Joker Comics
#23
(June 1946)
Marvel,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1946-04-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Current Detective Stories Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the copyright registration found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Part 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Most thrilling keepsake!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for a picture ring.
[Amateur Nite]
Tessie the Typist / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- SL-70
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skidsie---you're going the wrong way!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tessie; Skidsie; Joe Zilch
- Synopsis
- Tessie and Skidsie go to the movies in a heavy downpour. At the movie, Tessie and Skidsie are contestants in a quiz contest.
Indexer Notes
Skidsy is spelled "Skidsie" throughout this story.
Script credit from posting on the Facebook group "Fathers of Marvel Comics" 22 March 2020, which included photos of several pages of the original script from Straubing's files.
Straubing's title for the story, included here, was not used.
[no title indexed]
Hey Look / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H.K.)
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H.K.)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H.K.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I cum tuh sail muh ships!
- Genre
- humor
- Keywords
- bathtub
[no title indexed]
Ruffy Ropes / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- SL-82
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This will teach you that I hate violence in any form!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rudolph Quincy Ropes [Ruffy Ropes]; Kayo Wilson; Gabby Gimmick; Miss Liverlilly
- Synopsis
- Ruffy tries to make amends for knocking out Kayo during the boxing match; however, Ruffy accidentally knocks out Kayo instead. To keep the fighter's apart, Gabby takes Ruffy to Miss Liverlilly's to lay low for a bit.
Indexer Notes
This is a continuation of the story from Joker Comics #22.
[no title indexed]
Squat Car Squad / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- M-9
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The chief says a ferocious gorilla is on the loose!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gorilla Gook; Rook; Sarge
- Synopsis
- Rook and Sarge are sent to stop a bank robbery and capture a gorilla on the loose.
Tessie Rides Again
Tessie the Typist / text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- SL-101
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The bright rays of the morning sun filtered thru the blinds of Tessie's room.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tessie; Skidsie
- Synopsis
- Skidsie takes Tessie horseback riding before going to the carnival.
Indexer Notes
Text story with spot illustrations.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Girls can't resist this kiss me necktie as it glows in the dark!
Indexer Notes
Ad for a necktie that glows in the dark.
[no title indexed]
Little Vinegar / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- SL-88
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This story is about a sinister sinisterism with desperate desperadoes whose cruelty toward Little Vinegar, our tender little hero, is utterly beyond belief!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Vinegar; Mrs. Beakel-blister; Wigglepot Wiggins; Mrs. Wiggins; Duke
- Synopsis
- Vinegar is kidnapped and the ransomers demand $100,000,000,000 for his return.
[no title indexed]
Snoopy and Dr. Nutzy / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- SL-86
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sh, Doc, this is certainly a hair raising story!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Snoopy; Dr. Nutzy; Gashouse Jones; Officer Michael
- Synopsis
- Snoopy and Dr. Nutzy are chasing the criminal, Gashouse Jones. Snoopy, seeking a disguise, takes a pill developed by Dr. Nutzy that causes beards to quickly grow long.
Now You Can Be the Editor!
activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kids, here's your chance to be editor of this magazine!
Indexer Notes
The publisher is asking for feedback from readers as to the best and worst characters of Joker Comics and asking what changes the readers would like to see.
[no title indexed]
Powerhouse Pepper / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Beaknose Wolverton)
- Pencils
- Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Beaknose Wolverton)
- Inks
- Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Beaknose Wolverton)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Beaknose Wolverton)
- Job Number
- SL-37
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, look! What a cute little dog!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Powerhouse Pepper; Dolly O'Golly; Joggie (dog); Fleafang (dog); Sneerleer McJeer; Mr. Panic
- Synopsis
- Sneerleer and Powerhouse Pepper try to get their dogs a job with Panic Pictures.
[no title indexed]
Hey Look / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H.K.)
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H.K.)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H.K.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- SL-107
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watcher makin'?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The protagonist builds a jet propulsion rocket.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This easy way teaches piano without music
Indexer Notes
Ad for piano lessons.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amuse & amaze friends with the library of fun
Indexer Notes
Ad for a variety of books.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tessie the Typist; Powerhouse Pepper -
1.
["Most thrilling keepsake!"]
-
2.
[Amateur Nite]
Tessie the Typist -
3.
["I cum tuh sail muh ships!"]
Hey Look -
4.
["This will teach you that I hate violence in any form!"]
Ruffy Ropes -
5.
["The chief says a ferocious gorilla is on the loose!"]
Squat Car Squad -
6.
Tessie Rides Again
Tessie the Typist -
7.
["Girls can't resist this kiss me necktie as it glows in the dark!"]
-
8.
["This story is about a sinister sinisterism with desperate desperadoes whose cruelty toward Little Vinegar, our tender little hero, is utterly beyond belief!"]
Little Vinegar -
9.
["Sh, Doc, this is certainly a hair raising story!"]
Snoopy and Dr. Nutzy -
10.
Now You Can Be the Editor!
-
11.
["Oh, look! What a cute little dog!"]
Powerhouse Pepper -
12.
["Watcher makin'?"]
Hey Look -
13.
["This easy way teaches piano without music"]
-
14.
["Amuse & amaze friends with the library of fun"]
-
15.
["Let me show you too, how to make yourself commando tough"]
-
16.
["Complete 5-piece candid camera outfit"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Del Gruber
- Banks S. Robinson
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