(March-April 1946)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine [circle]
Editing
Oskar Lebeck (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Our Gang / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?

Genre
children; humor
Characters
Froggy; Janet; Bucky

Fishy Business (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Oskar Lebeck ?
Pencils
Walt Kelly ? (spot illustrations)
Inks
Walt Kelly ? (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Printed in red and black, on inside front cover

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

Our Gang / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
Morris Gollub?

Job Number
O. G. #22-463
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What're you doin', Merlin?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Our Gang [Bucky; Froggie; Red]; The Gashouse Gang [Feeney; Egghead]; Julip (the Gang's goat); a door-to-door radio salesman
Reprints

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

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley?
Pencils
John Stanley; Dan Gormley?
Inks
Dan Gormley?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brrrrr! I'm freezing to death!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Indexer Notes

A statement of circulation and ownership (1/8 pg.) fills out the last page

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

Flip 'n' Dip / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
H. R. McBride
Inks
H. R. McBride
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Side whiskers belong to the horse and buggy days!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flip; Dip; Pa; Ma

[Barney's Nephew] (Table of Contents: 5)

Barney Bear and Benny Burro / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Barks
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
?
Letters
Carl Barks

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Barney Bear; Benny Burro; Barney's nephew from Alaska; Brownie Bear (Barney's cousin)
Synopsis
Barney's nephew from Alaska--a Kodiak bear with a huge appetite--comes to visit, eating an enormous quantity of food before Barney steers him to the home of his cousin Brownie.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on October 10, 1945. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

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

Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Buettner
Inks
Carl Buettner
Colors
?
Letters
Carl Buettner

First Line of Dialogue or Text
May I go over and play with Chubby Squirrel, Mother?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Wuff; Wuff's mother; Charlie Coyote; Badger; Chubby Squirrel

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

Johnny Mole / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lloyd White
Inks
Lloyd White
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Johnneee!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Johnny Mole; Johnny's mother; Barney Bear

Danny Donkey Wins a Prize (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Printed in red and black, on inside back cover

[The Portrait] (Table of Contents: 9)

Our Gang / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly ?
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Janet
Reprints

Indexer Notes

back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Our Gang
  2. 1. Fishy Business
  3. 2. ["What're you doin', Merlin?"]
    Our Gang
  4. 3. ["Brrrrr! I'm freezing to death!"]
    Tom and Jerry
  5. 4. ["Side whiskers belong to the horse and buggy days!"]
    Flip 'n' Dip
  6. 5. [Barney's Nephew]
    Barney Bear and Benny Burro
  7. 6. ["May I go over and play with Chubby Squirrel, Mother?"]
    Wuff the Prairie Dog
  8. 7. ["Johnneee!"]
    Johnny Mole
  9. 8. Danny Donkey Wins a Prize
  10. 9. [The Portrait]
    Our Gang
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Merlin Haas
  • Bob Hughes
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Porta
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore