Basil #3
(May 1953)

St. John, 1953 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1953-03-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
St. John Publishing Company
Brand
St. John
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Copyright Dean Publications per copyright entry.

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 7, Part 2, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1953, page 18. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B408268. The title as reported on the application was "Basil the Royal Cat".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Basil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tom DeAngelo
Inks
Tom DeAngelo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Keywords
music; violins

The King & the Fiddle (Table of Contents: 1)

Basil / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom DeAngelo
Inks
Tom DeAngelo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Beck
Pencils
Frank Beck (signed)
Inks
Frank Beck (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm tired of a war diet of cooked greens and stuff.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Reprints
  • Newspaper strip (date removed).

King-Size Bath (Table of Contents: 3)

Basil / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom DeAngelo
Inks
Tom DeAngelo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Beck
Pencils
Frank Beck (signed)
Inks
Frank Beck (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The house is full of flies...
Genre
humor; animal
Reprints
  • Newspaper strip reprint (date removed).

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

Bo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Beck
Pencils
Frank Beck (signed)
Inks
Frank Beck (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm tired of standing here holding the hose.
Genre
humor; animal
Reprints
  • Newspaper strip reprint (date removed).

Prince Ali-Kaat (Table of Contents: 6)

Basil / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom DeAngelo
Inks
Tom DeAngelo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Comedy Column (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Selections from 10,000 Jokes, Toasts and Stories. Copy 1939, 1940 by Lewis & Fay Copeland.

Gag-Bag (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Selections from 10,000 Jokes, Toasts, and Stories. Copy 1939, 1940 by Lewis & Fay Copeland.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Bo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Beck
Pencils
Frank Beck (signed)
Inks
Frank Beck (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Doggone but I wish I could think of an...
Genre
humor; animal
Reprints
  • Newspaper strip reprint (date removed).

Atomic Muscles (Table of Contents: 10)

Basil / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom DeAngelo
Inks
Tom DeAngelo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Basil
  2. 1. The King & the Fiddle
    Basil
  3. 2. ["I'm tired of a war diet of cooked greens and stuff."]
    Bo
  4. 3. King-Size Bath
    Basil
  5. 4. ["The house is full of flies..."]
    Bo
  6. 5. ["I'm tired of standing here holding the hose."]
    Bo
  7. 6. Prince Ali-Kaat
    Basil
  8. 7. Comedy Column
  9. 8. Gag-Bag
  10. 9. ["Doggone but I wish I could think of an..."]
    Bo
  11. 10. Atomic Muscles
    Basil
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)