Wilbur Comics #9

(Summer 1946)

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

American Healthaids Co. / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Tru-Curl Co. / advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

In This Issue of Wilbur (Table of Contents: 3)

Wilbur / table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore

Horsefeathers (Table of Contents: 4)

Wilbur / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Once and for all, that husband of mine is going to clean out this attic.. or else!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Frank Wilkin [Mr. Wilkin]; Eleanor Wilkin

Synopsis

Wilbur helps his father clean the attic, with the expected chaotic results.

Keywords

attic; cleaning; mattress; painting

Pop's Psychology (Table of Contents: 5)

Wilbur / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ringer! How's that, Wilbur?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Mr. Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin

Synopsis

When Wilbur breaks a window playing horseshoes, his father decides to use an incentive-based approach to punishment and takes his son fishing.

Keywords

boating; fishing; horseshoes; psychology

Indexer Notes

The psychology book on Page 3 written by Shorten is a reference to editor Harry Shorten. Title listed in table of contents as "Pop's Psychology."

Orchids To You (Table of Contents: 6)

A Wilbur Story / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wilbur whistled as he made his way toward Linda's house, the precious package snuggled firmly under his arm.

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Linda Moore

Synopsis

Wilbur hurries to exchange his gift for Linda after he learns that she's allergic to orchids.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #33 (July-August 1948) [Prose replaces names of Wilbur characters with those of Archie characters. One instance of Linda is accidentally left in story.]
which is reprinted
• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #10

Keywords

allergies; birthday; flowers

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woggon (signed)

Pencils

Bill Woggon (signed)

Inks

Bill Woggon (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Woggon (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's me!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Katy Keene; Sis Keene

Synopsis

Sis gets upset when she realizes that nobody ever asks for pin-ups of her.

Keywords

photography; pin-ups

Losers Win (Table of Contents: 8)

Wilbur / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow! Look at that buggy, Red! Ain't she a beaut? I'm gonna enter that race!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Stinky Davis; Mr. Wilkin; Joe

Synopsis

Wilbur and Red build a jalopy and compete in the cross-country jalopy race.

Reprints

• from Jackpot Comics (Archie, 1941 series) #6 (Summer 1942) [Race portion of story is swiped from Archie story]

Keywords

jalopy; race; racing

Wilbur Puzzle Page (Table of Contents: 9)

Wilbur / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Herbert "Red" Holmdale ?

Inks

Herbert "Red" Holmdale ?

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Try these on your senses!

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore

Indexer Notes

Three optical illusions, a connect-the-dots, and a city quiz.

Cat Tale (Table of Contents: 10)

The Twiddles / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woggon (signed)

Pencils

Bill Woggon (signed)

Inks

Bill Woggon (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Woggon (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

S'long, Talbert, I hope Tootsie won't be too mad for coming home late!

Genre

humor

Characters

Talbert Twiddle; Tootsie Twiddle; Tommy; Fanny Twitch; Pete

Synopsis

Talbert and Tootsie Twiddle battle the noisy neighborhood cats after Talbert comes home with a bucket of fish.

Keywords

cats; fishing

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Fun Industries / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Ugly Blackheads Out In Seconds (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Ballco Products Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)