Four Color #6 - Smitty

(1942)

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

Smitty / comic story / 67 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Berndt (signed as Berndt [Tad T]) (credited as Berndt)

Pencils

Walter Berndt (signed as Berndt [Tad T]) (credited as Berndt)

Inks

Walter Berndt (signed as Berndt [Tad T]) (credited as Berndt)

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Walter Berndt (signed as Berndt [Tad T])

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Haw! Haw! This is rich!!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Dolly Flutter; Mr. Smith; Mary Smith; Herby Smith; Lord Axford; James; Old Man Pinch; Willie; Yutch; Joe; Steno; Phil; Mr. Hardrocks

Synopsis

Mr. Smith buys a houseboat and gets a job impersonating wealthy Lord Axford. Mr. Bailey puts up an office "Complaint and Suggestion Box". Smitty wins over miserly Old Man Pinch and teaches him the value of Christmas and family. Mr. Bailey remodels the office and installs an office swimming pool. Mr. Bailey and Smitty travel to a remote island for peace and quiet and must pose as natives to keep a yacht-load of rich tourists at bay. As Mr. Bailey lays low after his colleagues see embarrassing film of him in his native disguise, Smitty is named temporary boss of the office.

Reprints

• from Smitty daily (The Chicago Tribune - N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936-08-xx – 1937-04-09 [weekdays only]

Keywords

Christmas; doppelgangers; office or workplace setting; office remodeling; sea or island setting; swimming pool

Indexer Notes

Various Smitty daily newspaper strip continuities strung together for 67 pages. Begins on the inside front cover and ends on the back cover. Inside front and inside back covers are in black, white, and red. Back cover is in full color.