Dotty #38
(January 1949)

Ace Magazines, 1948 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
A. A. Wyn Inc.
Brand
An Ace Magazine
Editing
A. A. Wyn

Issue Notes

Available as a scan at digitalcomicmuseum.com.

Dotty and Her Boyfriends (Table of Contents)

Dotty / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Hartley ?
Inks
Al Hartley ?
Colors
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Dotty
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Trio Trouble (Table of Contents: 1)

Dotty / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley (signed)
Inks
Al Hartley (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Dotty; Jeffrey Ames; Bart; Phyllis
Synopsis
Jeffrey Ames, son of a famous banker, almost runs Dotty over with his car. He asks her out and Phyllis uses the opportunity to make Bart jealous.

Indexer Notes

Title of story might be mis-interpreted as "Queen of the Ball", as there is a sign with that on it in the background of the first panel.

Command Performance (Table of Contents: 2)

Dotty / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley (signed)
Inks
Al Hartley (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Dotty; Bart; Joe Hanley
Synopsis
Dotty convinces the owner of the El Kisco nightclub to hire Joe Hanley, a singer who just wandered in off the street.

Indexer Notes

Lettering is quite amateur compared to other stories in this issue.

Romance for Sale (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
romance
Characters
Laura Milton; Ned Starr
Synopsis
After being propositioned by Ned Starr, a clerk at the Starbright Department Store where they both work, Laura can't get him out of her mind.

Sur-Prize Contest Winners (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Portrait (Table of Contents: 5)

Dotty / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley (signed)
Inks
Al Hartley (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Dotty; Guy Reynolds; Mr. Summers; Mrs. Summers
Synopsis
Mr. and Mrs. Summers hire Dotty for the weekend to be-friend a young painter they have coming over, Guy Reynolds.

Designs for Dotty (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Hartley ?
Inks
Al Hartley ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Dotty
Synopsis
Six outfits sent in by readers, as modelled by Dotty. First one is by Marlene Meder.

Lost Love (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Eleanor Solvay (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
romance
Characters
Reba Myerly; Blake Hart; Glenna Carlyle

Campus Confusion (Table of Contents: 8)

Sorority Sue / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Zoltan Szenics (signed)
Inks
Zoltan Szenics (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Zoltan Szenics ?
Genre
teen
Characters
Sorority Sue
Synopsis
Sorority Sue gets a telegram that her father has gone bankrupt and she must leave college right away.

Sur-Prize Contest (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Your Lucky 7 (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Dotty and Her Boyfriends
    Dotty
  2. 1. Trio Trouble
    Dotty
  3. 2. Command Performance
    Dotty
  4. 3. Romance for Sale
  5. 4. Sur-Prize Contest Winners
  6. 5. The Portrait
    Dotty
  7. 6. Designs for Dotty
  8. 7. Lost Love
  9. 8. Campus Confusion
    Sorority Sue
  10. 9. Sur-Prize Contest
  11. 10. Your Lucky 7
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  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Matt Tauber
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