(May 1951)

Cross, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cliffy the Clown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Sam Cooper?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Cliffy the Clown

Indexer Notes

The cover art appears similar to the inside art including the two stories signed Cooper. May be Sam Cooper.

Cover Thumbnail for Super Circus (Cross, 1951 series) #3
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The Spirit of the Circus (Table of Contents: 1)

Scampy, Mary and The Ringmaster / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Cooper?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The Spirit of the Circus appears like a genii from a bottle and tells the history of the circus.

Scampy's Scrambled Sorcery (Table of Contents: 2)

Scampy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Cooper?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Scampy; Hurbin the Magician; Diana [Hurbin's assistant]
Synopsis
Scampy tries his hand unsuccessfully at magic.

Tale of The Whip (Table of Contents: 3)

Claude Kirchner, Ringmaster / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Cooper?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Claude; Scampy
Synopsis
Claude tells Scampy tall tales of how he has used his whip.

Cliffy Meets Danny theDodger (Table of Contents: 4)

Cliffy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Cooper?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Cliffy the Clown; Danny the Dodger
Synopsis
Danny tricks Cliffy into having baseballs thrown at his head. This is the cover feature.

Indexer Notes

Last panel is signed Cooper. Looks somewhat similar to Sam Cooper as compared to a story from Jackpot 4 but their are also dis-similarities that make it questionable.

The Day the Circus Came (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Cooper?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Tommy plays hooky and misses the class trip to the circus.

Nicky and Wolfram the Wolf (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Cooper?
Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Nicky the Tramp Clown; Wolfram the Wolf
Synopsis
Nicky dreams of the Wolf from Red Riding Hood or does he?

Indexer Notes

Last panel signed Cooper.

Godfrey the Great (Table of Contents: 7)

Arthur Godfrey / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Arthur Godfrey
Synopsis
Advertisement for the life story of Arthur Godfrey.

The Great Invention (Table of Contents: 8)

Scampy and Cliffy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Scampy; Cliffy
Synopsis
Scampy has a weather controller invention but uses Weather-Bird Shoes to keep his feet try.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Cliffy the Clown
  2. 1. The Spirit of the Circus
    Scampy, Mary and The Ringmaster
  3. 2. Scampy's Scrambled Sorcery
    Scampy
  4. 3. Tale of The Whip
    Claude Kirchner, Ringmaster
  5. 4. Cliffy Meets Danny theDodger
    Cliffy
  6. 5. The Day the Circus Came
  7. 6. Nicky and Wolfram the Wolf
  8. 7. Godfrey the Great
    Arthur Godfrey
  9. 8. The Great Invention
    Scampy and Cliffy
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