(Spring 1946)

Marvel, 1945 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1946-04-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Select Publications Inc.
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Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

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Nellie the Nurse / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; romance; teen
Characters
Nellie Nelson; Dr. "Snazzy" Wilks; Speed Murphy
Synopsis
Nellie steps out on a date with Snazzy while Speed waits cluelessly on the doorstep.

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Nellie the Nurse / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Job Number
R-225
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your last year's coat still looks good.
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Nellie the Nurse; Dr. "Snazzy" Wilks; Speed Murphy; I.J. Wolf; Dr. Simmons
Synopsis
Nellie, Speed, and Snazzy are thrown out of a fur coat store by its owner, I.J. Wolf, for not having enough money to shop there. Speed phones Wolf and insults him. But Wolf, a member of the board at the hospital, complains to Superintendent Dr. Simmons and demands they be fired. After Nellie, Speed, and Snazzy save Wolf's life in a shop fire, Wolf apologizes and gives Nellie the mink coat she'd been dreaming of.
Keywords
cochon; fur coat

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Nellie the Nurse / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Job Number
R-195
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey Speed! Message from Nellie!
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Nellie the Nurse; Speed Murphy
Synopsis
At Gracy's Department Store, Speed watches Nellie's nephew while she shops. When Speed is knocked out by accident, the baby goes for a ride in a store delivery van.
Keywords
babysitter; shopping

Nellie the Nurse Puzzle Page (Table of Contents: 3)

Nellie the Nurse / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Nellie the Nurse; Dr. "Snazzy" Wilks; Speed Murphy
Synopsis
Nellie and her friends present word and number puzzles to solve.
Keywords
puzzle

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Nellie the Nurse / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Beat you again, Snazzy!
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Nellie the Nurse; Dr. "Snazzy" Wilks; Speed Murphy; Officer O'Sullivan; Officer O'Clancy; Bumps; Peewee
Synopsis
After getting in a brawl with a rival ambulance driver, Speed decides to build himself up using the "Charles Hatless" muscle program.
Keywords
body-building; speeding

Dancing Dervish (Table of Contents: 5)

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Genre
humor; sports
Synopsis
Jimmy is teased as a sissy until he proves himself to be a football hero. His secret weapon? — ballet lessons from his sister.
Keywords
ballet; football; sissy

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Nellie the Nurse / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Job Number
R-218
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Even as children, Nellie, Snazzy, and Speed were 'three musketeers'.
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Nellie the Nurse; Dr. "Snazzy" Wilks; Speed Murphy; Ivan Persimon; Dr. Simmons
Synopsis
Cantankerous candy magnate Ivan Persimon changes his miserly ways after Snazzy introduces the kid hospital patients who love his lollipops.
Keywords
lollipops; three musketeers

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Nellie the Nurse / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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R-213
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Now you youngsters have a nice quiet vacation!
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Nellie the Nurse; Dr. "Snazzy" Wilks; Speed Murphy; Dr. Simmons; Uncle Jed Hawkins; Aunt Sarah Hawkins
Synopsis
When Nellie, Snazzy, and Speed spend a vacation holiday with Nellie's hillbilly aunt and uncle, they help stop a chicken pox epidemic, deal with an ornery mule, and attend a boisterous barn dance.
Keywords
barn dance; chicken pox; hillbillies; mule

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R-264
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To be or not to be!
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Nellie the Nurse; Dr. "Snazzy" Wilks; Speed Murphy
Synopsis
Nellie has a part in a play, and Speed and Snazzy try out for roles, feuding for her attention. But they team up to stop her newest beau, the production's leading man. Their on-stage shenanigans turn the drama into a hit comedy.
Keywords
handkerchief; itching powder; play; stage
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Nellie the Nurse
  2. 1. ["Your last year's coat still looks good."]
    Nellie the Nurse
  3. 2. ["Hey Speed! Message from Nellie!"]
    Nellie the Nurse
  4. 3. Nellie the Nurse Puzzle Page
    Nellie the Nurse
  5. 4. ["Beat you again, Snazzy!"]
    Nellie the Nurse
  6. 5. Dancing Dervish
  7. 6. ["Even as children, Nellie, Snazzy, and Speed were 'three musketeers'."]
    Nellie the Nurse
  8. 7. ["Now you youngsters have a nice quiet vacation!"]
    Nellie the Nurse
  9. 8. ["To be or not to be!"]
    Nellie the Nurse
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John DiBello
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin