Tip Top Comics #v1#10 (10)
(February 1937)

United Feature, 1936 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
Lev Gleason

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Li'l Abner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Grin and Bear It / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Lichty
Pencils
George Lichty
Inks
George Lichty
Colors
?
Letters
?

Episode ot the Non-Paying Customers (Table of Contents: 2)

Hawkshaw the Detective / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gus Mager
Pencils
Gus Mager
Inks
Gus Mager
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Drink dis vater und count ten
Genre
adventure; humor; children

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

Looy Dot Dope / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Colonel Wowser / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As Marryin' Sam wends his crooked way through the hills
Genre
humor

Drums of Doom - Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Methot [as Lieutenant F. A. Methot] (credited)
Pencils
Peter Hayle [as Hayle] (signed) (spot illustrations)
Inks
Peter Hayle [as Hayle] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

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

Home Towners / cartoon / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
Ed Dodd
Pencils
Ed Dodd
Inks
Ed Dodd
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Rice Burroughs (credited)
Pencils
Hal Foster (signed as H Foster)
Inks
Hal Foster (signed as H Foster)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tarzan lassoed Von Harben and pulled him from the clutches of the god Moloch.
Genre
adventure; jungle
Characters
Tarzan [John Clayton, Lord Greystoke]
Reprints
  • from Tarzan Sundays (United Feature Syndicate) 1933-06-17 - 1933-07-15.

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

It's In the Basket / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Alan Maver
Pencils
Alan Maver
Inks
Alan Maver
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; sports

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

Chris Crusty / comic story / 1.2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Conselman
Pencils
Charlie Plumb
Inks
Charlie Plumb
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

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

Ella Cinders / comic story / 2.8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Conselman
Pencils
Charlie Plumb
Inks
Charlie Plumb
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Old Man Gloom (Table of Contents: 13)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Peter Hayle (signed as Hayle)
Inks
Peter Hayle (signed as Hayle)
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Divot Diggers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mo Leff ?
Pencils
Mo Leff ?
Inks
Mo Leff ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Golf

Indexer Notes

Topper for Joe Jinks. Three 1/3 pages

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

Joe Jinks / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mo Leff ?
Pencils
Mo Leff ?
Inks
Mo Leff ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You promised to take the ashes out of the furnace and you haven't done it!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Goal Getters / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Alan Maver
Pencils
Alan Maver
Inks
Alan Maver
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Opportunity Knox / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
J. Carver Pusey
Pencils
J. Carver Pusey
Inks
J. Carver Pusey
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Benny / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
J. Carver Pusey
Pencils
J. Carver Pusey
Inks
J. Carver Pusey
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

All in the Family / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
R. M. Brinkerhoff
Pencils
R. M. Brinkerhoff
Inks
R. M. Brinkerhoff
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Little Mary Mixup / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. M. Brinkerhoff
Pencils
R. M. Brinkerhoff
Inks
R. M. Brinkerhoff
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's a plank! Hold tight Mary, maybe we can make it-
Genre
adventure; children
Characters
Mary

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Broncho Bill / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Harry O'Neill
Pencils
Harry O'Neill
Inks
Harry O'Neill
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Angry at the invasion of their domain by white men, the Shosone Indians captured Sam Tyndall
Genre
western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Bumps / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Harry O'Neill
Pencils
Harry O'Neill
Inks
Harry O'Neill
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Bucky and His Pals / comic story / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
Robert Dickey
Pencils
Robert Dickey
Inks
Robert Dickey
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Mr. and Mrs. Beans / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
Robert Dickey
Pencils
Robert Dickey
Inks
Robert Dickey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Billy Make Believe / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
H. E. Homan
Pencils
H. E. Homan
Inks
H. E. Homan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Three 2/3 pages with How to Make It.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

How to Make It / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
H. E. Homan
Pencils
H. E. Homan
Inks
H. E. Homan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Keywords
how-to

Indexer Notes

Topper for Billy Make Believe. Three 1/3 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Can You Beat It / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ketten
Pencils
Ketten
Inks
Ketten
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Frankie Doodle / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Batsford
Pencils
Ben Batsford
Inks
Ben Batsford
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now Miss Crule, do you understand my instructions clearly?
Genre
adventure; humor; detective-mystery; domestic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Tip Top Tickles / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Keywords
jokes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Back Home Again / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ed Dodd
Pencils
Ed Dodd
Inks
Ed Dodd
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Danny Dingle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble (credited)
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
G'wan -- scram!
Genre
humor
Characters
Danny Dingle; salesman; Eustace; cop
Synopsis
Danny buys a ventriloquist gadget so he can heckle a cop.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Dub Dabs / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Society of Natural History.
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Dub
Synopsis
Dub thinks he's found a dinosaur footprint.
Reprints
  • from Dub Dabs Sunday (King Features Syndicate, 1925? series) #1934-08-05

