(December 1944 - January 1945)

Parents' Magazine Press, 1945 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
every other month
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Quality Comics Inc.
Editing
Beatrice Lewi; Frances Ullmann (story editor)

Issue Notes

Indexed from a scan from Digital Comic Museum (digitalcomicmuseum.com).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Marco Polar Bear; Jim and Judy / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
children
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Marco Polar Bear; Jim; Judy
Cover Thumbnail for Calling All Kids (Parents' Magazine Press, 1945 series) #1
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Presenting Some New Friends for You to Color! (Table of Contents: 1)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
Characters
Marco Polo Bear; Jim; Judy; Pug; Curly; The Mixed-Up Calf

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover page.

His Trip To Switzerland (Table of Contents: 2)

Marco Polar Bear / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Editing
Frances Ullmann
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Marco Polo Bear; Bobby Beaver

Bartholomew and the Elephant (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Priscilla F. Squier
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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bartholomew Brown; Gertrude (the Elephant)

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

The Mixed-Up Calf / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
There once was a calf who stood in the clover,...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
The Mixed-Up Calf

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

Who Are They? / activity / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The animals are looking for two friends.
Synopsis
Coloring and connect the dots.

The Ugly Pony (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
children

Spilly Willy (Table of Contents: 7)

Spilly Willy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Spilly Willy

Frozen Pond Frolics (Table of Contents: 8)

Pug and Curly / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Pug; Curly

Sally Sue Finds a Puppy (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Patricia Rayburn Olson
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Genre
children
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Sally Sue

The Runaway Fishing Pole (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre
children
Characters
Tommy

How the Flowers Got Their Color (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre
children

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

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Page to color.

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

Jim and Judy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Al Pross
Inks
Al Pross
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wouldn't it be wonderful, Jim, if my doll came to life?
Genre
children
Characters
Jim; Judy

Indexer Notes

Art is consistent with Pross’ signed art from Triple Threat Comics #[1] (Winter 1945), including his ovular heads and big ears.

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Marco's Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Poor Bobby can't find his way down the Swiss mountain
Genre
children
Characters
Marco Polo Bear
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Marco Polar Bear; Jim and Judy
  2. 1. Presenting Some New Friends for You to Color!
  3. 2. His Trip To Switzerland
    Marco Polar Bear
  4. 3. Bartholomew and the Elephant
  5. 4. ["There once was a calf who stood in the clover,..."]
    The Mixed-Up Calf
  6. 5. ["The animals are looking for two friends."]
    Who Are They?
  7. 6. The Ugly Pony
  8. 7. Spilly Willy
    Spilly Willy
  9. 8. Frozen Pond Frolics
    Pug and Curly
  10. 9. Sally Sue Finds a Puppy
  11. 10. The Runaway Fishing Pole
  12. 11. How the Flowers Got Their Color
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
  14. 13. ["Wouldn't it be wonderful, Jim, if my doll came to life?"]
    Jim and Judy
  15. 14. ["Poor Bobby can't find his way down the Swiss mountain"]
    Marco's Puzzle Page
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  • Per Sandell
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