(September-October 1943)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-08-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Oskar Lebeck (editor)
[Hi Kids!]
Our Gang / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Our Gang
[Greenpoint Window Washing Ajency [sic]]
Our Gang / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Our Gang [Janet; Mickey; Froggy; Buckwheat; Happy]; Our Gang's goat (as yet unnamed); The Gashouse Gang [Feeney; Iggy; Ham]; two criminals
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
First time the rival gang has a name.
Art by L. Bing, not George Kerr. Note frequent presence of splayed fingers in stiff hand poses (e. g., page 9, panels 2 & 3; page 10, panel 4. This is a peculiarity of Bing's art. (Art identification by Scott Pell.)
Jungle Juveniles
text story / 4 pages
- Genre
- animal
Indexer Notes
Retold from the Pete Smith movie short subject
[no title indexed]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The cookies are on the top shelf...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Indexer Notes
Stanley pencils, inks and letters credit from John Stanley in the 1940s: A Comic Bibliography, Frank M. Young, self-published, 2012. Previous indexer credited the art to Dan Gormley.
[no title indexed]
Flip 'n' Dip / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ooh, Dip! Lookit the funny bird!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Flip; Dip; Ma; Pa
Indexer Notes
Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 76 Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984). Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta, February 2014.
Early Bird
Barney Bear / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Ratty; Barney's boss; two thugs
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer credited the script to Gaylord Du Bois via flawed citation. See Note for Barney Bear in issue #2's index.
Autumn
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Jon Messmann (credited as John Messmann)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Benny Burro / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wish I could get away...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Benny Burro; Ziggy Zebra; two circus hands; the circus ringmaster
The Singing Donkey
Toby Donkey / text story / 4 pages
- Script
- Oskar Lebeck ?
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
illustrations of Toby Donkey look exactly like Benny Burro
[500 prizes]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly; ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Walt Kelly; ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Our Gang; Barney Bear; Tom; Jerry; Flip; Dip
Indexer Notes
Contest description and entry slip
[no title indexed]
Our Gang / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; children
Indexer Notes
hidden picture game with Tom & Jerry, Benny Burro, Barney Bear
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Barney Bear -
1.
[Hi Kids!]
Our Gang -
2.
[Greenpoint Window Washing Ajency [sic]]
Our Gang -
3.
Jungle Juveniles
-
4.
["The cookies are on the top shelf..."]
Tom and Jerry -
5.
["Ooh, Dip! Lookit the funny bird!"]
Flip 'n' Dip -
6.
Early Bird
Barney Bear -
7.
Autumn
-
8.
Autumn Is Here
-
9.
Autumn Is Here
-
10.
["Wish I could get away..."]
Benny Burro -
11.
The Singing Donkey
Toby Donkey -
12.
[500 prizes]
-
13.
[no title indexed]
Our Gang
- Alberto Becattini
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Kenneth English
- Lionel English
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Scott Pell
- Dave Porta
- Tony R. Rose
- Claus Simonsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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