(June-July 1956)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1956-04-01
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
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover dated July.

Cover Thumbnail for Flippity & Flop (DC, 1951 series) #28
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / 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
?
Job Number
198
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My little plan is going to work keen -- I hope!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

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

U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Binky Presents "Pioneers of 1976!" (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Allergy; Binky; Sally; Tommy

[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
Is it all right with you, Flippity, if I sit in this chair and look at a magazine?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam; John L.
Reprints

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

DeLuxe Photo Service / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Winchester Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Trixy the Magic Monkey / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Set an inverted glass on two pennies...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Twiddle and Twaddle / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
25
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Groorrruff!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dog; Twaddle; Twiddle

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

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Sunrise Alarm (Table of Contents: 11)

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: 12) (Expand) /

Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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
Say-hay, now! It's two o'clock already!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

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

100 Autos, Buses & Trucks / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Dean Studios Photo Enlargements; Movyland Studios Photos / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Flippity and Flop
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  3. 2. ["My little plan is going to work keen -- I hope!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal]
  5. 4. Binky Presents "Pioneers of 1976!"
    Binky
  6. 5. ["Is it all right with you, Flippity, if I sit in this chair and look at a magazine?"]
    Flippity and Flop
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    DeLuxe Photo Service
  8. 7. "Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery
    Winchester Roller Skates
  9. 8. ["Set an inverted glass on two pennies..."]
    Trixy the Magic Monkey
  10. 9. ["Groorrruff!"]
    Twiddle and Twaddle
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  12. 11. The Sunrise Alarm
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners
  14. 13. ["Say-hay, now! It's two o'clock already!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    100 Autos, Buses & Trucks
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Dean Studios Photo Enlargements; Movyland Studios Photos
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