(January 1950)

Marvel, 1946 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Margood Publishing Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comic [round logo]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor); Jean Thompson (credited as Jean Thompson, M. D., Psychiatrist) (editorial consultant)

Issue Notes

Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Willie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Safe!
Genre
humor; teen

The Juvenile Delinquent! (Table of Contents: 1)

Willie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6801
Genre
humor; teen

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6917
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, Mom -- I've got a stomach ache!
Genre
humor; children

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, Oscar -- where have you been?
Genre
humor; children

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6780
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Swell afternoon, James...
Genre
humor; children

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where are you taking me, Oscar?
Genre
humor; children

Ah, Nature! (Table of Contents: 6)

Willie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7034
Genre
humor; teen

No Vision - Television (Table of Contents: 7)

Little Lana / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
6516
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lana; Curly; Egghead; Bully Brown; Tiny Tessie; Ruffy; Awful Oscar; Kitty; Shorty; Bee-Jee; Fuzzy; Judy; May; Specs; Slim; Li'l Georgie; Frankie Fuddle
Synopsis
Little Lana charges her friends money to watch their favorite programs on her new television set, but ends up having to refund them when she can't get her T.V. to work.

Indexer Notes

Story features cameos from many of the other characters found across Marvel's children-humor line.

The list of programs the kids wish to watch are all named after books in Marvel's line: "Tex Morgan," "Two-Gun Kid," and "Blaze, the Wonder Collie."

Guess Zoo! (Table of Contents: 8)

Little Lana / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
6515
Genre
humor; children

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

Little Lizzie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
David Gantz
Inks
David Gantz
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6776
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Momsie, you're wanted on the telephone!
Genre
humor; children

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee); ?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6917
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
Genre
humor; children

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're trying to earn some money! Any jobs you want done?
Genre
humor; children

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6917
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Any bites, Shorty?
Genre
humor; children

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help yourself to a handful of cherries, Oscar!
Genre
humor; children

Buying Pop's Paper (Table of Contents: 14)

Willie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6834
Genre
humor; teen

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

Hank and Lank / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
5863
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why do firemen wear red suspenders?
Genre
humor

The Circular Seal That Says Marvel (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Hank and Lank / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
5858
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How would you define the word "home"?
Genre
humor

His Picture Problem! (Table of Contents: 18)

Willie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6909
Genre
humor; teen