Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact
#v19#4 [350]
(October 24, 1963)
George A. Pflaum,
1946 Series
- Volume
- 19
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Every two weeks during the school year.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher Inc.
- Editing
- Berry Reece Jr. (editor); Roberta M. Klosterman (assistant editor); Victor Keuping (art director)
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Make Wanda the Flying Halloween Witch
activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jasbo Jones Junior (signed)
- Inks
- Jasbo Jones Junior (signed)
- Letters
- Jasbo Jones Junior (signed)
- Synopsis
- Follow the instructions to cut out Wanda and have her "fly" from the back of one chair to another, by using a string pathway and pulling on the string.
Red Victim: The Story Of Bishop Walsh
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Norah Smaridge (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; religious
- Characters
- Father Walsh; Mr. Chan; Mr. Haw; Father Ford; Father O'Shea
- Synopsis
- Father Walsh is still trying to get used to life in China. Pagan men are starting to come to him for religious instruction, but he notices that no women are coming. When asked why, he is told that Confucius says a wise man does not speak to women. This will be a big stumbling block that Father Walsh will have to overcome.
Indexer Notes
Fourth installment of the life of Bishop Walsh.
[no title indexed]
The Return of the Enchanted Flivver / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Capt. Frank T. Moss (signed)
- Pencils
- Frank Borth (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Borth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Frank Borth ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Odd craft, that.
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Bobbie; Ruthie; Henrietta; Mr. Giltrock; Mr. Jenkins; Dad; Mom; Frisbee
- Synopsis
- A Coast Guard patrol boat comes across Henrietta as Mr. Giltrock springs his net trap on the flivver. After examining Bobbie's license for Henrietta as an experimental aircraft, he is told he will have to keep her off navigable waters until licensed as a boat. Mr. Giltrock has to go to court to explain his obstruction of a waterway with a fish net, fishing without a license, using an illegal power-operated net and operating a fishing vessel in a dangerous manner.
Baseball
Origin Of Sports / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; historical; sports
- Characters
- Coach Weepy Heffalump; Tiny
- Synopsis
- A look at the early origins of baseball, from its earliest beginnings in the 14th century in a game known as "stoolball", to the game we know today. The first mention of a game called "baseball" was in 1700 in Maidstone, Kent in England.
- Keywords
- cricket; feeder; pecker; rounders; Stoolball
Indexer Notes
Most of the modern rules of baseball came from Alexander J. Cartwright, who is known as, "The Father of Modern Baseball".
The Liberty Bell
Our Heritage / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- historical
- Synopsis
- The history of the Liberty Bell and it's famous crack.
[no title indexed]
Chuck White And His Friends / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Moss [as Max Pine] (signed)
- Pencils
- Fran Matera (signed)
- Inks
- Fran Matera (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fran Matera ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help, I can't swim!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Chuck White; Hobey; Stacey; Judd; Tim; Mrs. Philips; Frankie; Mr. Jones; Mrs. Everett
- Synopsis
- When Chuck tells Mr. Jones that he won't work for him as editor, Jones arranges with Judd to have Chuck leave town. That night, while the townsfolk are attending a Halloween party at the school, Judd starts a fire in some tall dry grass in the rear yard of the newspaper office.
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]
Father Mac's Letter / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear boys and girls, one day last week I received a letter from a friend.
- Genre
- non-fiction; religious
Indexer Notes
A two page text article with two accompanying illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Treasure Jests / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Three single-panel pantomime gags.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Flight Pioneer
-
1.
Make Wanda the Flying Halloween Witch
-
2.
Red Victim: The Story Of Bishop Walsh
-
3.
["Odd craft, that."]
The Return of the Enchanted Flivver -
4.
Baseball
Origin Of Sports -
5.
The Liberty Bell
Our Heritage -
6.
["Help, I can't swim!"]
Chuck White And His Friends -
7.
["Dear boys and girls, one day last week I received a letter from a friend."]
Father Mac's Letter -
8.
[no title indexed]
Treasure Jests -
9.
The Lindbergh Story
-
10.
[Hungry Bear Rug]
Pierre
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Michael Hoskin
- Larry Miller
- Jim Van Dore
- Warren Zeigler
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