The Kilroys
#48
(June-July 1954)
American Comics Group,
1947 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features Inc.
- Brand
-
American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes
Amazing Offer Free!
advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for stamps from Garcelon Stamp Co.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for foreign stamps.
Lights, Camera, Action!
Solid Jackson / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- A-62
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Solid Jackson; Portia; Natch Kilroy
- Synopsis
- They're shooting a movie in town and Jackson gets tabbed by the director to help find a soda shop location. The script calls for the shop to be robbed, but before the movie crew can set up, the shop is robbed for real.
- Keywords
- driver's license; movie-making; robbery
Permanently Yours!
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- romance; teen
- Characters
- Joyce Bradbury; Nancy
- Synopsis
- Rich girl Joyce Bradbury makes fun of Nancy's hair, so Nancy decides to take her savings and get her hair styled at a beauty shop.
- Keywords
- beauty salon; dance; home permanent
Buy a Popsicle Win a Bicycle
advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Bud Abbott; Lou Costello
- Synopsis
- Ad for contest for winning a bike from buying Popsicles.
Truevision
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Ad for Truevision stories, 3-D effect without the glasses.
- Keywords
- 3-D; Truevision
[no title indexed]
Ollie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gr-rr! Just 'cause that musclebound moron...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ollie; Jud; Nancy; Dr. Cutup
- Synopsis
- Ollie tries to impress Nancy by joining the track team. After failing at the pole vault, Ollie goes to the infirmary where he inadvertently swallows a super-vitamin pill. Super-charged, he goes back to the track to try the hammer throw, but the super-strength wears off at the wrong time.
- Keywords
- 3-D; hammer throw; pole vault; track; Truevision; vitamins
Indexer Notes
In Truevision 3-D effect with black background
A-Haunting We Will Go!
Kilroy Kutups / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- A-51
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Natch Kilroy; Katie Kilroy; Mr. Kilroy; Mrs. Kilroy; Solid Jackson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Kilroy decides to buy a house in the country. He and Natch go to attend the auction of the Pembrooke Mansion. They get on the wrong road and find a house for sale, but the house is a wreck and there's an insane asylum next door.
- Keywords
- asylum; auction; ghosts
Three Cheers for Romance!
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Liza Burton; Biff Small
- Synopsis
- Cheerleader Liza breaks up with star football player Biff the night before the big game, but has second thoughts the next day.
- Keywords
- cheerleader; dance; football
[no title indexed]
Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer / advertisement / 0.67 page
- Script
- Ray Thompson [as Ray T]
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson [as Ray T] (signed)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson [as Ray T] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Headhunters live in this part of the jungle!
- Characters
- Pud; Butch; Tim; Janie
- Synopsis
- The gang are exploring the jungle, where they find that headhunters like bubble gum, too.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Dubble Bubble bubble gum. F. H. Fleer Corp, Philadelphia, Pa.
[no title indexed]
The Brain / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wot does it look like I'm doin', stupid!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Brain; Jitterbuck
- Synopsis
- The Brain tries to fix Jitterbuck's vacuum cleaner.
- Reprints
-
from Cookie (American Comics Group, 1946 series) #8 (August-September 1947)
-
- Keywords
- repair; vacuum cleaner
Lend Me Your Pencil!
Those Kilroy Kids / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- A-31
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Natch Kilroy; Solid Jackson
- Synopsis
- Jackson gets in trouble with a policeman when he drives Natch's car. While distracted by a pretty girl, they crash into the statue of General E. Lectric in the park and demolish it.
- Keywords
- judge; statue; traffic tickets; U-turn
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I shoulda stood in bed!"]
Solid Jackson -
1.
Amazing Offer Free!
-
2.
Lights, Camera, Action!
Solid Jackson -
3.
Permanently Yours!
-
4.
Buy a Popsicle Win a Bicycle
-
5.
Truevision
-
6.
["Gr-rr! Just 'cause that musclebound moron..."]
Ollie -
7.
A-Haunting We Will Go!
Kilroy Kutups -
8.
Three Cheers for Romance!
-
9.
["Headhunters live in this part of the jungle!"]
Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer -
10.
Prize King Jack Merwin
-
11.
["Wot does it look like I'm doin', stupid!"]
The Brain -
12.
Lend Me Your Pencil!
Those Kilroy Kids -
13.
Now You Can Fly a Real Jet Plane!
-
14.
Have Your Own Telephone System!
-
15.
["In 10 Minutes of Fun a Day I Changed Myself..."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Ramon Schenk
- Matt Tauber
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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