Frisky Fables #v4#3 [30]
(June 1948)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1945 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1948-04-21
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); Katharine Urban (credited) (story editor); Mel Cummin (credited) (art advisor)

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)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Fago (signed)
Inks
Al Fago (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

the inside-front cover

Whoopee! Buried Treasure (Table of Contents: 2)

Neddy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fago (signed)
Inks
Al Fago (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Neddy Bear; Pirate Perch

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

cartoon / 0.95 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 a zebra?
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

Five 1-panel jokes.

[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
Must you always act so silly, huh?
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

Two 1-panel gags.

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

Myrtle and Jocko / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fago (signed)
Inks
Al Fago (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder where everybody is?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Neddy Bear; Squire Squirrel
Synopsis
The Frisky Fables gang plans a surprise birthday party for Myrtle.
Reprints

The Mischievous Little Water Pitcher (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

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
How did I know it wasn't a cow?!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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
Have you read 'Freckles'?
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

Two 1-panel cartoons featuring children.

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

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
Doesn't that music make you feel sweet and kind?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Spunky; Spunky's mother; Buzz, a squirrel; two policemen; Professor Strad; robber
Synopsis
Spunky pretends to be a detective when he finds out Professor Strad called for police help to guard a rare violin that can play by itself. Spunky and his friend Buzz fall asleep, and a robber takes the couch with both of them and the violin. Spunky manages to use the violin to foil the robber, and the police capture him.
Reprints

Foiling the Lunatic's Revenge (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

"U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Frisky Fun / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What d'ya mean you're goin' to be a chemist...
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

Four 1-panel jokes on the inside back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Friskytown News
  3. 2. Whoopee! Buried Treasure
    Neddy
  4. 3. ["What's a zebra?"]
  5. 4. ["Must you always act so silly, huh?"]
  6. 5. ["I wonder where everybody is?"]
    Myrtle and Jocko
  7. 6. The Mischievous Little Water Pitcher
  8. 7. ["How did I know it wasn't a cow?!"]
    Tick, Tack and Toe
  9. 8. ["Have you read 'Freckles'?"]
  10. 9. ["Doesn't that music make you feel sweet and kind?"]
    Spunky
  11. 10. Foiling the Lunatic's Revenge
    "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
  12. 11. ["What d'ya mean you're goin' to be a chemist..."]
    Frisky Fun
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Pat Conolly
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
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