(June-July 1954)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1954-04-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Larry Nadle (actual editor)

Issue Notes

Cecil Beard and Alpine Harper joined the Davis studio sometime in 1954 and took over the writing duties. Credits by Jerry Bails at http://www.bailsprojects.com/. On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Flippity and Flop / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop
Cover Thumbnail for Flippity & Flop (DC, 1951 series) #16
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Binky Says: "Act Your Age!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Allergy Biggs; Binky Biggs; Billy; Mr. Jones

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper ?; Cecil Beard ?; Jim Davis ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
124
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy, this is a tough alley!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam; John L. (introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Scrambled Squares / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper ?; Cecil Beard ?; Jim Davis ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
50
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! That's what I need!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Dotto Zoo / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I travel with a circus...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Fun Shop / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The science scrapbook! The sun's light can penetrate the ocean...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Twiddle and Twaddle / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper ?; Cecil Beard ?; Jim Davis ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
17
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't get it!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Twiddle; Twaddle; Dog [Rat Terrier]

Indexer Notes

The mice refer to the dog as "Rex", but it wasn't intended as a name. See Flippity & Flop (DC, 1951 series) #20 for the explicit statement that the dog is unnamed. Dog is mis-colored as brown.

Time Flies (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Baby Kwiz (Table of Contents: 13)

Kwizzlers / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper ?; Cecil Beard ?; Jim Davis ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmm! Hmm! Well! Hm! That's all I want to know!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Underseas Treasure (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Flippity and Flop
  2. 1. Binky Says: "Act Your Age!"
    Binky
  3. 2. ["Boy, this is a tough alley!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Scripto
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Scrambled Squares
  7. 6. Editorial Advisory Board
  8. 7. ["Wow! That's what I need!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  9. 8. ["Let's go see the lions and tigers now..."]
    Fleer's Dubble Bubble
  10. 9. ["I travel with a circus..."]
    Dotto Zoo
  11. 10. ["The science scrapbook! The sun's light can penetrate the ocean..."]
    Fun Shop
  12. 11. ["I don't get it!"]
    Twiddle and Twaddle
  13. 12. Time Flies
  14. 13. Baby Kwiz
    Kwizzlers
  15. 14. ["Hmm! Hmm! Well! Hm! That's all I want to know!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Mutt & Jeff
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  18. 17. Underseas Treasure
    Wilson Chemical Co.
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