- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly ?
- Inks:
- Wall Kelly?
- Colors:
- ?
inside front cover and facing page
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gary Hallgren; typeset
- Synopsis:
- Title page
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- copyright page
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gary Hallgren; typeset
- Synopsis:
- Table of contents
- Script:
- Jon Scieszka
- Letters:
- typeset
- Script:
- Art Spiegelman; Françoise Mouly
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- Forward by the editors
- Pencils:
- ? (photograph)
- Inks:
- ? (photograph)
- Colors:
- ? (photograph)
- Synopsis:
- A photograph of a 1940s family reading comics
- Script:
- Art Spiegelman; Françoise Mouly
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- An introduction to Chapter 1
- Script:
- Jules Feiffer
- Pencils:
- Jules Feiffer
- Inks:
- Jules Feiffer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Clifford
- Synopsis:
- Clifford reads a comic book.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/29/1950.
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sheldon Mayer ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Sugar Plumm; Cecil "Spike" Wilson
- Synopsis:
- The Plumms move to the neighborhood and Sugar and Spike meet.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Sugar & Spike (DC, 1956 series) #1
titled "First Meeting" in the table of contents
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sheldon Mayer ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Sugar Plumm; Cecil "Spike" Wilson
- Synopsis:
- Spike misses Sugar when she's not allowed to play with him.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Sugar & Spike (DC, 1956 series) #21
- Script:
- Fred Toole
- Pencils:
- Al Wiseman
- Inks:
- Al Wiseman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Ruff; Margaret Wade; Tommy Anderson
- Synopsis:
- Dennis and his friends build a clubhouse but can't decide on a president for their club.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Dennis the Menace (Pines, 1956 series) #24
- Script:
- Jules Feiffer
- Pencils:
- Jules Feiffer (signed)
- Inks:
- Jules Feiffer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Clifford
- Synopsis:
- Clifford crosses the street to punch a heckler.
- Reprints:
- from Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/17/1950.
The table of contents gives the title as "Crossing the Street."
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks:
- Dexter Taylor
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Little Archie Andrews
- Synopsis:
- Betty and Veronica make a couple trips in the rain.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1956 series) #4
Table of contents incorrectly credits this story to Bob Bolling.
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
- Inks:
- Irving Tripp
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Little Lulu; Tubby; Alvin; Wilbur; Gloria; Noonan; Annie
- Synopsis:
- After being humiliated by Wilbur, Lulu connives to embarrass all the boys.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Marge's Little Lulu (Dell, 1948 series) #38.
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 94 29A
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Scribbly Jibbet; Miss Loomis
- Synopsis:
- Scribbly is late to class.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #8.
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 95 30A
- Characters:
- Scribbly Jibbet; Miss Loomis; newspaper editor
- Synopsis:
- Scribbly uses his portrait of his teacher in a newspaper ad.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #8.
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 96 31A
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Scribbly Jibbet; Miss Loomis; Mr. Jenkins
- Synopsis:
- Miss Loomis sends Scribbly to the principal's office because of his portrait of her.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #8.
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 97 32A
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Miss Loomis; Scribbly Jibbet; Mr. Jenkins
- Synopsis:
- Mr. Jenkins gives Scribbly an ambivalent scolding for his portrait of Miss Loomis.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #8.
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 98 33A
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Scribbly Jibbet; Mr. Jenkins; Miss Loomis
- Synopsis:
- Scribbly teaches Mr. Jenkins how to draw caricatures of Miss Loomis.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #9.
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 99 36A
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Mr. Jenkins; Scribbly Jibbet; newspaper editor
- Synopsis:
- Mr. Jenkins comic strip is published in the city newspaper.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #9.
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- 100 35A
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Miss Loomis; Mr. Jenkins; Scribbly Jibbet
- Synopsis:
- Miss Loomis confronts Mr. Jenkins about his comic strip portrayal of her.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #9.
- Script:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Inks:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Egghead Doodle
- Synopsis:
- Egghead's companion gets him in trouble in the library.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Patsy Walker (Marvel, 1945 series) #30.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Quiet"
- Script:
- André LeBlanc
- Pencils:
- André LeBlanc (signed)
- Inks:
- André LeBlanc (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Intellectual Amos; Wilbur
- Synopsis:
- Amos and Wilbur make a mess trying to get a mosquito.
- Reprints:
- from Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #04/29/1945.
The table of contents gives the title as "In the Library."
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sheldon Mayer ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Sugar Plumm; Cecil "Spike" Wilson
- Synopsis:
- Sugar and Spike play checkers.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Sugar & Spike (DC, 1956 series) #20.
- Script:
- Fred Toole
- Pencils:
- Al Wiseman
- Inks:
- Al Wiseman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; George Wilson
- Synopsis:
- Dennis invents his own language idioms.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Dennis the Menace (Pines, 1956 series) #24.
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
- Inks:
- Irving Tripp
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Lulu Moppet; George Moppet; Mrs. Moppet; Alvin Jones; Mr. Jones
- Synopsis:
- Lulu and Alvin get tickled about nonsense words.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Marge's Little Lulu (Dell, 1948 series) #94.
- Script:
- Art Spiegelman; Françoise Mouly
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- An introduction to the second chapter.
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Uncle Wiggily
- Synopsis:
- Uncle Wiggily's flowers have a visitor.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Animal Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #23
Title is from the table of contents
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Walt Kelly ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Hickory; Dickory; Easter Bunny; Bo Peep
- Synopsis:
- Hickory and Dickory help out a tired Easter bunny.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #220.
- Script:
- Woody Gelman
- Pencils:
- Irving Dressler
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Nutsy Squirrel; Professor
- Synopsis:
- The professor uses logic to convince Nutsy that he is not an airplane.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Funny Folks (DC, 1946 series) #7.
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Porky Pine; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; two doves
- Synopsis:
- Albert thinks a seesaw is a diving board.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Pogo Possum (Dell, 1949 series) #2
- Script:
- Dan Gordon ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Gordon
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Anthony
- Synopsis:
- Anthony explains his night life.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Giggle Comics (American Comics Group, 1943 series) #91
The table of contents gives the title as "Night Life."
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sheldon Mayer ?
- Editing:
- Larry Nadle (original editor)
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Minus; Fatsy; Patsy; ol' Whiskers
- Synopsis:
- Minus has to retrieve the baseball from the house of the Big-Feets, despite the cat.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from The Three Mouseketeers (DC, 1956 series) #1
The table of contents gives the title as "Mouseketeering."
- Script:
- Jim Davis
- Pencils:
- Jim Davis
- Inks:
- Jim Davis
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow
- Synopsis:
- Crow digs for treasure.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Real Screen Comics (DC, 1945 series) #36.
The table of contents gives the title as "Digging for Treasure."
- Script:
- Jim Davis
- Pencils:
- Jim Davis
- Inks:
- Jim Davis
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow
- Synopsis:
- Crow invades Fox's refrigerator.
- Reprints:
- from Real Screen Comics (DC, 1947 series) #36.
The table of contents gives the title as "Cold Cuts."
- Script:
- Jim Davis
- Pencils:
- Jim Davis
- Inks:
- Jim Davis
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow
- Synopsis:
- Fox won't lend Crow money unless Crow tries to get work.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Real Screen Comics (DC, 1945 series) #33.
- Script:
- Jim Davis
- Pencils:
- Jim Davis
- Inks:
- Jim Davis
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow
- Synopsis:
- Fox has studied every issue of "Real Screen Comics" and knows all of Crow's schemes.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Real Screen Comics (DC, 1945 series) #42.
The table of contents gives the title as "The Great Chiseler."
- Script:
- Carl Barks
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Carl Barks
- Job Number:
- WDC #145-5210
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Scrooge McDuck
- Synopsis:
- Donald believes that the nephews' toy gun actually has the power to hypnotize, and he tries it out on Uncle Scrooge.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #145
The title is taken from the table of contents and is in general use by Carl Barks fans.
- Script:
- André LeBlanc
- Pencils:
- André LeBlanc
- Inks:
- André LeBlanc
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Amos
- Synopsis:
- Amos encounters a thieving ostrich.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from National Comics (Quality, 1940 series) #58.
The table of contents gives the title as "A Queer Bird."
- Pencils:
- Dan Noonan; Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Dan Noonan; Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- adventure; humor; animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Rover; Fearless; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Animal Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #27.
The Kelly art is a short strip that runs along the bottom of the cover.
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Uncle Wiggily
- Synopsis:
- Uncle Wiggily catches a fish in his hat.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Animal Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #19.
The story is told in mime, ie, without dialog.
The title is from the table of contents.
- Script:
- Dan Noonan
- Pencils:
- Dan Noonan
- Inks:
- Dan Noonan
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- adventure; animal
- Characters:
- Rover; Shep; the sheepherder
- Synopsis:
- Rover is rescued from wolves by sheepdog Shep.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Animal Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #21
The table of contents gives the title as "Wolf Attack."
- Script:
- John Stanley [as Biff]
- Pencils:
- John Stanley [as Biff]
- Inks:
- John Stanley [as Biff]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Jigger; Mooch
- Synopsis:
- Jigger and Mooch go to the country to search for food.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Animal Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #28.
Table of contents gives the title as "A Day in the Country."
- Script:
- Art Spiegelman; Françoise Mouly
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- An introduction to Chapter 3.
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ? (black and yellow only)
- Letters:
- Walt Kelly ?
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Synopsis:
- A group of elves are enchanted by the moon.
- Reprints:
- from Fairy Tale Parade (Dell, 1942 series) #87
- Keywords:
- fairy tales
The table of contents gives the title as "The Moon in the Lake."
- Script:
- Tom McNamara
- Pencils:
- Tom McNamara (signed)
- Inks:
- Tom McNamara (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Alix; Alix's uncle
- Synopsis:
- A boy learns not to play with matches.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Buzzy (DC, 1945 series) #9
- Keywords:
- educational
The table of contents gives the title as "One Little Match."
- Script:
- George Carlson
- Pencils:
- George Carlson (signed)
- Inks:
- George Carlson (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; fantasy
- Characters:
- The Pie-Face Prince; King Hokum; Panetella Murphy
- Synopsis:
- The Prince and the Princess must escape from a trio of witches.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Jingle Jangle Comics (Eastern Color, 1942 series) #6
The table of contents gives the title as "Gooseberry Jam."
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Fairy Tale Parade (Dell, 1942 series) #7.
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Synopsis:
- A map of fairy tale lands.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Fairy Tale Parade (Dell, 1942 series) #6.
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Synopsis:
- Two dwarves, tired of being the butt of jokes, transform the court into dwarves.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Fairy Tale Parade (Dell, 1942 series) #9.
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- George Carlson
- Inks:
- George Carlson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Synopsis:
- A "leap-frog" game.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Puzzle-Fun Comics (George W. Dougherty Publishing Company, 1946 series) #1.
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- George Carlson
- Inks:
- George Carlson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Synopsis:
- A pencil maze.
- Reprints:
- from Puzzle-Comics Fun (George W. Dougherty Publishing Company, 1946 series) #1.
- Keywords:
- fairy tales
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Milt Stein [as Milton Stein] (signed)
- Inks:
- Milt Stein [as Milton Stein] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters:
- Supermouse; Cheesie; Herkimer [also as Herkie]
- Synopsis:
- Supermouse encounters a dragon.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Supermouse (Standard, 1948 series) #4 (August 1949)
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dave Berg (signed)
- Inks:
- Dave Berg (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; fantasy
- Characters:
- Tweedle-Dee; Tweddle-Dum; Town Crier; Groark
- Synopsis:
- Tweedle-Dum battles a Groark, thinking it's Tweedle-Dee in disguise.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Alice (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #10.
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Lulu Moppett
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Marge's Little Lulu (Dell, 1948) #21
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Gordon (signed)
- Inks:
- Dan Gordon (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Droopy
- Synopsis:
- Droopy steals a ghost's sheet to stay warm on a snowy day.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Laffy-Daffy Comics (Rural Home, 1945 series) #1.
The table of contents gives the title as "Snow Day."
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Tubby Tompkins; Iggy
- Synopsis:
- Tubby visits a haunted house.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Marge's Tubby (Dell, 1953 series) #7
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dave Berg (signed)
- Inks:
- Dave Berg (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Alice; Tweedle-Dee; Tweedle-Dum
- Synopsis:
- Alice and the Tweedle twins can't decide which way is up.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Alice (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #10
- Script:
- Art Spiegelman; Françoise Mouly
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- An introduction to Chapter 4.
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator
- Synopsis:
- Pogo uses Albert's snoring to inflate a balloon.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Animal Comics (Dell, 1942) #22
Story is told in mime, i.e., without dialog. The title is taken from the table of contents (which is a sound-effect in the story).
- Script:
- Dan Noonan
- Pencils:
- Dan Noonan
- Inks:
- Dan Noonan
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Tuffy Tiger; Egbert Elephant; Donot Inflate
- Synopsis:
- Egbert and Tuffy meet a penguin.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Raggedy Ann and Andy (Dell, 1946 series) #5.
The table of contents gives the title as "The Hunters."
- Script:
- Frank Thomas
- Pencils:
- Frank Thomas (signed)
- Inks:
- Frank Thomas (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; a dragonfly; Daddy Longlegs
- Synopsis:
- Billy and Bonny are hunted by a dragonfly.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from New Funnies (Dell, 1942 series) #72.
The table of contents gives the title as "The Dragonfly."
- Script:
- André LeBlanc
- Pencils:
- André LeBlanc (signed)
- Inks:
- André LeBlanc (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Amos; Wilbur
- Synopsis:
- Amos and Wilbur visit an ant colony.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from National Comics (Quality, 1940 series) #55
The table of contents gives the title as "Ants."
- Script:
- Carl Barks
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Carl Barks
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Neighbor Jones
- Synopsis:
- A Junior Woodchuck beehive causes trouble for Donald.
- Reprints:
- from Walt Disney Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #158.
The title is from the table of contents. First line is "The opening scenes of this drama take place in the early summer!"
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey, and Louie
- Reprints:
- from Walt Disney Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #94.
The table of contents incorrectly credits this cover to Carl Barks.
- Script:
- Carl Barks
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Garé Barks
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Scrooge McDuck; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis:
- The ducks accidentally introduce the bottle cap to a remote Tibetan village as a medium of exchange and create hyper-inflation.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #6.
The title is from the table of contents.
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- C.C. Beck; Pete Costanza
- Inks:
- C.C. Beck; Pete Costanza
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain Marvel; Leonardo Vinch
- Synopsis:
- Captain Marvel and a surrealist artist visit the land from which the artists paintings are derived.
- Reprints:
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1940 series) #80.
Script credit from the index to the original publication.
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor
- Script:
- Art Spiegelman; Françoise Mouly
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- An introduction to Chapter 5.
- Script:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Inks:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- A man gets into an argument with himself.
- Reprints:
- from Hedy DeVine Comics (Marvel, 1947 series) #29.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Me Hit I!"
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sheldon Mayer ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- J. Rufus Lion; Arsenic the Giraffe
- Synopsis:
- Rufus tries to take over the writing of his own story but Arsenic contradicts his every word.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Funny Stuff (DC, 1944 series) #5.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Lyin' Lion"
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks:
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- J. Rufus Lion; Arsenic the Giraffe
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Funny Stuff (DC, 1944 series) #5.
- Script:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils:
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
- Inks:
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- A man hard-boils an egg.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Gay Comics (Marvel, 1944 series) #34.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Hard-Boiled Egg."
- Script:
- Milt Gross
- Pencils:
- Milt Gross
- Inks:
- Milt Gross
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Patsy Pancake; Chives
- Synopsis:
- Patsy and Chives go out to dinner.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Milt Gross Funnies (American Comics Group, 1947 series) #2.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Dinner is Served."
- Script:
- Jack Cole
- Pencils:
- Jack Cole
- Inks:
- Jack Cole
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jack Cole
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Burp the Twerp; Junior
- Synopsis:
- Burp tries his hand at baby sitting.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Police Comics (Quality, 1941) #46.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Babysitting."
- Script:
- Don Christensen [as Don Arr]
- Pencils:
- Don Christensen [as Don Arr]
- Inks:
- Don Christensen [as Don Arr]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Don Christensen ?
- Genre:
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters:
- Flip; Flopper; Professor Poodle
- Synopsis:
- Flip and Flopper practice self-improvement.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Coo Coo Comics (Standard, 1942 series) #27.
