Frisky Fables
#v4#6 [33]
(December 1948-January 1949)
Novelty / Premium / Curtis,
1945 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-10-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Premium Group of Comics
- Editing
- Robert Wheeler (credited as Robert D. Wheeler) (editor and general manager); Katharine Urban (credited) (story editor); Mel Cummin (credited) (art director)
Issue Notes
FRISKY FABLES, Vol. 4, No. 6, Dec., 1948-Jan., 1949, published bi-monthly by The Premium Group of Comics, a Division of The Premium Service Co. Inc., P. O. Box 1198, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Pa. Editorial offices, 119 West 19th Street, New York 11, N. Y. Indexed from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1948 Periodicals, page 188.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1948 Periodicals, page 188.
[no title indexed]
Neddy Bear / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
-
in Fun Parade (Bell Features, 1952 ? series) #46 ([circa 1952])
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[no title indexed]
Neddy Bear / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now I know how the cow felt when she jumped over the moon!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
-
in Frisky Animals (Star Publications, 1951 series) #51 (October 1952) - in Jumbo Comic Book (Playmore, Inc. Publishers, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
-
[no title indexed]
Erector / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys! Look at all the spectacular buzz-with-action models you can build with Erector
- Characters
- Superman
The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Dopsy Durvy / comic story / 6 pages
- Reprints
- in Frisky Animals (Star Publications, 1951 series) #51 (October 1952)
- in Super-Cat (Farrell, 1957 series) #3 (January 1958)
- in Jumbo Comic Book (Playmore, Inc. Publishers, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
-
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the matter -- is that ice cream cone too big for you???
- Genre
- humor; children
Indexer Notes
Two gag panels. Under a half page ad for Kellogg's Krumbles.
Roddy the Radio Tube
text story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- in Frisky Animals (Star Publications, 1951 series) #51 (October 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.78 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, here I am -- bright and early!!
- Genre
- humor; children
Indexer Notes
4 single panel gag comics. Remaining 2/9 of the page consists of ads.
[Good Manners]
Spunky / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jason Comic Art (signed as
bar JCA) - Inks
- Jason Comic Art (signed as bar JCA)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good manners never made a hit with me.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spunky; Spunky's mother; Nutzy, a squirrel; giraffe child; giraffe parent
- Synopsis
- Spunky doesn't believe in good manners, and is going about being rude to everybody. A giraffe parent teaches him a lesson.
- Reprints
- in Frisky Animals (Star Publications, 1951 series) #51 (October 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.83 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I see where they're going to tax hitchhikers!!
- Genre
- humor; children
Indexer Notes
4 single panel gag comics. Remaining 1/6 of the page consists of ads.
[no title indexed]
Tick, Tack and Toe / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They-- --Wentum-- --That way!
- Reprints
- in Frisky Animals (Star Publications, 1951 series) #51 (October 1952)
- in Jumbo Comic Book (Playmore, Inc. Publishers, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Neddy Bear -
1.
[no title indexed]
Friskytown News -
2.
["Now I know how the cow felt when she jumped over the moon!"]
Neddy Bear -
3.
["Boys! Look at all the spectacular buzz-with-action models you can build with Erector"]
Erector -
4.
The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Dopsy Durvy -
5.
["What's the matter -- is that ice cream cone too big for you???"]
-
6.
Roddy the Radio Tube
-
7.
["Well, here I am -- bright and early!!"]
-
8.
[Good Manners]
Spunky -
9.
["I see where they're going to tax hitchhikers!!"]
-
10.
["They-- --Wentum-- --That way!"]
Tick, Tack and Toe -
11.
["How come you always take chocolate cake on picnics??"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Dan Kocher
- Pat Lang
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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