Four Favorites
#32
(December 1947)
Ace Magazines,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-09-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- A. A. Wyn, Inc.
- Editing
- A. A. Wyn (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1946-1947, page 147, registration number B107584.
Creator credits and proper sequence order provided by Gary Watson through the GCD Errors list.
Creator credits and proper sequence order provided by Gary Watson through the GCD Errors list.
The Greatest Ball-point Pen and Billfold Bargain in America!
Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page
Beware of Bull
Jerry the Jinx / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Hal Lockwood (signed as Hal Lockwood)
- Inks
- Hal Lockwood (signed as Hal Lockwood)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What luck! A four leaf clover!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jerry: Martha Froham; Martha's father and mother; Amos Wrigley
- Synopsis
- The mayhem caused by Jerry in this story includes a truck backing into a man in a phone booth, a car without brakes crashing into two shops and a gas stove explosion.
- Keywords
- jinx
Indexer Notes
Feature continues in Four Teeners (1948 series), Dotty (1948 series) and Hap Hazard (1944 series). Page 11 panel 2 shows Jerry with a copy of Hap Hazard comics.
[no title indexed]
Hazel of Hollywood / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you see, Hazel?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hazel; Joey; Madam Gooch; Mr. Mywin; Wally; Mort
- Synopsis
- Hazel wants her fortune told by Madam Gooch and soon enough the palm reading comes true.
- Keywords
- fortune teller
Indexer Notes
Last appearance. The last panel shows Hazel looking at the reader and saying "That's All!"
[no title indexed]
Curly / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dangerous do not come too close!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Curly; Killer Kilroy; Joe; Bette; Bette's dad; officer Murphy; doctor
- Synopsis
- Curly gets into a fight and thinks that he is Killer Kilroy.
[no title indexed]
It's a Joke, Son! / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The famous war correspondent, Quentin Reynolds, told...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Winston Churchill; Quentin Reynolds; Sergeant Claney; Harry Harkins; Tom Hummert; Ethel Barrymore; Modjeska; Mr. Jones; Lord Higglebotham; Giuseppe; Mr. and Mrs. Morton; Harry Von Zell
- Keywords
- Adirondack Mountains; British Broadcasting Corporation; Centerville; delicatessen; Hollywood; London; New York City; V-2 Bombs; Vermont
Indexer Notes
A collection of 16 funny short stories and jokes.
Whoa Romeo
Hap Hazard / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a big rehearsal going on in Hap's backyard!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hap Hazard; Zippie; Babs Barret; Slug; Reggie; Miss Nusance
- Synopsis
- Hap is determined to play the role of Romeo and must first get his rival, Reggie out of the way.
- Keywords
- Romeo and Juliet; Shakespeare
Indexer Notes
Feature continues in Hap Hazard Comics (1944 series).
[no title indexed]
Curly / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're leaving for that picnic at eight sharp!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Curly; Bette; Bare-Face Bailey; policeman; Matilda; Matilda's mother; J. Pierpont Fortescue
- Synopsis
- Bette demands that Curly not be late for a picnic date.
Indexer Notes
Feature continues in Four Teeners (1948 series) and Dotty (1948 series).
Now You Can Wear a Genuine Army Air Corps Pilot Helmet
North American Sales, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
The Insult That Turned a "Chump" into a Champ
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Thanks, Curly for helping us out!"]
Curly -
1.
The Greatest Ball-point Pen and Billfold Bargain in America!
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
2.
Beware of Bull
Jerry the Jinx -
3.
["What do you see, Hazel?"]
Hazel of Hollywood -
4.
["Dangerous do not come too close!"]
Curly -
5.
["The famous war correspondent, Quentin Reynolds, told..."]
It's a Joke, Son! -
6.
Whoa Romeo
Hap Hazard -
7.
["We're leaving for that picnic at eight sharp!"]
Curly -
8.
Now You Can Wear a Genuine Army Air Corps Pilot Helmet
North American Sales, Inc. -
9.
The Insult That Turned a "Chump" into a Champ
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
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