(December 15, 1962)

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Volume
235
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
84
Indicia Frequency
weekly except alternate weeks during July and August and at year-end; fourty-five issues per year
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Curtis Publishing Company
Editing
Robert Sherrod (credited) (editor)

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.

The Real Scandal of Divorce (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 0.19 page (report information)

Script
Arnold Roth (signed as AR)
Pencils
Arnold Roth (signed as AR)
Inks
Arnold Roth (signed as AR)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
The cords holding a man and woman in Justice's balance are broken, dropping both parties.
Men and women sneak across a state line.

Indexer Notes

2 cartoons as part of the titled article, on pages 9-10.

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

cartoon / 0.21 page (report information)

Script
Jack Tippit (signed)
Pencils
Jack Tippit (signed)
Inks
Jack Tippit (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stanley will leave his mark in the world...a crushed pillow.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A woman complains about her husband falling asleep on the couch too often.

Indexer Notes

on page 38

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's father's idea.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A girl and her beau must buckle their seatbelts on her sofa.

Indexer Notes

on page 40

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

cartoon / 0.12 page (report information)

Script
? [as Atkins] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Atkins] (signed)
Inks
? [as Atkins] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ever try casting?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Question is asked by one tow-truck driver to another as they are parked above a freeway.

Indexer Notes

on page 46

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

cartoon / 0.12 page (report information)

Script
Orlando Busino (signed as Busino)
Pencils
Orlando Busino (signed as Busino)
Inks
Orlando Busino (signed as Busino)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
George is still the same man I fell in love with 35 years ago...unfortunately.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
At a marriage counselor's office, George is still wearing his goofy college clothes from the 1940s.

Indexer Notes

on page 48

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

cartoon / 0.12 page (report information)

Script
Dave Matthews (signed)
Pencils
Dave Matthews (signed)
Inks
Dave Matthews (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
She's learning, Pierre, not a drop on the floor this time!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A new waitress has learned to fall down stairs without spilling drinks.

Indexer Notes

on page 52
First name of signature difficult to read; may not be David.

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

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
? [as Basinski] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Basinski] (signed)
Inks
? [as Basinski] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm going home to mother!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A woman is heading out the door with a packed suitcase and meets her mother coming in with a packed suitcase.

Indexer Notes

on page 53

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

cartoon / 0.21 page (report information)

Script
Walt Lardner (signed)
Pencils
Walt Lardner (signed)
Inks
Walt Lardner (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're sitting on my flask.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A department store Santa complains to the boy on his lap.

Indexer Notes

on page 54

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

cartoon / 0.21 page (report information)

Script
Bob Gustafson (signed)
Pencils
Bob Gustafson (signed)
Inks
Bob Gustafson (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's a rumor going around that you've sold your coin collection.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A father confronts his son who is hiding behind a tall-backed chair with a pile of candy and an ice cream cone.

Indexer Notes

on page 58

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Ed Dahlin (signed)
Pencils
Ed Dahlin (signed)
Inks
Ed Dahlin (signed)
Colors
? (blue only)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have you seen my spray can of blue paint?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A woman is unknowingly spraying her hair blue.

Indexer Notes

On page 60.
Part of a full page of cartoons under header "Post Scripts".
Header cartoon is uncredited and not part of this page count.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Al Kaufman (signed)
Pencils
Al Kaufman (signed)
Inks
Al Kaufman (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So far, it looks just like him, except for the ears.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Per the description of a boy, a police artist ends up sketching a 3-eyed man with fangs.

Indexer Notes

On page 60.
Part of a full page of cartoons under header "Post Scripts".
Header cartoon is uncredited and not part of this page count.

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

cartoon / 0.12 page (report information)

Script
George Gately (signed as Geo Gately)
Pencils
George Gately (signed as Geo Gately)
Inks
George Gately (signed as Geo Gately)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's that crank from downstairs again.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man and his wife are bowling in an upstairs apartment when someone knocks on their door to complain.

Indexer Notes

On page 60.
Part of a full page of cartoons under header "Post Scripts".
Header cartoon is uncredited and not part of this page count.

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

cartoon / 0.17 page (report information)

Script
Charles Sauers (signed as Sauers)
Pencils
Charles Sauers (signed as Sauers)
Inks
Charles Sauers (signed as Sauers)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Listen Mac, only the court historian refers to me as Charles the Fat!
Genre
humor
Characters
King Charles
Synopsis
The king has bested a knight in combat, for insulting him.

Indexer Notes

On page 60.
Part of a full page of cartoons under header "Post Scripts".
Header cartoon is uncredited and not part of this page count.

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

cartoon / 0.17 page (report information)

Script
? [as Sajem] (signed)
Pencils
? [as Sajem] (signed)
Inks
? [as Sajem] (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You know, I've often wondered where they get these blasted black kettles.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two explorers sitting in a boiling kettle are curious.

Indexer Notes

On page 60.
Part of a full page of cartoons under header "Post Scripts".
Header cartoon is uncredited and not part of this page count.
Neither the art nor signature appear to be in the style of Johnny Sajem, though Lambiek notes he sold his first cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post in 1963.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Hazel / cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Ted Key (signed)
Pencils
Ted Key (signed)
Inks
Ted Key (signed)
Colors
? (yellow only)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Normal.
Genre
humor; domestic
Characters
Hazel; doctor; George Baxter
Synopsis
Hazel grabs the doctor's stethoscope and pronounces a diagnosis on George.

Indexer Notes

on page 72