Huckleberry Hound #13

(September-October 1961)

Dumbfounded Hound (Table of Contents: 1)

Huckleberry Hound / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Kay Wright

Inks

Kay Wright

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Huckleberry Hound [Dell Western Logo 2 Single Line of Slanted Letters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Huckleberry Hound

Synopsis

Huck is frustrated by an uncooperative folding lounge chair.

Reprints

• in Top Comics Huckleberry Hound (Western, 1967 series) #1 (July 1967)
• in Huckleberry Hound (Western, 1962 series) #31 (October 1967)

Keywords

frustration; lounge chair

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.

Reckless Ranger (Table of Contents: 2)

Huckleberry Hound / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Kay Wright

Inks

Kay Wright

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now there's an outdoor-type job that should be right up my alley!

Feature Logo

Huckleberry Hound [Dell Western Logo 2 Single Line of Slanted Letters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Huckleberry Hound; Ranger Smith; bear; two bank robbers

Synopsis

First day on the job as an assistant ranger, Huck runs afoul of two bank robbers and a pesky bear with a fondness for Huck's ranger hat.

Reprints

• in Familie Feuerstein (Tessloff, 1967 series) #7
• in Familie Feuerstein (Condor, 1978 series) #1
• in Top Comics Huckleberry Hound (Western, 1967 series) #1 (July 1967)
• in Huckleberry Hound (Western, 1962 series) #31 (October 1967)

Keywords

bank robbers; bear; cluelessness; forest setting; ranger

Indexer Notes

Newman script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 31, No. 5, May 2020.

Color This Picture and You Can Win (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Dell Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Out-Foxed Wolf (Table of Contents: 4)

Huckleberry Hound / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A hound dog howdy to y'all! I'm a sheep dog!

Feature Logo

Huckleberry Hound [Dell Western Logo 2 Single Line of Slanted Letters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Huckleberry Hound; sheep; wolf

Synopsis

Huck foils a sheep-stealing wolf.

Reprints

• in Top Comics Huckleberry Hound (Western, 1967 series) #1 (July 1967)
• in Huckleberry Hound (Western, 1962 series) #31 (October 1967)

Keywords

battle of wits; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; sheep; shepherd's crook; wolf

Befuddled Fixer (Table of Contents: 5)

Huckleberry Hound / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Carey ?

Inks

Tony DiPaola

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Tony DiPaola

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But, Ma'am...

Feature Logo

Huckleberry Hound [Dell Western Logo 2 Single Line of Slanted Letters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Huckleberry Hound; Mrs. Washburn; Col. Washburn

Synopsis

Huck is tasked with repairing a statue of Col. Washburn, who continually breaks his own statue out of frustration.

Reprints

• in Top Comics Huckleberry Hound (Western, 1967 series) #1 (July 1967)
• in Huckleberry Hound (Western, 1962 series) #31 (October 1967)

Keywords

fix-it shop; frustration; satisfied customer; statue; the-customer-is-always-right

Trade at the Dell Trading Post (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Dell Comics; Dell Trading Post / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Soft-Type Job (Table of Contents: 7)

Hokey and Ding-a-Ling / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Kay Wright

Inks

Kay Wright

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

(Sigh!) It's a shame! A person of my genius and executive abilities dining on a can of beans!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Hokey Wolf; Ding-a-Ling Fox; Mr. Gordon (department store owner), Mr. Gordon's assistant; long line of job applicants; two safecrackers, police officer

Synopsis

Lazy Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling find suitable employment as mattress-demonstrators, stationed for publicity in a department store window. Their job is complicated by a pair of safecrackers.

Keywords

department store; department store window; laziness; mattress; safecrackers

Indexer Notes

Second comic book appearance of Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling.

Little Big Game (Table of Contents: 8)

Packy Pachyderm / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Remember to be home before dark, Packy," Mama Pachaderm [sic] told her son, "and be careful of the big game hunters!"

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Packy Pachyderm; Mama Pachyderm; Chimp and Pansy (brother and sister chimpanzees)

Synopsis

Packy rescues Chimp and Pansy from a hunter's net snare.

Reprints

• in Huckleberry Hound (Western, 1962 series) #42 (July 1970)

Keywords

chimpanzees; elephants; hunting; jungle setting; net snare

Indexer Notes

Apparent misspelling of "Pachyderm" in the story's first line.

Hobby Happy (Table of Contents: 9)

Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Kay Wright

Inks

Kay Wright

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Right about now my foot will hit the string and trip my camera shutter on a nifty action shot!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks; Dr. Claude Hand (pussycat psychologist)

Synopsis

Mr. Jinks takes up various hobbies to keep from "grow[ing] old ahead of his time". Pixie and Dixie sabotage each one of the cat's attempts at healthful diversions, watching Mr. Jinks fall into mental and physical fatigue.

Keywords

birdwatching; clay sculpture; gardening; hobbies; mental health; model airplanes; model railroading; photography; physical health; psychologist; sabotage; sea shell collecting; stamp collecting

Indexer Notes

A healthy dose of dialogue alliteration (“miserable meower”, “I am heaps hobby hep now!”, “Mousing in moderation is a most happy hobby!”, etc.) points to Lockman as this story’s author.

Rude Reminder (Table of Contents: 10)

Huckleberry Hound / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Kay Wright

Inks

Kay Wright

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

Feature Logo

Huckleberry Hound [Dell Western Logo 2 Single Line of Slanted Letters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Huckleberry Hound; fish

Synopsis

Huck learns to be careful when pulling-up-anchor in a glass-bottom-boat.

Keywords

anchor; boat; carelessness; learning one’s lesson

Indexer Notes

Pantomime.

Teeter Trouble (Table of Contents: 11)

Yogi Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

Vic Lockman

Feature Logo

Yogi Bear [Harvey Eisenberg Logo 2]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear

Synopsis

When Boo Boo takes a bad flying-flop off of a improvised log-teeter-totter, Yogi's attempts at caring for him only duplicate the accident on the poor little bear.

Keywords

accident; best of intentions; carelessness; teeter-totter; unintended slapstick consequences

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. Black and white on inside back cover.

Official Huck Hound Club (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Kellogg's Cereals; Kellogg's Corn Flakes; Huck Hound Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)