(January-March 1959)

Dell, 1956 Series
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0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
Bill Yates (credited) (editor); John Norment (credited) (associate editor); George Hiltebeitel (art editor)

Issue Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Pencils
Michael Berry (signed as Berry)
Inks
Michael Berry (signed as Berry)
Colors
?

Genre
humor

Guide to Slightly-Sub Junior Executive (Table of Contents: 1)

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Script
Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)
Pencils
Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)
Inks
Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)
Letters
Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

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

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Script
Leo Garel (signed as Leo Garel)
Pencils
Leo Garel (signed as Leo Garel)
Inks
Leo Garel (signed as Leo Garel)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And just who the hell are the Redcoats?
Genre
humor

Here We Go Again and Bottle Fatigue (Table of Contents: 3)

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Script
Virgil Partch (credited as VIP)
Pencils
Virgil Partch (credited as VIP)
Inks
Virgil Partch (credited as VIP)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Ghoul Crazy (Table of Contents: 4)

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Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Sick Sick Sick (Table of Contents: 5)

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Script
Jules Feiffer (credited)
Pencils
Jules Feiffer (credited)
Inks
Jules Feiffer (credited)
Letters
Jules Feiffer (credited)

Genre
humor

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

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Script
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Pencils
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Inks
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Seems to me you're inviting trouble.
Genre
humor

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

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Script
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Pencils
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Inks
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll bet he has the happiest cold germs in town.
Genre
humor

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

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Script
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Pencils
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Inks
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The champ finds an opening...
Genre
humor; sports

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

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Script
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Pencils
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Inks
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No wonder she was a flop on radio.
Genre
humor

[Suicide or Target Practice?] (Table of Contents: 10)

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Script
Ton Smits (signed as Ton Smits)
Pencils
Ton Smits (signed as Ton Smits)
Inks
Ton Smits (signed as Ton Smits)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man seems to be preparing to commit suicide but is actually performing target practice.

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

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Script
Stan Hunt (signed)
Pencils
Stan Hunt (signed)
Inks
Stan Hunt (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Advertising says discover something calld DX37...
Genre
humor

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

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Leo Garel (signed as Leo Garel)
Pencils
Leo Garel (signed as Leo Garel)
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Leo Garel (signed as Leo Garel)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nothing abstract about the signature, is there?
Genre
humor

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

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Of 150 persons questioned in Florence, 85 were...
Genre
humor

The Better Half Cocktail (Table of Contents: 14)

The Better Half / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Barnes (credited as Bob Barnes)
Pencils
Robert Barnes (credited as Bob Barnes)
Inks
Robert Barnes (credited as Bob Barnes)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

News Highlights of 1958 (Table of Contents: 15)

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Script
Al Steen (credited)
Pencils
? (photographs)
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? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

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

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Script
Stan Hunt (signed)
Pencils
Stan Hunt (signed)
Inks
Stan Hunt (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
We try to remember to turn it on for fifteen minutes...
Genre
humor

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

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Script
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Pencils
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Inks
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My hobby is tinkering around with my 1912 Stutz.
Genre
humor

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

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Script
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Pencils
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Inks
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
J. T. wants to see you upstairs.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

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Script
Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)
Pencils
Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)
Inks
Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just who do you think you're calling 'well-adjusted'?
Genre
humor

Lover Types and How to Recognize Them (Table of Contents: 20)

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Script
Herb Green (credited)
Pencils
Herb Green (credited)
Inks
Herb Green (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

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

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Script
Stan Hunt (signed)
Pencils
Stan Hunt (signed)
Inks
Stan Hunt (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear, while I'm reading Super Comics to Bobby...
Genre
humor

Where the Devil Have You Been? (Table of Contents: 22)

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Script
Harold Winerip (credited)
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

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

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Script
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Pencils
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Inks
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm quite sure everything will be all right if only...
Genre
humor

They Just Laugh at Me (Table of Contents: 24)

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Script
Joe E. Lewis (credited)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

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Script
Jeff Keate (signed as JEFF KEATE)
Pencils
Jeff Keate (signed as JEFF KEATE)
Inks
Jeff Keate (signed as JEFF KEATE)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I call it Mother's Whistler.
Genre
humor

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

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Clyde Lamb (signed as Lamb)
Pencils
Clyde Lamb (signed as Lamb)
Inks
Clyde Lamb (signed as Lamb)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I love you, too!
Genre
humor

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

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Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)
Pencils
Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)
Inks
Harry Mace (signed as HARRY MACE)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'd offer you my seat but I'm an expectant father.
Genre
humor

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

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Script
Harry Lyons (signed as LYONS)
Pencils
Harry Lyons (signed as LYONS)
Inks
Harry Lyons (signed as LYONS)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The drinks are on me!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

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Script
John Norment (signed as normEnt)
Pencils
John Norment (signed as normEnt)
Inks
John Norment (signed as normEnt)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I want a bottle of wife tenderizer.
Genre
humor

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

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Script
Stan Hunt (signed)
Pencils
Stan Hunt (signed)
Inks
Stan Hunt (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If I hear one more singing commercial out of you...
Genre
humor

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

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Harry Lyons (signed as LYONS)
Pencils
Harry Lyons (signed as LYONS)
Inks
Harry Lyons (signed as LYONS)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can I give you a hand with the dishes?
Genre
humor

Turnabout (Table of Contents: 32)

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Script
Bernard Wiseman (credited as B. Wiseman)
Pencils
Bernard Wiseman (credited as B. Wiseman)
Inks
Bernard Wiseman (credited as B. Wiseman)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[Boxing Glove Vending Machine] (Table of Contents: 33)

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Script
Paul Peter Porges (signed as PORGES)
Pencils
Paul Peter Porges (signed as PORGES)
Inks
Paul Peter Porges (signed as PORGES)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A vending machine releases a boxing glove which hits a man in the face.

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

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Script
Paul Peter Porges (signed as PORGES)
Pencils
Paul Peter Porges (signed as PORGES)
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Paul Peter Porges (signed as PORGES)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wait till John Foster Dulles hears about this!
Genre
humor

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

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David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Pencils
David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Inks
David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
If St. James Infirmary Blues does that to you...
Genre
humor

His Master's Voice (Table of Contents: 36)

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Script
John Gallagher (credited)
Pencils
John Gallagher (credited)
Inks
John Gallagher (credited)

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

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John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Pencils
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Inks
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll go for help.
Genre
humor

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

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M. Blanchard (signed as M Blanchard)
Pencils
M. Blanchard (signed as M Blanchard)
Inks
M. Blanchard (signed as M Blanchard)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're one sex. I'm the other.
Genre
humor

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

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Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Pencils
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Inks
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pay no attention to them...
Genre
humor

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

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Script
Bernard Wiseman (signed as B. Wiseman)
Pencils
Bernard Wiseman (signed as B. Wiseman)
Inks
Bernard Wiseman (signed as B. Wiseman)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, I'm certainly not going to smoke the same...
Genre
humor

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

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Script
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Pencils
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Inks
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My old army buddy!
Genre
humor

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

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David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Pencils
David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Inks
David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The New York Times says, 'Should be seen by everybody'!
Genre
humor

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

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Brian Savage (signed as Brian Savage)
Pencils
Brian Savage (signed as Brian Savage)
Inks
Brian Savage (signed as Brian Savage)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You idiot! That's exactly how you lost your last...
Genre
humor

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

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Script
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Pencils
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Inks
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's got a wicked serve!
Genre
humor; sports
Keywords
tennis

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

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Script
Jeffrey J. Monahan (signed as JMonahan)
Pencils
Jeffrey J. Monahan (signed as JMonahan)
Inks
Jeffrey J. Monahan (signed as JMonahan)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Careful, daddy - he's government property!
Genre
humor

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

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The management cannot expect responsibility...
Genre
humor

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

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?
Pencils
?
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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's called, 'This is art'?
Genre
humor

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

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?
Pencils
?
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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're looking for someone in this block to be...
Genre
humor

[Modern Art with Slingshot] (Table of Contents: 49)

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Script
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Pencils
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Inks
Al Ross (signed as Ross)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A modern artist uses a slingshot to hurl paint at the canvas.

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

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Script
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Pencils
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Inks
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Does he have to keep stamping back and forth...
Genre
humor

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

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?
Pencils
?
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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
With ordinary parking meters you don't collect...
Genre
humor

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

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Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Pencils
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Inks
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
We saw elephants and giraffes and a bunch of...
Genre
humor

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

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?
Pencils
?
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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our account isn't as joint as all that!
Genre
humor

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

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Script
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Pencils
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Inks
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I tell you there's no chance any more for a guy...
Genre
humor

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

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Ralston Jones (signed)
Pencils
Ralston Jones (signed)
Inks
Ralston Jones (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
But, Sheriff, only we bad guys are supposed to...
Genre
humor; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 56)

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Stanley Stamaty (signed as STAMATY)
Pencils
Stanley Stamaty (signed as STAMATY)
Inks
Stanley Stamaty (signed as STAMATY)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, well - if it isn't Edward R. Murrow.
Genre
humor

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

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David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Pencils
David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Inks
David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dayo day-da-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-yo...
Genre
humor

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

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Script
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Pencils
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Inks
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Extravaganza? That means it costs you more to...
Genre
humor

[Banjo Player Goes Over Waterfall] (Table of Contents: 59)

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Script
Jerry Marcus (signed as Jerry Marcus)
Pencils
Jerry Marcus (signed as Jerry Marcus)
Inks
Jerry Marcus (signed as Jerry Marcus)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A banjo player's serenade ends when his unguided canoe goes over a waterfall.

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 60)

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? [as Wesselman] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Wesselman] (signed)
Inks
? [as Wesselman] (signed)
Letters
? [as Wesselman] (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In case of fire turn upside down
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man doesn't understand a fire extinguisher's instructions.

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Guide to Slightly-Sub Junior Executive
  3. 2. ["And just who the hell are the Redcoats?"]
  4. 3. Here We Go Again and Bottle Fatigue
  5. 4. Ghoul Crazy
  6. 5. Sick Sick Sick
  7. 6. ["Seems to me you're inviting trouble."]
  8. 7. ["I'll bet he has the happiest cold germs in town."]
  9. 8. ["The champ finds an opening..."]
  10. 9. ["No wonder she was a flop on radio."]
  11. 10. [Suicide or Target Practice?]
  12. 11. ["Advertising says discover something calld DX37..."]
  13. 12. ["Nothing abstract about the signature, is there?"]
  14. 13. ["Of 150 persons questioned in Florence, 85 were..."]
  15. 14. The Better Half Cocktail
    The Better Half
  16. 15. News Highlights of 1958
  17. 16. ["We try to remember to turn it on for fifteen minutes..."]
  18. 17. ["My hobby is tinkering around with my 1912 Stutz."]
  19. 18. ["J. T. wants to see you upstairs."]
  20. 19. ["Just who do you think you're calling 'well-adjusted'?"]
  21. 20. Lover Types and How to Recognize Them
  22. 21. ["Dear, while I'm reading Super Comics to Bobby..."]
  23. 22. Where the Devil Have You Been?
  24. 23. ["I'm quite sure everything will be all right if only..."]
  25. 24. They Just Laugh at Me
  26. 25. ["I call it Mother's Whistler."]
  27. 26. ["I love you, too!"]
  28. 27. ["I'd offer you my seat but I'm an expectant father."]
  29. 28. ["The drinks are on me!"]
  30. 29. ["I want a bottle of wife tenderizer."]
  31. 30. ["If I hear one more singing commercial out of you..."]
  32. 31. ["Can I give you a hand with the dishes?"]
  33. 32. Turnabout
  34. 33. [Boxing Glove Vending Machine]
  35. 34. ["Wait till John Foster Dulles hears about this!"]
  36. 35. ["If St. James Infirmary Blues does that to you..."]
  37. 36. His Master's Voice
  38. 37. ["I'll go for help."]
  39. 38. ["You're one sex. I'm the other."]
  40. 39. ["Pay no attention to them..."]
  41. 40. ["Well, I'm certainly not going to smoke the same..."]
  42. 41. ["My old army buddy!"]
  43. 42. ["The New York Times says, 'Should be seen by everybody'!"]
  44. 43. ["You idiot! That's exactly how you lost your last..."]
  45. 44. ["He's got a wicked serve!"]
  46. 45. ["Careful, daddy - he's government property!"]
  47. 46. ["The management cannot expect responsibility..."]
  48. 47. ["It's called, 'This is art'?"]
  49. 48. ["We're looking for someone in this block to be..."]
  50. 49. [Modern Art with Slingshot]
  51. 50. ["Does he have to keep stamping back and forth..."]
  52. 51. ["With ordinary parking meters you don't collect..."]
  53. 52. ["We saw elephants and giraffes and a bunch of..."]
  54. 53. ["Our account isn't as joint as all that!"]
  55. 54. ["I tell you there's no chance any more for a guy..."]
  56. 55. ["But, Sheriff, only we bad guys are supposed to..."]
  57. 56. ["Well, well - if it isn't Edward R. Murrow."]
  58. 57. ["Dayo day-da-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-yo..."]
  59. 58. ["Extravaganza? That means it costs you more to..."]
  60. 59. [Banjo Player Goes Over Waterfall]
  61. 60. ["In case of fire turn upside down"]
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