(Winter 1950)

Dell, 1939 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine
Editing
Charles Saxon (credited) (editorial director); Mort Walker (credited) (editor); Robert Levin (assistant editor); Edwin Kunz (art editor)

Issue Notes

Indexed from scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[Women against St. Bernard] (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Pencils
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Inks
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Women against alcohol oppose a St. Bernard rescue dog.

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Tom Hudson (signed as Tom Hudson)
Pencils
Tom Hudson (signed as Tom Hudson)
Inks
Tom Hudson (signed as Tom Hudson)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've forgotten my key again - I wonder if I could borrow...
Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic)
Pencils
Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic)
Inks
Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can't you forgot skiing for one minute?
Genre
humor; domestic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
George Wolfe (signed as George Wolfe)
Pencils
George Wolfe (signed as George Wolfe)
Inks
George Wolfe (signed as George Wolfe)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's good to see you again, Mr. Shadrontovichi...
Genre
humor

[Drunk Walks Up Bookcase] (Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
George Crenshaw (signed as George Crenshaw)
Pencils
George Crenshaw (signed as George Crenshaw)
Inks
George Crenshaw (signed as George Crenshaw)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A drunk returning home mistakes a bookcase for the staircase.

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Ben Roth (signed as Ben Roth)
Pencils
Ben Roth (signed as Ben Roth)
Inks
Ben Roth (signed as Ben Roth)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, so that's how you get your feet cold before you...
Genre
humor; domestic

[Crane Goes Ice Fishing for Whale] (Table of Contents: 7)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A crane is used in ice fishing to catch a whale.

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Jeff Keate (signed)
Pencils
Jeff Keate (signed)
Inks
Jeff Keate (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Makes a lot out of a simple walk-on part, doesn't she?
Genre
humor

The Shape of Things in Miami (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Hope (credited)
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Mendelsohn's All-American (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn (credited) (signed as Mendelsohn)
Pencils
Jack Mendelsohn (credited) (signed as Mendelsohn)
Inks
Jack Mendelsohn (credited) (signed as Mendelsohn)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

So You Want to Judge Beauty Contests (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
E. A. Smith (credited)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

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

comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Pencils
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Inks
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Happy Times Tavern, Joe speakin'...
Genre
humor

[Nursing St. Bernard] (Table of Contents: 13)

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Script
Bernard Wiseman (signed as B. Wiseman)
Pencils
Bernard Wiseman (signed as B. Wiseman)
Inks
Bernard Wiseman (signed as B. Wiseman)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A St. Bernard mother nurses her pups. One of them drinks from the brandy around her neck.

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Pencils
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Inks
Al Ross (signed as Ross)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Is that all I am to you - just someone to marry?
Genre
humor

Party Shot (Table of Contents: 15)

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Script
Ralph Stein (credited, signed)
Pencils
Ralph Stein (credited, signed)
Inks
Ralph Stein (credited, signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

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

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Fred Balk (signed as Fred Balk)
Pencils
Fred Balk (signed as Fred Balk)
Inks
Fred Balk (signed as Fred Balk)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Five hundred dollars for an operation!
Genre
humor; medical

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mischa Richter (signed as Richter)
Pencils
Mischa Richter (signed as Richter)
Inks
Mischa Richter (signed as Richter)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've got to hand it to you, Silver Beaver.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Pencils
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Inks
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Er... about the raise again, Mr. Finch...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Norman Hoifjeld (signed as Hoifjeld)
Pencils
Norman Hoifjeld (signed as Hoifjeld)
Inks
Norman Hoifjeld (signed as Hoifjeld)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, no, it's not exactly like tennis.
Genre
humor
Keywords
table tennis

Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries, or Berries, as the Case May Be (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Stan Berenstain (signed as Berenstain); Jan Berenstain (signed as Berenstain)
Pencils
Stan Berenstain (signed as Berenstain); Jan Berenstain (signed as Berenstain)
Inks
Stan Berenstain (signed as Berenstain); Jan Berenstain (signed as Berenstain)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't you girls have to go home for supper or something?
Genre
humor

[Tailor Makes Adjustments] (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Pencils
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Inks
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
To get a man to fit into his pants a tailor simply gets the man to stop holding in his breath.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Lew Follette (signed as Follette)
Pencils
Lew Follette (signed as Follette)
Inks
Lew Follette (signed as Follette)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Had an exceptionally good day today - signed up 14...
Genre
humor

Puzzles (Table of Contents: 24)

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Script
Boris Randolph (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
John Norment (signed as normEnt)
Pencils
John Norment (signed as normEnt)
Inks
John Norment (signed as normEnt)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...So that was my problem.
Genre
humor

[Men Shovel Snow to Get Mail] (Table of Contents: 26)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lamb (signed as C Lamb)
Pencils
Clyde Lamb (signed as C Lamb)
Inks
Clyde Lamb (signed as C Lamb)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man shovels a path through the snow to his mailbox. His two neighbors follow his path.

