Happy Comics
#3
(January 1944)
Pines,
1943 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-11-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Nedor Publishing Company
- Editing
- Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 1.
A Gob's Gob
Charley Cat / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Charley Cat
- Synopsis
- Charley Cat, serving on a navy war ship, gets shore leave and looks forward to relaxing. Instead, he has a string of adventures, including a run-in with kidnappers and a mix-up in an aircraft factory that takes him into the air. He crash lands on his ship (landing on an Admiral). Bruised and bandaged in the last panel, he's happy to be back on board scrubbing the decks.
[no title indexed]
Horace an' Hank / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho Hum -- things is dull!
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Horace; Hank
- Synopsis
- Horace and Hank borrow a boat to sail to the Solomon Islands so they can join the war effort. Of course, they never make it out of the harbor.
Crops for Victory
Growing Pains / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Little Carl Cub
- Synopsis
- Little Carl Cub decides to grow a victory garden.
[no title indexed]
McGinty the Mouse / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The cheese--it's disappeared!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- McGinty the Mouse
- Synopsis
- McGinty ("The Great McGinty") the Mouse takes up residence in the home of some bears and makes their lives miserable.
Indexer Notes
"Dick Whittington and His Cat" was a famous English fairy tale and play.
The Swordfish and the Whale
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Alexander Samalman
- Pencils
- Jim Tyer (illustration)
- Inks
- Jim Tyer (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Racky Raccoon
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Racky Raccoon
- Synopsis
- Racky runs a circus.
Beavers to the Rescue
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Charles S. Strong
- Pencils
- Jim Tyer (illustration)
- Inks
- Jim Tyer (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- animal
- Synopsis
- A story of our forest friends.
Danny Dog's Ration
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Danny Dog
- Synopsis
- Danny Dog goes to great lengths to hold onto a steak he wants to cook.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Shucks - the fish ain't biting today!"]
-
1.
A Gob's Gob
Charley Cat -
2.
["Ho Hum -- things is dull!"]
Horace an' Hank -
3.
Crops for Victory
Growing Pains -
4.
["The cheese--it's disappeared!"]
McGinty the Mouse -
5.
Jungle Antics
-
6.
The Swordfish and the Whale
-
7.
Racky Raccoon
-
8.
Fuzzy, Zippy and Gaga
-
9.
Beavers to the Rescue
-
10.
Danny Dog's Ration
-
11.
Introducing the Kilkenny Kats
Kilkenny Kats -
12.
Train at Home to Be a Radio Technician
-
13.
[New Commando "Krak-A-Jap" Machine Gun]
Krak-A-Jap
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Edgar Loftin
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike Wagner
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