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Danny Dingle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble (credited)
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The author of this book is perfectly correct!
Genre
humor
Characters
Pa Dingle; Ma Dingle
Synopsis
Pa reads a book that says great ideas come when people give in to their impulses. Ma gives in to hers and dumps a pail of water on his head.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Dub Dabs / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Dub
Synopsis
Dub chases a butterfly.
Reprints
  • from Dub Dabs Sunday (King Features Syndicate, 1925? series) #1934-08-12

Indexer Notes

No dialogue in this strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Be a Cartoonist / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Virginia Murphy
Inks
Virginia Murphy
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

[Reader Cartoons] / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (various)
Pencils
? (various)
Inks
? (various)
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Mystic Symbol (Table of Contents: 37)

Peter Pat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mo Leff
Pencils
Mo Leff
Inks
Mo Leff
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; children; fantasy-supernatural

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

Percy Penguin / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mo Leff
Pencils
Mo Leff
Inks
Mo Leff
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Alice / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
Olive Ray Scott
Pencils
Edward Daniel Kuekes
Inks
Edward Daniel Kuekes
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The gryphon and I might dance the lobster quadrille for you
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Knurl the Gnome / comic story / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
Olive Ray Scott
Pencils
Edward Daniel Kuekes
Inks
Edward Daniel Kuekes
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

The Boomers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Richards
Pencils
Dick Richards
Inks
Dick Richards
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Cynical Susie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Becky Sharp
Pencils
Laverne Harding
Inks
Laverne Harding
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

Bucky and His Pals / comic story / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
Robert Dickey
Pencils
Robert Dickey
Inks
Robert Dickey
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

Mr. and Mrs. Beans / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
Robert Dickey
Pencils
Robert Dickey
Inks
Robert Dickey
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

Stamp Tips / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Keywords
hobby; stamps

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Phil Fumble / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Topper for Fritzi Ritz. 3 pages, 1/3 of a page each.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

2/3 of a page each, with Phil Fumble as Topper.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

Back Home Again / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Dodd
Pencils
Ed Dodd
Inks
Ed Dodd
Colors
?
Letters
?

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Li'l Abner
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Grin and Bear It
  3. 2. Episode ot the Non-Paying Customers
    Hawkshaw the Detective
  4. 3. ["Drink dis vater und count ten"]
    The Captain and the Kids
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Looy Dot Dope
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Colonel Wowser
  7. 6. ["As Marryin' Sam wends his crooked way through the hills"]
    Li'l Abner
  8. 7. Drums of Doom - Chapter 1
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Home Towners
  10. 9. ["Tarzan lassoed Von Harben and pulled him from the clutches of the god Moloch."]
    Tarzan
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    It's In the Basket
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Chris Crusty
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Ella Cinders
  14. 13. Old Man Gloom
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Divot Diggers
  16. 15. ["You promised to take the ashes out of the furnace and you haven't done it!"]
    Joe Jinks
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Goal Getters
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Opportunity Knox
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Benny
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    All in the Family
  21. 20. ["There's a plank! Hold tight Mary, maybe we can make it-"]
    Little Mary Mixup
  22. 21. ["Angry at the invasion of their domain by white men, the Shosone Indians captured Sam Tyndall"]
    Broncho Bill
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    Bumps
  24. 23. [no title indexed]
    Bucky and His Pals
  25. 24. [no title indexed]
    Mr. and Mrs. Beans
  26. 25. [no title indexed]
    Billy Make Believe
  27. 26. [no title indexed]
    How to Make It
  28. 27. [no title indexed]
    Can You Beat It
  29. 28. ["Now Miss Crule, do you understand my instructions clearly?"]
    Frankie Doodle
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Tip Top Tickles
  31. 30. [no title indexed]
    Back Home Again
  32. 31. ["G'wan -- scram!"]
    Danny Dingle
  33. 32. ["Society of Natural History."]
    Dub Dabs
  34. 33. ["The author of this book is perfectly correct!"]
    Danny Dingle
  35. 34. [no title indexed]
    Dub Dabs
  36. 35. [no title indexed]
    Be a Cartoonist
  37. 36. [no title indexed]
    [Reader Cartoons]
  38. 37. The Mystic Symbol
    Peter Pat
  39. 38. [no title indexed]
    Percy Penguin
  40. 39. ["The gryphon and I might dance the lobster quadrille for you"]
    Alice
  41. 40. [no title indexed]
    Knurl the Gnome
  42. 41. [no title indexed]
    The Boomers
  43. 42. [no title indexed]
    Cynical Susie
  44. 43. [no title indexed]
    Bucky and His Pals
  45. 44. [no title indexed]
    Mr. and Mrs. Beans
  46. 45. [no title indexed]
    Stamp Tips
  47. 46. [no title indexed]
    Phil Fumble
  48. 47. [no title indexed]
    Fritzi Ritz
  49. 48. [no title indexed]
    Back Home Again
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Bob Hughes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Matthew Torrance
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt
  • Len Wolinsky