Fat and Slat #1

(Summer 1947)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

A brief message about the Fat and Slat comic strip with a small black and white picture of Ed Wheelan.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fat and Slat / comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Fat; Slat

Indexer Notes

The comic pair from Ed Wheelan's syndicated comic strip, presenting a series of three full page, three 3/4 page, seven 1/2 page, and one 1/4 page strips, with other features interspersed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Big Shot / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Funny Animals

Characters:

Big Shot (Fat's dog)

Indexer Notes

A series of two full page, one 3/4 page, and three 1/4 page strips.

["Johnny Hope runs into an old friend on the street..."] (Table of Contents)

Old Man Experience / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Old Man Experience; Johnny Hope

Synopsis:

Johnny lends money to an old friend, who has no intention of repaying the debt.

Indexer Notes

The format for the strip is that Johnny has a life adventure where he blunders, and the strip concludes with a panel showing Old Man Experience offering a moral to the story.

["Folks, we want you to meet 'Comics' McCormick"] (Table of Contents)

Comics McCormick / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

"Comics" McCormick (introduction); Wilbur Wiggins; Rosalie Brown; Officer Kelly; Miss Susan Slate; Mary McCormick; Connie McCormick; Ajax Johnson.

Synopsis:

A quick introduction to the hero and supporting characters of the strip.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Land of the Lost Comics (EC, 1946 series) #6 (July-August 1947)

[Voltage, Man of Lightning] (Table of Contents)

Comics McCormick / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Children

Characters:

"Comics" McCormick; Wilbur Wiggins; Ajax Johnson; Rosalie Brown; Connie McCormick; Voltage, Man of Lightning (introduction)

Synopsis:

"Comics" lobbies his friends Wilbur and Ajax to allow Rosalie to join their comic-collecting club, "The Little Conquerors Athletic and Reading Club". Rosalie contributes a book with a story featuring Voltage, Man of Lightning, and "Comics" dreams himself into an episode where he shares Voltage's powers.

["Johnny Hope is off on a two week vacation..."] (Table of Contents)

Old Man Experience / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Old Man Experience; Johnny Hope

Crime Doesn't Pay (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fat and Slat / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Fat; Slat

Indexer Notes

A series of four full page and six 1/2 page strips.