The Kilroys #50

(October-November 1954)

Calling Doctor Headbone (Table of Contents: 1)

Solid Jackson / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Job Number

A-93

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Solid Jackson; Portia; Dr. Headbone; Montgomery (frog)

Synopsis

Portia sends Jackson to a psychiatrist for a psychoanalysis, but he drives the doctor crazy.

Keywords

camel; frog; fudge; hypnotism; psychiatrist; x-rays

Indexer Notes

At one point Jackson is hypnotized into thinking he is Rudolf Valentino, as The Sheik.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Woofus / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Hartley ?

Pencils

Al Hartley (signed)

Inks

Al Hartley (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pardon me! Didn't I meet you at....

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Woofus

Synopsis

Woofus tries to pick up girls but is always turned down.

Reprints

• from The Kilroys (American Comics Group, 1947 series) #4 (December 1947-January 1948)

The Stern Voice of Duty (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Charlie Holmes; Mrs. Holmes; Mr. Holmes; Ursula

Synopsis

Charlie is upset about entertaining his cousin Ursula for the weekend, but decides to do it out a sense of duty. Of course, Ursula turns out to be "the prettiest, brightest-looking, fluffiest little blonde Charlie had even seen."

Keywords

cousin

No News Is Good News (Table of Contents: 4)

Jitterbuck / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jitterbuck Jones; Zoot; The Brain; Miss Bibblesnicker

Synopsis

Jitterbuck get a job with a newspaper. He covers a boxing match but gets beaten up by one of the boxers. Zoot gets an assignment for a society wedding and bungles it, while Jitterbuck comes up with a story on the housing shortage.

Keywords

boxing; housing shortage; newspaper

Public Secret (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Linny; Michael

Synopsis

Linny and Michael swear to keep their romance a secret, but Linny has to telephone a friend and tell her the news. Then the friend calls all her other friends. Linny then gets made at Michael because she accuses him of telling everyone.

Keywords

gossip; telephone

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

Chuck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Man, that's mad! How do ya do it, Max?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Chuck; Max; Chuck's father; Chuck's mother

Synopsis

Everyone complains about the pile of junk Chuck drives, but that all changes once he gets a girl.

To the Rescue! (Table of Contents: 7)

Natch / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Natch Kilroy; Solid Jackson

Synopsis

When Natch gets a summer job at a camp as a lifeguard surrounded by pretty girls, Jackson decides that's the job for him. He gets a lifeguarding job, but the clientele is a little different.

Keywords

lifeguard; summer camp; summer job

Indexer Notes

At the employment office, there's sign that says "Wanted: cartoonist."

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Ickey Ike / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Hartley ?

Pencils

Al Hartley (signed)

Inks

Al Hartley (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Got a pen I can borrow, Bill?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Ickey Ike; Bill

Synopsis

Ickey borrows all the items necessary to write a letter to his friend's girlfriend.

Reprints

• from The Kilroys (American Comics Group, 1947 series) #4 (December 1947-January 1948)

Keywords

letter