Spunky #2
(July 1949)

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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1949-04-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Animated Cartoons Inc.
Brand
Standard Comics
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Periodicals, page 123.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spunky / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children; western-frontier
Characters
Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Cora Sue Lee

Spunky Fights Back! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spunky / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Bradbury (signed)
Pencils
Jack Bradbury (signed)
Inks
Jack Bradbury (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
A-480
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're gettin' short on food, son ...
Genre
humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Cora Sue Lee; Sam Kidd; Mr. Simpson; Luke brothers (antagonists); Clem; Cora Sue Lee
Synopsis
Spunky is bullied by the three Luke brothers while on a shopping trip. He learns to box and on the next trip teaches them a lesson.

Spunky and Little-Injun (Table of Contents: 2)

Spunky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Bradbury
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
A-533
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's mighty nice of you to take me along ...
Genre
humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Spunky Kidd; Little-Injun; Little-Injun's father
Synopsis
Spunky's friend Little-Injun teaches him the Indian ways of hunting. Spunky saves Little-Injun from a rattlesnake.

Spunky and Stanley (Table of Contents: 3)

Spunky / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Bradbury
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
A-523
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's what I call a slick bean-shooter!
Genre
humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Spunky Kidd; Stanley
Synopsis
Spunky sneaks up on Stanley to try out his bean-shooter. Stanley gets even by shaking apples from a tree onto Spunky.

Ghost Town Strangers (Table of Contents: 4)

Spunky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Bradbury
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
A-522
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is strange country to me.
Genre
humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Fisheye Carp (villain); Fisheye's partner (villain); sheriff
Synopsis
Spunky and Stanley discover two bank robbers hiding in a ghost town.

The Winners (Table of Contents: 5)

Spunky / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jane West (credited) (house name)
Pencils
Frank Frazetta (signed as Fritz) (spot illustration)
Inks
Frank Frazetta (signed as F F) (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Land o' Goshen!" Spunky's mom said, as she stirred the preserves ...
Genre
humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Cora Sue Lee; Mrs. Kidd
Synopsis
The day before the State Fair crafts competition, Spunky gives up on his chair because he can't find a proper bottom. Cora Sue gives up on her woven mat because it's too small. Stanley secretly combines the two, which results in Spunky and Cora Sue receiving a joint prize.

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Greg Theakston, 2002-05-29 (Per Sandell ed.) Frazetta has two spot illustrations - one signed as "Fritz", the other with his stylized "FF".

Happy Birthday, Dear Stanley (Table of Contents: 6)

Spunky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Bradbury
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
A-526
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Morning, Stanley. How's everything today?
Genre
humor; children; western-frontier; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
Spunky says he'll let Stanley do anything he wants on his birthday. Stanley wants to ride a horse, even though he IS a horse. Spunky and Clem bring out Cyclone, blind-folded, for Stanley to ride. When Cyclone figures it out, he gets mad and turns the tables on Stanley.

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

Stanley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Bradbury
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
A-481
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dad-rat these dad-ratted hoss-flies!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Stanley
Synopsis
Stanley tries to figure out how to stop a horsefly from pestering him in the barn.

[Modified Hat] (Table of Contents: 8)

Stanley / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Jack Bradbury
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?

Job Number
A-563
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Stanley
Synopsis
Stanley's hat falls over his eyes so he cuts holes through the brim.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spunky
  2. 1. Spunky Fights Back!
    Spunky
  3. 2. Spunky and Little-Injun
    Spunky
  4. 3. Spunky and Stanley
    Spunky
  5. 4. Ghost Town Strangers
    Spunky
  6. 5. The Winners
    Spunky
  7. 6. Happy Birthday, Dear Stanley
    Spunky
  8. 7. ["Dad-rat these dad-ratted hoss-flies!"]
    Stanley
  9. 8. [Modified Hat]
    Stanley
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Pat Conolly
  • Mike DeLisa
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Brian Humphress
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore