Army Laughs #v5#1
(April 1945)

Prize, 1941 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
64
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Crestwood Publishing Co. Inc.
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Ken Browne (credited as Corp. Ken Browne) (editor)

Issue Notes

Indexed from scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Script
Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)
Pencils
Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)
Inks
Ken Browne (signed as Ken Browne)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quick, corporal, - my overshoes!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Script
Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
Pencils
Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Of course not, mother, he's merely explaining commando tactics!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A mother interrupts her daughter's alone time with a commando.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

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

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Pencils
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why Jimmy Noogan!
Genre
humor; military

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

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Ponce De Leon (signed as Ponce de León)
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Ponce De Leon (signed as Ponce de León)
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Ponce De Leon (signed as Ponce de León)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I understand Jones' wife is in town!
Genre
humor; military

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

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look's like the ship's barber has been around!
Genre
humor; military

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

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Pencils
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
A big strong woman like you should be able to do more overtime.
Genre
humor; domestic

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

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Salo (signed as Salo)
Pencils
Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What happened? My objective objected!
Genre
humor; military

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

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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Please park your camouflage outside in the future!
Genre
humor; military

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

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Script
Dick Ericson (signed as Sgt Dick Ericson)
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Dick Ericson (signed as Sgt Dick Ericson)
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Dick Ericson (signed as Sgt Dick Ericson)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I doubt that he'd be much fun.
Genre
humor; military

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

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Art Moore (signed as Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Art Moore)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What makes you so sure the WACs have arrived?
Genre
humor; military

[Soldier Gives Cook a Cook Book] (Table of Contents: 10)

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Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A soldier gives a cook book to the army cook.

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

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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What makes you think I'm gold-bricking?
Genre
humor; military

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

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just a moment, sailor.
Genre
humor; military

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

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Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
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Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
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Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What, no brass knuckles?
Genre
humor; military

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

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Si Katzman (signed)
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Si Katzman (signed)
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Si Katzman (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Slow poke!
Genre
humor; military

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

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Beware of chiggers wood ticks toads and sand fleas
Genre
humor; military

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

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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Go on now - don't be so jumpy!
Genre
humor; military

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

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
All I did was ask for her hand!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Either she goes or I do.
Genre
humor; military

Missing? (Table of Contents: 19)

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Ken Browne (credited)
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Ken Browne (credited)
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Ken Browne (credited)
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Ken Browne (credited)

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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Si Katzman (signed)
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Si Katzman (signed)
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Si Katzman (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Today we again threw the enemy into confusion by suddenly retreating 20 miles!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Explosions / text story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
So you went all over Italy!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

About Faces / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Ken Browne (credited)
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Ken Browne (credited)
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Ken Browne (credited)

Genre
military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your eye is lovely, my dear!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

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George La Mendola (signed as La Mendola)
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George La Mendola (signed as La Mendola)
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George La Mendola (signed as La Mendola)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Luckily the poker game was right next door to the draft board!
Genre
humor; military

[Sailor Drops Nylons] (Table of Contents: 25)

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Art Moore (signed as Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Art Moore)

Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A sailor drops a pair of nylons to attract a woman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

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Dick Ericson (signed as Sgt Dick Ericson)
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Dick Ericson (signed as Sgt Dick Ericson)
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Dick Ericson (signed as Sgt Dick Ericson)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's our first sergeant.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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Joey Oakes (signed as Joey Oakes)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
He says de English goils are de berries and dey sure cut a rug but oh how they...
Genre
humor; domestic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shucks, the Yank bragged about being a champion hog caller!
Genre
humor; military

[Soldier's Updated Initials] (Table of Contents: 29)

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Pencils
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Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A soldier carved he and his lover's initials into a tree. Later they carved another set with their child.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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Henry Boltinoff (signed as HB)
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Henry Boltinoff (signed as HB)
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Henry Boltinoff (signed as HB)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
He says that way he doesn't have to bother making his bed in the morning!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Candid Camera Cartoons / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Ken Browne
Pencils
Ken Browne
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Ken Browne
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Ken Browne

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's your name and address?
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
He insists upon being inducted - claims that two heads are better than one!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Pencils
A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh, Bill, this is the last time I'll snatch an address book off a chief petty officer!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

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Si Katzman (signed)
Pencils
Si Katzman (signed)
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Si Katzman (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Joe can't forget that he was in vaudeville!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Bugle Notes / text story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
How come Private Jenks is so popular today?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Private Goofle's Letters to His Ma / text story / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
Ken Browne
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Ken Browne
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Ma: I bumped into a guy named Freddie...
Genre
humor

[Crossword Puzzle] (Table of Contents: 37)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
Pencils
Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
Inks
Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Does it say anything in the guide book that would help us in a situation like this?
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

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Salo (signed as Salo)
Pencils
Salo (signed as Salo)
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Salo (signed as Salo)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't have any money either.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

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Dick Ericson (signed as Dick Ericson)
Pencils
Dick Ericson (signed as Dick Ericson)
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Dick Ericson (signed as Dick Ericson)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now look here, Sarge, we don't go around butting into your business!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Auntie Tripelchin's Love Tips / text story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Auntie: When we are out with the girls, all they talk about is...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Tents and Decks / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm sorry, I find we have kept you in the guardhouse a day too long.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

Nutty Nifties / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Ken Browne
Pencils
Ken Browne
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Ken Browne
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Ken Browne

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One way a rookie can avoid getting a swelled head.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hot darn, that Memphis blonde just about had me hooked when the draft board stepped in!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

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Bo Brown (signed as Bo Brown)
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Bo Brown (signed as Bo Brown)
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Bo Brown (signed as Bo Brown)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll trade you two drill sergeants and an M.P. for an air cadet!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

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Art Moore (signed as Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Art Moore)
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Art Moore (signed as Art Moore)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I would like to cancel my furlough to Berlin.
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

Scalp Itchers / text story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's out of service
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

Army Laughs' Steno Says Hello / text story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello Boys: Most of the jokes that I tell in my notes are about soldiers and their girls.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

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? [as C. Charles] (signed)
Pencils
? [as C. Charles] (signed)
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? [as C. Charles] (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
My shoes squeaked and made so much noise I couldn't stand it, sir!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50)

Parodies on the Songs Your Daddies Sang / text story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sergeant, Sergeant - give your promise to me...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 51)

Cookhouse Howls / text story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What are you doing there?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52)

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Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
Pencils
Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
Inks
Art Jackson (signed as Art Jackson)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Young man! Why aren't you in the army!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 53)

You Said It Buddy! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 54)

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Si Katzman (signed)
Pencils
Si Katzman (signed)
Inks
Si Katzman (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm sorry dear, but I made this date three weeks ago!
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 55)

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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
Pencils
Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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Ving Fuller (signed as Ving Fuller)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're as fit as a fiddle!
Genre
humor; military

He'll Learn! (Table of Contents: 56)

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Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 57)

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Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
Pencils
Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
Inks
Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
My new dress must be a sensation... everyone's staring at us!
Genre
humor; military
Synopsis
A woman dancing with a very tall soldier thinks her dress it what's catching people's eyes.

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 58)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
Pencils
Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
Inks
Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Would you mind waiting outside like the rest of the people?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A woman complains about a man trying to share a telephone booth with her.

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Quick, corporal, - my overshoes!"]
  2. 1. ["Of course not, mother, he's merely explaining commando tactics!"]
  3. 2. ["Why Jimmy Noogan!"]
  4. 3. ["I understand Jones' wife is in town!"]
  5. 4. ["Look's like the ship's barber has been around!"]
  6. 5. ["A big strong woman like you should be able to do more overtime."]
  7. 6. ["What happened? My objective objected!"]
  8. 7. ["Please park your camouflage outside in the future!"]
  9. 8. ["I doubt that he'd be much fun."]
  10. 9. ["What makes you so sure the WACs have arrived?"]
  11. 10. [Soldier Gives Cook a Cook Book]
  12. 11. ["What makes you think I'm gold-bricking?"]
  13. 12. ["Just a moment, sailor."]
  14. 13. ["What, no brass knuckles?"]
  15. 14. ["Slow poke!"]
  16. 15. ["Beware of chiggers wood ticks toads and sand fleas"]
  17. 16. ["Go on now - don't be so jumpy!"]
  18. 17. ["All I did was ask for her hand!"]
  19. 18. ["Either she goes or I do."]
  20. 19. Missing?
  21. 20. ["Today we again threw the enemy into confusion by suddenly retreating 20 miles!"]
  22. 21. ["So you went all over Italy!"]
    Explosions
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    About Faces
  24. 23. ["Your eye is lovely, my dear!"]
  25. 24. ["Luckily the poker game was right next door to the draft board!"]
  26. 25. [Sailor Drops Nylons]
  27. 26. ["That's our first sergeant."]
  28. 27. ["He says de English goils are de berries and dey sure cut a rug but oh how they..."]
  29. 28. ["Shucks, the Yank bragged about being a champion hog caller!"]
  30. 29. [Soldier's Updated Initials]
  31. 30. ["He says that way he doesn't have to bother making his bed in the morning!"]
  32. 31. ["What's your name and address?"]
    Candid Camera Cartoons
  33. 32. ["He insists upon being inducted - claims that two heads are better than one!"]
  34. 33. ["Gosh, Bill, this is the last time I'll snatch an address book off a chief petty officer!"]
  35. 34. ["Joe can't forget that he was in vaudeville!"]
  36. 35. ["How come Private Jenks is so popular today?"]
    Bugle Notes
  37. 36. ["Dear Ma: I bumped into a guy named Freddie..."]
    Private Goofle's Letters to His Ma
  38. 37. [Crossword Puzzle]
  39. 38. ["Does it say anything in the guide book that would help us in a situation like this?"]
  40. 39. ["I don't have any money either."]
  41. 40. ["Now look here, Sarge, we don't go around butting into your business!"]
  42. 41. ["Dear Auntie: When we are out with the girls, all they talk about is..."]
    Auntie Tripelchin's Love Tips
  43. 42. ["I'm sorry, I find we have kept you in the guardhouse a day too long."]
    Tents and Decks
  44. 43. ["One way a rookie can avoid getting a swelled head."]
    Nutty Nifties
  45. 44. ["Hot darn, that Memphis blonde just about had me hooked when the draft board stepped in!"]
  46. 45. ["I'll trade you two drill sergeants and an M.P. for an air cadet!"]
  47. 46. ["I would like to cancel my furlough to Berlin."]
  48. 47. ["It's out of service"]
    Scalp Itchers
  49. 48. ["Hello Boys: Most of the jokes that I tell in my notes are about soldiers and their girls."]
    Army Laughs' Steno Says Hello
  50. 49. ["My shoes squeaked and made so much noise I couldn't stand it, sir!"]
  51. 50. ["Sergeant, Sergeant - give your promise to me..."]
    Parodies on the Songs Your Daddies Sang
  52. 51. ["What are you doing there?"]
    Cookhouse Howls
  53. 52. ["Young man! Why aren't you in the army!"]
  54. 53. [no title indexed]
    You Said It Buddy!
  55. 54. ["I'm sorry dear, but I made this date three weeks ago!"]
  56. 55. ["You're as fit as a fiddle!"]
  57. 56. He'll Learn!
  58. 57. ["My new dress must be a sensation... everyone's staring at us!"]
  59. 58. ["Would you mind waiting outside like the rest of the people?"]
This issue was modified by
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Chad Wicker