(April-May 1955)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1955-02-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Larry Nadle (actual editor)

Issue Notes

Alpine Harper was lead writer on Flippity and Flop strips and Cecil Beard was lead on Twiddle and Twaddle. However, they were a husband and wife team known to write collaboratively. 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
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boom!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam
Cover Thumbnail for Flippity & Flop (DC, 1951 series) #21
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Cover gallery

Peter Porkchops Says: "Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mervin Mouse; Peter Porkchops; Wolfie

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

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

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

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
>Ho-humm!< This is sleepy weather!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
To the boys and girls of America...

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

Twiddle and Twaddle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boyoboy! This is too good to be true!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Twiddle; Twaddle; Dog [Rat Terrier]

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

Fun Shop / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Riddle: What speaks every language?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ain't dat disgustin'?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam; Crow

The Skinny Elephant (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

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

American Seed Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
129
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's that contraption you're building, Flop?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam
Reprints

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

Stuart Greetings, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Boom!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  2. 1. Peter Porkchops Says: "Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up!"
    Peter Porkchops
  3. 2. [">Ho-humm!< This is sleepy weather!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  4. 3. ["To the boys and girls of America..."]
    Mutt & Jeff; Nutsy Squirrel
  5. 4. ["Boyoboy! This is too good to be true!"]
    Twiddle and Twaddle
  6. 5. ["Riddle: What speaks every language?"]
    Fun Shop
  7. 6. ["Ain't dat disgustin'?"]
    Flippity and Flop
  8. 7. The Skinny Elephant
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Company
  10. 9. ["What's that contraption you're building, Flop?"]
    Flippity and Flop
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Stuart Greetings, Inc.
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn
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