(April-May 1956)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1956-01-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Larry Nadle (actual editor)

Issue Notes

Alpine Harper was lead writer on Flippity and Flop strips and Cecil Beard was lead on Twiddle and Twaddle. However, they were a husband and wife team known to write collaboratively. Credits by Jerry Bails at http://www.bailsprojects.com/.

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Flippity and Flop / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam
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Draw Me! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help! Sam! He's got me!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Little Preview (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, it's bright and sunny outside!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam; Catbird

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Twiddle and Twaddle / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, no! We've cleaned ourselves out!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dog; Twaddle; Twiddle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Fun Shop / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fill a glass with water...

Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!" (Table of Contents: 8)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Allergy; Binky; Sally; Joe; Frank

The Silent Parrot (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Flippity and Flop / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't see Flop around anywhere -- I guess the coast is clear!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Stuart Greetings, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Aircraft Carrier / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Flippity and Flop
  2. 1. Draw Me!
    Art Instruction, Inc.
  3. 2. ["Help! Sam! He's got me!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Co.
  5. 4. A Little Preview
    The Three Mouseketeers
  6. 5. ["Gee, it's bright and sunny outside!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  7. 6. ["Oh, no! We've cleaned ourselves out!"]
    Twiddle and Twaddle
  8. 7. ["Fill a glass with water..."]
    Fun Shop
  9. 8. Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!"
    Binky
  10. 9. The Silent Parrot
  11. 10. ["I don't see Flop around anywhere -- I guess the coast is clear!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Stuart Greetings, Inc.
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Aircraft Carrier
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