(May 1952)
Toby,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Toby Press Inc.
- Brand
-
Toby Press
- Editing
- Benton J. Resnik (General Manager); Mel Lazarus (Art Director)
[no title indexed]
Spike and Bat / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bring a friend...
- Genre
- adventure; humor; war
- Characters
- Spike; Bat; Cobra Woman
- Synopsis
- Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Spike and Bat approaching the gun-toting Cobra Woman.
- Reprints
-
in Tell It to the Marines (Superior, 1952 series) #2 ([circa June 1952])
-
Madame Cobra
Spike and Bat / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor; war
- Characters
- Spike; Bat; Cobra Woman
- Synopsis
- Spike and Bat are sent behind enemy lines to free an intelligence officer held in a Korean POW camp commanded by the notorious torturer, Madame Cobra.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker.
The Terror of the Deep
Spike and Bat / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor; war
- Characters
- Spike; Bat; Professor Hiller; Rose (Hiller's niece)
- Synopsis
- Spike and Bat discover a Communist base on a Pacific island while investigating a sea serpent rumor.
- Reprints
-
in Tell It to the Marines (Toby, 1952 series) #12 (March 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker.
[no title indexed]
Oliver / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy, I feel lower...
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Oliver
- Synopsis
- Young Marine Oliver receives a six-foot photograph of his girlfriend.
A Walk in Korea
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Article about a two-day battle in Korea involving United States Marines in 1871.
[no title indexed]
Lover O'Leary and His Liberty Belles / illustration / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ya goin' inta the dance, Joe?
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Lover O'Leary; Tango Tillie; Waltzin' Winnie; Jivin' Judy; Rhumba Rosie; two nerdy, young Marines
- Synopsis
- Lover O'Leary takes two young Marines to a dance and comments on Good Girl types.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker.
[no title indexed]
Gwendolyn / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's on your mind...
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Gwendolyn
- Synopsis
- Female Marine Gwendolyn wants to meet men so she's stationed on the chow-line.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Signature spotted by Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Bring a friend..."]
Spike and Bat -
1.
[Camera Offer]
-
2.
Madame Cobra
Spike and Bat -
3.
The Terror of the Deep
Spike and Bat -
4.
["Boy, I feel lower..."]
Oliver -
5.
A Walk in Korea
-
6.
["Ya goin' inta the dance, Joe?"]
Lover O'Leary and His Liberty Belles -
7.
["What's on your mind..."]
Gwendolyn -
8.
[Doll House Offer]
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9.
[Puppet Theater Offer]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Kathryn Wright
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