(December 1948)

Dell, 1946 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1948-11-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Periodicals, page 109.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Santa Claus
Cover Thumbnail for Raggedy Ann + Andy (Dell, 1946 series) #31
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Some Christmas Puzzles (Table of Contents: 1)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arthur Jameson (spot illustrations)
Inks
Arthur Jameson (spot illustrations)
Letters
?
Genre
children

Indexer Notes

Puzzle page

[Hairy horrors] (Table of Contents: 2)

Raggedy Ann / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
L. Bing ?
Inks
L. Bing ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Snoopwiggy; two meanies; Belindy; Percy Policeman; Uncle Clem; Sally Migrundy

Santa and the Bad Little Fairy (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Santa Claus; Twinkle Tarry

[Ploughing the Fields] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Brownies / comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
Walt Kelly
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Brownies; Farmer Jones; Tim, Jones' dog; Dobbin, Jones' horse; a fox; Jones' hens

Indexer Notes

Awkward frame sizes and arrangements suggest that the story was drawn three tiers to the page, but was later rearranged by someone other than Kelly to a four tiers to the page layout.

The Sleigh Ride (Table of Contents: 5)

The Brownies / text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly (spot illustrations)
Inks
Walt Kelly (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The brownies; a mouse

When Winter Comes ... (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
M. Greenwalt (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
animal
Synopsis
Animal life in wintertime

The Battle of Cedric of Magnesia (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly (spot illustrations)
Inks
Walt Kelly (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
humor
Characters
Sir Cedric Magnesium; Harry, a two-headed giant

Humphrey Mouse's Christmas Eve (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Humphrey Mouse; Santa Claus

The Emperor's New Clothes (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
W. J. Enright ? from Hans Christian Anderson (abbreviated)
Pencils
Arthur Jameson (spot illustrations)
Inks
Arthur Jameson (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

[Don't always complain] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Raggedy Way / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub (spot illustrations)
Inks
Morris Gollub (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
advocacy
Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; a boy; a girl

Indexer Notes

Bottom of page two taken up by an ownership and circulation statement.

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

Billy and Bonny Bee / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I like to come to this swamp rose for honey ...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Mrs. Spider; a dragonfly airliner

Christmas puzzles (Table of Contents: 12)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arthur Jameson (spot illustrations)
Inks
Arthur Jameson (spot illustrations)
Letters
?
Genre
children

Indexer Notes

Puzzle page. Bottom of page taken up by two gift subscription slips. Subscriptions to "Raggedy Ann + Andy" comic book: $1. (1 year), $1.75 (2 years), $2.50 (3 years)

[First out of Santa's Bag] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Santa Claus
  2. 1. Some Christmas Puzzles
  3. 2. [Hairy horrors]
    Raggedy Ann
  4. 3. Santa and the Bad Little Fairy
  5. 4. [Ploughing the Fields]
    The Brownies
  6. 5. The Sleigh Ride
    The Brownies
  7. 6. When Winter Comes ...
  8. 7. The Battle of Cedric of Magnesia
  9. 8. Humphrey Mouse's Christmas Eve
  10. 9. The Emperor's New Clothes
  11. 10. [Don't always complain]
    The Raggedy Way
  12. 11. ["I like to come to this swamp rose for honey ..."]
    Billy and Bonny Bee
  13. 12. Christmas puzzles
  14. 13. [First out of Santa's Bag]
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  • Pat Conolly
  • Peter Croome
  • Scott Pell
  • Dave Porta
  • Claus Simonsen
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