(December 1952)
Pines,
1952 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- annually
- On-sale Date
- 1952-10-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Standard Comics
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- squarebound
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
The indicia states: Copyright 1952 by Best Books, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Pamphlets, page 625.
Based on copyright dates, SANTA’S CHRISTMAS COMICS #nn (which featured Supermouse) was published on the same day as SUPERMOUSE #22.
Based on copyright dates, SANTA’S CHRISTMAS COMICS #nn (which featured Supermouse) was published on the same day as SUPERMOUSE #22.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Supermouse; Goofy Gander; Happy Rabbit; Sniffy the Pup
Draw Me!
Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover in black and white.
A Super-Merry Christmas
Supermouse / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- A-17?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Supermouse [also as Soupie]; Mabel; Terrible Tom (villain); Dancer; Prancer; Dunder; Blitzen
- Synopsis
- Terrible Tom steals all the toys and takes over Santa's workshop.
[no title indexed]
Puzzles / activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-1667
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you help Mr. Rabbit out of here?
- Characters
- Mr. Rabbit
Indexer Notes
A maze, a math puzzle, count the points, a word ladder, and change the letters to get the same words down and across.
Ship A-Hooey
Goofy Gander / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- A-1704
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy Gander; Wally Wolf
- Synopsis
- Wally tricks Goofy into buying a boat.
Tragic Magic
Bonny Bunny / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bonny Bunny; Hubert Bunny
- Synopsis
- Bonny knits a sweater for her nephew.
Supermouse's Christmas Game
Supermouse / activity / 2 pages
- Job Number
- A-1741
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Supermouse; Tommy Turtle; Tom Terrible; Goofy Gander; Buddy Bear
Revenge is Sweet
Happy Rabbit / comic story / 16 pages
- Job Number
- A-1721
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Happy Rabbit [also as Lawyer Shyster]; Buddy Bear; Bonny Bunny
- Synopsis
- The town makes it so Happy can't swindle money from Buddy anymore.
The Christmas Gift
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Betty Cummings (credited as Betty Hill)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- Kerry the Kitten
- Synopsis
- Kerry tries to help some people find a gift for their children.
A Vicious Cycle
Percy Pig / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-1707
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Percy Pig; Penelope Pig; Elmer; Ethelbert; Gregory La Swoon
- Synopsis
- Percy buys a motorcycle so Penelope will see him as dashing.
X-Mas Fun
activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-1787
- Characters
- Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the words, spot the difference, connect the dots, and guess the fourth object by identifying the first three.
Christmas Capers
Coo Coo / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- A-1740
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Coo Coo
- Synopsis
- Coo Coo fails to make noise on the hour.
Money to Spurn
Merton Monk / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- A-1688
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Merton Monk; Custer; Murgatroyd (picture)
- Synopsis
- Merton inherits $10,000, but his friends don't want to hang around with him.
Cat-Nipped
Tommy Turtle / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- A-1469
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tommy Turtle; Bedelia (a cat)
- Synopsis
- A woman wants Timmy to get a cat out of a tree.
The Stylish Polar Bear
text story / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-1713
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Penuche
- Synopsis
- Penuche regrets his plain white fur.
It Pays to Advertise
Dizzy Duck / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-1665
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dizzy Duck; Dolly Duck; Droopy Duck; Mr. Floobis
- Synopsis
- Dizzy gets an advertising job.
The Ink Slinger
Willy Nilly / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-980
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Willy Nilly; Wendy
- Synopsis
- Willy spills some ink on his tie.
Bubble Trouble
Buster Bunny / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ellis Chambers (signed as EC)
- Inks
- Ellis Chambers (signed as EC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-1317
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Buster Bunny; Bill Bunny
- Synopsis
- Buster blows some super bubbles.
Uncle Pigly's Christmas Pudding
Uncle Pigly / activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- H-1742
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Pigly; Supermouse; Goofy Gander; Buster Bunny
Indexer Notes
Divide the pudding into nine pieces with five plums each.
Santa's Puzzle Page
activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-1739
- Characters
- Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Color Santa's head, crossword puzzle, find Santa in the picture, make a G from the cut up C.
Unevenly Matched
Happy Rabbit / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- A-1580
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Happy Rabbit; Bonny Rabbit; Prof. Samson
- Synopsis
- Happy takes a body building course.
The Ghost of Gloomy Castle
Dizzy Duck / comic story / 16 pages
- Job Number
- A-1697
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dizzy Duck [also as Duke of Quack]; Dolly Duck; Boggs; Joggs; Sir Cedric
- Synopsis
- Dizzy becomes the Duke of Quack.
Skating Beaver
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Marty Arnold (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- Ellis Chambers (illustration)
- Inks
- Ellis Chambers (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-1679
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Berty Beaver
- Synopsis
- Berty thinks he is the best skater.
Merry Christmas
Sniffy the Pup / activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-1743
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Sniffy the Pup
Indexer Notes
Figure out the words the pictures represent.
Flying High
Spunky / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-1397
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's sure a swell wind.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Spunky Kidd; Stanley
- Synopsis
- Spunky and Stanley fly kites.
Indexer Notes
The first panel logo is "Spunky and Stanley". This is the last Spunky story.
Sound Investment
Happy Rabbit / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ellis Chambers (signed as EC)
- Inks
- Ellis Chambers (signed as EC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-1278
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Happy Rabbit; Bonny Rabbit
- Synopsis
- Happy buys a gift for Bonny.
What a Van
Dizzy Duck / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- A-1579
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dizzy Duck; Sam
- Synopsis
- Dizzy starts a moving company.
Merry Christmas Puzzles
activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- A-1738
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Buster Bunny
Indexer Notes
A word ladder, a crossword puzzle, and a maze.
Meet the Man... Who Can Tell You How to Lick Pimples
Rubin-Ex / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- John A. Rubine
Indexer Notes
Skintex Corp.
Baby Blue Eyes
Baby Blue Eyes Doll / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On inside back cover in black and white.
Build Big Muscles as "Hoppy" Does
Electronic Walkie Talkies; Mechanical Brain Wrist Watch; Young 5-Piece Gym / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Hopalong Cassidy (photo of William Boyd)
Indexer Notes
Sold by Young Products.
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Draw Me!
Art Instruction, Inc. courses -
2.
A Super-Merry Christmas
Supermouse -
3.
Boys, Get that Real R.R. Engineer's Thrill
Lionel Trains -
4.
["Can you help Mr. Rabbit out of here?"]
Puzzles -
5.
Ship A-Hooey
Goofy Gander -
6.
Tragic Magic
Bonny Bunny -
7.
Supermouse's Christmas Game
Supermouse -
8.
Revenge is Sweet
Happy Rabbit -
9.
The Christmas Gift
-
10.
A Vicious Cycle
Percy Pig -
11.
X-Mas Fun
-
12.
Family Hospital Plan
Service Life Insurance -
13.
Christmas Capers
Coo Coo -
14.
Money to Spurn
Merton Monk -
15.
Cat-Nipped
Tommy Turtle -
16.
The Stylish Polar Bear
-
17.
It Pays to Advertise
Dizzy Duck -
18.
The Ink Slinger
Willy Nilly -
19.
Bubble Trouble
Buster Bunny -
20.
Uncle Pigly's Christmas Pudding
Uncle Pigly -
21.
Santa's Puzzle Page
-
22.
Unevenly Matched
Happy Rabbit -
23.
The Ghost of Gloomy Castle
Dizzy Duck -
24.
Skating Beaver
-
25.
Merry Christmas
Sniffy the Pup -
26.
Flying High
Spunky -
27.
Sound Investment
Happy Rabbit -
28.
What a Van
Dizzy Duck -
29.
Merry Christmas Puzzles
-
30.
Meet the Man... Who Can Tell You How to Lick Pimples
Rubin-Ex -
31.
Baby Blue Eyes
Baby Blue Eyes Doll -
32.
Build Big Muscles as "Hoppy" Does
Electronic Walkie Talkies; Mechanical Brain Wrist Watch; Young 5-Piece Gym
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- John Censullo
- Pat Conolly
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Dan Stevenson
- Jim Van Dore
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