(April 27, 1961)

George A. Pflaum, 1946 Series
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Volume
16
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
every two weeks during the school year
On-sale Date
1961-04-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher Inc.
Editing
Joseph G. Schaller; Carl Beacham (copy editor); Victor Keuping (art director); James J. Pflaum (editor-in-chief); Barbara A. Stouffer (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Visitors Invade Bar-Shot Cay (Table of Contents)

Chuck White / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Fran Matera ?
Inks
Fran Matera ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure; children
Cover Thumbnail for Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (George A. Pflaum, 1946 series) #v16#17 [303]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Berry (signed)
Pencils
Bill Berry (signed)
Inks
Bill Berry (signed)
Letters
Bill Berry
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fit these small words together...

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

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

Chuck White / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Moss (credited as Max Pine)
Pencils
Fran Matera (signed)
Inks
Fran Matera (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Suddenly the great mako shark...
Genre
adventure; children

Indexer Notes

Max Pine was an alias of Frank Moss, per 2006 interview with Frank Borth: "You can find out in reading your things he also uses the word Max Pine as a substitute for him because he didn't want them to think he was writing everything in the place..." http://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A40849

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

The Grandeur of God / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lloyd Ostendorf (signed as Lloyd Ostendorf)
Inks
Lloyd Ostendorf (signed as Lloyd Ostendorf)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What in the world is that?
Genre
non-fiction; math & science; religious

Indexer Notes

"Prepared under the direction of Sister Maria Clare, Ph.D."

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

Talking It Over with Father John / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Scott
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; religious

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

Fun Page / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
George White (signed); ?
Pencils
George White (signed); Ford Sutton (signed); ?
Inks
George White (signed); Ford Sutton (signed); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm sick of chasing fly balls!
Genre
humor

What Makes It Go?? (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Huffman (signed as F. Huffman)
Pencils
Frank Huffman (signed as F. Huffman)
Inks
Frank Huffman (signed as F. Huffman)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Under the Southern Cross / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Moss (credited as Capt. Frank Moss)
Pencils
Frank Borth (credited)
Inks
Frank Borth (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Crawling secretly into the Indian warriors' long-house...
Genre
adventure

The Communion (Table of Contents: 8)

The Mass / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; religious
Reprints

Keeping Friends (Table of Contents: 9)

Patsy Manners / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ozella Welch (credited)
Inks
Ozella Welch (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
teen

Balto, the Brave (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Reed Crandall (signed as R. Crandall)
Inks
Reed Crandall (signed as R. Crandall)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; animal; biography
Reprints

5. Get to Know It! (Table of Contents: 11)

Sister Esther's Notebook on Art / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sister Esther, S.P.
Pencils
Vincent van Gogh (painting (B&W))
Inks
Vincent van Gogh (painting (B&W))
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

[Maestro Flyswatter] (Table of Contents: 12)

Hannibal Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus)
Inks
Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus)
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Hannibal Bear
Synopsis
Hannibal uses his conducting baton to swat a fly.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover; pantomime story.

Christ Mocked by Soldiers (Table of Contents: 13)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Bloch (painting)
Inks
Carl Bloch (painting)
Colors
Carl Bloch (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
religious
Characters
Jesus Christ

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Visitors Invade Bar-Shot Cay
    Chuck White
  2. 1. ["Fit these small words together..."]
    Puzzle Page
  3. 2. ["Suddenly the great mako shark..."]
    Chuck White
  4. 3. ["What in the world is that?"]
    The Grandeur of God
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Talking It Over with Father John
  6. 5. ["I'm sick of chasing fly balls!"]
    Fun Page
  7. 6. What Makes It Go??
  8. 7. ["Crawling secretly into the Indian warriors' long-house..."]
    Under the Southern Cross
  9. 8. The Communion
    The Mass
  10. 9. Keeping Friends
    Patsy Manners
  11. 10. Balto, the Brave
  12. 11. 5. Get to Know It!
    Sister Esther's Notebook on Art
  13. 12. [Maestro Flyswatter]
    Hannibal Bear
  14. 13. Christ Mocked by Soldiers
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