -
3.
["Mira, Pepito! One of these lanterns..."]
Gordo -
4.
["Radiogram for El Doctor Herman Vermin!"]
Tommy Tailspin -
5.
["So you think my yard looks awfully bare?"]
Fritzi Ritz; Nancy -
6.
Pan American Stamp Tips
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7.
["Brrrrr-Hey wake up Cap Ve iss froze uppy..."]
The Captain and the Kids -
8.
[Special Assignment in China]
The Mirror Man -
9.
[Origin of Slang Terms and Colloqual Phrases]
How It Began -
10.
["You've had a nice mud bath..."]
Funny Side Up -
11.
["It took me months to locate him ..."]
Bill Bumlin -
12.
["I see your boy's okay..."]
Jim Hardy -
13.
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Michael Vance
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- David Wilt
- Len Wolinsky
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