(March 1955)

The American Legion, 1926 Series
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Volume
58
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1955
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The American Legion
Editing
Joseph C. Keeley (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.

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Will They Clean Up the Comic Books? (Table of Contents: 1)

about comics / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script
Ruth A. Inglis (credited)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Harold D. Bean (photo)
Synopsis
An article about the problems of comics and the new Comics Magazine Association's attempt to clean things up with their comics code.

Pages
20 - 63

Indexer Notes

The article describes two stories from The Haunt of Fear #24, Head-Room!, and The Secret, and The Orphan from Shock Suspense Stories #14.

Comic's Conscience (Table of Contents: 2)

about comics / 0.66 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
How the Comics Code Authority works.

Pages
32 - 32

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

Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco / comics-form advertising / 0.34 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's from the city... they want us to leave town.
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Jack Tippit (signed)
Pencils
Jack Tippit (signed)
Inks
Jack Tippit (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tough luck, Smelty. Your hardship discharge was disapproved after all!
Genre
humor
Characters
Smelty

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

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Walt Wetterberg (signed)
Pencils
Walt Wetterberg (signed)
Inks
Walt Wetterberg (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nonsense! Crew-style is easy when you've got the know-how!

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you'd stay home more often, he'd recognize you!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Pencils
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Inks
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wouldn't ya' know I'd get a lousy report card the same week my father is giving up smoking!
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Stan Hunt (signed)
Pencils
Stan Hunt (signed)
Inks
Stan Hunt (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Someday you ought to get yourself a new pair of pajamas, dear.
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Pencils
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Inks
John Gallagher (signed as Gallagher)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Leap! You're supposed to leap up there!
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Moth balls
Genre
humor

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

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
Look at Whitecollar - he looks goofy! Has he been hitting it up again!?
Genre
humor
Characters
Whitecollar
Reprints

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Jack O'Brien (signed as O'Brien)
Pencils
Jack O'Brien (signed as O'Brien)
Inks
Jack O'Brien (signed as O'Brien)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
-then he whirled and came at me again - once more, Martha!
Genre
humor
Characters
Martha

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

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
Charles Strauss (signed as Chas. Strauss)
Pencils
Charles Strauss (signed as Chas. Strauss)
Inks
Charles Strauss (signed as Chas. Strauss)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Only an idiot would climb a sapling to reconnoitre.
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
George, that smelly old pipe has got to go.
Genre
humor
Characters
George

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Charles Pearson (signed as Pearson)
Pencils
Charles Pearson (signed as Pearson)
Inks
Charles Pearson (signed as Pearson)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'll have to go out to dinner. The fuse blew.
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.15 page (report information)

Script
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Pencils
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Inks
George H. Green (signed as GHG)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, hello, dear - been waiting up long?
Genre
humor

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

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
Visit us - descend on us - what's the difference? Anyway your mother's coming over!
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Harry Mace (signed)
Pencils
Harry Mace (signed)
Inks
Harry Mace (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Laugh once for the fellas... will ya, pop?
Genre
humor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. Will They Clean Up the Comic Books?
  2. 2. Comic's Conscience
  3. 3. ["It smells grand sniff it! You'll say 'That's for me!'"]
    Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco
  4. 4. ["It's from the city... they want us to leave town."]
  5. 5. ["Tough luck, Smelty. Your hardship discharge was disapproved after all!"]
  6. 6. ["Nonsense! Crew-style is easy when you've got the know-how!"]
  7. 7. ["If you'd stay home more often, he'd recognize you!"]
  8. 8. ["Wouldn't ya' know I'd get a lousy report card the same week my father is giving up smoking!"]
  9. 9. ["Someday you ought to get yourself a new pair of pajamas, dear."]
  10. 10. ["Leap! You're supposed to leap up there!"]
  11. 11. ["Moth balls"]
  12. 12. ["Look at Whitecollar - he looks goofy! Has he been hitting it up again!?"]
    Wally
  13. 13. ["-then he whirled and came at me again - once more, Martha!"]
  14. 14. ["Only an idiot would climb a sapling to reconnoitre."]
  15. 15. ["George, that smelly old pipe has got to go."]
  16. 16. ["We'll have to go out to dinner. The fuse blew."]
  17. 17. ["Oh, hello, dear - been waiting up long?"]
  18. 18. ["Visit us - descend on us - what's the difference? Anyway your mother's coming over!"]
  19. 19. ["Laugh once for the fellas... will ya, pop?"]
This issue was modified by
  • Keith Alan Morgan