- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Smokey - We've been robbed - Every inch of hose is missing off the fire truck!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Hotfoot Hogan; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- Hotfoot Hogan hooks up two miles of fire hose to a hydrant so he can have running water at home.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
- Keywords
- fire hose; running water
Black, white, and red on inside front cover.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
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- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smokey's wife just called, Chief - She has theatre tickets foo tonight and wants him home early - where'd he go?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- Smokey is quarantined for measles in a phone booth.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I know that goat I found yesterday got your nanny, Chief - but he'll make a swell mascot!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- Smokey finds a goat, but it eats the cans from a case of tomato soup and leaves the soup.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Script
- Bill Holman (credited) (signed as BH)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (credited) (signed as BH)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (credited) (signed as BH)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (credited) (signed as BH [generic])
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is Dan Druff, Chief - He's selling just the tonic you're looking for!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Dan Druff; Spooky (cat); cop
- Synopsis
- Smokey introduces the Chief to Dan Druff, a salesman of a less then successful hair tonic. Smokey and the Chief are tipped-off to firebug "Arson Nick", leading to a subsequent short continuity.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938
- Keywords
- firebug; generic credit vs. signature; hair tonic
Two separate weekday strips on one page. A generic credit "By Bill Holman" appears on this page, while Holman has signed the second strip as merely "B.H."
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm all keyed up about this player piano you got for us, Chief - How much was it?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- Smokey tries to carry a player piano to the fourth floor, but it ends up in the basement.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What in blazes do you think Chief Cash U. Nutt and Smokey are up to now - they're hunting for a fire bug!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); target shooter
- Synopsis
- Smokey and the Chief check the fire alarm bell in order to catch firebug Arson Nick.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938
- Keywords
- weekday strip continuities
The "Firebug Arson Nick" and the "Chief Tries to Grow Hair - or Get a Good Toupee" weekday strip continuities alternate over six pages - with two related strips per page. Page One of Six.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've tried every means known to science and haven't grown any hair yet!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); passerby
- Synopsis
- The Chief envies a passerby's great head of hair and regifts a Christmas present.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938
- Keywords
- weekday strip continuities
The "Firebug Arson Nick" and the "Chief Tries to Grow Hair - or Get a Good Toupee" weekday strip continuities alternate over six pages - with two related strips per page. Page Two of Six.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There goes Arson Nick, Smokey! After him!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Arson Nick; Spooky (cat); Flannigan
- Synopsis
- Smokey and the Chief capture Arson Nick, but he escapes.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938
- Keywords
- weekday strip continuities
The "Firebug Arson Nick" and the "Chief Tries to Grow Hair - or Get a Good Toupee" weekday strip continuities alternate over six pages - with two related strips per page. Page Three of Six.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'd better come quick, Chief - a sparrow's got your toupee up in a tree, using it for a nest!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Mrs. Nutt
- Synopsis
- Smokey saves the Chief's toupee from a bird, only to have it used by the Chief's wife for another purpose.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938
- Keywords
- weekday strip continuities
The "Firebug Arson Nick" and the "Chief Tries to Grow Hair - or Get a Good Toupee" weekday strip continuities alternate over six pages - with two related strips per page. Page Four of Six.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whoopee! Yipee! Yow!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); cop
- Synopsis
- Has the Chief grown some real hair? Smokey ponders what to give the Chief for a Christmas present.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938
- Keywords
- weekday strip continuities
The "Firebug Arson Nick" and the "Chief Tries to Grow Hair - or Get a Good Toupee" weekday strip continuities alternate over six pages - with two related strips per page. Page Five of Six.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've been working there for two hours, Chief - what's it all about?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- The Chief prepares his toupee for the mayor's inspection and has an incident with a barber.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938
- Keywords
- weekday strip continuities
The "Firebug Arson Nick" and the "Chief Tries to Grow Hair - or Get a Good Toupee" weekday strip continuities alternate over six pages - with two related strips per page. Page Six of Six.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- -- And now three turns to the right -
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); dancing instructor
- Synopsis
- Smokey takes dancing lessons.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, burn my britches!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- During a heat wave, Smokey turns up his furnace so it will seem cooler when he steps outdoors.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wish Spooky'd hurry home with the evening paper - I'm nuts to know what's going on in the world!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; Chinese laundryman
- Synopsis
- Spooky brings his owner the evening newspaper but gets in a collision with a Chinese laundryman and ends up with a Chinese newspaper.
- Keywords
- cat; mixup; newspaper
from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's all cleaned and blocked, hey, Eddie?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; Eddie (hat shop proprietor); Eddie's short assistant
- Synopsis
- Spooky's owner sends Spooky to the hat shop to get his hat, but Spooky gets in a fight with a dog on the way back.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Keywords
- cat; dissatisfied customer; dog; hat
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No wonder our vacuum cleaner broke down, Smokey - it's been taking an awful carpet beating lately - How'll I ever finish my house work?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Cookie Stover; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- Smokey searches for the Chief's vacuum cleaner from a dark closet but pulls down an iron instead.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
- Keywords
- closet; iron; vacuum cleaner
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey you lazy lug - There's a pile of work I want you to do today -
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- The Chief leaves a recording of all the chores he wants Smokey to do that day.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My stars, sun - Whatcha mooning about?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); Skull Duggery
- Synopsis
- Skull Duggery owes Smokey and the Chief money and they figure out a way to get it.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Phlooky)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Phlooky)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Phlooky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Phlooky)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, pipe down, Spooky - I've got more important things to do than blow this whistle all day!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky tries to get his owner to blow a whistle.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940.03.03
- Keywords
- alternative uses; cat; steam radiator; whistle
In certain Spooky strips, Bill Holman signed his credit as "Fenwick Flooky", the main human character of the strip. In this case, he signed it as "Fenwick Phlooky"
Date is on the strip.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- - Every fall it's the same old song and prance - I gotta stay home and rake the bloomin' leaves!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
- Synopsis
- Smokey gets rid of the Chief's fallen leaves in an unorthodox fashion.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the decision, Smoke - Did you get the tickets for the fight at the Punch Bowl tonight?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
- Synopsis
- Smokey tries to dig a tunnel to get into a prize fight.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I just phoned City Hall, Smokey - The Mayor'll be here in three shakes of a rhumba dancer!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; the mayor; Spooky (cat); duck
- Synopsis
- Smokey and the Chief want to show the mayor the newest improvement to the fire house.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Howdy, Foo - Why the stew?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); Kennebunk K. Kaboose (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Smokey tries to get the firemen more wide-awake on the way to the fires.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
Last panel is "Foo-mous People".
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm going out in the hammock, and take a nap, Earl - If here's any phone calls for me, wake me up!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Earl Stover; Spooky (cat); Quincy K. Clabber (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Smokey is taking a nap and his son Earl doesn't wake him when he learns his school is burning down.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
Last panel is "Foo-mous People."
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the dough, Smoke - 475 smackers, us girls have pooled all our money this year to buy the Chief an Xmas gift!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; other firemen
- Synopsis
- Smokey has to buy the Chief a Christmas present... but what?
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smoley Hoke! - Uncle Gas - Where'd you find that, Cookie?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; footograhper (photographer); Montague T. Kettle (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Smokey wants to get a photograph of his Uncle Gaston retouched.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
Last panel is "Foo-mous People."
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, light of my life - What are you in the dark about?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (cat); cop
- Synopsis
- Smokey tries to find a way to save electricity.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Scram, Spooky - This is one ball you won't get - I'm gonna hog this pig skin myself!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky plays a trick to get hold of a football.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Keywords
- cat; football; trickery
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good heavens, Smokey! - Wake up!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (cat); lots of birds
- Synopsis
- Why have Smokey and his wife slept until noon on Sunday?
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, Spooky - We'll go see the Doc - he'll know what ails you!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; veterinarian; dog
- Synopsis
- The veterinarian prescribes a cure for Spooky's listlessness.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940.07.14
- Keywords
- cat; cure; listlessness; veterinarian
Date is on the strip.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's eatin' you, square-head?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); Dr. Pierpont Nutt
- Synopsis
- The Chief's brother is coming to visit, but he's two days late.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940.10.06
Date is on the strip.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Blott at the Blue Plate Plaza called up to chew the fat, Chief - he says to drop in and pick up your new meal ticket!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Sparks (dog)
- Synopsis
- Smokey sends Sparks the dog to get the Chief's meal ticket.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yippee, Cookie - We're all set - The Chief loaned us his fire buggy!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- Smokey takes a trip on a train--in his car.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You look as put out as a camp fire in a cloudburst - what are you so hot under the collar about?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover
- Synopsis
- Smokey takes his trousers to a repair shop, but there's a fire at the shop.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jumpin' Jackpots, Cookie - Look - Our old school buddy Skull Duggery!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Skull Duggery; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- Smokey shows Skull Duggery his collection of mounted fish.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't be impatient, Spooky - You'll see what I boughtcha when I open the box!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky tears the hair off a new doll and has to supply the replacement.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940.07.28
- Keywords
- cat; doll; learning one’s lesson
Date is on the strip.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You run and play Spooky - While I sit here and rest my dogs!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; cop; bee; duck
- Synopsis
- Spooky picks a tulip at the park and gives it to his owner.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940.08.04
- Keywords
- best of intentions; cat; tulip
Date is on the strip.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky breaks a bottle of milk and tries to find a replacement.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Keywords
- alternative uses; bottle; cat; ingenuity; milk
Pantomime.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); dog; many other dogs
- Synopsis
- Spooky is chased by a dog. He takes refuge in a theater that is featuring a trained dog act.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940.09.08
- Keywords
- cat; dogs; unwelcome surprise
Pantomime.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Meow! Meow!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; puzzled motorist
- Synopsis
- When Spooky's owner won't wake up and let him in, the cat scatters tacks in the street so the resulting blowouts will wake him up.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Keywords
- automobile; blowout; cat; doing-something-their-own-way; tires
Pantomime.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey - This is the third time this week you've busted that window with your rubber ball!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky's owner installs unbreakable glass when Spooky keeps breaking windows with a rubber ball.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Keywords
- best-laid-plans; breaking; glass; rubber ball; window
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); parrot
- Synopsis
- Spooky is frightened by a parrot imitating a dog.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Keywords
- cat; parrot; wrong impression
Pantomime.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, I know it's a hot, sticky day, Spooky - but stop reminding me, willya?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky's owner buys a jumbo-size fan.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940.09.01
- Keywords
- be-careful-what-you-wish-for; cat; fan; heat
Date is on the strip.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You sure did a slick varnish job on these floors, Smokey - they shine like a country cop's badge!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (cat); Mort Gage (landlord); Mort's dog
- Synopsis
- Smokey makes improvements to his house and the landlord raises the rent.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah - another one!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky's owner mistakes an overturned fishbowl for a soap bubble.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Keywords
- bubbles; cat; unwelcome surprise
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yep - It's your birthday, Spooky - and I'm getting you something special!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; puzzled sailor
- Synopsis
- Spooky's owner goes to the ocean to catch a fish for Spooky's birthday.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
- Keywords
- birthday; cat; fishing
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wish you'd make up your mind!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky's owner installs a revolving door since Spooky can't decide if he wants in or out.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Keywords
- cat; revolving door
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed as Fenwick Flooky)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That takes the cake - No rolling pin, and I wanted to bake Spooky a nice pie!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; angry neighbor
- Synopsis
- Spooky's owner gets beaned by a rolling pin intended for Spooky.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940.04.28
- Keywords
- cake; cat; rolling pin
Date is on the strip.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; mouse
- Synopsis
- Spooky tries to get at a mouse but ends up burning down the house, forcing Fenwick to live in a tent.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940.03.31
- Keywords
- cat; fire; mouse; tent
Date is on the strip. Pantomime. On final interior page of the comic.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, another day gone up in smoke - Goodnight, hot stuff - see you in the morning!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); telegram delivery boy
- Synopsis
- Smokey sends the Chief 50 cents via a $2.75 collect telegram.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
- Keywords
- telegram
Black, white, and red on inside back cover.
- Script
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Holman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Holman (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So the Knitwit Knitting Club's meeting here today - what time are the girls coming?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (cat)
- Synopsis
- Smokey comes up with a crackpot scheme to loosen a stuck ice cube tray in the refrigerator.
- Reprints
- from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ?
Color on back cover.