(1945)

American Comics Group, 1945 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
132
On-sale Date
1945-04 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
La Salle Publishing Co.
Editing
Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes] (compiler)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
squarebound
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Giant comics edition, from surrogate publisher, featuring Sangor shop art.
Title from cover, with 'La Salle Publishing Co., Publishers' also displayed below.

Some copies exist without an indicia (inside front cover)

Where an indicia exists, it reads:
'Copyright, 1945, by La Salle Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill.'

CATALOG of COPYRIGHT ENTRIES
PART 1
BOOKS, GROUP 2
NEW SERIES, VOLUME 42
FOR THE YEAR 1945

[Hughes (Richard E.)] comp. 7342, 7343
Chuckle. © Feb. 3, 1945; AA 478133; R. B.
Leffingwell co., Chicago.
Hi-jinx. © Feb. 15, 1945; AA 478134; La Salle
pub. co., Chicago.
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
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Colors
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Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Cover Thumbnail for Hi-Jinx (American Comics Group, 1945 series)
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Wilbert, the Wonderful Worm (Table of Contents: 1)

A Turn-About Tale / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Carl Wessler
Inks
Carl Wessler
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Wilbert the Wonderful Worm
Synopsis
Wilbert uses a boy as bait for a fish.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

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

The Gopher Boys / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Hube Karp
Pencils
Lynn Karp (signed)
Inks
Lynn Karp (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brack! Boy!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Chompie; Crunchie
Reprints

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

Babs and Billy Bunny / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Schwartz (signed)
Inks
Bob Schwartz (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boyoboy! Roast chicken for dinner!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Kitsy-Koo (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gordon
Inks
Dan Gordon
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Lippy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Tyer
Inks
Jim Tyer
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lippy, for goodness' sake, do something!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dog and pig characters are consistent with those in Tyer’s signed art from later in the issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Bones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Victor Pazmiño
Inks
Victor Pazmiño
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ha! Ha! Ha! That's one goal for me!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Buck Mutt / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's so scared, he's even afraid of himself!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier
Characters
Buck Mutt
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The Real Macaws (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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?
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Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Kennesaw Mountain Lion (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Turner (signed)
Inks
Gil Turner (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Signed in the last panel.

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

Toddy Bear / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Don Christensen [as Don Arr] (signed)
Pencils
Don Christensen [as Don Arr] (signed)
Inks
Don Christensen [as Don Arr] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, I'm glad I sent for this lil' ol' detective outfit!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Toddy Bear
Reprints

Raggedy Rover (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Tyer [as J. T.] (signed)
Inks
Jim Tyer [as J. T.] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Signed in the last panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Gopher Boys / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Hubie Karp
Pencils
Lynn Karp (signed)
Inks
Lynn Karp (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, a vegetable garden in full bloom!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Polar Pete / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Victor Pazmiño
Inks
Victor Pazmiño
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, well! Polar Pete, my Arctic cousin!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

The Treasure Hunt (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Thurston Harper [as T. H.] (signed)
Inks
Thurston Harper [as T. H.] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Signed in the last panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Klucky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gordon [as dang] (signed)
Inks
Dan Gordon [as dang] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nope! Tch, tch!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Klucky
Synopsis
Klucky hatches an Easter egg.

Goldie Rox and the Unbearable Bears (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Deadline Dodo (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Loeb (signed)
Inks
Tony Loeb (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Dilly / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Tyer [as J. T.] (signed)
Inks
Jim Tyer [as J. T.] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am the great Napoleon!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dilly; Bigshot Bear; Dippy
Synopsis
Dilly the pig is a salesman for the Sharpie Pen Company.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Signed in the last panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Toddy Bear / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Don Christensen [as Don Arr] (signed)
Pencils
Don Christensen [as Don Arr] (signed)
Inks
Don Christensen [as Don Arr] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, boy! Here's just what I want!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Toddy Bear
Synopsis
Toddy orders a "spring suit" from a catalog, but isn't satisfied.
Reprints

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

Buzzy Beaver / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a good way to salvage a lot of paper!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Joisey Kitty (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gordon
Inks
Dan Gordon
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
A cat with a New Jersey accent tries to eat a cuckoo clock's bird.

