Tip Top Comics #v13#2 (146)
(September 1948)

United Feature, 1936 Series
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Volume
13
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; humor

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

Nancy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor

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

Scoopy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jerry DeMott
Pencils
Jerry DeMott (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's go to the beach!
Genre
humor; non-fiction

Indexer Notes

A 1-page strip promoting Tip Top and Sparkler Comics.

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

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor

Quirt (Table of Contents: 4)

How It Began! / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

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

Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Abner believes that he's been talking into a 'dead mike', and doesn't know...
Genre
humor

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

Doc Syke / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Ving Fuller
Pencils
Ving Fuller
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

El Bombo / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bombo! What are you doing up there?
Genre
humor
Characters
El Bombo; Mr. Biltybux; Tippy Topper; Shorty
Synopsis
Bombo, working for Mr. Biltybux's circus, has been assigned to ride a hostile elephant. His young pal Tippy rescues Bombo by giving the elephant a piece of a special candy. This irritates circus manager Snark, but circus giant Shorty intervenes when Snark threatens to thrash the boy.

Indexer Notes

On pages 3 and 5 of the story, Tippy Topper is called "Tipper."
Masthead lists the name of this feature as just "Bombo" not "El Bombo."

Mad Anthony (Table of Contents: 8)

Stamp Tips / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
General Anthony Wayne

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

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

Curly Kayoe / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Sam Leff
Pencils
Sam Leff
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Curly left home, signed up on a ship and discovered a cargo of arms...
Genre
war

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

The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Rudolph Dirks
Pencils
Rudolph Dirks
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Stickball (Table of Contents: 11)

Strange as It Seems / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
Elsie Hix
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

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

Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Raeburn van Buren
Pencils
Raeburn van Buren
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I needs this divin' helmet t' protect me throat while cleanin' out th' cellar.
Genre
drama; humor
Characters
Bathless Groggins; Maharaja Hassan the Unwashed of Scratchistan

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

Gordo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gustavo Arriola
Pencils
Gustavo Arriola
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Nancy
  3. 2. ["Let's go to the beach!"]
    Scoopy
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Fritzi Ritz
  5. 4. Quirt
    How It Began!
  6. 5. ["Abner believes that he's been talking into a 'dead mike', and doesn't know..."]
    Li'l Abner
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Doc Syke
  8. 7. ["Bombo! What are you doing up there?"]
    El Bombo
  9. 8. Mad Anthony
    Stamp Tips
  10. 9. ["Curly left home, signed up on a ship and discovered a cargo of arms..."]
    Curly Kayoe
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    The Captain and the Kids
  12. 11. Stickball
    Strange as It Seems
  13. 12. ["I needs this divin' helmet t' protect me throat while cleanin' out th' cellar."]
    Abbie an' Slats
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Gordo
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Wilt
  • Len Wolinsky
  • Warren Zeigler