(October 1943)
American Comics Group,
1943 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-08-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Creston Publications Corp.
- Editing
- Jerry Albert (credited as Gerald Albert) (editor); Richard Hughes (actual editor, uncredited)
Issue Notes
Indexed from a scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1943 Periodicals, page 389.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1943 Periodicals, page 389.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Walworth (signed as J. C. W. Jr.)
- Inks
- John Walworth (signed as J. C. W. Jr.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All meat rationed
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Keywords
- stereotyping of African natives
[no title indexed]
Benjie Bear / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Martin (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Martin (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Martin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well! The old farmer's dog's asleep!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Benjie Bear
Suki Yaki from Naki Saki
The Horse Marines / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Wessler (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Wessler (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- Japanese beetles launch an invasion.
- Keywords
- stereotyping of Japanese
[no title indexed]
Nutsy Squirrel / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Thurston Harper (credited)
- Pencils
- Thurston Harper (credited)
- Inks
- Thurston Harper (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, go on out and play, but be careful!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Nutsy Squirrel
[no title indexed]
Bumpy Beaver / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Milt Stein (signed as M. Stein)
- Inks
- Milt Stein (signed as M. Stein)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah - a job!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bumpy Beaver
[no title indexed]
Hiram the Hapless Horse / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ow-ww! Such a toothache only Hitler should have!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Hiram the Hapless Horse
Indexer Notes
Signature is consistent with Davis’ signature from Real Funnies #3 (June 1943), except that the “D” seems to have been partially erased.
[no title indexed]
Toots / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Joe Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Jim Davis (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Davis (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, if I wanna eat I'll have to find a way to turn an honest dollar!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Toots the Turtle
[no title indexed]
Farm Yarns / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, whadda ya know?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
[no title indexed]
Goobert Ghost / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Kay Wright (credited)
- Pencils
- Kay Wright (credited)
- Inks
- Kay Wright (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shucks, it's no fun being a ghost...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Goobert Ghost
[no title indexed]
Pick and Wick / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Steve Muffatti (credited as Steve)
- Pencils
- Steve Muffatti (credited as Steve)
- Inks
- Steve Muffatti (credited as Steve)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We'll have to hurry - it's almost school-time!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pick; Wick
Indexer Notes
Steve Muffatti credits per Milton Knight via the Cartoon Research Facebook page (12 January 2021).
[no title indexed]
Mr. Bones / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ben Farish (credited as Farish)
- Pencils
- Ben Farish (credited as Farish)
- Inks
- Ben Farish (credited as Farish)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Idea
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mr. Bones
[no title indexed]
Pom-Pom Perry in the South Pacific / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bud Sagendorf (credited)
- Pencils
- Bud Sagendorf (credited)
- Inks
- Bud Sagendorf (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bud Sagendorf (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Listen, cracker-brain, you've been shootin' off yer mouth...
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Pom-Pom Perry
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["All meat rationed"]
-
1.
["Well, well! The old farmer's dog's asleep!"]
Benjie Bear -
2.
Suki Yaki from Naki Saki
The Horse Marines -
3.
["Now, go on out and play, but be careful!"]
Nutsy Squirrel -
4.
["Ah - a job!"]
Bumpy Beaver -
5.
["Ow-ww! Such a toothache only Hitler should have!"]
Hiram the Hapless Horse -
6.
["Well, if I wanna eat I'll have to find a way to turn an honest dollar!"]
Toots -
7.
["Well, whadda ya know?"]
Farm Yarns -
8.
Specs Squirrel, Super-Patriot
-
9.
["Shucks, it's no fun being a ghost..."]
Goobert Ghost -
10.
["We'll have to hurry - it's almost school-time!"]
Pick and Wick -
11.
["Idea"]
Mr. Bones -
12.
["Listen, cracker-brain, you've been shootin' off yer mouth..."]
Pom-Pom Perry in the South Pacific
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Pat Conolly
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Martinez
- Ramon Schenk
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