Comics on Parade #v5#3 [51]

(December 1945)

[The NEW age of chemistry] (Table of Contents)

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Ad for Chemcraft chemistry sets from The Porter Chemical Company

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

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

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Script:

Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Genre:

Humor; satire

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

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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)

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

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Superhero

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Volto from Mars

Synopsis:

Volto from Mars saves the town from a flaming meteor and is rewarded with Grape-Nuts Flakes.

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Hop Harrigan radio show blurb at bottom of page

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

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

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Genre:

Humor; satire

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)

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

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Script:

Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Genre:

Humor; satire

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)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Wild Thing of the Moors

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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)

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Article about stamps from the Dominican Republic and Bolivia, plus classified ads for stamps

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

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

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Script:

Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Genre:

Humor; satire

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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

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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)

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Classified ads

[Jokes] (Table of Contents)

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Humor

Synopsis:

Four jokes

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

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

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Script:

Ed Dodd

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Ed Dodd

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Ed Dodd

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Genre:

Gags

Synopsis:

Two single-panel gags

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

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

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Script:

Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Genre:

Humor; satire

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.

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Parody of the movie, "Topper"

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

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

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Al Capp

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Genre:

Humor; satire

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.

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Parody of the movie, "Topper"

[Kaffir Kutie] (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

John Hix

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John Hix

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John Hix

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Genre:

Fact

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True facts about Kaffir hairdos, geysers, Francis Parkman and flying fish

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

Abner Dean

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Abner Dean

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Abner Dean

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Gags

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Single-panel gags

[Exquisite! Lovely! Alluring!] (Table of Contents)

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Ad for ring and earring set from Invenco Corp.

[Free 150 power microscope with this offer] (Table of Contents)

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Ad for "Wonders of Living Things" with free microscope from Metro Publications

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Inside back cover

[Your favorite's autographed picture free] (Table of Contents)

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Ad for song folios with free autographed celebrity photos from Leeds Music Corporation

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