Four Color
#132 - Tillie the Toiler
(January 1947)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1946-11-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "TILLIE THE TOILER, No. 132." Code number is T.T.O.S. #132-471. Copyright 1947 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 850. Based on the Tillie the Toiler newspaper strip. First Four color issue with original Tillie stories. Sixth of twelve Tillie the Toiler Four Colors.
[A Pair of Specs]
Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tillie
- Synopsis
- Tillie wants to get a pair of glasses so she will look studious.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
A Four-Bell Picture That Was Only a False Alarm
Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tillie; Mumsy; Mac; Jorson Snapps; Bubbles
- Synopsis
- Jorson Snapps convinces Tillie and friends to appear in a movie he produces.
The Surprise Prize
Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tillie; Mac; Mumsy; Bubbles; Jan Vonsen
- Synopsis
- Tillie is a fortune teller in her mother's charity bazaar. Jan Vonsen the movie star stops by and is mobbed. Mac rescues him by giving him the costume he has been wearing as barker for Tillie's booth.
Indexer Notes
The name Jan Vonsen is a take off on film actor Van Johnson.
Mac Goes Cow Punchy
Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tillie; Mac; Mumsy
- Synopsis
- Mac is going for a trip to his uncle's ranch and the gang decides to throw a western-themed going-away party, which rapidly snowballs out of control.
[Guess Who?]
Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tillie; Mumsy
- Synopsis
- Tillie hangs up on a phone caller that won't give his name, then spends the night wondering who it was.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Tillie's phone number is given as TInkle-426.
[The New Librarian]
Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tillie; Mac; Mumsy; Bubbles
- Synopsis
- Tillie is spending a lot of time at the library since they hired a handsome new male librarian.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
Tillie the Toiler -
1.
[A Pair of Specs]
Tillie the Toiler -
2.
A Four-Bell Picture That Was Only a False Alarm
Tillie the Toiler -
3.
The Surprise Prize
Tillie the Toiler -
4.
Mac Goes Cow Punchy
Tillie the Toiler -
5.
[Guess Who?]
Tillie the Toiler -
6.
[The New Librarian]
Tillie the Toiler
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Pat Conolly
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Keith Alan Morgan
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