(January-February 1944)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-12-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Oskar Lebeck (editor)
[no title indexed]
Barney Bear; Our Gang; Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; children
- Characters
- Our Gang; Barney Bear; Jerry
Dear kids,
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Walt Kelly (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Our Gang
[no title indexed]
Our Gang / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Psssst! I hear voices!
- Genre
- drama; humor; children
- Characters
- Our Gang [Janet; Froggy; Happy; Mickey; Buckwheat]; a movie crew; Deadlight Dan
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Uncertainty as to who is the scriptwriter. Might be Walt Kelly, as this episode fits nicely in with the following installments, and has several Kelly characteristics. Art definitely is not by Kelly. Notes to "Our Gang, Vol. 2" (Fantagraphics 2007) shed no light on this problem. Arthur Jameson art credit (?) compare his work in Santa Claus Funnies #2 ("The Christmas Chimes") online at https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=17795.
[Mamma Mouse]
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Indexer Notes
Story, art, and letters credits from _John Stanley in the 1940s: A Comics Bibliography_, Frank M Young, self-published: 2012. Previous indexer credited art to Dan Gormley.
[The Escaped Prisoner]
Droopy / comic story / 7.88 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Happy Hound [Droopy]; prisoner no. 3B909664780 [alias Torpedo Wolf, alias Killer Diller Wolfie Boy, alias Lobo, the Louse, alias Houdini Wolf]; the Alca-Sing prison hounds; the prison warden
- Synopsis
- A prisoner escapes from Alca-Sing Prison on Happy's day off, when Happy wants to go fishing. Happy keeps crossing paths with the crook despite his best efforts not to.
- Reprints
-
in Barks Bear Book (Editions Enfin, 1979 series) (2ème trimestre 1979) -
in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #10/1983 (uke 44 1983) - in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #3/1990 (uke 13 1990) [2nd translation] which is reprinted
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #11/1996 (uke 46 1996)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 21-28 of the comic. Last panel is Statement of Ownership. Art submitted on July 31, 1943. "Happy Hound" is actually Droopy and the prisoner is the wolf who was Droopy's opponent in many of Tex Avery's MGM cartoons. Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.12 page
Indexer Notes
Fills out last page of Happy Hound story
[no title indexed]
Barney Bear / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho-hummmmmmm. Now for a nice long snooze!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Goofer Gopher
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer credited the script to Gaylord Du Bois via flawed citation. See Note for Barney Bear in issue #2's index.
Major
text story / 4 pages
- Genre
- animal; children
Indexer Notes
"Retold from the Pete Smith M.G.M. specialty 'The Killer Dog'."
[The Mountain Goat]
Benny Burro / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Benny Burro; an unnamed mountain goat; a hungry wolf
- Synopsis
- Benny plays follow-the-leader with a little mountain goat until his sneeze causes a snow slide that carries them into a wolf's cave.
- Reprints
- in Barks Bear Book (Editions Enfin, 1979 series) (2ème trimestre 1979)
- in Tom & Jerry (Semic, 1979 series) #7/1983 (uke 32 1983), #4/1990 (uke 18 1990) [2nd translation]
-
in Tom & Jerry 50th Anniversary Special (Harvey, 1991 series) #1 (October 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 41-48 of the comic. Art submitted on August 12, 1943. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
[no title indexed]
Flip 'n' Dip / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't you dare argue with me, Pa Monk! You're going to paint this houseboat ...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ma; Pa; Flip; Dip; two leopards
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fill in and mail these coupons for your gift subscriptions ...
- Characters
- Andy Panda
Indexer Notes
Gift subscription slips for "New Funnies" comic book on inside back cover. Offer of free Andy Panda poster on back cover. $1 (one year), $1.75 (2 years)
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Barney Bear; Our Gang; Tom and Jerry -
1.
Dear kids,
-
2.
["Psssst! I hear voices!"]
Our Gang -
3.
[Mamma Mouse]
Tom and Jerry -
4.
[The Escaped Prisoner]
Droopy -
5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
["Ho-hummmmmmm. Now for a nice long snooze!"]
Barney Bear -
7.
Major
-
8.
[The Mountain Goat]
Benny Burro -
9.
["Don't you dare argue with me, Pa Monk! You're going to paint this houseboat ..."]
Flip 'n' Dip -
10.
["Fill in and mail these coupons for your gift subscriptions ..."]
- Alberto Becattini
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Lionel English
- Merlin Haas
- Dave Porta
- Claus Simonsen
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