(January 1950)
Toby,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Toby Press Inc.
- Editing
- Mel Lazarus (art director)
Issue Notes
Distributed by American News Company.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Halp!! Halp!! Th' monster is loose!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pappy Yokum; Li'l Abner; Monster
Indexer Notes
Al Capp used numerous writing and art assistants. Because they are not easily identifiable, credit for art and story is given to Al Capp. Credits will be updated as their identitities and contributions are discovered.
The cover is a composite of figures from the story. Pappy Yokum and the Coonskin cap-wearing hillbilly are from page 3, panel 3 of the story. Monster and Li'l Abner figures are from page 11, panel 5.
Who's Laffin'?
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Mel Lazarus (signed)
- Pencils
- Mel Lazarus (signed)
- Inks
- Mel Lazarus (signed)
- Letters
- Mel Lazarus (signed)
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Eight gag panels.
Sadie Hawkins Day
Li'l Abner / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Marryin' Sam; Bet-a-Million Bashby; Ole Man Mose; Monster; Clamwinkle McSlop; Sadie Hawkins; Hezbekiah Hawkins
- Synopsis
- Another Sadie Hawkins Day race finds Li'l Abner being pursued by a woman over nine feet tall and betting Bat-a-Million Bashby that he won't be caught. A tragedy occurs as Marryin' Sam tries to perform a Five Dollah Weddin'. The story also includes the oft-reprinted origin of Sadie Hawkins Day.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner Daily newspaper strip (United Features Syndicate) 1944-09-06 thru 1944-11-29 [with the following exceptions: Strip dated 9-6 panels 3 and 4 dropped
- Strip dated 9-7 panels 3 and 4 dropped
- Strips dated 9-11 through 9-19 not printed
- Strip dated 9-22 panels 1 and 2 dropped
- Strip dated 9-26 panels 1 and 2 dropped
- Strip dated 9-21 panel 1 dropped
- Strip dated 9-30 dropped
- Strips dated 10-9 through 10-28 not printed
- Strip dated 10-30 panel 1 dropped
- Strip dated 11-6 panels 3 and 4 dropped
- Strips 11-8 through 11-10 not printed
- Strip dated 11-13 panels 1 and 2 dropped
- Strips dated 11-14 through 11-17 dropped.
Indexer Notes
Most of the strips not reprinted involve sub-plots. One sequence involves a conflict between Mammy Yokum and Joan L. Sullivan which explains why Pappy Yokum is running in the Sadie Hawkins Day Race.
Christmas in Brooklyn
Memphis Smith, Private Eye / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Memphis Smith
Everyone Was Very Lucky -- Especially 'Lil' Pepp
'Lil" Pepp / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- 'Lil' Pepp
- Reprints
-
in Tales of Horror (Toby, 1952 series) #4 (January 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
Kid Science / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Vic Herman (signed)
- Pencils
- Vic Herman (signed)
- Inks
- Vic Herman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vic Herman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yippe, I did it! I discovered a formula for making a glue that will last forever!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Kid Science; Betty; Rubber Man
- Synopsis
- Kid Science fights Rubber Man.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Halp!! Halp!! Th' monster is loose!!"]
Li'l Abner -
1.
Who's Laffin'?
-
2.
Sadie Hawkins Day
Li'l Abner -
3.
Christmas in Brooklyn
Memphis Smith, Private Eye -
4.
Everyone Was Very Lucky -- Especially 'Lil' Pepp
'Lil" Pepp -
5.
["Yippe, I did it! I discovered a formula for making a glue that will last forever!"]
Kid Science -
6.
["At last! I found you, Cactus Joe!"]
Dude Ranch -
7.
New! Super Duper! Simply Terrific! Television Bank!
Kent Merchandising Co. -
8.
The Perfect Christmas Gift!
Ador Products Co.
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- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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