Four Color
#73 - The Gumps
([1945])
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Book
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "The Gumps, No. 73." No code number. Copyright 1936, 1937 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Funny I haven't noticed any flies buzzing around here-
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump
- Synopsis
- After reading a book about flies, Andy goes hunting for one with a flyswatter.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh Min-Breakfast ready yet?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump; Chester Gump; Julius (dog)
- Synopsis
- Andy tries to get Chester's dog to bring him down from his bedroom for breakfast.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's ride along the shore, Papa
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy and Chester find a treasure chest on the beach, or so it seems.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chester-the dog hasn't been out of the house all day...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Min Gump; Chester Gump; Julius (dog)
- Synopsis
- Chester takes his dog for a walk, but has to keep dodging the dog catcher.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, today's Chester's birthday
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Chester Gump; Julius (dog)
- Synopsis
- Andy gets Chester a dog for his birthday.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
Indexer Notes
Strips are printed out of order. The dog appears in earlier sequences in this issue.
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say Chester- Have I ever told you what a remarkable mind...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump; Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy wants to play golf, but Min wants him to mow the yard.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.05.09
Indexer Notes
Date is on the strip.
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, that's that-Chester's new dog sure ought to be...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Julius (dog)
- Synopsis
- Andy builds a doghouse for Chester's dog.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say sonny, what's the matter?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Chester Gump; Julius (dog)
- Synopsis
- Chester takes on a bully.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you going to do with that coat?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy tricks Min into mending his winter coat.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.11.29
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! Such industry! Are you building something, Chester?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump; Chester Gump; Julius (dog)
- Synopsis
- Chester makes a mobile doghouse for Julius.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy! What a day-Makes a fellow feel like a million dollars
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Chester helps a reluctant little boy across the street.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There you are-Julius-Get it
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump; Julius (dog)
- Synopsis
- Andy teaches Julius how to fetch and Julius learns the lesson too well.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
[The Library]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Chester looks through shelves and shelves of books at the library before asking the librarian when they will be getting some new books.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
Indexer Notes
Almost a pantomime strip. Dialogue in last panel only.
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mow your lawn for fifty cents, mister?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Chester Gump; Min Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy spends so much time showing a handyman how to mow the lawn that he ends up doing most of the job himself.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh Andy
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump
- Synopsis
- Min wants Andy to take a package to the post office.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.02.21
Indexer Notes
Date is on the strip.
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dinner is ready, Andy-
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy spends a lot of time rehearsing a speech, but the meeting gets canceled.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now to sit down and enjoy my newspaper
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy looks for the sports section of the newspaper, only to find that Chester has made a kite out of it.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.11.01
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where do you think you're going?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy decides he wants to sleep outdoors.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.07.19
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a swell day for a spin around the lake...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy has trouble getting an outboard motor started on a boat.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.08.16
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn't this nice! Pillows and everything!
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump; Bim Gump
- Synopsis
- Min gets a chair fitted up with pillows and an umbrella, but Andy borrows them to go fishing.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.07.12
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darn that carpenter! I phoned him to come over here...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump; Bim Gump; Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy tries to repair a float at the lake.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.07.25
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well-Look what's here- Forgot I brought it up...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump; Bim Gump; Tilda
- Synopsis
- Nobody appreciates Andy's banjo playing.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.08.02
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a day for a little fishing
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy falls asleep while fishing and dreams he's a fish.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.08.23
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! There you are, Chester!
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Chester catches a huge fish.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.09.06
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That looks like Chester out there, but what the deuce...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy has trouble when he tries out Chester's kayak.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.08.30
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Am I seeing things? Isn't that little Chester...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Chester does chores around the house before showing his father a note from the teacher.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.09.20
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Something has to be done about that chimney-
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Andy makes a treacherous trip to the top of his house's chimney, only to be wanted on the phone.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.10.04
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! This is the life
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy has to walk miles after he runs out of gas.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
[no title indexed]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hm- Chester forgot to put his skates away
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Chester Gump (cameo); Min Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy borrows Chester's skates to do some roller skating.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.10.18
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Package for Mr. Gump
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump
- Synopsis
- Min has a special place for the set of books Andy just received--the attic.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.10.11
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let me see what you're hiding behind your back, Chester
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Chester Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy tells Chester tall tales of how he excelled in the classroom when he was a boy.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.10.25
Indexer Notes
Date is on the strip in last panel.
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The Gumps / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Har-Har!! Did I hear you right?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump; Min Gump; Tilda
- Synopsis
- The Gumps' maid Tilda takes beauty treatments.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1936
Indexer Notes
Eight consecutive daily strips.
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The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll surprise Min with a few posies
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump
- Synopsis
- Andy gets in trouble when he drops some flowers in the park.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
[The Fountain Pen]
The Gumps / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Andy Gump
- Synopsis
- A salesman in a store window tries to sell Andy a fountain pen.
- Reprints
- from The Gumps (Tribune-News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Almost a pantomime strip, the only dialogue is in the last panel.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Gumps -
1.
["Funny I haven't noticed any flies buzzing around here-"]
The Gumps -
2.
["Oh Min-Breakfast ready yet?"]
The Gumps -
3.
["Let's ride along the shore, Papa"]
The Gumps -
4.
["Chester-the dog hasn't been out of the house all day..."]
The Gumps -
5.
["Gosh, today's Chester's birthday"]
The Gumps -
6.
["Say Chester- Have I ever told you what a remarkable mind..."]
The Gumps -
7.
["Well, that's that-Chester's new dog sure ought to be..."]
The Gumps -
8.
["Say sonny, what's the matter?"]
The Gumps -
9.
["What are you going to do with that coat?"]
The Gumps -
10.
["Boy! Such industry! Are you building something, Chester?"]
The Gumps -
11.
["Oh boy! What a day-Makes a fellow feel like a million dollars"]
The Gumps -
12.
["There you are-Julius-Get it"]
The Gumps -
13.
[The Library]
The Gumps -
14.
["Mow your lawn for fifty cents, mister?"]
The Gumps -
15.
["Oh Andy"]
The Gumps -
16.
["Dinner is ready, Andy-"]
The Gumps -
17.
["Now to sit down and enjoy my newspaper"]
The Gumps -
18.
["Where do you think you're going?"]
The Gumps -
19.
["It's a swell day for a spin around the lake..."]
The Gumps -
20.
["Isn't this nice! Pillows and everything!"]
The Gumps -
21.
["Darn that carpenter! I phoned him to come over here..."]
The Gumps -
22.
["Well, well-Look what's here- Forgot I brought it up..."]
The Gumps -
23.
["What a day for a little fishing"]
The Gumps -
24.
["Ah! There you are, Chester!"]
The Gumps -
25.
["That looks like Chester out there, but what the deuce..."]
The Gumps -
26.
["Am I seeing things? Isn't that little Chester..."]
The Gumps -
27.
["Something has to be done about that chimney-"]
The Gumps -
28.
["Ah! This is the life"]
The Gumps -
29.
["Hm- Chester forgot to put his skates away"]
The Gumps -
30.
["Package for Mr. Gump"]
The Gumps -
31.
["Let me see what you're hiding behind your back, Chester"]
The Gumps -
32.
["Har-Har!! Did I hear you right?"]
The Gumps -
33.
["I'll surprise Min with a few posies"]
The Gumps -
34.
[The Fountain Pen]
The Gumps
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