(August-October 1952)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- quarterly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
- Brand:
- ?
- Editing:
- Helen Meyer ?
- Format:
- Standard US dimensions; color; saddle-stitched
Issue Notes
Artists identified by Alberto Becattini
Indicia: GERALD McBOING BOING and the Nearsighted MR. MAGOO, No. 1, Aug.-Oct., 1952. Published quarterly by Dell Publishing Company, Inc. 261 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, New York; George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, Vice-President; Albert P. Delacorte, Vice-President. Single copies 10 cents. Copyright, 1952, by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized edition. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
[Magoo's umbrella]
Mr. Magoo / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Gormley
- Inks:
- Dan Gormley
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Mr. Magoo
- Synopsis:
- When it starts raining, Mr. Magoo grabs a potted plant instead of an umbrella.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover with indicia
Gerald McBoing Boing
Gerald McBoing Boing / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Theodor Geisel [Dr. Seuss]
- Pencils:
- Mel Crawford ?; P.D. Eastman ?
- Inks:
- Mel Crawford ?: P.D. Eastman ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- BOING B. #1-528
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Gerald McBoing Boing [Gerald McCloy]; Mr. McCloy; Mrs. McCloy; Doctor Malone
- Synopsis:
- Gerald McBoing Boing, the boy who makes noises instead of speaking, becomes famous by providing sound effects for radio shows.
- Reprints:
in Indexer Notes
"UPA presents"; Illustrated script of a recording originally by Dr. Seuss. The Toon Treasury reprint credits the art to P.D. Eastman.
Here's the script from the first two panels: "This is the story of Gerald McCloy... ...and the strange thing that happened to that little boy."
[Oh, come on, Bottomley, be a sport!]
Mr. Magoo / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Gormley
- Inks:
- Dan Gormley
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Dan Gormley
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Mr. Magoo; Colonel Bottomley; Walrus; Hotel Detective
- Synopsis:
- Mr. Magoo mistakes a walrus for his friend, Colonel Bottomley, at a Florida resort.
Indexer Notes
"UPA presents"
Invasion from Mars
Mr. Magoo / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Cecil Surry
- Inks:
- Cecil Surry
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Cecil Surry
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Mr. Magoo; Waldo; Tamerlane [sheep dog]
- Synopsis:
- Waldo buys his uncle, Mr. Magoo, a sheep dog for his birthday. Magoo mistakes the dog for a Martian.
Indexer Notes
"UPA presents"
[Ah, here's a salesman... no doubt he'll be able to help me.]
Mr. Magoo / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Gormley
- Inks:
- Dan Gormley
- Letters:
- Dan Gormley
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Mr. Magoo; Salesman
- Synopsis:
- Mr. Magoo mistakes a punching bag for a salesman in a sporting goods store.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
["Be a nice quiet boy, Gerald, while daddy reads his paper."]
Gerald McBoing Boing / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Gormley
- Inks:
- Dan Gormley
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Dan Gormley
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Gerald McBoing Boing; Mr. McCloy; Mrs. McCloy
- Synopsis:
- Mr. McCloy plays dogcatcher with Gerald McBoing Boing so that he can read his paper in peace, but Gerald barks like a dog.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Back cover
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Fire Alarm]
Gerald McBoing Boing; Mr. Magoo -
1.
[Magoo's umbrella]
Mr. Magoo -
2.
Gerald McBoing Boing
Gerald McBoing Boing -
3.
[Oh, come on, Bottomley, be a sport!]
Mr. Magoo -
4.
Invasion from Mars
Mr. Magoo -
5.
[Ah, here's a salesman... no doubt he'll be able to help me.]
Mr. Magoo -
6.
["Be a nice quiet boy, Gerald, while daddy reads his paper."]
Gerald McBoing Boing
- R. J. Roper
- Steven Samuels
- John P. Selegue
- John P. Selegue
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