First Line of Dialogue or Text: Why aren't you in the army?
Genre: humor
Synopsis: An irate woman in a zoo demands a wolf in a cage to explain why he isn't in the army (like the other wolves).

Guardhouse Groans / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Art Helfant
Inks: Art Helfant
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Lt.: What makes you think Jones started the fight?
Genre: humor

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Walt Munson (signed as Walt Munson)
Pencils: Walt Munson (signed as Walt Munson)
Inks: Walt Munson (signed as Walt Munson)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Aw - come on in!
Genre: humor

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman)
Pencils: Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman)
Inks: Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman)

Genre: humor; military
Synopsis: Female soldiers on review place their underwear on display.

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils: Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks: Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

-And last night I found him cutting paper dolls.

Genre

humor; military

Synopsis

A sergeant makes his soldier assemble like a train of paper dolls.

Reprints

in Hello Buddies (Harvey, 1942 series) #49 (Spring 1951)

On Parade / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Art Helfant
Inks: Art Helfant
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Jack and Sonya keep having their little ups and downs.
Genre: humor

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Pencils: A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Inks: A. Cramer (signed as A Cramer)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Frankly, I'm looking for a husband -
Genre: humor; military

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: James Gibson (signed as Gib)
Pencils: James Gibson (signed as Gib)
Inks: James Gibson (signed as Gib)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: That's my talented husband.
Genre: humor; military

Daffy Drafty / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Art Helfant
Inks: Art Helfant
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Recruiting Officer: Name?
Genre: humor

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Ali (signed)
Pencils: Ali (signed)
Inks: Ali (signed)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: - Where's Shorty?
Genre: humor; military

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: ?
Inks: ?
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: These soldiers haven't seen a beautiful girl in years...
Genre: humor; military

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

Hop in, babe - always room for one more!

Genre

humor; military

Synopsis

A truck packed with soldiers invite a woman to join them.

Reprints

in Army & Navy Fun Parade (Harvey, 1951 series) #50 (August 1951), #89 (August 1958)

On Land on Sea and in the Air / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Art Helfant
Inks: Art Helfant
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Pete's gal was coming to camp so they could be married.
Genre: humor; military

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: James Gibson (signed as Gib)
Pencils: James Gibson (signed as Gib)
Inks: James Gibson (signed as Gib)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Better be prepared for combined operations tonight, Lieutenant.
Genre: humor; military

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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: Sorry, lady, you'll have to take it up with the United States Government...
Genre: humor; war

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman)
Pencils: Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman)
Inks: Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Let her down a couple of feet, so we can rinse the soap off.
Genre: humor; military
Keywords: submarine

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Ben Roth (signed as Ben Roth)
Pencils: Ben Roth (signed as Ben Roth)
Inks: Ben Roth (signed as Ben Roth)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: I hope he doesn't fail to come...
Genre: humor

Ol' Sarge / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Art Helfant (signed)
Inks: Art Helfant (signed)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Ol' Sarge has a solution for making this a lasting peace.
Genre: humor; military

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: ? [as Gards] (signed)
Pencils: ? [as Gards] (signed)
Inks: ? [as Gards] (signed)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Well, now that we have a quartet...
Genre: humor; military

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Harvey Johnson (signed)
Pencils: Harvey Johnson (signed)
Inks: Harvey Johnson (signed)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Nice game, ping pong, eh?
Genre: humor; military

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Courtney Dunkel
Pencils: Courtney Dunkel
Inks: Courtney Dunkel
Letters: Courtney Dunkel

Genre: humor
Synopsis: The mail carrier finds an envelope marked 'special delivery' and 'air mail'. Since those designations have two different mail slots, she rips the envelope in half and puts half in each slot.

Off Duty / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Art Helfant
Inks: Art Helfant
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: He's the kind of guy you hate to hear lecture.
Genre: humor

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Art Moore (signed)
Pencils: Art Moore (signed)
Inks: Art Moore (signed)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: I'll have to quit, sir... I can't stand the whistles any longer.
Genre: humor

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: ?
Inks: ?
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: I told him he could have only one pin-up...
Genre: humor; military

Tell It to the Marines / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Art Helfant
Inks: Art Helfant
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Judge: I'll give you thirty days or thirty dollars.
Genre: humor

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Ben Roth (signed as Ben Roth)
Pencils: Ben Roth (signed as Ben Roth)
Inks: Ben Roth (signed as Ben Roth)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, you marines never give up!

Genre

humor; military

Synopsis

A US Marine refuses to leave his date without a kiss.

Reprints

in Hello Buddies (Harvey, 1942 series) #62 (August 1953)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Salo (signed as Salo)
Pencils: Salo (signed as Salo)
Inks: Salo (signed as Salo)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You know any of these ladies?

Genre

humor; military

Reprints

in Army & Navy Fun Parade (Harvey, 1951 series) #62 (August 1953)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
Pencils: Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
Inks: Bill Wenzel (signed as Wenzel)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mabel... don't you think your wearing the pants has gone too far?

Genre

humor

Synopsis

A husband is perturbed to find his wife on their sofa wearing pants, reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe.

Reprints

in Hello Buddies (Harvey, 1942 series) #41 (February 1949)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
Pencils: Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
Inks: Reamer Keller (signed as R. K.)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm just working until I finish making the payments...

Genre

humor

Synopsis

A woman is working so that she can raise money to pay for the ring her husband gave her.

Reprints

in Fun Parade (Harvey, 1947 series) #48 (Winter 1950)
in Army & Navy Fun Parade (Harvey, 1951 series) #93 (May 1959)

First Aid Kit / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Ed Wheelan (signed)
Pencils: Ed Wheelan (signed)
Inks: Ed Wheelan (signed)
Letters: Ed Wheelan (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text: Lieut. Kit Smith, popular army nurse...
Genre: humor; military
Characters: Kit Smith; Curly Jones

GI Roundup / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; military

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Garrett Price (signed)
Pencils: Garrett Price (signed)
Inks: Garrett Price (signed)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: We were at a party the other night where it was sixty-seven...
Genre: humor

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Elmer Atkins (signed as Atkins)
Pencils: Elmer Atkins (signed as Atkins)
Inks: Elmer Atkins (signed as Atkins)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: The range findder just can't get along without him.
Genre: humor; military

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman)
Pencils: Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman)
Inks: Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: My boyfriend hasn't written me any letters.
Genre: humor; military

Mailbag Melodies / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor; military

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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: Ach-!
Genre: humor; military
Characters: Adolf Hitler (in portrait)
Synopsis: A portrait of Hitler in a recently-shelled building lets out an exclamation of surprise.

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Chon Day (signed as chon Day)
Pencils: Chon Day (signed as chon Day)
Inks: Chon Day (signed as chon Day)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: They do say if you want to eat right...
Genre: humor

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Gregory D'Alessio (signed as Gregory D'Alessio)
Pencils: Gregory D'Alessio (signed as Gregory D'Alessio)
Inks: Gregory D'Alessio (signed as Gregory D'Alessio)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: He wants to know if his is one of the critical skills.
Genre: humor; children

Palace Sales Co / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Salo (signed as Salo)
Pencils: Salo (signed as Salo)
Inks: Salo (signed as Salo)
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: I'm sorry - we never seat people during love scenes.
Genre: humor

Larch Book Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script: Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Pencils: Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Inks: Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Colors: ?
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text: - After the operation, when my fever went up to 104, the doctors --
Genre: humor

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. Jane Wyman
Buddies' Pin-Up Girl
2. ["You mean you really wanted a breath of fresh air?!!"]
3. ["...I really came to see your sister, but -"]
4. ["He: I'm going to kiss you, so help me."]
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
5. ["But son, that doesn't look very much like sister."]
6. ["The new cook's always thinking up surprises!"]
7. ["Ho-hum... let's go to the USO..."]
8. ["Honey and Henry were arguing about his poker playing."]
Honey Hostess
9. ["Some soldier thought this was the weather bureau."]
10. ["It looks like a storm out."]
11. ["Oh what a wonderful cooling system."]
Furlough Fumes
12. ["Would you care for our black-and-blue special plate special, sir?"]
13. ["Keep your mind on the picture, lady..."]
14. ["Her family's giving him a military wedding!"]
15. ["Pvt.: This is the toughest steak I ever ate."]
Grubhouse Grins
16. ["This is a heck of a way for an uncle to treat his nephew!"]
17. ["Holy smokes - I must've forgotten to dismiss the company!"]
18. [Female Corporal Has Insignia on Underwear]
19. ["Why aren't you in the army?"]
20. ["Lt.: What makes you think Jones started the fight?"]
Guardhouse Groans
21. ["Aw - come on in!"]
22. [Female Soldiers on Review]
23. ["-And last night I found him cutting paper dolls."]
24. ["Jack and Sonya keep having their little ups and downs."]
On Parade
25. ["Frankly, I'm looking for a husband -"]
26. ["That's my talented husband."]
27. ["Recruiting Officer: Name?"]
Daffy Drafty
28. ["- Where's Shorty?"]
29. ["These soldiers haven't seen a beautiful girl in years..."]
30. ["Hop in, babe - always room for one more!"]
31. ["Pete's gal was coming to camp so they could be married."]
On Land on Sea and in the Air
32. ["Better be prepared for combined operations tonight, Lieutenant."]
33. ["Sorry, lady, you'll have to take it up with the United States Government..."]
34. ["Let her down a couple of feet, so we can rinse the soap off."]
35. ["I hope he doesn't fail to come..."]
36. ["Ol' Sarge has a solution for making this a lasting peace."]
Ol' Sarge
37. ["Well, now that we have a quartet..."]
38. ["Nice game, ping pong, eh?"]
39. [Special Delivery and Air Mail]
40. ["He's the kind of guy you hate to hear lecture."]
Off Duty
41. ["I'll have to quit, sir... I can't stand the whistles any longer."]
42. ["I told him he could have only one pin-up..."]
43. ["Judge: I'll give you thirty days or thirty dollars."]
Tell It to the Marines
44. ["Oh, you marines never give up!"]
45. ["You know any of these ladies?"]
46. ["Mabel... don't you think your wearing the pants has gone too far?"]
47. ["I'm just working until I finish making the payments..."]
48. ["Lieut. Kit Smith, popular army nurse..."]
First Aid Kit
49. [no title indexed]
GI Roundup
50. ["We were at a party the other night where it was sixty-seven..."]
51. ["The range findder just can't get along without him."]
52. ["My boyfriend hasn't written me any letters."]
53. [no title indexed]
Mailbag Melodies
54. ["Ach-!"]
55. ["They do say if you want to eat right..."]
56. ["He wants to know if his is one of the critical skills."]
57. Why Husbands Leave Home!
Palace Sales Co
58. 4 Swell Comics!
59. ["I'm sorry - we never seat people during love scenes."]
60. For Men Only?
Larch Book Co.
61. 4 Fun-Packed Army + Navy Laugh Sensations!
62. ["- After the operation, when my fever went up to 104, the doctors --"]

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Hello Buddies #v4#1 (January 1945)

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Jane Wyman (Table of Contents: 1)

Buddies' Pin-Up Girl / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

Kiss the Boys Goodbye / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

Honey Hostess / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

Furlough Fumes / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

Grubhouse Grins / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

[Female Corporal Has Insignia on Underwear] (Table of Contents: 18)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

Guardhouse Groans / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

[Female Soldiers on Review] (Table of Contents: 22)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

On Parade / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Daffy Drafty / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

On Land on Sea and in the Air / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

Ol' Sarge / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

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Hello Buddies #v4#1

(January 1945)