(February 1947)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine [circle]
Editing
Oskar Lebeck

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Our Gang / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Genre
children
Characters
Our Gang
Cover Thumbnail for Our Gang Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #31
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Tom and Jerry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
One day I was wandering around under the floor...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jerry; Tuffy; Tom

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover, printed in red and black.

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Our Gang / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
Walt Kelly
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You don't either one of you happen to have a thousand dollar on you, do you?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Our Gang [Red; Janey; Froggie; Bucky]; Julip (the gang's goat); Squint Frobisher; Gas House Gang [Feeney; Iggy; Egghead]; Mr. Willoby, shop owner

Indexer Notes

Squint's real name is revealed to be Stanley Frobisher (pg. 14, frame 6)

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Tom and Jerry / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, Tuffy! A nice soft ball of yarn!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jerry; Tuffy; Tom

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Johnny Mole / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The water's a little to cold to swim across...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Johnny Mole; Barney Bear; a turtle running a ferry line

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Flip 'n Dip / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
H. R. McBride ?
Inks
H. R. McBride ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, pop, do you know anything about mountain climbing?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flip; Dip; Pa; Ma

Mortimer (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (spot illustrations)
Inks
? (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

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Barney Bear and Benny Burro / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gil Turner; Carl Barks (rewrite)
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
?
Letters
Carl Barks
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, Barney! Why all the biff, bang, bingo?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Barney Bear; Benny Burro; Mooseface McElk (intro); King Bango (boxing teacher)
Synopsis
Barney goes to a gym to take boxing lessons so that he can whip Mooseface McElk, who refuses to keep his chickens out of Barney's yard.
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Indexer Notes

Art submitted on September 20, 1946. The first appearance of Mooseface McElk. Carl Barks: "I'm pretty sure he was the invention of an MGM writer and artist who was one of Western's most prolific contributors in those days. ... I believe his name was Gil Turner [it was] but I'm very hazy at remembering names. ..." (August 1, 1970 letter to Michael Barrier). Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

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Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vevie Risto ?
Inks
Vevie Risto ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm gonna be an explorer when I get big!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Wuff; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote

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March of Dimes / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Noonan ? (spot illustrations)
Inks
Dan Noonan ? (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This month I will help the girls and boys...

Indexer Notes

Advocating the March of Dimes. Printed on inside back cover in red and black

Our Gang Comics Special Subscription Offer (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Our Gang
  2. 1. ["One day I was wandering around under the floor..."]
    Tom and Jerry
  3. 2. ["You don't either one of you happen to have a thousand dollar on you, do you?"]
    Our Gang
  4. 3. ["Look, Tuffy! A nice soft ball of yarn!"]
    Tom and Jerry
  5. 4. ["The water's a little to cold to swim across..."]
    Johnny Mole
  6. 5. ["Say, pop, do you know anything about mountain climbing?"]
    Flip 'n Dip
  7. 6. Mortimer
  8. 7. ["Hello, Barney! Why all the biff, bang, bingo?"]
    Barney Bear and Benny Burro
  9. 8. ["I'm gonna be an explorer when I get big!"]
    Wuff the Prairie Dog
  10. 9. ["This month I will help the girls and boys..."]
    March of Dimes
  11. 10. Our Gang Comics Special Subscription Offer
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