(October 1963)

Harvey, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1963-07-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Illustrated Humor Inc.
Brand
Giant Size Harvey Comics [Jack-in-the-box]
Editing
Leon Harvey (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from publisher advertisement.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Stumbo the Giant / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Warren Kremer ?
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant

Do You Need Extra Money? (Table of Contents: 1)

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?
Letters
Warren Kremer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmmm... What do you know?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant
Synopsis
Stumbo uses a boat anchor as a hook to catch a whale and fry it in a pan over a volcano.

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

Hot Stuff the Little Devil / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Champion Rope Twirler
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Hot Stuff
Synopsis
Inspired by a billboard for a circus, Hot Stuff scares the stripes off a zebra and tries to do rope tricks, but gets tangled up, much to the amusement of the now-stripeless zebra.

A Large Problem (Table of Contents: 4)

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?
Letters
Warren Kremer

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant; Officer O'Floodle
Synopsis
Stumbo's laughter over a joke book is a bother, but when he gets a sad book, his tears make a new river. Finally, he is encouraged to try new fish recipes, which stink up the town.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?
Letters
Warren Kremer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ohh! These cold nights have put a chill in my bones!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant
Synopsis
Stumbo heads south to the beach for the winter, but when he hears of a blizzard back at Tinytown, he goes back immediately to help them out.
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Wide Awake (Table of Contents: 6)

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?
Letters
Warren Kremer

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant; Officer O'Floodle
Synopsis
Stumbo tries counting sheep and reading to get to sleep. The people of Tinytown decide to give him some warm milk, but by the time they milk the cows and heat the milk, he's asleep. They drink the milk themselves, but can't sleep for Stumbo's snoring.
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Little Jack Horner... (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
children; humor
Characters
Little Jack Horner
Synopsis
Little Jack Horner blows up a balloon which blows away his house.

Fun at the Zoo (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
children; humor
Synopsis
A monkey positions the zookeepers hat to catch his cigar ashes, but they burn through the hat.

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

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?
Letters
Warren Kremer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's Officer O'Floodle fishing...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant; Officer O'Floodle
Synopsis
Stumbo says "yoo hoo" to Officer O'Floodle from 5 miles away, much to the alarm of everyone in between. This is really an outstanding bit of graphic storytelling, integrating the "yoo hoo" as giant letters running through the middle ground of the illustrations.

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

Nightmare / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Phooey! This old broom of mine is all worn out!
Genre
humor; children; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Nightmare; one of Wendy's aunts
Synopsis
Nightmare interferes with Wendy's wicked aunt trying to steal Wendy's broom.

The Big Fixer (Table of Contents: 11)

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Warren Kremer
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Warren Kremer
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?
Letters
Warren Kremer

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant
Synopsis
Stumbo sets out across the world to help people, but the never truly want what they ask for. He returns to Tinytown where no one complains to him.

The Crow and the Pelican (Table of Contents: 12)

Petey Pelican / text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Petey Pelican; Charlie Crow; blue jay; birds
Synopsis
Charlie Crow teaches Petey Pelican to steal all the bird seed, but when Petey realizes he is learning to be a thief, he eats it all and leaves Charlie with nothing.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Wendy the Good Little Witch / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
All witches are both good and bad...
Genre
children; humor
Characters
Promo for Wendy's comic book

Jealous Subway Train (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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Genre
children
Characters
Oscarito; Old Oscar
Synopsis
Old Oscar lectures Oscarito on the importance of being whatever you are.
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Indexer Notes

Oscarito is a subway train, wishing to be a luxury railway train. He's glad that his great-grandfather Old Oscar didn't box his ears for wishing this. I think this could only be a text piece because who could draw subway trains with ears?

All Bugged Up (Table of Contents: 15)

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?
Letters
Warren Kremer

Genre
children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant; Officer O'Floodle
Synopsis
Stumbo goes on a picnic, but Tinytown is threatened by locusts. Officer O'Floodle races to the picnic to get Stumbo back. Stumbo returns with food in his pockets, which satisfies the locusts, but leaves Stumbo to use a cloud to cover himself.

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

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?
Letters
Warren Kremer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Duh! Boyoboy... This day sure is a scorcher!
Genre
children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant; Officer O'Floodle
Synopsis
Stumbo swims near shipping lanes, is mistaken for a sea monster, and decides he should stay out of the ocean because of the sea monster.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Hot Stuff the Little Devil / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh! These noisy characters are giving me a headache!
Genre
children
Characters
Hot Stuff
Synopsis
Hot Stuff tries to find piece and quiet. He goes into a cave and ends up under China on New Year's Day.

A tough route requires tough tires (Table of Contents: 18)

Goodyear Bicycle Tires / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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typeset
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Take Me To Your Leader (Table of Contents: 19)

Hot Stuff the Little Devil / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children
Characters
Hot Stuff
Synopsis
Hot Stuff wants to be a leader but has trouble finding anyone who will follow. Finally, he gets to lead fireflies.

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

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?
Letters
Warren Kremer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gulp! That plane seems to be in trouble!
Genre
children
Characters
Stumbo the Giant
Synopsis
Stumbo helps an airplane in trouble and gives it a boost for an accidental around-the-world flight.

