The Kilroys
#47
(April-May 1954)
American Comics Group,
1947 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features, Inc.
- Brand
-
American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard E. Hughes (credited)
The Midterm Break!
Natch / comic story / 8 pages
- 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!"
Knothead Nancy / comic story / 3 pages
- 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
text story / 1 page
- 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!
The Kilroys / comic story / 7 pages
- 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]
Jitterbuck / comic story / 1 page
- 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.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953. No circulation figures given.
Solid Jackson, Poet!
That Kilroy Krew / comic story / 8 pages
- 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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["This is Juliet?"]
Solid Jackson -
1.
The Midterm Break!
Natch -
2.
"Welcome to the Bar-X Ranch, Miss Knothead!"
Knothead Nancy -
3.
The Right Kind of Girl
-
4.
The Big Buildup!
The Kilroys -
5.
["That infernal racket will drive me..."]
Jitterbuck -
6.
["I'm afraid of wild animals in these woods-"]
Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer -
7.
Romantic Yarn
-
8.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953
-
9.
Solid Jackson, Poet!
That Kilroy Krew
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