Dilly
#1
(May-June 1953)
Lev Gleason,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Charles Biro
The Big Dance
Dilly Duncan of Dorset High / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dilly Duncan; Gruesome Jones; Carol; Hoppy Hopkins; Marvin Montmorency; Nancy Duncan; George Duncan; Mrs. Duncan
- Synopsis
- Dilly tries to find a way to get $5 so he can take Carol to the dance. Dilly gets the $5 from Hoppy by trying to keep Gruesome Jones from taking Dilly's sister Nancy to the dance. (But Gruesome ends up going with Nancy anyway.) Meanwhile, crooked furnace repairmen damage the Duncans' furnace so they'll have to buy a new one from them.
- Keywords
- con men; dance; furnace; jalopy; tuxedo
Indexer Notes
Feature continued from Boy Comics #71. Story signed in lower right corner of splash panel.
[no title indexed]
Dilly Dallies / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
A page of statement-response jokes, most accompanied by a spot illustration.
Introducing Betty Campus
Betty Campus / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Campus; Bob Lewis; Alvin; Buz
- Synopsis
- Betty runs against Bob Lewis for student council president of Suburban High. The campaign ends up a battle of the sexes.
- Keywords
- basketball; election
Speed Kings
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Short articles about the fastest race cars, fastest baseball pitch, and fastest electronic computer.
- Keywords
- baseball; computer; race cars
Indexer Notes
Text with spot illustrations.
Gruesome Gets the Girl
Dilly Duncan of Dorset High / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dilly Duncan; Marvin Montmorency; George Duncan; Mrs. Duncan; Gruesome Jones; Carol; Sue Carter
- Synopsis
- Dilly and Marvin help the new neighbors move in. Noticing the move-in is supervised by a pretty girl named Sue, Gruesome also volunteers his services. Thinking his work would land him a date with the girl, Dilly calls at the home and gets a date with their daughter Sue, who turns out to be just a little girl. The girl supervising the moving was the family's daughter-in-law, also named Sue. Dilly tricks Gruesome into taking his date with the pre-teen, but ends up with Carol mad at him.
- Keywords
- moving
Indexer Notes
Story isn't signed, but appears to be the same artist as the first story.
Lockheed F-94A / North American B-45
Lev Gleason Trading Cards / illustration / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al McWilliams ? [as AMcW] (signed)
- Inks
- Al McWilliams ? [as AMcW] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Keywords
- jet planes
Indexer Notes
Two Lev Gleason Trading Cards in the "Famous Fighting Planes Series." A drawing of the plane with a brief description typeset underneath.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Have some pie, Dilly!"]
Dilly Duncan -
1.
The Big Dance
Dilly Duncan of Dorset High -
2.
[no title indexed]
Dilly Dallies -
3.
Introducing Betty Campus
Betty Campus -
4.
Speed Kings
-
5.
Gruesome Gets the Girl
Dilly Duncan of Dorset High -
6.
Lockheed F-94A / North American B-45
Lev Gleason Trading Cards
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- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
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