Cold Stuff (Table of Contents: 21)

Hot Stuff the Little Devil / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children
Characters
Hot Stuff
Synopsis
Hot Stuff's uncle removes his powers. Hot Stuff tries to fake it, but finally his uncle gives the powers back.
Reprints

Here are the GIANT Harvey Comics now on sale! (Table of Contents: 22)

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

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Characters
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Synopsis
Promo showing all 14 of the Giant Comics series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, boys and girls. Here are the funniest comics now on sale at your friendly dealer.
Characters
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Synopsis
Promo showing 18 different Harvey series

Here comes Casper the Friendly Ghost and Company (Table of Contents: 24)

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

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Characters
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Synopsis
Promo for Harvey Cartoons

Meet... Hot Stuff (Table of Contents: 25)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Characters
Hot Stuff; Stumbo the Giant; Officer O'Floodle
Synopsis
Promo for Hot Stuff comic book

Everyone Loves the Fabulous Sad Sack and his Funny Friends (Table of Contents: 26)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Characters
Sad Sack
Synopsis
Promo for 4 Sad Sack comic books

Snow Bawl (Table of Contents: 27)

Hot Stuff the Little Devil / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children
Characters
Hot Stuff
Synopsis
Hot Stuff plays in the snow, melting two boys' snowman. He helps them make snowballs to rebuild it. Then, he decides to reshape it in his own image.
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First Day (Table of Contents: 28)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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Letters
typeset

Characters
Donna Crawford; Mrs. Crawford
Synopsis
Mrs. Crawford has to force Donna to go to school, but once Donna gets there, she finds out it's fun.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm loaded with work!
Genre
children
Characters
Promo for 4 Sad Sack comic series

The Big Fight (Table of Contents: 30)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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Letters
typeset; ?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Alley Cats; Home Cats; Cecil; Louie; Powerhouse Pete; referee
Synopsis
Cecil has to fight the incredibly large Powerhouse Pete. He's losing, but when someone mentions that Powerhouse Pete is really a mountain lion, Cecil defeats him anyway.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Casper the Friendly Ghost / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.24 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I love reading about Casper...
Characters
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Synopsis
Promo for Casper's television show

The Hero Maker (Table of Contents: 32)

Stumbo the Giant / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Warren Kremer
Colors
?
Letters
Warren Kremer

Genre
children
Characters
Stumbo; Willy; Lily
Synopsis
Willy wants to look brave for Lily. Stumbo does several things to help Willy look heroic, but Lily misses seeing them. Finally, Willy impresses her without Stumbo's help, although it is revealed that Stumbo was behind even the final situation.

100 Toy Soldiers (Table of Contents: 33)

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Sold by Josely Co.

FREE! New Issue Stamps (Table of Contents: 34)

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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104 Kings' Knights (Table of Contents: 35)

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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If you know just 20 people... (Table of Contents: 36)

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Team up with Dad for B-B gun fun indoors! (Table of Contents: 37)

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Sold by Daisy Manufacturing Company.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Stumbo the Giant
  2. 1. Do You Need Extra Money?
    Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery
  3. 2. ["Hmmm... What do you know?"]
    Stumbo the Giant
  4. 3. ["Champion Rope Twirler"]
    Hot Stuff the Little Devil
  5. 4. A Large Problem
    Stumbo the Giant
  6. 5. ["Ohh! These cold nights have put a chill in my bones!"]
    Stumbo the Giant
  7. 6. Wide Awake
    Stumbo the Giant
  8. 7. Little Jack Horner...
  9. 8. Fun at the Zoo
  10. 9. ["There's Officer O'Floodle fishing..."]
    Stumbo the Giant
  11. 10. ["Phooey! This old broom of mine is all worn out!"]
    Nightmare
  12. 11. The Big Fixer
    Stumbo the Giant
  13. 12. The Crow and the Pelican
    Petey Pelican
  14. 13. ["All witches are both good and bad..."]
    Wendy the Good Little Witch
  15. 14. Jealous Subway Train
  16. 15. All Bugged Up
    Stumbo the Giant
  17. 16. ["Duh! Boyoboy... This day sure is a scorcher!"]
    Stumbo the Giant
  18. 17. ["Gosh! These noisy characters are giving me a headache!"]
    Hot Stuff the Little Devil
  19. 18. A tough route requires tough tires
    Goodyear Bicycle Tires
  20. 19. Take Me To Your Leader
    Hot Stuff the Little Devil
  21. 20. ["Gulp! That plane seems to be in trouble!"]
    Stumbo the Giant
  22. 21. Cold Stuff
    Hot Stuff the Little Devil
  23. 22. Here are the GIANT Harvey Comics now on sale!
  24. 23. ["Hi, boys and girls. Here are the funniest comics now on sale at your friendly dealer."]
  25. 24. Here comes Casper the Friendly Ghost and Company
  26. 25. Meet... Hot Stuff
  27. 26. Everyone Loves the Fabulous Sad Sack and his Funny Friends
  28. 27. Snow Bawl
    Hot Stuff the Little Devil
  29. 28. First Day
  30. 29. ["I'm loaded with work!"]
    Sad Sack
  31. 30. The Big Fight
  32. 31. ["I love reading about Casper..."]
    Casper the Friendly Ghost
  33. 32. The Hero Maker
    Stumbo the Giant
  34. 33. 100 Toy Soldiers
    100 Toy Soldiers
  35. 34. FREE! New Issue Stamps
    Garcelon Stamps
  36. 35. 104 Kings' Knights
    104 Kings' Knights
  37. 36. If you know just 20 people...
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  38. 37. Team up with Dad for B-B gun fun indoors!
    Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Craig Richardson
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore