(April 1949)

Dell, 1946 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Editing
Helen Meyer ?

Issue Notes

Indicia: RAGGEDY ANN + ANDY, Volume I, No. 35, April, 1949. Published monthly by Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 261 Fifth Avenue, New York; George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, Vice-President; Albert P. Delacorte, Vice-President. Entered as second-class matter April 23, 1946 at the Post Office at New York New York, under the act of March 3, 1879. Printed in the U. S. A. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Subscriptions in the U. S. A. $1.00 per year, single copies 10ยข; foreign subscriptions $2.00 per year; no Canadian subscriptions accepted. Copyright, 1949, by The Johnny Gruelle Co.

[Peterkin Pottle climbs a dinosaur] (Table of Contents)

Peterkin Pottle / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Stanley
Inks
John Stanley ?
Colors
?

Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Peterkin Pottle; Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Egbert Elephant

Chippie the Curious Chipmunk (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mary Greenwalt [as Greenwalt] (signed)
Inks
Mary Greenwalt [as Greenwalt] (signed)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
animal; children
Characters
Chippie; Mother Chipmunk
Synopsis
The Chipmunk family awakes in the spring.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover with indicia; continues inside back cover.

Caveman Pottle (Table of Contents: 2)

Peterkin Pottle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
John Stanley
Inks
John Stanley ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Peterkin Pottle; Peterkin's Teacher; Peterkin's classmates; Pam; Cavemen
Synopsis
Peterkin Pottle falls asleep on a museum field trip and dreams of being a cave man.
Reprints

[Each Easter, Egbert and his friends arrange an Easter show.] (Table of Contents: 3)

Egbert Elephant / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Noonan (spot illustrations, credited)
Inks
Dan Noonan (spot illustrations, credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Egbert Elephant; Tuffy Tiger; Benjamin Penguin; Scooter Bill
Synopsis
Egbert Elephant and his friends decorate Easter eggs.

Indexer Notes

Illustrated poem

[We shouldn't go any farther, Andy, or we'll get to where the wicked witch lives.] (Table of Contents: 4)

Raggedy Ann / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley (see notes)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Hoot Owl; Bad Witch; Faithful Broom
Synopsis
The Bad Witch turns Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy into a lamb and a pig. They outsmart the witch and turn her into a stick.

Indexer Notes

Script writer's identity based on final text article in Marge's Little Lulu (Drawn & Quarterly, 2019 series) #[2] - The Fuzzythingus Poopi (2020).

[HEY! That's no way to mop a walk!] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Brownies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Brownies; Clippo the Barber
Synopsis
The Brownies take their mop to Clippo the Barber for a trim.

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1949 by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

Stuffins (Table of Contents: 6)

Stuffins / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Dublin; Mick Dublin
Pencils
Mo Gollub (spot illustrations)
Inks
Mo Gollub (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
animal; children
Characters
Stuffins [Dog]; Bobby; Grum Chum [Frog]; Chipchatter [Chipmunk]; Beefore Bear; Pierre [Cat]
Synopsis
Stuffins searches for a friend in the woods while Bobby is at school, which turns out to be his own tail.

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1949 by Western Printing & Litho. Co.; illustrated text story. Previous installments were written by S & M Dublin and illustrated by Gollub, and this does not look different.

[G'Night, Nurse Betsy!] (Table of Contents: 7)

Billy and Bonny Bee / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Nurse Betsy; Butterfly; Woodland Fairy Queen; Mr. Man in the Moon
Synopsis
Billy Bee has a nightmare about having butterfly wings.

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1949 by Western Printing & Litho. Co.

Chippie the Curious Chipmunk [conclusion] (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mary Greenwalt [as Greenwalt] (signed)
Inks
Mary Greenwalt [as Greenwalt] (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
animal; children
Characters
Chippie Chipmunk; Mother Chipmunk; Weasel; Owl
Synopsis
Chippie and his family emerge from their burrow. Chippie and an owl rescue the family from a weasel.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Children all over the globe read this wonderful little magazine! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Raggedy Ann and Andy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Peterkin Pottle climbs a dinosaur]
    Peterkin Pottle
  2. 1. Chippie the Curious Chipmunk
  3. 2. Caveman Pottle
    Peterkin Pottle
  4. 3. [Each Easter, Egbert and his friends arrange an Easter show.]
    Egbert Elephant
  5. 4. [We shouldn't go any farther, Andy, or we'll get to where the wicked witch lives.]
    Raggedy Ann
  6. 5. [HEY! That's no way to mop a walk!]
    The Brownies
  7. 6. Stuffins
    Stuffins
  8. 7. [G'Night, Nurse Betsy!]
    Billy and Bonny Bee
  9. 8. Chippie the Curious Chipmunk [conclusion]
  10. 9. Children all over the globe read this wonderful little magazine!
    Raggedy Ann and Andy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Ramon Schenk
  • John P. Selegue
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Van Dore