(April 1949)

The American Legion, 1926 Series
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Volume
46
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1949
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The American Legion
Editing
Alexander Gardiner (credited) (editor)

The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Wally Richards (signed as W. P.) (painting)
Inks
Wally Richards (signed as W. P.) (painting)
Colors
Wally Richards (signed as W. P.) (painting)

Genre
humor; sports
Synopsis
A batter is focused on a bee in front of him.

Indexer Notes

Cover.

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

General Mischief / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Sam Brier (credited as S. B. Stevens)
Pencils
Sam Brier (credited as S. B. Stevens)
Inks
Sam Brier (credited as S. B. Stevens)
Letters
Sam Brier (credited as S. B. Stevens)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sodas
Genre
humor; children
Synopsis
The little general takes a girl to the soda shop.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ericson (signed)
Pencils
Dick Ericson (signed)
Inks
Dick Ericson (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Will the people of Sodom be spared? Will Lot's wife go with him? Tune in next Sunday and see
Genre
humor
Characters
O. Hancock

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Norman Hoifjeld (signed as Hoifjeld)
Pencils
Norman Hoifjeld (signed as Hoifjeld)
Inks
Norman Hoifjeld (signed as Hoifjeld)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Must you tell the ending and spoil it for papa?
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Tom Henderson (signed)
Pencils
Tom Henderson (signed)
Inks
Tom Henderson (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, if it helps keep you from catching any more colds, I'm all for it.
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Thomas Flannery (signed as F..)
Pencils
Thomas Flannery (signed as F..)
Inks
Thomas Flannery (signed as F..)
Letters
Thomas Flannery (signed as F..)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
B. Smith exterminator
Genre
humor
Characters
B. Smith; A. Jones

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Bob Schroeter (signed)
Pencils
Bob Schroeter (signed)
Inks
Bob Schroeter (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello! Lulu Laverne? Well - you don't know me, but my brother was stationed here four years ago - and...
Genre
humor

Baby's Bath (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
George Smith ?
Pencils
George Smith ?
Inks
George Smith ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Synopsis
The differences between giving a baby a tub bath and an oil bath.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Al Kaufman (signed)
Pencils
Al Kaufman (signed)
Inks
Al Kaufman (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What I am willing to give you, Miss Crane, is the experience to write good confession stories.
Genre
humor
Characters
Miss Crane

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Wally / cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Wally Wallgren (signed as W)
Pencils
Wally Wallgren (signed as W)
Inks
Wally Wallgren (signed as W)
Letters
Wally Wallgren (signed as W)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What are you hiding your umbrella for? - Afraid somebody will steal it!!?
Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Bill King (signed)
Pencils
Bill King (signed)
Inks
Bill King (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, mom - have I got a clean sweatshirt? I'm takin' Beverly to the dance tonight.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Tackling the Tackle Busters / comics-form advertising / 0.66 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Wally / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Wally Wallgren (signed as Wally)
Pencils
Wally Wallgren (signed as Wally)
Inks
Wally Wallgren (signed as Wally)
Letters
Wally Wallgren (signed as Wally)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say!! Who called this special meeting tonite anyway!!?
Genre
humor
Synopsis
The post members wonder who called a special meeting in April.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Imp-ulses / cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Ponce De Leon (credited) (signed as Ponce de León)
Pencils
Ponce De Leon (credited) (signed as Ponce de León)
Inks
Ponce De Leon (credited) (signed as Ponce de León)
Letters
Ponce De Leon (credited) (signed as Ponce de León)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Armor Car Co.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Bill King (signed)
Pencils
Bill King (signed)
Inks
Bill King (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Want a vitamin pill?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
George Smith (signed as Geo Smith)
Pencils
George Smith (signed as Geo Smith)
Inks
George Smith (signed as Geo Smith)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wrap it up.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ericson (signed)
Pencils
Dick Ericson (signed)
Inks
Dick Ericson (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...then, continuing to gaze stonily into space, remove the right glove, one finger at a time, e-e-e-ever so slow-w-w-wly...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Eric Peters (signed)
Pencils
Eric Peters (signed)
Inks
Eric Peters (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look - when I lost my dog license, you came and took away my dog. Well, now I've lost my marriage license!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
George Wolfe (signed)
Pencils
George Wolfe (signed)
Inks
George Wolfe (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come back here this instant, slowly!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lamb (signed)
Pencils
Clyde Lamb (signed)
Inks
Clyde Lamb (signed)
Letters
Clyde Lamb (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Paper towel
Genre
humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [no title indexed]
  2. 2. ["Sodas"]
    General Mischief
  3. 3. ["Will the people of Sodom be spared? Will Lot's wife go with him? Tune in next Sunday and see"]
  4. 4. ["Must you tell the ending and spoil it for papa?"]
  5. 5. ["Well, if it helps keep you from catching any more colds, I'm all for it."]
  6. 6. ["B. Smith exterminator"]
  7. 7. ["Hello! Lulu Laverne? Well - you don't know me, but my brother was stationed here four years ago - and..."]
  8. 8. Baby's Bath
  9. 9. ["What I am willing to give you, Miss Crane, is the experience to write good confession stories."]
  10. 10. ["What are you hiding your umbrella for? - Afraid somebody will steal it!!?"]
    Wally
  11. 11. ["Hey, mom - have I got a clean sweatshirt? I'm takin' Beverly to the dance tonight."]
  12. 12. ["Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, Nev. Big water... big fish"]
    Tackling the Tackle Busters
  13. 13. ["Say!! Who called this special meeting tonite anyway!!?"]
    Wally
  14. 14. ["Armor Car Co."]
    Imp-ulses
  15. 15. ["Want a vitamin pill?"]
  16. 16. ["Wrap it up."]
  17. 17. ["...then, continuing to gaze stonily into space, remove the right glove, one finger at a time, e-e-e-ever so slow-w-w-wly..."]
  18. 18. ["Look - when I lost my dog license, you came and took away my dog. Well, now I've lost my marriage license!"]
  19. 19. ["Come back here this instant, slowly!"]
  20. 20. ["Paper towel"]
This issue was modified by
  • Keith Alan Morgan