Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #423 [Cal's Roast Beef]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Home Horrible Home (Table of Contents: 2)

The Little Monsters / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

Pete Alvarado

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Larry Mayer

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Papa Monster is on his way to spend an evening with his friends at the "Growly Boys Club"...

Feature Logo

The Little Monsters (Western Publishing) [two-tiered logo]

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Characters

The Little Monsters ['Orrible Orvie; Awful Annie]; Mildew Monster (Papa); Demonica Monster (Mama); Shred (fellow monster); unnamed bearded fellow monster; Growly Boys Club watch monster (demon dog); scared snake; herd of snarling swine; werewolf

Synopsis

To get his desired dose of unpleasantness, Mildew spends his evenings at the Growly Boys Club rather than at home with his family. Demonica, Orvie, and Annie resolve to make their castle home all the more unpleasant, to keep Mildew at home... but, will it work?

Keywords

doing-something-their-own-way; monsters; nights-out; secret club; unpleasantness

Indexer Notes

Three tiers per page.

Monster Maze (Table of Contents: 3)

The Little Monsters / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Alvarado ('Orrible Orvie and Awful Annie figures - possibly repurposed art); Vic Lockman (terrible toy chest only)

Inks

Pete Alvarado ('Orrible Orvie and Awful Annie figures - possibly repurposed art); Vic Lockman (terrible toy chest only)

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Vic Lockman ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Help 'Orrible Orvie and Awful Annie through the castle maze to the terrible toy chest!

Feature Logo

The Little Monsters (Western Publishing) [single-line logo]

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Characters

The Little Monsters ['Orrible Orvie; Awful Annie]

Synopsis

Lead Orvie and Annie through a maze to their chest of monstrous playthings, but... "You may only follow passages where the letters spell out the names of frightening creatures!"

Keywords

maze puzzle

Odd Stuff (Table of Contents: 4)

The Little Monsters / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Alvarado ('Orrible Orvie and Awful Annie figures); Vic Lockman (various objects in dungeons)

Inks

Pete Alvarado ('Orrible Orvie and Awful Annie figures); Vic Lockman (various objects in dungeons)

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Larry Mayer

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Of the 4 items in each dungeon, one doesn't fit with the others!

Feature Logo

The Little Monsters (Western Publishing) [single-line logo]

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Characters

The Little Monsters ['Orrible Orvie; Awful Annie]

Synopsis

Identify the object that doesn't belong.

Keywords

matching picture puzzle

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

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Making Monstrous Music] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Little Monsters / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Vic Lockman ?

Inks

Vic Lockman ?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Characters

The Little Monsters ['Orrible Orvie; Awful Annie]

Synopsis

Orvie and Annie make their own kind of music. Orvie plays a xylophone of skulls, while Annie charms a (hangman's?) rope with a flute.

Keywords

alternative uses; doing-something-their-own-way; flute; having fun; monsters; music; rope; skulls; xylophone

Indexer Notes

Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.