Comics on Parade #70

(February-March 1950)

Colorful COMIC & SPORTS Sweater Emblem Embroidered With Any Name 39¢ (Table of Contents)

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Synopsis:

Ad for novelties from Johnsom Smith Co.

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Inside front cover

[Ahem! I guess you better go home now, Sluggo] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo

Synopsis:

Aunt Fritzi gets Nancy to go to bed with a trail of jellybeans on the stairs.

[Hm--There's Phil--I hope he won't forget my birthday tomorrow] (Table of Contents)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble

Synopsis:

Fritzi thinks that Phil is shopping for her birthday, but he's studying for his new job as a window dresser.

[Nancy is hatching a scheme] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo

Synopsis:

Nancy tries to trick Sluggo out of a soda by making him answer "Sap" to all of her questions.

[I wish Fritzi's vacation was over] (Table of Contents)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble

Synopsis:

Fritzi writes Phil from her vacation, embellishing everything except how men flirt with her.

[Have you seen Sluggo?] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo

Synopsis:

Sluggo brags about all the girls who like him, so Nancy carves "Sluggo loves Sluggo" in his heart on a tree.

[Clubhouse news] (Table of Contents)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble

Synopsis:

Fritzi is a hat-check girl at a magicians' convention.

[Hey Nancy---I'm gonna blow ya to a movie!] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo

Synopsis:

Sluggo writes, "Flaming Scorn -- Woilds Woist Film" on a theater marquee.

[Looks like a good party, Fritzi!] (Table of Contents)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble; Professor Svengoo

Synopsis:

Phil Fumble calls a hypnotist, Professor Svengoo, a phony, so Svengoo makes Phil think he's a goldfish.

[Hurry up, slow-poke!] (Table of Contents)

Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ray Thompson?

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Ray Thompson

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Ray Thompson?

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Characters:

Pud

Synopsis:

Pud is a great ice skater when he chews Dubble Bubble bubble gum.

Indexer Notes

Ad for Fleer Dubble Bubble bubble gum in comic-strip format

[It's fun to wander through these pages every month!] (Table of Contents)

The Captain and the Kids / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Jerry DeMott?

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Jerry DeMott

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Jerry DeMott?

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Jerry DeMott?

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Jerry DeMott?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Scoopy; Hans; Fritz; Chumbo der Chiant [Jumbo the Giant]

Synopsis:

Hans and Fritz fool Chumbo der Chiant by replacing their heads with helium balloons.

Indexer Notes

House ad for The Captain and the Kids 18

[Oh boy--let me blow some bubbles, eh, Nancy?] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo

Synopsis:

Sluggo blows bubbles from a pipe shop's giant display pipe.

[Fritzi wants me to help out here today!] (Table of Contents)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble

Synopsis:

Phil Fumble mixes milk shakes for the Kiddies' Annual Lawn Party by taking them on a roller coaster.

[Nancy---will you marry me when we grow up?] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo

Synopsis:

Nancy imagines what she'll look like when she grows up. When she sees a fat woman, she makes Sluggo sign blindfolded a promise to marry her.

[Whizzo water guns] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo

Synopsis:

Nancy shoots Sluggo with a hose connected to a billboard for Whizzo water guns.

Factory to you! (Table of Contents)

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Synopsis:

Illustrated ad for personalized pen set from M. P. K. Company

[Hm---I have an idea---I think I'll rent one and see if Sluggo is true to me] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo

Synopsis:

When Sluggo flirts with Nancy disguised in a blonde wig, Nancy's girl friends attack her with snowballs.

[This book says that the future television sets will be wonderful] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy

Synopsis:

Nancy imagines interactive television, then wears armor to view a future television set.

[Here comes the mailman] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy

Synopsis:

Nancy dreams that she is captured and served to a group of turkeys for dinner.

[Oh, that's beautiful, Sluggo] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo; Bruce

Synopsis:

Rich Bruce buys a "Bruce loves Nancy" billboard to top Sluggo's love sign graffiti.

[Ah---There's a cat] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy

Synopsis:

Nancy gathers cats to clean up a spilled milk truck.

[Hey, Archie---Bzz---Bzz---Bzz-bzz--etc.] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo; Archie

Synopsis:

Nancy sneaks into a meeting of D' Secret Spooks, who are all dressed in flour sacks.

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KKK-like society

Stamp Tips (Table of Contents)

Stamp Tips / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Article about stamps based on (East] Indian mythology, plus classified ads for stamps

[I hope Uncle Gus doesn't mind us barging in on him for a week!] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Uncle Gus Akers; Sluggo

Synopsis:

Nancy, Fritzi and Sluggo visit Uncle Gus' farm and prepare for the beginning of school.

Indexer Notes

Series of connected short gags

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Synopsis:

Classified ads

Indexer Notes

Includes an ad for an engraved cigarette lighter from H & S Sales

[Wanna get rich?] (Table of Contents)

Hix's Strange as it seems / comic story / 0.6 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

Synopsis:

True facts about shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, blood circulation, alfalfa and Constantinople.

[Everybody is going in for window boxes this year!] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo; Marigold; Marmaduke

Synopsis:

Series of vaguely connected gags about gardening and other subjects.

[This ought to be a good party] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller

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Ernie Bushmiller?

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Genre:

Children

Characters:

Nancy; Sluggo; Gwen

Synopsis:

When Nancy tries to flirt with Sluggo at a party, he thinks that her woolen dress is itchy.

Amazing New Mickey Mouse Hand Puppets (Table of Contents)

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Mickey Mouse; Minny Mouse; Thumper; Donald Duck

Synopsis:

Illustrated ad for hand puppets from Rubber-for-Molds, Inc.

I Will Train You at Home for Good Jobs in RADIO-TELEVISION (Table of Contents)

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Synopsis:

Ad for radio-television training from National Radio Institute

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Inside back cover

Girls Boys Get your prize this easy way (Table of Contents)

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Synopsis:

Ad for selling seeds from American Seed Company

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Sequence in comic-strip format. On back cover.