Punch and Judy Comics
#v1#6
(January 1946)
Hillman,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1945-10-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hillman Periodicals Inc.
- Brand
-
A Hillman Publication
- Editing
- Ed Cronin (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1945, page 532, registration number B701969.
[no title indexed]
Punch and Judy / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In Uncle Tony's toy shop
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Punch; Judy; Uncle Tony; Dan the Gypsy
- Synopsis
- Uncle Tony says Punch's nose was whittled from a cigar store Indian, so Punch angrily takes it off. He gets several replacement noses, one of which came from a weeping willow tree. The willows are so sad that they "weep" and flood the town. Uncle Tony finally resolves the problem caused by Punch's bad behavior.
[no title indexed]
Fatsy McPig / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, I wish I had a nicer place to sleep than this old backyard in Shantytown!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fatsy McPig; Pop McPig
- Reprints
-
in The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #278 (October 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credit from Comics Journal #278.
[no title indexed]
Little Horsefeathers the Indian / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sh-hh, Horsefeathers! Uncle 'Many-Moons' has just arrived
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Horsefeathers; Pantywaist; Mother; Father; Many-Moons
[no title indexed]
Buttons the Rabbit and Officer Hippo / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ellis Chambers (signed as HC)
- Inks
- Ellis Chambers (signed as HC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Go on...get away from us, Stupid Bunny!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Buttons; Officer Hippo; Stupid Bunny
- Synopsis
- Officer Hippo has to arrest three people before 5 o'clock or lose his job.
Indexer Notes
Signature is consistent with Chambers’ signatures found in Jolly Jingles (Archie, 1943 Series) #15 and Zoo Funnies (Charlton, 1945 Series) #6.
[no title indexed]
Little Bill / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Art Helfant (signed)
- Inks
- Art Helfant (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee--I like pie!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Little Bill
Punch the Inventor
Punch and Judy / text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Punch; Judy; Uncle Tony
Indexer Notes
In the scanned copy online, page 2 of this text story appears, then there is a "Captain Codfish" comic story, then page 1 appears. It is unknown if the error was in the original print copy, or if pages were scanned in the incorrect order.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["In Uncle Tony's toy shop"]
Punch and Judy -
2.
["Oh, I wish I had a nicer place to sleep than this old backyard in Shantytown!"]
Fatsy McPig -
3.
["Sh-hh, Horsefeathers! Uncle 'Many-Moons' has just arrived"]
Little Horsefeathers the Indian -
4.
["Go on...get away from us, Stupid Bunny!"]
Buttons the Rabbit and Officer Hippo -
5.
["Gee--I like pie!"]
Little Bill -
6.
Punch the Inventor
Punch and Judy -
7.
["Let's all swim south to warm tropical seas"]
Captain Codfish -
8.
["And on the next page we look into the circus"]
Starry Eyes
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Devine
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Martinez
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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