The Kilroys
#25
(August-September 1950)
American Comics Group,
1947 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- B. & I. Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
Engine Trouble Blues
Natch and Jackson / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Hubie Karp [as Hube] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bob Wickersham [as Wick] (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Wickersham [as Wick] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
[no title indexed]
Sadie Stardust / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ---You mean the studio wants me for a job at last?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sadie Stardust; Henri
- Synopsis
- Sadie is excited to be cast in a film role and dons her best outfit, only to be sent to make-up to be garbed as an ugly witch.
[no title indexed]
Kilroy Kutups / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, coach, the first one's a fly ball...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Natch Kilroy; Wilbur Morton; Judy; Mrs. Morton; Solid Jackson; Bob Hope; Joe; Chuck; Slim
- Synopsis
- The professional baseball team the Cleveland Indians arrive to play an exhibition game against the Pointfalls Argyles. Both Natch and wealthy Wilbur want to take Judy to the game.
- Keywords
- Bob Hope
Indexer Notes
Bob Hope, one of the owners of the Cleveland Indians at this time, appears as himself in this story.
[no title indexed]
Moronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fresh!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Moronica; Joe; Lucy
- Synopsis
- Tired of men ogling her while she tans on the beach, Moronica buys a sun lamp to tan at home. However, she's still watched by window washers and the male occupants (using binoculars) of a nearby building. Moronica borrows a dress shop mannequin to distract the peeping toms.
Indexer Notes
Moronica is portrayed as a reasonably intelligent, normal young woman in this story (i.e., not chronically dim-witted as in most of the other stories).
Music Hath Charms
Solid Jackson / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Solid Jackson; Natch Kilroy; Wilbur Morton; Slim; Officer Farrell; Sgt. Dan Ryan
- Synopsis
- Wilbur's new car--with a fancy radio--lures the "pretty girls" away from Natch and Solid, who only have Natch's radio-less jalopy to offer.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Kilroys -
1.
Pop's Vacation
The Kilroys -
2.
The Big Difference
-
3.
Engine Trouble Blues
Natch and Jackson -
4.
["---You mean the studio wants me for a job at last?"]
Sadie Stardust -
5.
Fair Exchange
-
6.
["Well, coach, the first one's a fly ball..."]
Kilroy Kutups -
7.
Sugar 'N' Spice
-
8.
["Fresh!"]
Moronica -
9.
Music Hath Charms
Solid Jackson
This issue was modified by, among others
- Michael Hoskin
- Ramon Schenk
- David Wilt
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