(April 1, 1979)
The Middlesex News,
1979 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.00 FREE
- Pages
- 32
- On-sale Date
- 1979-04-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- [none printed]
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Major Hoople
Indexer Notes
Single panel from interior strip with different dialogue.
Cappy Dick winners from February 25: Diane Ferrara, Jill Marcelli, Dawn Polizzotti, Debra Day, Molly Miner, Kerry Milaszewski, Danny Gittelsohn, Lianne Lentini, Paula Lazili, and Robb York.
[no title indexed]
Kelly & Duke / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dr. Video?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- Kelly; Dr. Video (a dog)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Video can't remember what he did with the 20 dollars he had when he went out last night.
Indexer Notes
© Universal Press Syndicate.
[no title indexed]
The Born Loser / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmm... what's this?
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Brutus P. Thornapple
- Synopsis
- Brutus finds a book of Mother Goose rhymes.
Indexer Notes
© NEA, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Juliet Jones / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eve Jones is charged with having on her person more than 25 grams of marijuana -
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Eve Jones; Earl; Owen
Indexer Notes
© King Features Syndicate, Inc.
["Who broke my beautiful new globe?!!]
Miss Peach / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Mr. Grimmis; Ira; Lester
Indexer Notes
© Field Enterprises, Inc.
Banking Hours
The Bosleys / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Bosleys
- Synopsis
- Multiple single gags about banking hours.
Indexer Notes
© United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
[New Highway]
Ferd'nand / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ferd'nand
- Synopsis
- Ferd'nand takes the backwoods route to his fishing spot and discovers a new highway now goes right by it.
Indexer Notes
© United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Berry's World / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, my gosh! Come here! Quick!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- April Fools joke about little green men.
Indexer Notes
© NEA, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Tumbleweeds / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doctor: Last night I was impaled upon the fangs of a multitude of mosquitoes.
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- An Indian asks his Medicine Man if he has a relief for "pooped fingernails".
Indexer Notes
© United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Moon Mullins / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Ferd Johnson; Tom Johnson
- Pencils
- Ferd Johnson; Tom Johnson
- Inks
- Ferd Johnson; Tom Johnson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why don't you make house calls, Doctor?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lord Plushbottom
- Synopsis
- The Doctor orders an immediate transfusion - of india ink.
Indexer Notes
© Chicago Tribune N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Moose Miller / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- RING!" "It's Aunt Sally and Uncle Jake! They're coming to pay us a visit.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Moose Miller; Mrs. Miller; Granny
- Synopsis
- Moose has Granny tell Aunt Sally how to get to their house.
Indexer Notes
© King Features Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Tarzan / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Russ Manning
- Pencils
- Russ Manning; Mike Royer (assist)
- Inks
- Russ Manning; Mike Royer (assist)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome, Tarzan of the Apes! Your athletic ability is known the world over! Join us in our games.
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; General Mwalafeo; Korak; Tito; Mando; Chela; Lalo
- Synopsis
- Tarzan agrees to enter the General's dangerous games.
Indexer Notes
© United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
TARZAN Trademark owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
[no title indexed]
Sunday with Heathcliff / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sent to the Showers
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Heathcliff; Pete the Parakeet
- Synopsis
- Pete the Parakeet doesn't like the baseball umpire.
Indexer Notes
© McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
Kitty Korner! Lisa and Brian Frattini of Stratford, Connecticut colled their new cat "Shadow" cause he chases his shadow more than his toys.
[no title indexed]
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well, Mr. April Fool, himself!
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Major Hoople; Baxter
- Synopsis
- Baxter remembers past times he has fooled the Major.
Indexer Notes
© NEA, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Winthrop / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wintrop! I've been looking all over for you!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Winthrop
- Synopsis
- Someone tries to play an April Fools joke on Winthrop.
Indexer Notes
© NEA, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Cathy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's April!!
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Cathy
- Synopsis
- Cathy wonders why it is not funny when she tells an April Fools joke.
Indexer Notes
© Universal Press Syndicate.
