Spunky
#3
(September 1949)
Pines,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1949-07-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Animated Cartoons Inc.
- Brand
-
Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Periodicals, page 266.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Periodicals, page 266.
[no title indexed]
Spunky / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Cora Sue Lee
- Reprints
in 
The Love-Bug Bites
Spunky / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- A-571
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Goodbye now, you-all!
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Stanley (talking horse); Cora Sue Lee; Sam Kidd; Black Widow (mare)
- Synopsis
- Stanley is disgusted by Spunky acting nutty because he's in love with Cora Sue. Then Stanley meets Black Widow at the Lee ranch and starts acting nutty himself.
Aches 'n' Pains
Spunky / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-575
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, sir, how's that sprained ankle o' yours feelin', son?
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Sam Kidd
- Synopsis
- Spunky has a sprained ankle and can't do his ranch chores. His father says Stanley will have to do them. Stanley tries unsuccessfully to pretend he has a sprained leg. After he accepts that he has to do the chores, he accidently sprains his leg for real.
Fishhooks
Spunky / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- A-482
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Hey, Stanley! C'mon, we're goin' fishin'!"
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Mr. Simpson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Simpson hopes to sell Spunky a lot of fishing gear. But Spunky makes his fishing gear himself; all he buys is 4 fishhooks for 5 cents.
Dangerous Dan McBop!
Spunky / text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- A-625
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Twilight was coming on as Spunky rode Stanley over the far western mesa.
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Dangerous Dan McBop (villain); Mrs. Kidd; Cora Sue Lee; Mr. Lee
- Synopsis
- Outlaw Dan McBop takes Spunky prisoner in a cabin, with the intention of riding away on Stanley that night. He doesn't know Stanley can talk. By imitating Spunky's voice, he and Spunky make McBop think Spunky is all over the place. While confused, Spunky lassos him and takes him a prisoner to town.
Bucky the Burro
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Bradbury (signed as J. B.)
- Inks
- Jack Bradbury (signed as J. B.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-623
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marvin! I've told you a dozen times to get that burro off this ranch!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bucky the Burro; Marvin; Joe Sniffwell; neighbor kid
- Synopsis
- Mr. Sniffwell can't get rid of an extremely noisy burro. All the people in the region refuse to buy it. Finally he pays a newcomer to take the burro. Unfortunately, the newcomer is Sniffwell's new neighbor.
Heap Big Soldier
Spunky / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- A-524
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Howdy, Little-Injun -- here we are!
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Little-Injun; Stanley; Happy Bear; Uncle Zoot Wolf; Little-Injun's father
- Synopsis
- Little-Injun shows Spunky the difference between old-fashioned Indian life, and modern Indians, who are using war surplus gear. Little-Injun's father drives a Jeep, because he's in the U.S. Army.
The Mystery of the Mirage
Spunky / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-529
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Stanley, Old Bill is back!
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Old Bill; prospector
- Synopsis
- Old Bill tells Spunky a tall tale about rafting over a dry lakebed.
Stanley the Sea-horse
Spunky / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- A-576
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, we're not gettin' a bite.
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Stanley
- Synopsis
- Spunky modifies a rowboat so he and Stanley can take it out on a lake without Stanley's weight capsizing it.
[no title indexed]
Spunky / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-445
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Mom an' Pop, these birthday presents are awful keen!
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Stanley (talking horse); Sam Kidd; Mrs. Kidd
- Synopsis
- Spunky loves his birthday presents. Stanley hides when he sees one of the presents is a pair of spurs.
Indexer Notes
The splash panel logo is "Spunky and Stanley".
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Spunky -
1.
The Love-Bug Bites
Spunky -
2.
Aches 'n' Pains
Spunky -
3.
Fishhooks
Spunky -
4.
Dangerous Dan McBop!
Spunky -
5.
Bucky the Burro
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6.
Heap Big Soldier
Spunky -
7.
The Mystery of the Mirage
Spunky -
8.
Stanley the Sea-horse
Spunky -
9.
["Gee, Mom an' Pop, these birthday presents are awful keen!"]
Spunky
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- Pat Conolly
- Michael Hoskin
- Edgar Loftin
- Daniel Martinez
- Jim Van Dore
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