Life #2093
(December 14, 1922)

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Volume
80
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Weekly; every Thursday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Life Publishing Company
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The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.

A Christmas Carol (Table of Contents: 1)

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Script
?
Pencils
Charles Dana Gibson (signed)
Inks
Charles Dana Gibson (signed)
Colors
Charles Dana Gibson ? (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Cover

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

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Script
?
Pencils
? (signed)
Inks
? (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Which of them got the divorce?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On unnumbered page 1.

Mrs. Pep's Diary (Table of Contents: 3)

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Pencils
Charles Dana Gibson (signed)
Inks
Charles Dana Gibson (signed)
Letters
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Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 2.

Ruth Chatterton (Table of Contents: 4)

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Script
?
Pencils
Charles Dana Gibson (signed)
Inks
Charles Dana Gibson (signed)
Letters
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Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 3.

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

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Script
?
Pencils
? (signed)
Inks
? (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mother, wouldn't it be better to typewrite that letter to Santa Claus? Maybe he won't be able to read your writin'.
Genre
humor
Characters
Little Girl; Mother (referred to)

Indexer Notes

On page 4.
Signed by more than one artist.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
But are you sure he's a police dog?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 5.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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Script
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Pencils
A. B. Frost (signed)
Inks
A. B. Frost (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What yo' gwine to do wif dat thing?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 6.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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Script
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Pencils
T. S. Sullivant (signed)
Inks
T. S. Sullivant (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
But, Madam, be logical! Until you have eaten this apple, how can you be expected to know it was wrong to eat it?
Genre
humor
Characters
The Serpent; [Eve]

Indexer Notes

On page 7.

Senatorial Snaps Reed Smoot (Table of Contents: 9)

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Genre
humor

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On page 8.

Fed Up (Table of Contents: 10)

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humor

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On page 9.

Among the Re-elect (Table of Contents: 11)

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Pencils
Gluyas Williams (signed)
Inks
Gluyas Williams (signed)
Letters
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Genre
humor

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On page 10.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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I should say I won't take you home now! If you're tired you sit here and I'll dance with Margery!
Genre
humor
Characters
Sir Walter Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth; Margery

Indexer Notes

On page 11.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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Pencils
Edward Monks (signed)
Inks
Edward Monks (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bobbie, how'd you like your daddy to give you a brand-new baby sister for Christmas?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 12.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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Pencils
C. F. Peters (signed)
Inks
C. F. Peters (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, don't you know that you shouldn't whistle in the lobby like that?
Genre
humor
Characters
Agitated Manager; [Bellhop]

Indexer Notes

On page 13.

The Reniggers in the Woodpile (Table of Contents: 15)

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Letters
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Genre
humor

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On page 15.

The Lady and the Tiger (Table of Contents: 16)

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Pencils
T. S. Sullivant (signed)
Inks
T. S. Sullivant (signed)
Letters
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Genre
humor

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Centerfold on unnumbered pages 16-17.

Intimate Glimpses of American Generals of Industry (Table of Contents: 17)

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Pencils
Ellison Hoover (signed); H. W. H. (signed)
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Ellison Hoover (signed); H. W. H. (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
No. 54. The Scott Family returns with the day's catch.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 18.

Ichabod Crane Up to Date (Table of Contents: 18)

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Genre
humor

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On page 20.

Beaver! (Table of Contents: 19)

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Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 21.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
But you should see the Rector's face when someone calls him 'Vicar.'
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 21.

Our Literary Censors (Table of Contents: 21)

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Script
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Pencils
Wyneie King (signed)
Inks
Wyneie King (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thomas B. Wells, Editor of Harper's Magazine
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 22.

[The Pretty Pansy Tea Room] (Table of Contents: 22)

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Pencils
Don Herold (signed)
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Don Herold (signed)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I won't drink anything in a place called the Pretty Pansy.
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 23.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Confound it! I thought this radio set was going to be a help--but I haven't had a minute's peace since I put it in.
Genre
humor
Characters
Santa Claus

Indexer Notes

On page 23.

The Silent Drama (Table of Contents: 24)

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Pencils
John Held Jr. (signed)
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John Held Jr. (signed)
Letters
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Genre
humor

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On page 24.
Two Cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll make a bet with you, sir, that you cannot guess my profession.
Genre
humor
Characters
The Small Man; The Big Man
Reprints
  • from Town Topics (?) XXXX-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

On page 26.
--Town Topics (London)

Peace on Earth (Table of Contents: 26)

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On page 27.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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Pencils
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? (unsigned)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Does that carpet of yours really come from Smyrna?
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from L'Illustration (?) XXXX-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

On page 29.
-- L'Illustration (Paris)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Take Bay Rum, sir?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On page 30.

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Table of Contents
  1. 1. A Christmas Carol
  2. 2. ["Which of them got the divorce?"]
  3. 3. Mrs. Pep's Diary
  4. 4. Ruth Chatterton
  5. 5. ["Mother, wouldn't it be better to typewrite that letter to Santa Claus? Maybe he won't be able to read your writin'."]
  6. 6. ["But are you sure he's a police dog?"]
  7. 7. ["What yo' gwine to do wif dat thing?"]
  8. 8. ["But, Madam, be logical! Until you have eaten this apple, how can you be expected to know it was wrong to eat it?"]
  9. 9. Senatorial Snaps Reed Smoot
  10. 10. Fed Up
  11. 11. Among the Re-elect
  12. 12. ["I should say I won't take you home now! If you're tired you sit here and I'll dance with Margery!"]
  13. 13. ["Bobbie, how'd you like your daddy to give you a brand-new baby sister for Christmas?"]
  14. 14. ["Say, don't you know that you shouldn't whistle in the lobby like that?"]
  15. 15. The Reniggers in the Woodpile
  16. 16. The Lady and the Tiger
  17. 17. Intimate Glimpses of American Generals of Industry
  18. 18. Ichabod Crane Up to Date
  19. 19. Beaver!
  20. 20. ["But you should see the Rector's face when someone calls him 'Vicar.'"]
  21. 21. Our Literary Censors
  22. 22. [The Pretty Pansy Tea Room]
  23. 23. ["Confound it! I thought this radio set was going to be a help--but I haven't had a minute's peace since I put it in."]
  24. 24. The Silent Drama
  25. 25. ["I'll make a bet with you, sir, that you cannot guess my profession."]
  26. 26. Peace on Earth
  27. 27. ["Does that carpet of yours really come from Smyrna?"]
  28. 28. ["Take Bay Rum, sir?"]
This issue was modified by
  • Chad Wicker