(September-October 1945)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1945-08-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine
Editing
Oskar Lebeck

[Ice Cold Lemon-Naid] (Table of Contents)

Our Gang / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
Walt Kelly; typeset

Genre
children
Characters
Bucky; Froggie; Red; Julip, the Gang's goat

Wulf Strikes It Rich! (Table of Contents: 1)

Wulf the Prairie Dog / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Don Gunn? (spot illustrations)
Inks
Don Gunn? (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Wulf

Indexer Notes

Inside front and back covers with red and black illustrations.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 76, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta.

[The Treasure] (Table of Contents: 2)

Our Gang / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
Walt Kelly

Job Number
O. G. #19-459
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Our Gang [Red; Froggie; Janet; Bucky]; Two by Two (first appearance); Feeney; Egghead; Bruiser Connor; Cap (cameo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Janet leaves the gang for a while on sexism issues, forms a rival gang with Two by Two

[Giggles] (Table of Contents: 3)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
John Stanley; Dan Gormley?
Inks
Dan Gormley?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Giggles; Abner

[Fire!] (Table of Contents: 4)

Flip and Dip / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
H. R. McBride
Inks
H. R. McBride
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flip; Dip; Pa; Ma

Indexer Notes

Reformatted by the editorial office to fit 5 pages instead of 8.

Du Bois writer credit per 1945 Copyright Entries, Pamphlets. This was Du Bois's last Flip and Dip feature, of which he had been the regular witer. John Stanley was assigned to the feature beginning the next issue.

[Turtle Soup] (Table of Contents: 5)

Barney Bear and Benny Burro / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Barks
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
?
Letters
Carl Barks

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Barney Bear; Benny Burro
Synopsis
Barney goes fishing for a turtle for turtle soup, but catches the turtle on his toe and it stays there despite Benny's efforts to remove it.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on April 14, 1945. Pages have ten panels each. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

[Boat Race] (Table of Contents: 6)

Johnny Mole / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Johnny Mole; Johnny's mother (cameo)

[Glasses] (Table of Contents: 7)

Tom and Jerry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley?
Pencils
John Stanley?; Dan Gormley?
Inks
Dan Gormley?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Indexer Notes

Back Cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Ice Cold Lemon-Naid]
    Our Gang
  2. 1. Wulf Strikes It Rich!
    Wulf the Prairie Dog
  3. 2. [The Treasure]
    Our Gang
  4. 3. [Giggles]
    Tom and Jerry
  5. 4. [Fire!]
    Flip and Dip
  6. 5. [Turtle Soup]
    Barney Bear and Benny Burro
  7. 6. [Boat Race]
    Johnny Mole
  8. 7. [Glasses]
    Tom and Jerry
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Merlin Haas
  • Rodney Hinkle
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Dave Porta
  • Roger Reus
  • Steven Samuels
  • Claus Simonsen