Wilbur Comics #2

(Fall 1944)

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

Albert Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Free! Great new popular song!

Keywords

boogie-woogie; foreign languages; hypnotism; judo; piano

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover mail order advertisement for books from Albert Publications, Dept. HA3, 147 Fourth Avenue, New York 3, New York.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Bill Vigoda (signed)

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Theresa Woik (signed as Woik)

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Right ovah heah, folks! See the one and only -- the original Wilbah!! Only one thin dime! The tenth part of a dollar!!

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Mr. Wilkin

Indexer Notes

A carnival barker hypes the comic and the stories are presented like carnival posters.

Wilbur Helps Westfield Go To the Dogs (Table of Contents: 3)

Wilbur / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda (signed)

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Theresa Woik (signed as Woik)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

C'mon, Red, emote, will ya? Emote!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Miss Gargle; Bowser; Hector; Emmeline

Synopsis

Wilbur and the gang put on a production of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Indexer Notes

Appears to be a rewrite of the Archie story "The Play Goes To the Dogs" from Jackpot Comics #4.

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

Wilbur's Trouble Club / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Bill Vigoda (signed)

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Hiya, gang! Can you top this? If you can, I'll make you a member of my Trouble Club!

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin

Indexer Notes

Wilbur asking readers to send in stories of trouble they've gotten in.

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activity / 1 page (report information)

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Wee Willie Rabbit has travelled the maze and reached the carrot.. can you?

Characters

Wee Willie Rabbit; Jerry Jitterbug; the Elf

Indexer Notes

A maze, word unscramble, an optical illusion and how to draw a dog.

The Camp Cutie (Table of Contents: 6)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

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Theresa Woik (signed as Woik)

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Come one! Come all! Dee-lightful ride up the river, with time out for picnics! -- One dollar is all you pay for this excursion of enchantment and comfort!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Linda Moore; Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson

Synopsis

Wilbur, Red and Linda get caught in an out-of-control boat.

How Far Is Up? (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset

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I don't think I ever knew what a rugged individualist...

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Uncle Ephraim

Keywords

astronomers; farm; German Luftwaffe bomber; New York City

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Chimpy and His Mystical Pal the 'Genie' / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Red Holmdale (credited)

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Red Holmdale (credited)

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Listen, pal.. me orders are to deliver his trunk to this address!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Chimpy; Genie; delivery man; policemen

Synopsis

Chimpy receives a mysterious trunk.

Keywords

magic

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

World Wonders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mary Goss (signed as Goss)

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Mary Goss (signed as Goss)

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Mary Goss (signed as Goss)

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Mary Goss (signed as Goss)

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The box turtle never wanders more than 2 blocks from the spot on which it was born!

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Four wonders: box turtles; Carlsbad Cavern bats; rare fish; the battle of Crete.

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Wilbur / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda (signed as Vig-)

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Theresa Woik (signed as Woik)

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No homework, the second day!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Miss Gargle

Synopsis

Wilbur has hallucinations with Miss Gargle's face appearing on everyone.

Keywords

classroom; soda fountain

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Fun For All and All For Fun / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Percy here is a bad boy!

Characters

Percy

Synopsis

A maze, word unscramble, make words out of 'team', and copy a silhouette.

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

Omar of Bagdad / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Carl Hubbell (signed)

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Let us once again go back in time to mysterious romantic Arabia...

Genre

humor

Characters

Omar; Haroon Al Rascheed; harem girls

Synopsis

Omar is made grand vizir but has trouble finding out what his duties are.

Keywords

Bagdad; harem; magic carpet

A Chip Off the Old Block (Table of Contents: 13)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda (signed)

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Theresa Woik (signed as Woik)

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And so gentlemen, as mayor of Westfield, I'd like to see our annual outing a huge success this year!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Fred Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Mabel Gribble; Snooky (dog)

Synopsis

Wilbur's dad plans to run a one mile race.

Keywords

road race; Westfield Stadium

The Model (Table of Contents: 14)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda (signed)

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Theresa Woik (signed as Woik)

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Hiya Red ol' keed! You're just the man I want to see! Come on in with me and help me buy a bat! My old one broke!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson

Synopsis

Wilbur has an accident with a baseball in a store and runs from a worker.

Keywords

department store

Remember us? (Table of Contents: 15)

Crowell-Collier Publishing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Boys, we're back again with lots of new prizes.

Keywords

prizes

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for recruiting delivery boys for Collier's magazine.

Be a Radio Technician (Table of Contents: 16)

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Get into a busy field with a bright peacetime future.

Characters

J. E. Smith (photograph); John Jerry (photograph); A. J. Froehner (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover mail order ad for a training book from J. E. Smith, President, Dept. 4JM2, National Radio Institute, Washington 9, D.C.

How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame (Table of Contents: 17)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Charles Roman ?

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Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Charles Atlas (photo); Joe; Joe's girlfriend; bully

Keywords

body building

Indexer Notes

Back cover mail order ad with sequential panel art from Charles Atlas, Dept. 365-J, 115 East 23rd St., New York 10, New York.