(July 1942)

Marvel, 1942 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1942-05-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

All art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chad Grothkopf
Inks
Chad Grothkopf
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Artist credited on inner front cover.

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Made up like cartoon credits:
"Original scripts by Stan Lee and William Clayton, Guy Blythe, E. Hunley
Animation by Chad and Moss Worth, Dave Berg, George D. Klein, Bill King, Michael Sekowsky, Win, A. Allen Jaffee, Ernest Hart
Special Effects by Stanley Martin and C.M. Grothkopf, Gary Kay, Zolton Szenics"

Indexer Notes

E.Hunley = Ernest/Ernie Hart
Chad = C.M./Chad Grothkopf
Win = Ed Winiarski
Stanley Martin = Stan Lee

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

Silly Seal / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Jaffee ?
Inks
Al Jaffee ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Be a good boy!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Silly Seal;
Synopsis
Silly Seal laments that nobody wants to play with him because, unlike the other seals, he is white rather than brown in color.
Keywords
Pirate

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

Ziggy Pig / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Jaffee ?; Ed Winiarski ?
Inks
Al Jaffee ?; Ed Winiarski ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get busy and milk the cow!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Ziggy Pig; Virginia Ham
Synopsis
Ziggy wishes he had a less boring life and, after reading Arabian Nights, has an exciting adventure in Arabia, but was it real?

Piggy's Plight (Table of Contents: 4)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chad Grothkopf ?
Inks
Chad Grothkopf ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
Get Ziggy Pig out of the maze.

Indexer Notes

An activity with a maze and a “how to draw” panel.

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

Snappy Turtle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky ?
Inks
Mike Sekowsky ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Snappy Turtle settles down in his favorite spot
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Snappy Turtle; Cinnamon Bunny; Crumb Bunny; Stumble Bunny; Croaky
Synopsis
Three Bunnies are constantly playing practical jokes on Snappy Turtle

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

Chester Chipmunk & Toughy Tomcat / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Moss Worth ?
Inks
Moss Worth ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm Chester Chipmunk going to school
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Sammy's Surprise (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Sammy the Salmon; Ginch; Uncle Whale;
Synopsis
Sammy and friends find a sea mine and try to warn a freighter heading toward it.

Indexer Notes

Accompanied by small illustrations, probably by Chad Grothkopf.

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

Pookey the Poetical Pup / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Hart
Inks
Ernie Hart
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I be so clumsy
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Pookey; Mouse; Pussy Cat
Synopsis
Pookey wants to play with Mouse and Pussy Cat.

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

Ding-A-Ling the Little Bellboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Hart (signed as EH)
Inks
Ernie Hart (signed as EH)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was the gas of reason
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Ding a Ling (introduction)
Synopsis
Ding a Ling, who lives in the land of reason, decides he wants to go exploring.

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

Baldy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dave Berg
Inks
Dave Berg
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
O.K. you birds. You're ready for your solo flight now!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Baldy; Pearl
Synopsis
Pearl’s first flight attempt does not go well and she falls to the ground. A gang of Japanese Beetles seeing Pearl lie helpless, attack her.

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

Little Pan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky ?; Ed Winiarski ?
Inks
George Klein ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My Momma done told me
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Little Pan
Synopsis
Little Pan hears a young girl crying and find she’s been kidnapped for ransom.

Cut it out! (Table of Contents: 12)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chad Grothkopf ?
Inks
Chad Grothkopf ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
Cut out figures

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

Posty / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vince Fago ?
Inks
Vince Fago ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pothty the pelican, Pothty the pelican
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Posty; Miss Grublepan; Lloyd Lovelace
Synopsis
Hoping to make Miss Grublepan feel better, Posty sends her a pretend love letter from a famous actor, little realising that the actor was coming to their town.

Posty the Pelican (Table of Contents: 14)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Chad Grothkopf
Inks
Chad Grothkopf ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
Lyrics to a Posty song

Kids Krazy Komics Koloring (Table of Contents: 15)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
B&w illustration to color

Indexer Notes

Inner back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["Be a good boy!"]
    Silly Seal
  4. 3. ["Get busy and milk the cow!"]
    Ziggy Pig
  5. 4. Piggy's Plight
  6. 5. ["Snappy Turtle settles down in his favorite spot"]
    Snappy Turtle
  7. 6. ["I'm Chester Chipmunk going to school"]
    Chester Chipmunk & Toughy Tomcat
  8. 7. Sammy's Surprise
  9. 8. ["I be so clumsy"]
    Pookey the Poetical Pup
  10. 9. ["It was the gas of reason"]
    Ding-A-Ling the Little Bellboy
  11. 10. ["O.K. you birds. You're ready for your solo flight now!"]
    Baldy
  12. 11. ["My Momma done told me"]
    Little Pan
  13. 12. Cut it out!
  14. 13. ["Pothty the pelican, Pothty the pelican"]
    Posty
  15. 14. Posty the Pelican
  16. 15. Kids Krazy Komics Koloring
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  • Tillmann Courth
  • Del Gruber
  • Dick Sabo
  • Tom Zsolt