The Great Rosalinda (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Oliver / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Victor Pazmiño
Inks
Victor Pazmiño
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm making believe these door-knobs are oranges!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Super Chuck (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Wigglin' Willie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gordon
Inks
Dan Gordon
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Halp! I'm bein' ground-straffed!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Wigglin' Willie
Synopsis
To escape a bird Willie crawls into a rifle barrel.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Rodney Rabbit / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler [as C. W.] (signed)
Pencils
Carl Wessler [as C. W.] (signed)
Inks
Carl Wessler [as C. W.] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey - stop! I'm runnin' outa prizes!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Oscar Octopus / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Weissman (signed)
Inks
Sam Weissman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come with me!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oscar Octopus; Margo the Magician
Synopsis
Oscar demonstrates a magic trick by making a magician disappear.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Scrapple / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Tyer
Inks
Jim Tyer
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, have you seen my race-horse?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Scrapple; Dogbiscuit
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Monkey and fox characters are consistent with those in Tyer’s signed art from earlier in the issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

The Gopher Boys / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Hubie Karp (signed)
Pencils
Lynn Karp (signed)
Inks
Lynn Karp (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ragweed, milkweed, milkweed, ragweed!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Mitzi Moth / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler [as C. W.] (signed)
Pencils
Carl Wessler [as C. W.] (signed)
Inks
Carl Wessler [as C. W.] (signed)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cough! Cough! Gasp!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mitzi Moth
Synopsis
A man tries to kill Mitzi with bug spray; she retaliates by eating all of his clothes.

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

Buy Bonds (Table of Contents: 31)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Keywords
Statue of Liberty

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Wilbert, the Wonderful Worm
    A Turn-About Tale
  3. 2. ["Brack! Boy!"]
    The Gopher Boys
  4. 3. ["Boyoboy! Roast chicken for dinner!"]
    Babs and Billy Bunny
  5. 4. Kitsy-Koo
  6. 5. ["Lippy, for goodness' sake, do something!"]
    Lippy
  7. 6. ["Ha! Ha! Ha! That's one goal for me!"]
    Bones
  8. 7. ["He's so scared, he's even afraid of himself!"]
    Buck Mutt
  9. 8. The Real Macaws
  10. 9. Kennesaw Mountain Lion
  11. 10. ["Gee, I'm glad I sent for this lil' ol' detective outfit!"]
    Toddy Bear
  12. 11. Raggedy Rover
  13. 12. ["Well, a vegetable garden in full bloom!"]
    The Gopher Boys
  14. 13. ["Well, well! Polar Pete, my Arctic cousin!"]
    Polar Pete
  15. 14. The Treasure Hunt
  16. 15. ["Nope! Tch, tch!"]
    Klucky
  17. 16. Goldie Rox and the Unbearable Bears
  18. 17. Deadline Dodo
  19. 18. ["I am the great Napoleon!"]
    Dilly
  20. 19. ["Oh, boy! Here's just what I want!"]
    Toddy Bear
  21. 20. ["This is a good way to salvage a lot of paper!"]
    Buzzy Beaver
  22. 21. Joisey Kitty
  23. 22. The Great Rosalinda
  24. 23. ["I'm making believe these door-knobs are oranges!"]
    Oliver
  25. 24. Super Chuck
  26. 25. ["Halp! I'm bein' ground-straffed!"]
    Wigglin' Willie
  27. 26. ["Hey - stop! I'm runnin' outa prizes!"]
    Rodney Rabbit
  28. 27. ["Come with me!"]
    Oscar Octopus
  29. 28. ["Say, have you seen my race-horse?"]
    Scrapple
  30. 29. ["Ragweed, milkweed, milkweed, ragweed!"]
    The Gopher Boys
  31. 30. ["Cough! Cough! Gasp!"]
    Mitzi Moth
  32. 31. Buy Bonds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Frank Motler
  • Dan Stevenson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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