Comics on Parade #v5#3 (51)
(December 1945)

United Feature, 1938 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
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Issue Notes

Contents are from Li'l Abner newspaper strips with publication dates from March to June 1939 (per Art Lortie).

Indicia: COMICS ON PARADE, Dec. 1945, Vol. 5, No. 3. Published quarterly and copyright 1945 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc., New York, N. Y. Editorial and Advertising office 220 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Phone Murray Hill 2-2030. Single copies 10 cents. Distributed by the American News Company, Inc., 131 Varick St., New York 12, N. Y., Printed in the U. S. A. Subscriptions not accepted.

[Mammy's larnin' th' Dogpatch Jive] (Table of Contents)

Li'l Abner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Salomey
Synopsis
Mammy jumps when shot in the rear by a boy with a slingshot.
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[The NEW age of chemistry] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Daisy Mae tricks Lil Abner into proposing marriage] (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Ole Man Mose; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Hannibal Hoops; Salomey; Winky; Henry; Granny Scragg
Synopsis
Advised by Ole Man Mose, Daisy Mae tricks Li'l Abner into proposing to marry her. King Henry slips off to Dogpatch on a hunting expedition. Hannibal Hoops fakes a photograph of Daisy Mae kissing Winky and shows it to Li'l Abner.

[His marvelous magnetic powers save the town from a flaming meteor] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Volto from Mars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Daisy Mae nurses Henry back to health] (Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Hannibal Hoops; Winky; Henry; Granny Scragg; Margo Mars
Synopsis
Li'l Abner leaves Dogpatch. Henry escapes to Dogpatch, is injured and feigns amnesia so that Daisy Mae can nurse him back to health. Hannibal Hoops tries to trick Daisy Mae into marrying him. Margo Mars discovers Henry in Dogpatch.

[Daisy Mae and Henry make plans to marry] (Table of Contents: 5)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Marryin' Sam; Henry; Margo Mars
Synopsis
Henry proposes marriage to Daisy Mae, who finds Marryin' Sam. Henry's advisors find him and tell him that he has become a king. Henry is about to broadcast the news of his marriage when Abner returns to Dogpatch. Abner receives a letter from Scotland.

[Li'l Abner receives a letter from his Aunt Beatrixe] (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Wild Thing of the Moors
Synopsis
Li'l Abner receives a letter from his Aunt Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire, asking him to live with her in New York.

Pan American Stamp Tips (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[Duchess Beatrixe gives a costume ball for Li'l Abner] (Table of Contents: 8)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; Black Rufe; Wild Thing of the Moors
Synopsis
Li'l Abner takes a train to New York, trailed by Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat, who are trailed by Black Rufe. Duchess Beatrixe has a mysterious suit of armor, containing the Wild Thing of the Moors, shipped to her home in New York. Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat tangle with the Wild Thing of the Moors at a costume ball given in Li'l Abner's honor.

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

advertisement / 0.2 page (report information)

[Jokes] (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Four jokes

The family next door; Our people (Table of Contents: 11)

Back Home Again / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ed Dodd
Pencils
Ed Dodd
Inks
Ed Dodd
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two single-panel gags

[Li'l Abner helps Charlie the ghost marry off Linda Lou] (Table of Contents: 12)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; Black Rufe; Wild Thing of the Moors; Sir Basil; Charlie [ghost]; Linda Lou; Eddie Noble
Synopsis
Li'l Abner, Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat ship the Wild Thing of the Moors and Black Rufe to Scotland with Sir Basil. Li'l Abner meets Charlie, a top-hatted ghost who must wander the earth until he makes his two fiancées happy. Li'l Abner attempts to give $250,000 to Eddie Noble so that he can marry one of them, Linda Lou.

Indexer Notes

Parody of the movie, "Topper"

[Li'l Abner helps Charlie the ghost marry off Sandra Petwell] (Table of Contents: 13)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Charlie [ghost]; Eddie Noble; Sandra Petwell; Hon. Peter Peachtree; Hon. Peter Peachtree, Jr.
Synopsis
Eddie Noble accepts $250,000 so that he can marry Linda Lou. Li'l Abner offers to marry Sandra Petwell himself, but she rejects him when he laughs at her hat. Sandra instead marries Hon. Peter Peachtree, Jr., so Charlie is released from wandering the earth.

Indexer Notes

Parody of the movie, "Topper"

[Kaffir Kutie] (Table of Contents: 14)

Strange as it seems / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Hix
Pencils
John Hix
Inks
John Hix
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
True facts about Kaffir hairdos, geysers, Francis Parkman and flying fish

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

Funny Side Up / cartoon / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Abner Dean
Pencils
Abner Dean
Inks
Abner Dean
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Single-panel gags

[Exquisite! Lovely! Alluring!] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Free 150 power microscope with this offer] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Your favorite's autographed picture free] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Mammy's larnin' th' Dogpatch Jive]
    Li'l Abner
  2. 1. [The NEW age of chemistry]
  3. 2. [Daisy Mae tricks Lil Abner into proposing marriage]
    Li'l Abner
  4. 3. [His marvelous magnetic powers save the town from a flaming meteor]
    Volto from Mars
  5. 4. [Daisy Mae nurses Henry back to health]
    Li'l Abner
  6. 5. [Daisy Mae and Henry make plans to marry]
    Li'l Abner
  7. 6. [Li'l Abner receives a letter from his Aunt Beatrixe]
  8. 7. Pan American Stamp Tips
  9. 8. [Duchess Beatrixe gives a costume ball for Li'l Abner]
    Li'l Abner
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
  11. 10. [Jokes]
  12. 11. The family next door; Our people
    Back Home Again
  13. 12. [Li'l Abner helps Charlie the ghost marry off Linda Lou]
    Li'l Abner
  14. 13. [Li'l Abner helps Charlie the ghost marry off Sandra Petwell]
    Li'l Abner
  15. 14. [Kaffir Kutie]
    Strange as it seems
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Funny Side Up
  17. 16. [Exquisite! Lovely! Alluring!]
  18. 17. [Free 150 power microscope with this offer]
  19. 18. [Your favorite's autographed picture free]
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  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • John P. Selegue
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