(December 1957-January 1958)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1957-10-01
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. Owen Fitzgerald is credited as drawing one or more Flippity and Flop strips sometime in 1957, but all art in this issue appears to be Jim Davis' work. 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)

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You said you wanted a bird, but you didn't say what kind!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover dated January.

The Trick Is to Treat All the World's Children! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Binky; Allergy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[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
191
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hel-lo, in there -- is anybody home?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam
Reprints

The Lazy Hound Dog (Table of Contents: 3)

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: 4)

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

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
192
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hiya, Flippity?-- Ol' buddy--ol' pal!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

The One and Only Superman (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

Gilbert Science Toys / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

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

Script
Alpine Harper; Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
193
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, how ya like that?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Flippity; Flop; Sam

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

"Dots" the Clown / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Want to see Dot's mystery picture?

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

Twiddle and Twaddle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper ?
Pencils
Jim Davis
Inks
Jim Davis
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
40
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, Twiddle -- I'm hungry!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dog; Twaddle; Twiddle

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

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You said you wanted a bird, but you didn't say what kind!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  2. 1. The Trick Is to Treat All the World's Children!
    Binky
  3. 2. ["Hel-lo, in there -- is anybody home?"]
    Flippity and Flop
  4. 3. The Lazy Hound Dog
  5. 4. ["Hiya, Flippity?-- Ol' buddy--ol' pal!"]
    Flippity and Flop
  6. 5. The One and Only Superman
    Superman
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Gilbert Science Toys
  8. 7. ["Well, how ya like that?"]
    Flippity and Flop
  9. 8. ["Want to see Dot's mystery picture?"]
    "Dots" the Clown
  10. 9. ["Gee, Twiddle -- I'm hungry!"]
    Twiddle and Twaddle
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Stamps
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • J.D. Sebastian
  • Jim Van Dore