(January 1944)

American Comics Group, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943-11-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Creston Publications Corporation
Editing
Jerry Albert (credited as Gerald Albert) (editor); Richard Hughes (actual editor, uncredited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1944 Periodicals, page 42.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Walworth (signed as J. C. W. Jr.)
Inks
John Walworth (signed as J. C. W. Jr.)
Colors
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Signed "J.C.W. Jr." on spine of "Health" book.

Ivan the Terrible (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Hultgren (signed)
Inks
Ken Hultgren (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Ivan; Father Gorilla

Indexer Notes

Signed "K.H." in last panel.

Captain Kidlet's Crew (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Carl Wessler
Inks
Carl Wessler
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Chuckie Chipmunk's Big Roundup (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lynn Evans
Pencils
John Walworth (signed as J. C. W. Jr.)
Inks
John Walworth (signed as J. C. W. Jr.)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Charlie the Chef (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Tyer (signed)
Inks
Jim Tyer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Signed in last panel.

Geek the Goat (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Gent (signed)
Inks
John Gent (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Signed in first panel.

How Smokey Dodged His Jinx (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lloyd Barton
Pencils
John Walworth (signed as J. C. W. Jr.)
Inks
John Walworth (signed as J. C. W. Jr.)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Myrt the Turtle (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler ?
Pencils
Carl Wessler (signed)
Inks
Carl Wessler (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Monty Monk Scrap Collector (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Pross
Inks
Al Pross
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Monty Monk
Synopsis
Monty Monk collects scrap to contribute to the war effort.

Indexer Notes

Pig, bear, and dog characters are consistent with those in Pross’ signed art from Giggle Comics #14-15 (1944).

Fearless Freddie Fawn (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Chestertown
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Horatio Hare (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Woody Gelman (signed)
Inks
Woody Gelman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Horatio Hare; Sarge; Colonel
Synopsis
Horatio Hare joins the Army. He impersonates a colonel and captures two spies.

Indexer Notes

Signed in last panel.

Pinky the Pink Elephant (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
David Tendlar (signed as Tendlar)
Inks
David Tendlar (signed as Tendlar)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help! It's a pink elephant!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Pinky
Synopsis
Young Pinky leaves home. All the other animals think they're going nuts by seeing a pink elephant and run away.

Scarecrow Sam (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gordon Sheehan ?
Pencils
Gordon Sheehan (signed)
Inks
Gordon Sheehan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Sam
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Ivan the Terrible
  3. 2. Captain Kidlet's Crew
  4. 3. Chuckie Chipmunk's Big Roundup
  5. 4. Charlie the Chef
  6. 5. Geek the Goat
  7. 6. How Smokey Dodged His Jinx
  8. 7. Myrt the Turtle
  9. 8. Monty Monk Scrap Collector
  10. 9. Fearless Freddie Fawn
  11. 10. Horatio Hare
  12. 11. Pinky the Pink Elephant
  13. 12. Scarecrow Sam
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Pat Conolly
  • Peter Croome
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Ramon Schenk
  • David Wilt