[no title indexed]
Motley's Crew / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ben Templeton; Tom Forman
- Pencils
- Ben Templeton; Tom Forman
- Inks
- Ben Templeton; Tom Forman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Drudge! Run for it! The plant's on fire!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Motley; Mr. Drudge
- Synopsis
- The plant is on fire and Mr. Drudge thinks it is an April Fools joke.
Indexer Notes
© Chicago Tribune N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Frank and Ernest / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bob Thaves; Tom Thaves
- Pencils
- Bob Thaves; Tom Thaves
- Inks
- Bob Thaves; Tom Thaves
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why bother going to the movies?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Frank; Ernest
- Synopsis
- Frank says he doesn't need to go to the movies, he can see all the violence walking through the park at night.
Indexer Notes
© NEA, Inc.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ducks have it made!!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ziggy
- Synopsis
- Ziggy wants to come back in another life as a duck.
Indexer Notes
© Universal Press Syndicate.
[no title indexed]
Boner's Ark / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Mort Walker (credited as Addison)
- Pencils
- Mort Walker (credited as Addison)
- Inks
- Mort Walker (credited as Addison)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm working too hard in this place.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Synopsis
- Boner has only 15 minutes for lunch and tells the new waiter he wants a bowl of soup and to make it snappy. The new waiter puts rubber bands in the soup.
Indexer Notes
© King Features Syndicate, Inc
[no title indexed]
The Family Circus / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- April Fool!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Billy; Jeffy
- Synopsis
- Jeffy is upset about Billy's April Fools joke but is happy that his mommy falls for it.
Indexer Notes
© The Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
The Cap'n's Gig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are we going to use this for, Captain?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The Captain is building a war canoe.
Indexer Notes
© Field Enterprises, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Spider-Man / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How about thos pix, Mr. Jameson?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mr. Jameson; Robbie
- Synopsis
- Mr. Jameson thinks Peter's photographs of Spider-Man are fake, so he delays payment. Spider-Man puts webbing on Mr. Jameson's chair and it sticks to him.
Indexer Notes
© Marvel Comics Group. Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Cappy Dick / activity / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Games, hobby tips, contests, etc.
© Field Enterprises, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Popeye / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Me horroscope sez this is me luck day!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Swee'pea; Popeye
- Synopsis
- Swee'pea has found his future Mrs. Swee'pea.
Indexer Notes
© King Features Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why are we walking downtown, Mickey?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse; Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Mickey has a flat tire, so he and Minnie have to walk downtown. Mickey and Minnie invite Goofy to go downtown with them. He says no, but then breaks a window and has to buy a new window.
Indexer Notes
© Walt Disney Productions.
Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
[no title indexed]
Walt Disney's Scamp / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say... who's your favorite person?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scamp
- Synopsis
- Scamp and a friend discuss their favorite people.
Indexer Notes
© Walt Disney Productions.
Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Theodore; Amos; Millie Gaskill; Private Reid
- Synopsis
- The Apple Dumpling gang plans an escape from Junction City and don't realize the wagon they hid in is going to the fort.
Indexer Notes
© Walt Disney Productions.
Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
[no title indexed]
Bugs Bunny / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is a real buy, Fuddsey... genuine imitation silk!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Sylvester
- Synopsis
- Bugs complains that Sylvester playing an accordion is ruining his business.
Indexer Notes
© Warner Bros. Inc.
[Busy as a Bee]
Mark Trail / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; nature; adventure
- Synopsis
- Worker bees tell other bees the distance to food in various ways.
Indexer Notes
© Field Enterprises, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Walt Disney's Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a beautiful Day!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Donald is happy until he gets to work.
Indexer Notes
© Walt Disney Productions.
Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
[no title indexed]
Redeye / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oops! Excuse me, Sir!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Redeye; Jerkymiah
- Synopsis
- Some varmint picks Redeye's pocket and gets a picture of Redeye's wife.
Indexer Notes
© King Features Syndicate, Inc.
["Hey! Mud!! Fantastic!]
Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pebbles; Barney Rubble; Fred Flintstone
- Synopsis
- Pebbles enjoys a pool of mud. Barney hears they are putting out big forest fires in record time with new fire-fighting aircraft.
Indexer Notes
© McNaught Syndicate.
© Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His nose is hot!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Yogi Bear; Ranger Smith; Doc Mender
- Synopsis
- Yogi is sick and goes to the doctor and pretends he has returned for a second appointment to save money on the cost of the visit.
Indexer Notes
© McNaught Syndicate.
© Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Hulk / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Rattler stopped me from finishing Banner - -
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sam Zale; David Banner [The Incredible Hulk]
- Synopsis
- David helps a stricken girl and carries her to a mountain road to get help getting her to a hospital.
Indexer Notes
© Marvel Comics Group.
[no title indexed]
Crock / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Rechin; Brant Parker
- Pencils
- Bill Rechin; Brant Parker
- Inks
- Bill Rechin; Brant Parker
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Answer when I call your name.
- Genre
- humor; military
- Synopsis
- The Commandant whacks the soldiers in the face to test their toughness.
Indexer Notes
© Field Enterprises, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Eek & Meek / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, here's how to order your album of authentic folk song's from Monaco, sung by the Prince and Princess...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Meek
- Synopsis
- The TV berates Meek into buying an album by constantly repeating the phone number to call.
Indexer Notes
© NEA, Inc.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople -
1.
["Dr. Video?"]
Kelly & Duke -
2.
["Hmm... what's this?"]
The Born Loser -
3.
["Eve Jones is charged with having on her person more than 25 grams of marijuana -"]
Juliet Jones -
4.
["Who broke my beautiful new globe?!!]
Miss Peach -
5.
Banking Hours
The Bosleys -
6.
[New Highway]
Ferd'nand -
7.
["Oh, my gosh! Come here! Quick!"]
Berry's World -
8.
["Doctor: Last night I was impaled upon the fangs of a multitude of mosquitoes."]
Tumbleweeds -
9.
["Why don't you make house calls, Doctor?"]
Moon Mullins -
10.
["RING!" "It's Aunt Sally and Uncle Jake! They're coming to pay us a visit."]
Moose Miller -
11.
["Welcome, Tarzan of the Apes! Your athletic ability is known the world over! Join us in our games."]
Tarzan -
12.
["Sent to the Showers"]
Sunday with Heathcliff -
13.
["Well, well, Mr. April Fool, himself!"]
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople -
14.
["Wintrop! I've been looking all over for you!"]
Winthrop -
15.
["It's April!!"]
Cathy -
16.
["Mr. Drudge! Run for it! The plant's on fire!"]
Motley's Crew -
17.
["Why bother going to the movies?"]
Frank and Ernest -
18.
["Ducks have it made!!!"]
-
19.
["I'm working too hard in this place."]
Boner's Ark -
20.
["April Fool!"]
The Family Circus -
21.
["What are we going to use this for, Captain?"]
The Cap'n's Gig -
22.
["How about thos pix, Mr. Jameson?"]
Spider-Man -
23.
[no title indexed]
Cappy Dick -
24.
["Me horroscope sez this is me luck day!"]
Popeye -
25.
["Why are we walking downtown, Mickey?"]
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse -
26.
["Say... who's your favorite person?"]
Walt Disney's Scamp -
27.
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales -
28.
["This is a real buy, Fuddsey... genuine imitation silk!"]
Bugs Bunny -
29.
[Busy as a Bee]
Mark Trail -
30.
["What a beautiful Day!"]
Walt Disney's Donald Duck -
31.
["Oops! Excuse me, Sir!"]
Redeye -
32.
["Hey! Mud!! Fantastic!]
Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones -
33.
["His nose is hot!"]
Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear -
34.
["The Rattler stopped me from finishing Banner - -"]
Hulk -
35.
["Answer when I call your name."]
Crock -
36.
["Now, here's how to order your album of authentic folk song's from Monaco, sung by the Prince and Princess..."]
Eek & Meek
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