Buzzy
#4
(Fall 1945)
DC,
1944 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1945-07-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Buzzy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Homer Gruff; Wolfert
We Like to Think of It as a Medal -- Sort of!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; house ad for DC comics
[no title indexed]
Buzzy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lissen, Chief... You've been yelping...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Homer Gruff
- Synopsis
- Mr. Gruff buys a book on hypnotism and experiments on Buzzy.
[no title indexed]
Buzzy / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's no use, Buzzy...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Homer Gruff
- Synopsis
- It's Buzzy's turn to hypnotize Mr. Gruff, who suddenly likes swing music.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Inks
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Paydays he always hightails it for town...
[no title indexed]
Buzzy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Has the patient had another relapse?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Wolfert; Bink Higgins
- Synopsis
- The band goes to cheer up Bink, who's in bed after eating too much.
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, look at that saxophone...
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Jerry the Jitterbug
The Sinister Stranger
Buzzy / text story / 1.75 pages
- Script
- Al Schwartz (credited as V. Woodrum)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Bink Higgins; Fatso
[no title indexed]
Kafloppos / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Callahan (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Callahan (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Callahan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Young Heppy Sockbobber is out of this world...
- Genre
- humor
Tops in Comics!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
house ad for the Superman DC comic group
[no title indexed]
Buzzy the Crow / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I thought it would be all right for you boys to practice...
- Genre
- humor; teen; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Wolfert; Bink Higgins
- Synopsis
- Buzzy's band needs to raise some cash so they raffle off his old car.
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ten pounds of steak, please!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Daffy; Doodle
[no title indexed]
Alix in Folly-Land / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Tom McNamara ? (signed)
- Pencils
- Tom McNamara (signed)
- Inks
- Tom McNamara (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Tom McNamara ? (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Alix! Don't be a sap!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Alix; Unk
- Synopsis
- Alix and his uncle observe a family with a young boy who doesn't like to wash behind his ears.
[no title indexed]
Buzzy / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn't Popsy wonderful!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Wolfert; Homer Gruff
- Synopsis
- When the Cupcake Players Club loses an actor, Mr. Gruff is called upon to play Romeo for their upcoming production.
How Thom McAn Made Tokyo Tremble
Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Thom McAn
- Synopsis
- Thom McAn pursues the Japanese agents who stole an American earthquake machine, and recovers it with the help of his Bazooka-Shoes.
Indexer Notes
advertisement for Thom McAn shoes
[no title indexed]
Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Captain Tootsie and the Hand Grenade
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Fatso; Rollo
- Synopsis
- Captain Tootsie saves the boys when they find a discarded hand grenade that isn't as harmless as they think.
Indexer Notes
back cover
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Buzzy -
1.
We Like to Think of It as a Medal -- Sort of!
-
2.
["Lissen, Chief... You've been yelping..."]
Buzzy -
3.
["It's no use, Buzzy..."]
Buzzy -
4.
["Paydays he always hightails it for town..."]
Wheaties -
5.
["Has the patient had another relapse?"]
Buzzy -
6.
[no title indexed]
Bit-o-Honey -
7.
["Golly, look at that saxophone..."]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
8.
The Sinister Stranger
Buzzy -
9.
Not to Be Repeated!
-
10.
["Young Heppy Sockbobber is out of this world..."]
Kafloppos -
11.
Tops in Comics!
-
12.
["I thought it would be all right for you boys to practice..."]
Buzzy the Crow -
13.
["Ten pounds of steak, please!"]
Daffy & Doodle -
14.
["Alix! Don't be a sap!"]
Alix in Folly-Land -
15.
Want to Be a Football Champion?
Wheaties -
16.
["Isn't Popsy wonderful!"]
Buzzy -
17.
How Thom McAn Made Tokyo Tremble
Thom McAn -
18.
[no title indexed]
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
19.
Captain Tootsie and the Hand Grenade
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- John Pannozzi
- Jim Van Dore
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