Tip Top Comics #v9#2 (98)
(August 1944)

United Feature, 1936 Series
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Volume
9
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1944-06-30
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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fritzi Ritz; Nancy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller (signed as Ernie Bushmiller)
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller (signed as Ernie Bushmiller)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How do you like my new rubber bathing suit?
Genre
humor; domestic; children
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Nancy
Keywords
bathing suit; beach
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh -- there's that new modern restaurant...
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
The top halves of 6 pages.

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

Nancy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are you still mad at me, Nancy?
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

The bottom halves of 6 pages.

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

The Mirror Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Major Alder and Slim, attempting to escape from the farmhouse...
Genre
adventure; war; superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Gordo / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Gus Arriola (credited)
Pencils
Gus Arriola (credited)
Inks
Gus Arriola (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The rainy season -- this time of year, in the region of Mexico wherein our pueblo...
Genre
humor

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

Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Hal Forrest (credited)
Pencils
Hal Forrest (credited)
Inks
Hal Forrest (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So-o! You were en route to Panama, Captain Tomkins?
Genre
adventure; aviation

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

Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp (credited)
Pencils
Al Capp (credited)
Inks
Al Capp (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Take it or leave it! She means -- ef yo' don't return th' $200 befo' th' sweet patooties bloom...
Genre
humor

Carlos Gomes (Table of Contents: 7)

Pan American Stamp Tips / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

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

The Triple Terror / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Methot (credited)
Pencils
Paul Berdanier (credited)
Inks
Paul Berdanier (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lectra and Chemix were wondering where their triplet brother, Menta, was...
Genre
adventure; war; superhero

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

The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Rudolph Dirks
Pencils
Rudolph Dirks
Inks
Rudolph Dirks
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mama baked der Cap's favorite plum pie!! How aboudt ve fool 'em und don't svipe it...
Genre
humor; adventure; children

How Hallowe'en Began (Table of Contents: 10)

How It Began / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Jim Hardy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Moores (credited)
Pencils
Dick Moores (credited)
Inks
Dick Moores (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
After the wallet containing all of Windy's money was lost...
Genre
humor; adventure; crime

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

Funny Side Up! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Abner Dean (credited)
Pencils
Abner Dean (credited)
Inks
Abner Dean (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I made up my mind...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

One-panel jokes.

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

Bill Bumlin / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hear Bumlin's got a guest at his house.
Genre
humor
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["How do you like my new rubber bathing suit?"]
    Fritzi Ritz; Nancy
  2. 1. ["Oh -- there's that new modern restaurant..."]
    Fritzi Ritz
  3. 2. ["Are you still mad at me, Nancy?"]
    Nancy
  4. 3. ["Major Alder and Slim, attempting to escape from the farmhouse..."]
    The Mirror Man
  5. 4. ["The rainy season -- this time of year, in the region of Mexico wherein our pueblo..."]
    Gordo
  6. 5. ["So-o! You were en route to Panama, Captain Tomkins?"]
    Tailspin Tommy
  7. 6. ["Take it or leave it! She means -- ef yo' don't return th' $200 befo' th' sweet patooties bloom..."]
    Li'l Abner
  8. 7. Carlos Gomes
    Pan American Stamp Tips
  9. 8. ["Lectra and Chemix were wondering where their triplet brother, Menta, was..."]
    The Triple Terror
  10. 9. ["Mama baked der Cap's favorite plum pie!! How aboudt ve fool 'em und don't svipe it..."]
    The Captain and the Kids
  11. 10. How Hallowe'en Began
    How It Began
  12. 11. ["After the wallet containing all of Windy's money was lost..."]
    Jim Hardy
  13. 12. ["I made up my mind..."]
    Funny Side Up!
  14. 13. ["I hear Bumlin's got a guest at his house."]
    Bill Bumlin
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  • Len Wolinsky
  • Warren Zeigler
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