- Script:
- Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
- Pencils:
- Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
- Inks:
- Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jack Cole
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Burp the Twerp
- Synopsis:
- Burp wins a footrace by a nose.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #38.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "By a Nose"
- Script:
- Basil Wolverton
- Pencils:
- Basil Wolverton (signed)
- Inks:
- Basil Wolverton (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Basil Wolverton
- Genre:
- satire-parody
- Characters:
- Handlehead Harry; Nobbnose Greggs; Doug Droopsnoots; Shaggyman Flynn; Backwards Bonk
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Powerhouse Pepper (Marvel, 1943 series) #1.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Five Curious Cases."
- Script:
- Basil Wolverton
- Pencils:
- Basil Wolverton (signed)
- Inks:
- Basil Wolverton (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Basil Wolverton
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Powerhouse Pepper
- Synopsis:
- Powerhouse dreams of attacks by freaks.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Powerhouse Pepper (Marvel, 1943 series) #1
- Script:
- Basil Wolverton
- Pencils:
- Basil Wolverton (signed)
- Inks:
- Basil Wolverton (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Basil Wolverton
- Genre:
- satire-parody
- Characters:
- Goopan Goon; G. Gangway Grunt; Leghorn Dickens; Buster Bashbrain
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Powerhouse Pepper (Marvel, 1943 series) #1.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Profiles."
- Script:
- Jack Cole
- Pencils:
- Jack Cole
- Inks:
- Jack Cole
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jack Cole
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Burp the Twerp; Toodles
- Synopsis:
- Burp proposes marriage to Toodles.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #35.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "The Proposal."
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Melvin Monster; Baddy Monster; Mummy Monster
- Synopsis:
- Baddy visits a mouse restaurant.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Melvin Monster (Dell, 1965) #3.
- Keywords:
- monsters
- Script:
- Dick Briefer
- Pencils:
- Dick Briefer
- Inks:
- Dick Briefer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Frankenstein; Ludwig van Beethoven
- Synopsis:
- Frankenstein wants to learn to play music.
- Reprints:
- from Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v6#1 (61)
- Keywords:
- monsters
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Musical Monster."
- Script:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Inks:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- satire-parody
- Synopsis:
- A man and boy play with printed optical illusions.
- Reprints:
- from Hedy Devine Comics (Marvel, 1947 series) #25.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "Optical Illusions."
- Script:
- Theodor Geisel [Dr. Seuss]
- Pencils:
- Mel Crawford ?; P.D. Eastman
- Inks:
- Mel Crawford ?; P.D. Eastman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- Boing B. #1-528
- Genre:
- humor; children
- Characters:
- Gerald McBoing Boing; Mr. McCloy; Mrs. McCloy; Doctor Malone
- Synopsis:
- Gerald McBoing Boing, the boy who makes noises instead of speaking, becomes famous by providing sound effects for radio shows.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Gerald McBoing Boing and the Nearsighted Mr. Magoo (Dell, 1952 series) #1.
An adaptation of the script to the animated film of the same name. Art credits from the index to the original publication; this reprint lists just P. D. Eastman. The table of contents gives this story's title as "Boing Boing."
- Script:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Inks:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- A man and a boy entertain with silly faces and poses.
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Gay Comics (Marvel, 1944 series) #31.
The table of contents gives this story's title as "I'm a Teapot!"
- Script:
- Art Spiegelman; Françoise Mouly
- Letters:
- typeset
- Genre:
- biography
- Synopsis:
- Short biographies of the artists and writers in this book.
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- An index to this book.
- Script:
- Art Spiegelman ?; Françoise Mouly ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- Suggested modern comics.
- Synopsis:
- An advertisement for TOON Books.
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- Acknowledgements of copyrights for the stories in this book.
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly ?
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly?
- Colors:
- ?
Inside back cover and facing page
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Milt Stein (Supermouse figure); Walt Kelly (background)
- Inks:
- Milt Stein (Supermouse figure); Walt Kelly (background)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gary Hallgren; typeset
- Characters:
- Supermouse
- Reprints:
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Supermouse (Standard, 1948 series) #12 [Supermouse figure]
- from Fairy Tale Parade (Dell, 1942 series) #2 [background]
- Pencils:
- Jules Feiffer
- Inks:
- Jules Feiffer
- Colors:
- ?
- Characters:
- Clifford
back cover