Real Screen Comics #87

(June 1955)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Do you want spending money?

Keywords

sales

Indexer Notes

Ad for selling patriotic and religious mottoes. Black and white ad on inside front cover.

[The Extraordinarily High Spite Fence] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Fox and the Crow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper

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Jim Davis

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Jim Davis

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I have a feeling I'm being watched!

Feature Logo

The Fox and the Crow

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow; Crow's gardner (1 panel)

Synopsis

To keep the Crow from seeing his beautiful garden, the Fox builds “…the highest fence in the world!”

Reprints

• in La Zorra y el Cuervo (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #275 (11 de septiembre de 1971)

Keywords

escalating events; fence; garden

Daisy Gunbook Ready! (Table of Contents: 3)

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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For boys - girls - and dads

Keywords

air rifles; mail order marketing

Indexer Notes

Ad offering “Daisy’s Red Ryder Gun Book”, containing gun stories written by gun collectors, western lore, ranch-cowboy cartoons, jokes, comic strips – plus the latest Daisy Air Rifle Catalog – for 25-cents.

To the Boys and Girls of America… (Table of Contents: 4)

DC Comics; The Fox and the Crow; Leading Screen Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Jim Davis (Fox and Crow cover only); Otto Feuer (Leading Screen Comics cover only)

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Jim Davis (Fox and Crow cover only); Otto Feuer (Leading Screen Comics cover only)

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This famous symbol is your guarantee of the best in comics reading

Characters

Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow; Peter Porkchops; Wolfie

Keywords

comic book house ads

Indexer Notes

DC house ad for The Fox and the Crow and Leading Screen Comics. Reproduces the cover illustration for The Fox and the Crow (DC, 1951 series) #25 June 1955 and for Leading Screen Comics (DC, 1950 series) #76 June-July 1955.

[Flippy Birthday!] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper

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Jim Davis

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Jim Davis

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Job Number

134

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh -- No! It can't be!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Flippity; Flop; Sam

Synopsis

Is it Flippity’s birthday, or is it not? If so, should Flop and Sam give him gifts, or risk his crabby-canary-ish wrath? It’s enough to drive a canary, cat, and dog birthday-batty!

Reprints

• in La Zorra y el Cuervo (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #275 (11 de septiembre de 1971)

Keywords

best of intentions; birthday; presents; uncertainty

Fun Shop (Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Martin Naydel

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Martin Naydel

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Martin Naydel

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

How many different three-letter words can you find hidden in the key-word?

Keywords

puzzles

Indexer Notes

Word and picture-matching puzzles.

Comicode (Table of Contents: 7)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel

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Martin Naydel

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Martin Naydel

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The symbols in the Comicode represent letters.

Keywords

decoding; puzzles

Indexer Notes

Decode a sentence that goes with a provided gag illustration.

[Tito and the Beans... Took!] (Table of Contents: 8)

Tito and His Burrito / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper

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Jim Davis

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Jim Davis

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We must hurry, Burrito! As soon as we get back, Mamacita ees goeeng to geeve os each a piece of cactus candy!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Burrito; Tito; Mamacita; Sticky-Fingered Jack; worm; piasano (road-runner); lizard; sheriff

Synopsis

A con-man takes Tito for his Mamacita’s “very preety piece of pottery”, in exchange for a phony “magic jumping bean” that only jumps because there's a worm inside it.

Reprints

• in La Zorra y el Cuervo (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #275 (11 de septiembre de 1971)

Keywords

buyer beware; jumping bean; pottery

Circles (Table of Contents: 9)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel

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Martin Naydel

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Martin Naydel

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This has knots you can't untie!

Keywords

puzzles

Indexer Notes

Scrambled word puzzle.

The Silly Serpent (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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“Hey, come on, Sullivan, lend me your watch,” begged Owen Oyster.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Sullivan Serpent; Owen Oyster

Synopsis

Sullivan Serpent delights in using nonsensical words and phrases, annoying Owen Oyster - until it backfires, confusing Sullivan himself.

Keywords

annoying friend; nonsense; outsmarting one’s-self

[When Foxhood was in Flower!] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Fox and the Crow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Cecil Beard; Alpine Harper

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Alpine Harper; Jim Davis

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Alpine Harper; Jim Davis

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Hey! Here comes Foxie luggin' his moneybags!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Fauntleroy Fox; Crawford Crow

Synopsis

The Fox gives his money and his food-stocked house to the Crow, and declares that he is giving up civilized existence “…to live like the fox of old” – strictly by his wits.

Reprints

• in Fox und Flax (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #16
• in La Zorra y el Cuervo (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #275 (11 de septiembre de 1971)

Keywords

back-to-your-roots; puzzlement; suspicion

[Superman Playsuit] (Table of Contents: 12)

Anra, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Boys and Girls! Now you can get the official Superman playsuit… and join my fan club, too!

Characters

Superman; a boy and a girl dressed in Superman playsuits

Keywords

DC Comics character merchandise; mail order marketing; Superman playsuit

Indexer Notes

Ad offering “The Official Superman Playsuit in long-lasting Rayon gabardine, complete with billowing cape… only 6.98”.

Buzzy Says: "There May Be a Career in Health for You!" (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

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Win Mortimer

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Win Mortimer

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Ira Schnapp

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There’s something I’ve been wanting to ask you, Dr. Norton... How come you became a veterinarian?

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Buzzy Brown; Jimmy; Dr. Norton (veterinarian); Mr. Walters (school guidance counselor)

Synopsis

Dr. Norton speaks to Buzzy and Jimmy about the different occupations available in the field of health care.

Keywords

careers; educational feature; health care; PSA; veterinarian

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside back cover.

Tootsie Roll America’s Favorite Candy (Table of Contents: 14)

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Tootsie Rolls, they’re so chocolaty, so tasty – that’s why everybody likes them.

Keywords

candy; circus; parade

Indexer Notes

Ad for Tootsie Roll candy, with a full-page illustration of Tootsie Roll-eating children watching a passing circus parade. Color ad on back cover.