Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #v21#19 [405]

(May 19, 1966)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus Huffman)

Inks

Frank Huffman (signed as Frank Tytus Huffman)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sound-alikes

Characters

Mumbo-Jumbo; police officer

Indexer Notes

Indicia this page

[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 (credited)

Inks

Fran Matera (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Late at night Tavish ties his savage dog to the barge and prepares to burglarize the nearby yacht club.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Charlie; Tavish; Mike (police officer); unnamed police officer

Synopsis

Tavish coerces Charlie into helping him burglarize the yacht club. When police arrive Tavish knocks Charlie out, leaving him to distract the police while Tavish makes his own escape.

Keywords

Burglary; yacht club

Indexer Notes

Ongoing serial.
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)

Lotsa Laughs / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Marvin Townsend (signed as Marvin Townsend); Reamer Keller (signed as Reamer Keller); Frank Baginski (signed as Baginski); ?

Pencils

Marvin Townsend (signed as Marvin Townsend); Reamer Keller (signed as Reamer Keller); Frank Baginski (signed as Baginski); ?

Inks

Marvin Townsend (signed as Marvin Townsend); Reamer Keller (signed as Reamer Keller); Frank Baginski (signed as Baginski); ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I see that your tests have proven that customer complaints about our chemistry sets are justified.

Genre

humor

Characters

Businessman; chemist; coach; gym user; boy; girl; dentist; patient

Keywords

Panel cartoon

Indexer Notes

Four single-panel cartoons; one signature indecipherable.

Montreal: Truly Royal (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

R. Mathews ? (signed)

Inks

R. Mathews ? (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Brother Andre; Maurice Richard

Keywords

Canada; educational; fact; Montreal; Quebec; Roman Catholicism

Archaeology The Greatest Detective Story Part IX Chichen-Itza and its Sacred Well (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frances Crandall (credited as F. E. Crandall)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Dr. Wyatt; Sue; Jim; Maya priests; Maya maiden; Edward Thompson; guide

Synopsis

Dr. Wyatt tells Sue and Jim about the accomplishments of the ancient Maya (many far in advance of Europe's accomplishments), the Maya practice of human sacrifice, and Edward Thompson's long struggle to rediscover Chichen-Itza.

Keywords

Archaeology; archeology; Chichen-Itza; human sacrifice; lost city; Mesoamerica; Yucatan

Indexer Notes

Part IX of series.

Mimi (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Virginia Heron (credited)

Pencils

Bill Haines (credited)

Inks

Bill Haines (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

animal; children

Characters

Jack; Mimi

Synopsis

Jack finds a lost poodle that won't budge from its spot. He stays with her all day, even missing the school picnic. No one comes after her, but she won't leave until he accidentally hits on her name of Mimi. After that, they go home together.

Keywords

Dog; French poodle; kids

Where's Henrietta? [Chapter Nine] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Enchanted Flivver / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Moss (credited)

Pencils

Frank Borth (signed as Frank Borth)

Inks

Frank Borth (signed as Frank Borth)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With her fuel replenished, Henrietta takes Ruthie and Leroy down to the river road...

Genre

humor; car; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Henrietta; Ruthie; Leroy; Bobby; Mom; Dad; Ahab Giltrock

Synopsis

Bobby sets out to show his parents how his flivver Henrietta can fly, but he's mistakenly driving an ordinary model. Meanwhile Ahab Giltrock is using his amphibious hydrofoil car to chase Ruthe and Leroy, who are driving the real Henrietta along the surface of the river. Giltrock accidentally rams them, sending Henrietta and her passengers sailing over the waterfall.

Keywords

Hydrofoil; jalopy

Indexer Notes

Serial story

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Sports Chatter / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Hank Annen (credited)

Pencils

R. Mathews (signed)

Inks

R. Mathews (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The fastest race on wheels will begin again May 30 on a brick-paved oval in the middle of Indiana.

Genre

non-fiction; car

Characters

Jim Clark

Synopsis

About the Indianapolis 500, and 1965 winner Jim Clark.

Keywords

Auto racing; Indiana; Indianapolis 500

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Exclusively for Girls / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bobbie Klosterman (credited)

Pencils

?; ? (photographs)

Inks

?; ? (photographs)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Since many of you have shown interest in horses and horseback riding, we asked Bonnie Mercuri, a riding instructor at Normandy Stables in Dayton, Ohio, for some hints on riding.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Bonnie Mercuri; Katie Shannon

Synopsis

Tips on riding.

Keywords

Equestrian; horseback riding; horses

[Gallant Pierre] (Table of Contents: 10)

Pierre / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Pierre; pretty girl

Synopsis

The street is flooded, so Pierre lays down his jacket for the pretty girl to step on. Before she can cross, though, the water carries his jacket down to the storm drain.

Reprints

• from Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (George A. Pflaum, 1946 series) #v6#13 [99] (March 1, 1951)

Keywords

Pantomime; wordless

The Case of the Twitching Legs (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Silvio Bedini (credited as Silvio A. Bedini)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Luigi Galvani; Signora Galvani; Alessandro Volta; Hoang-Ti; Thales; Christopher Columbus; Sir William Gilbert; Benjamin Franklin

Synopsis

Noting that frogs' legs twitch when touched by electrical current, Luigi Galvani concludes that a form of electricity exists in all animal tissue. Volta challenges Galvani's conclusions, and invents the storage battery to test his ideas.

Keywords

Electricity; scientist

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Randy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I learned something neat in school today Dad.

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Randy; Dad

Synopsis

Dad wants to see what Randy's learned, but it turns out to be martial arts.

Keywords

Martial arts

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)