Frisky Fables #v4#1 [28]
(April 1948)

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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1948-02-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Premium Group of Comics
Brand
Premium / PG
Editing
Robert Wheeler (credited as Robert D. Wheeler) (editor and general manager); Jane Spaulding Nye (credited) (managing editor); Phillip Moonan (credited as Phillip E. Moonan) (assistant manager); Mel Cummin (credited) (art director); Al Fago (credited as Alfred V. Fago) (art consultant)

Issue Notes

Full publisher name is: The Premium Group of Comics, a Division of The Premium Service Co. Inc.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1948 Periodicals, page 48.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Neddy Bear / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Fago (signed)
Inks
Al Fago (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Friskytown News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (header)
Inks
? (header)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover.

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

Neddy Bear / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fago
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where do you think you're goin', runt?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

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

cartoon / 0.89 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How could your pop tell he was going to a quack doctor??
Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

4 cartoons.

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

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's the best way to tell...
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

2 cartoons.

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

Buttie and Boobie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Introducing -- Buttie and Boobie
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

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

Frosty and Gabbie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marty Taras (signed)
Inks
Marty Taras (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Eureka! Here it is!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Pidgy and the Magic Paint / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harold Abbey (signed)
Inks
Harold Abbey (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heh, Heh! I'm not afraid of a bear...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Rootitoot (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (header)
Inks
? (header)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

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

cartoon / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Professor is spelled with only one F!!!
Genre
humor; children
Reprints

Indexer Notes

4 cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Spunky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jason Comic Art (signed as bar JCA)
Inks
Jason Comic Art (signed as bar JCA)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My goodness, I never knew all these famous people looked like me!!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Spunky; Spunky's mother; Pete (villain); Pete's accomplice (villain); carnival man
Synopsis
Spunky pretends to be Crown Prince of Kangavania, to get free food and drinks. Two bad guys kidnap him for ransom. Escaping captivity, he is then tricked into appearing as a carnival attraction - "a real live prince!"
Reprints

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

Icicle Ike / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fago (signed)
Inks
Al Fago (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Icicle! What on Earth are you trying to make now?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Tick, Tack and Toe / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Jason Comic Art] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Jason Comic Art] (signed)
Inks
? [as Jason Comic Art] (signed)
Colors
? [as Jason Comic Art] (signed)
Letters
? [as Jason Comic Art] (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Onesy -- Twosy -- Threesy!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tick; Tack; Toe
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Neddy Bear
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Friskytown News
  3. 2. ["Where do you think you're goin', runt?"]
    Neddy Bear
  4. 3. ["How could your pop tell he was going to a quack doctor??"]
  5. 4. ["What's the best way to tell..."]
  6. 5. ["Introducing -- Buttie and Boobie"]
    Buttie and Boobie
  7. 6. ["Eureka! Here it is!"]
    Frosty and Gabbie
  8. 7. ["Heh, Heh! I'm not afraid of a bear..."]
    Pidgy and the Magic Paint
  9. 8. Rootitoot
  10. 9. ["Professor is spelled with only one F!!!"]
  11. 10. ["My goodness, I never knew all these famous people looked like me!!"]
    Spunky
  12. 11. ["Icicle! What on Earth are you trying to make now?"]
    Icicle Ike
  13. 12. ["Onesy -- Twosy -- Threesy!"]
    Tick, Tack and Toe
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Pat Conolly
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky