Four Color
#65 - Smitty
(March 1945)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Book
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "SMITTY, No. 65." Code number is S.O.S. 65-453. Copyright 1937 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, 1940, 1941 by Chicago Tribune.
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Smitty / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walter Berndt ? (signed as
Berndt [Tad T]) - Inks
- Walter Berndt ? (signed as Berndt [Tad T])
- Colors
- ?
Indexer Notes
Cover is signed "Berndt" but may or may not be by Walter Berndt.
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Smitty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah, the "penny-a-package" delivery man!
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Herby
- Synopsis
- Herby delivers parcels for a "penny-a-package."
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
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Smitty / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Steve Smart, from my old home town!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; Steve Smart
- Synopsis
- An old friend of Mr. Bailey hides some stolen pearls in a vase in Mr. Bailey's office.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Looks as if the law has finally caught up with Steve Smart...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; Steve Smart
- Synopsis
- The police find the stolen pearls in Mr. Bailey's office and accuse him of being the thief.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence.
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Smitty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a good thing I've been to Bailey's office before...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Steve Smart
- Synopsis
- Mr. Bailey and the police set a trap for Steve Smart.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence.
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say chum, how about a nice bone for me?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Herby Smith; George (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Bailey learns ventriloquism. Later he and Smitty go to the North Woods on a fishing trip.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say how come? We thought we saw you out on the lake in your canoe.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; George
- Synopsis
- Mr. Bailey spends his vacation trying to catch the huge fish "Old Fighter."
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence.
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good luck Meester Bailey
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; George
- Synopsis
- Mr. Bailey finally hooks "Old Fighter," but it's a question of who's caught who.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence.
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got some problems to figure out and I can't seem to get any answers.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Captain Stiletto (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Bailey is troubled by some business concerns and decides to go south to the beaches and sunshine to clear his mind. He takes Smitty with him.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It would be a marvelous place for me to do some quiet thinking
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Captain Stiletto
- Synopsis
- Mr. Bailey hires Captain Stiletto for a week's worth of sea fishing, not knowing that Stiletto is smuggling ammunition for a rebel.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence.
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Captain! Aren't you worried the boat might go down?
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Captain Stiletto
- Synopsis
- The ship and its cargo of ammunition reach General Pedro's island. A storm comes up and the crew deserts the ship, leaving Mr. Bailey and Smitty aboard.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence.
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's some rocks ahead!
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Captain Stiletto (cameo); Herby Smith
- Synopsis
- The ship is washed over the rocks and is grounded on a sand bar. Mr. Bailey and Smitty get off the ship right before it blows up, courtesy of one of Mr. Bailey's discarded cigars. The two write Smitty's parents that they are coming home. Meanwhile Smitty's mother is ill and Herby takes over the housework.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence.
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A new mother in the Smith home!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Herby Smith; Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey
- Synopsis
- Herby takes over the housework while his mother is ill. Smitty asks Mr. Bailey for a promotion to a job in the sales department.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence.
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Smitty / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm gonna work in the sales dept. and you're going to take my old job...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Herby Smith (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Smitty goes to work in the sales department. Mr. Bailey misses him and Smitty misses Mr. Bailey.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence.
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Smitty / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr, Bailey says this is the day I've got to put the stock room in order
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith
- Synopsis
- Both Smitty and Mr. Bailey wish Smitty was back at his old job as office boy.
- Reprints
- from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
Indexer Notes
Continued from previous sequence. Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on back cover in color.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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Smitty -
1.
["Ah, the "penny-a-package" delivery man!"]
Smitty -
2.
["Steve Smart, from my old home town!!"]
Smitty -
3.
["Looks as if the law has finally caught up with Steve Smart..."]
Smitty -
4.
["It's a good thing I've been to Bailey's office before..."]
Smitty -
5.
["Say chum, how about a nice bone for me?"]
Smitty -
6.
["Say how come? We thought we saw you out on the lake in your canoe."]
Smitty -
7.
["Good luck Meester Bailey"]
Smitty -
8.
["I've got some problems to figure out and I can't seem to get any answers."]
Smitty -
9.
["It would be a marvelous place for me to do some quiet thinking"]
Smitty -
10.
["Hey Captain! Aren't you worried the boat might go down?"]
Smitty -
11.
["There's some rocks ahead!"]
Smitty -
12.
["A new mother in the Smith home!!"]
Smitty -
13.
["I'm gonna work in the sales dept. and you're going to take my old job..."]
Smitty -
14.
["Mr, Bailey says this is the day I've got to put the stock room in order"]
Smitty
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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