The Kilroys #47

(April-May 1954)

The Midterm Break! (Table of Contents: 1)

Natch / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Job Number

A-36

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Natch Kilroy; Solid Jackson; Judy Farrell; Portia; Mrs. Kilroy; Katie Kilroy; Miss Crunchpitt

Synopsis

School is out for two weeks for mid-winter break. The gang decides to charter a Pullman railroad car and go skiing in the mountains. However, while on a sidetrack, their car gets hitched to a train going to Florida.

Keywords

beach; class president; Florida; Pullman; railroad; skiing; winter break

"Welcome to the Bar-X Ranch, Miss Knothead!" (Table of Contents: 2)

Knothead Nancy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre

humor

Characters

Nancy; Pecos Bill

Synopsis

Nancy goes to a dude ranch where she gets involved with a bear and a bandit.

Keywords

bandit; bear; dude ranch; horse; tickling; water pistol

The Right Kind of Girl (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

romance; teen

Characters

Freddie; Carole; Jane Hollis

Synopsis

Glamourous Carole refuses to go to a dance with Freddie because he can't dance. Freddie gets dancing lessons from a less-pretty girl in a nearby town who is an excellent dancer and who turns out to be a lot nicer than Carole.

Keywords

dancing lessons

The Big Buildup! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Kilroys / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Job Number

A-46

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Natch Kilroy; Solid Jackson; Mr. Kilroy; Judy Farrell; Mr. Bonecrusher

Synopsis

Jackson tries out for the football team but gets crushed. Natch tries to build him up with a weight-lifting program, but all Jackson does is ruin Mr. Bonecrusher's rosebush, which gets Mr. Kilroy in trouble. Trying to build up his confidence, Natch paints some light weights as heavy weights, but Mr. Kilroy tries them first and gets an inflated idea of how strong he is.

Keywords

football; rosebushes; water boy; weight-lifting

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

Jitterbuck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Dan Gordon [as Dan G.] (signed)

Inks

Dan Gordon [as Dan G.] (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

That infernal racket will drive me...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jitterbuck; his father; his mother

Synopsis

Irritated by Jitterbuck's drum-playing, his father takes a turn at the drum set and lets his frustrations take over.

Keywords

drums

Indexer Notes

Probably a reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Romantic Yarn (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 0.67 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Genre

romance; teen

Characters

Linda Sue

Synopsis

While she's knitting on the bus, Linda Sue wonders who'll take her to the dance. When she drops her ball of yarn it gets tangled in the feet of a handsome boy.

Keywords

bus; knitting

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953 (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Richard E. Hughes (editor)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953. No circulation figures given.

Solid Jackson, Poet! (Table of Contents: 9)

That Kilroy Krew / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Job Number

A-35

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Solid Jackson; Portia; Natch Kilroy; Judy Farrell; Arbuthnot Allen; Miss Crunchpitt

Synopsis

The girls fall for the new boy, who recites romantic poetry. Jackson tries to become a poet, but only one he impresses is Miss Crunchpitt.

Keywords

juke box; poetry

Indexer Notes

The splash panel is the same as the cover, but the scene doesn't appear in the story.