Four Color
#32 - Smitty
(1943)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "SMITTY, No. 32." No code number. Copyright 1937, 1938, 1940 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Smitty / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Walter Berndt ? (signed as
Berndt [Tad T]) - Pencils
- Walter Berndt ? (signed as Berndt [Tad T])
- Inks
- Walter Berndt ? (signed as Berndt [Tad T])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Walter Berndt ? (signed as Berndt [Tad T])
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nice going, Smitty! You handle a canoe like an Indian!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey
- Keywords
- canoes; swimsuits
Indexer Notes
Cover is signed "Berndt," but may or may not be by him.
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boss I know a young fella who needs a job
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; Stanley; Herby Smith
- Synopsis
- Smitty gets his friend Stanley a job at Mr. Bailey's company.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
Indexer Notes
Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white.
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stanley, the new-boy, is out to get Smitty's job...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; Herby Smith; Stanley
- Synopsis
- Stanley, the new boy, gets Smitty demoted from his job as office boy, so he can take it.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I never lied to you - They're framing me!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; Stanley; Herby Smith; George B. Bailey
- Synopsis
- Smitty schemes to get Stanley in trouble so he can get his old job back.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, you're both gonna be sorry for that!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; Herby Smith; Stanley; George B. Bailey
- Synopsis
- Stanley's plot to take Smitty's job is revealed when the public address system is accidentally switched on. Smitty gets his old job back and uses a $25 bonus to buy his first pair of long pants.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oho! Am I somethin' in my new long pants!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; George
- Synopsis
- George, the Indian guide from the North Woods, comes to the city and gets a job as caretaker of Mr. Bailey's new home at the top of a 36-story building.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes George, the Indian guide
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; George
- Synopsis
- George's donkey has a baby and George takes a train back to the North Woods. Mr. Bailey and Smitty take a plane to get there first and play a practical joke on George. Later Smitty takes a canoe ride by himself and gets caught in rapids and is taken far from the camp.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smitty never came back from that canoe ride he took
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; George
- Synopsis
- Smitty is found by two Indians and is taken to their camp. They say they'll take him along when they go to see George--when they break camp in September.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You know we're pals now - You ought to help me...
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George; George B. Bailey
- Synopsis
- Smitty falls into the daily routine at the Indian camp. George and Mr. Bailey, searching for Smitty, come down the river near the Indian camp, but their canoe sinks when they hit a rock in some rapids and they have to turn back.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why don't you bring a gun?
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Smitty
- Synopsis
- Smitty and his Indian friend find a bear cub in the woods and bring it back to the camp. The cub causes problems by stealing food and is in big trouble when he is suspected of biting a papoose in the arm.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dis time I finish him--
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George; George B. Bailey
- Synopsis
- Smitty saves the bear cub when he finds a dead wolf under a bush. The bear had killed the wolf after the wolf had bitten the papoose. George and Mr. Bailey find Smitty at the Indian camp. The Indians send smoke signals to Mr. Bailey's camp to have an amphibious airplane come and pick them up.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jinkies! I'm late for dinner and Ma will spank me
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; Herby Smith; George B. Bailey; Scrappy (dog); Freckles (dog)
- Synopsis
- Smitty picks a fight with the neighborhood bully after being convinced a lucky charm he found has special powers. Herby accidentally sells his dog Freckles to a stranger for $150.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a little difficult not knowing who the man is...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; Herby Smith; Freckles (dog)
- Synopsis
- Herby finds that his dog Freckles was sold to a rich family living in a mansion in town. The family's boy won't give up the dog.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, fiddlesticks! - A name doesn't mean anything...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Herby Smith; Freckles (dog); Scrappy (dog)
- Synopsis
- The rich boy is willing to give Freckles back to Herby, but his governess forbids it. Freckles gets sick and the rich boy and Herby smuggle him out to go back to Herby's home.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aha! Have I caught you in some mischief?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Herby Smith; Freckles (dog)
- Synopsis
- Freckles just had a bad case of homesickness and improves immediately when he's back at Herby's house. The rich boy gives the dog back to Herby.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1938
[no title indexed]
Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy o' boy!! Is this a riot!! Freckles has gone...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; Herby Smith; Freckles (dog)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Bailey practices ventriloquism for his club's stunt show.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1938
Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Nice going, Smitty! You handle a canoe like an Indian!"]
Smitty -
1.
["Boss I know a young fella who needs a job"]
Smitty -
2.
["Stanley, the new-boy, is out to get Smitty's job..."]
Smitty -
3.
["I never lied to you - They're framing me!"]
Smitty -
4.
["Well, you're both gonna be sorry for that!"]
Smitty -
5.
["Oho! Am I somethin' in my new long pants!!"]
Smitty -
6.
["Here comes George, the Indian guide"]
Smitty -
7.
["Smitty never came back from that canoe ride he took"]
Smitty -
8.
["You know we're pals now - You ought to help me..."]
Smitty -
9.
["Why don't you bring a gun?"]
Smitty -
10.
["Dis time I finish him--"]
Smitty -
11.
["Jinkies! I'm late for dinner and Ma will spank me"]
Smitty -
12.
["It's a little difficult not knowing who the man is..."]
Smitty -
13.
["Oh, fiddlesticks! - A name doesn't mean anything..."]
Smitty -
14.
["Aha! Have I caught you in some mischief?"]
Smitty -
15.
["Boy o' boy!! Is this a riot!! Freckles has gone..."]
Smitty
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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