(February 1948)
Marvel,
1945 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-10-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Select Publications Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.
[no title indexed]
Hey Look! / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. K.)
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. K.)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. K.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. K.)
- Job Number
- 2256
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dee Dyee!" "Ha! Putting that stickum on your hair again!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Big Guy; Little Guy
- Synopsis
- Little Guy warns Big Guy that he's using too much hair tonic.
- Keywords
- hair tonic; stickum
Tee for Two
Tessie the Typist / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Morris Weiss (signed as MSW)
- Inks
- Morris Weiss (signed as MSW)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 1902
- Genre
- humor; romance
- Characters
- Tessie the Typist; Skidsy; Mr. Hathaway
- Synopsis
- Tessie disrupts Skidsy's golf game by attracting attention from all the golfers.
- Keywords
- golf
You Can Be Too Smart
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Silas Hurd; Rod Pearson; Mr. Anderson
- Synopsis
- When he's hired to pick apples and gets cheated, teenager Rod Pearson turns the tables on miserly cheat Silas Hurd.
- Keywords
- apples
Her Island Ills!
Nellie the Nurse / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 1950
- Genre
- humor; romance
- Characters
- Nellie the Nurse; Dr. "Snazzy" Wilks; Speed Murphy; Butch
- Synopsis
- Nellie inherits an island on Loon Lake from her late uncle. When their boat drifts away, however, she and the gang are marooned on tiny Star Island.
- Keywords
- castaway; island; lake; Loon Lake; marooned; rowboat; Star Island; twenty dollars
Indexer Notes
Nellie's last name is revealed as "Nelson" in this story.
The Carriage Catcher!
Rusty / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 1727
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rusty
- Synopsis
- Rusty chases a runaway baby carriage in the park, only to wind up wrecking an ice cream cart, diving into a lake, and running afoul of policemen.
- Keywords
- baby carriage; ice cream cart; indecent exposure; lake; park
Buying a Bargain!
Nellie the Nurse / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 1717
- Genre
- humor; romance
- Characters
- Nellie the Nurse; Dr. "Snazzy" Wilks; The Raving Russian (car salesman); The Hindu (car salesman)
- Synopsis
- In the market for a new car to replace his old jalopy, Snazzy is baffled and bamboozled by crazy salesman The Raving Russian.
- Keywords
- automobile; car; Harkin's General Hospital; junk yard; kick scooter; low bridge; pogo stick
Indexer Notes
The hospital at which Nellie, Snazzy, and Speed work is labeled as "Harkin's General Hospital" in this story.
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Sigh!" "Ah, Nellie, we belong to each other..."]
Nellie the Nurse -
1.
Bride for a Day!
Nellie the Nurse -
2.
The Bear Facts!
Nellie the Nurse -
3.
["Dee Dyee!" "Ha! Putting that stickum on your hair again!"]
Hey Look! -
4.
Tee for Two
Tessie the Typist -
5.
Meet Millie!
Millie the Model -
6.
You Can Be Too Smart
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7.
Her Island Ills!
Nellie the Nurse -
8.
The Carriage Catcher!
Rusty -
9.
Buying a Bargain!
Nellie the Nurse
This issue was modified by, among others
- John DiBello
- Del Gruber
- Banks S. Robinson
- Ramon Schenk
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