(October-November 1958)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1958-08-05
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
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover dated November.

Cover Thumbnail for Flippity & Flop (DC, 1951 series) #42
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
240
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ho-hum! Time to get up!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Jack Rabbit (Table of Contents: 4)

Let's Go Hunting! / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Someone is knocking on my door -- I wonder who it could be?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

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

Tootsie Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Twiddle and Twaddle / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
44
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee! It's fun to rummage!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dog; Twaddle; Twiddle

Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Winchester Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Lost -- A Free Education! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Binky; Tim

Indexer Notes

Repeat PSA. Originally appeared in DC books around October 1951.

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

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The express company left a package for you, Flop --
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

Dizzy Circles (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
215
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good morning, Sam!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Giant Dinosaurs / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Flippity and Flop
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Honor House Products Corp.
  3. 2. ["Ho-hum! Time to get up!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. Jack Rabbit
    Let's Go Hunting!
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park
  7. 6. ["Someone is knocking on my door -- I wonder who it could be?"]
    Flippity and Flop
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll Pop
  9. 8. ["Gee! It's fun to rummage!"]
    Twiddle and Twaddle
  10. 9. Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief
    Winchester Roller Skates
  11. 10. Lost -- A Free Education!
    Binky
  12. 11. ["The express company left a package for you, Flop --"]
    Flippity and Flop
  13. 12. Dizzy Circles
  14. 13. ["Good morning, Sam!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Joe Weider
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Giant Dinosaurs
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