(May 1951)

Cross, 1950 Series
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Victoria Publications Inc.
Brand
A True Cross Comic; Cross Cross
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Although known as "Mr. Television" (as well as "Uncle Milty"), Milton Berle's comic book only ran for four issues. However, he did appear in one more comic: Dell's movie adaptation "Who's Minding the Mint?" (August 1967).

Copyright 1951 by Victoria Publications, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Milty / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Uncle Milty [Milton Berle]
Reprints
Keywords
celebrity

Sir Milty, Knight of the Square Table (Table of Contents: 1)

Adventures of Uncle Milty / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Eadeh (signed)
Inks
Al Eadeh (signed) (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Uncle Milty [Milton Berle]
Synopsis
Uncle Milty is konked on the head by a falling book and dreams that he lived back in the time of knights and noble ladies.
Keywords
celebrity

Indexer Notes

Inker credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books.

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

The Pitchman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Cal Massey (signed)
Inks
Cal Massey (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now watch the little wonder worker remove this axel grease
Genre
humor
Characters
The Pitchman
Synopsis
The Pitchman tries to sell a crowd the Little Wonder Stain Remover.

Indexer Notes

On television, Berle's pitchman was played by Sid Stone, whose popular catch-phrase was "I'll tell you what I'm gonna do."

The Giant Bear Cub (Table of Contents: 3)

Marco / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Floyd Torbert (signed as TORB.)
Inks
Floyd Torbert (signed as TORB.) (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Marco

Indexer Notes

Inker credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books.

Your Own Joke Page (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

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

Adventures of Brother Frank / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Cooper (signed)
Inks
Cooper (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brother Frank was a fine guy in a lot of ways
Genre
humor
Characters
Brother Frank

The Baby-Sitter (Part 1) (Table of Contents: 6)

Adventures of Uncle Milty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Cal Massey (signed)
Inks
Cal Massey (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Uncle Milty [Milton Berle]; Orville
Keywords
celebrity

Indexer Notes

The story continues in the next issue.

Officer Clancy's Surprise (Table of Contents: 7)

Officer Clancy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Floyd Torbert (signed as TORB.)
Inks
Floyd Torbert (signed as TORB.)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Officer Clancy

Mother's Day - A Day to Remember (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Uncle Milty
  2. 1. Sir Milty, Knight of the Square Table
    Adventures of Uncle Milty
  3. 2. ["Now watch the little wonder worker remove this axel grease"]
    The Pitchman
  4. 3. The Giant Bear Cub
    Marco
  5. 4. Your Own Joke Page
  6. 5. ["Brother Frank was a fine guy in a lot of ways"]
    Adventures of Brother Frank
  7. 6. The Baby-Sitter (Part 1)
    Adventures of Uncle Milty
  8. 7. Officer Clancy's Surprise
    Officer Clancy
  9. 8. Mother's Day - A Day to Remember
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Tanya Schuehle
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Karl Wilcox