Why Do People... (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic)
Pencils
Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic)
Inks
Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Pencils
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Inks
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I assure you madam, you are no more embarrassed than I am.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A burglar enters a woman's dressing room. Both are embarrassed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This end up! This end up! This end up!
Genre
humor

What to Do with That X*#&? Tie You Got for Xmas (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 0.66 page (report information)

Script
Dave Lucas (credited)
Pencils
Dave Lucas (credited)
Inks
Dave Lucas (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

Dick Tracy Should Take a Powder (Table of Contents: 31)

text story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Lloyd Baker (credited as Lloyd T. Baker)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[Hitching Post for Cavewomen] (Table of Contents: 32)

cartoon / 0.34 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lamb (signed as C Lamb)
Pencils
Clyde Lamb (signed as C Lamb)
Inks
Clyde Lamb (signed as C Lamb)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Cavemen tie their women by the hair to a hitching post outside a bar.
Keywords
cavemen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

cartoon / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Pencils
David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Inks
David Pascal (signed as David Pascal)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is one development where all the houses don't look alike.
Genre
humor; domestic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

cartoon / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic)
Pencils
Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic)
Inks
Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Pop! Here's your hat!
Genre
humor; domestic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Jerry Marcus (signed as Jerry Marcus)
Pencils
Jerry Marcus (signed as Jerry Marcus)
Inks
Jerry Marcus (signed as Jerry Marcus)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Best man we've ever had in that department.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Pencils
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Inks
Michael Berry (signed as MICHAEL BERRY)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, well, even if I lost all my money, darling, at least, I still have you.
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A man lost all of his money gambling; his girlfriend abandons him.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Jack Tyrrell (signed as Jack Tyrrell)
Pencils
Jack Tyrrell (signed as Jack Tyrrell)
Inks
Jack Tyrrell (signed as Jack Tyrrell)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
None for me, dear... I have some left from the last hand.
Genre
humor; domestic

Auto-Biography (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Stanley Stamaty (credited) (signed as STAMATY)
Pencils
Stanley Stamaty (credited) (signed as STAMATY)
Inks
Stanley Stamaty (credited) (signed as STAMATY)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Clyde Lamb (signed as Lamb)
Pencils
Clyde Lamb (signed as Lamb)
Inks
Clyde Lamb (signed as Lamb)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I forgot my belt.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kraus (signed as Kraus)
Pencils
Robert Kraus (signed as Kraus)
Inks
Robert Kraus (signed as Kraus)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Norman! You've been eating!
Genre
humor; domestic

[X-Ray Truck with X-Ray Headlights] (Table of Contents: 41)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Pencils
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)
Inks
Robert Barnes (signed as BOB BARNES)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
The headlights of an x-ray truck emit x-rays.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Jack Mendelsohn (signed as Mendelsohn)
Pencils
Jack Mendelsohn (signed as Mendelsohn)
Inks
Jack Mendelsohn (signed as Mendelsohn)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A roast beef sandwich on rye bread, please.
Genre
humor

[Beard Mistaken for Necktie] (Table of Contents: 43)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Tom Hudson (signed as Tom Hudson)
Pencils
Tom Hudson (signed as Tom Hudson)
Inks
Tom Hudson (signed as Tom Hudson)

Genre
humor
Synopsis
A necktie mistakes the clerk's beard for a necktie.

[Husband Covers Facae with Book in Bed] (Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Pencils
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)
Inks
Dick Cavalli (signed as Cavalli)

Genre
humor; domestic
Synopsis
While his wife reads in bed a husband covers his face with a book to block the lamp's light.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Bud Handelsman (signed)
Pencils
Bud Handelsman (signed)
Inks
Bud Handelsman (signed)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you ask me... they're too friendly.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

cartoon / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Fred Balk (signed as Fred Balk)
Pencils
Fred Balk (signed as Fred Balk)
Inks
Fred Balk (signed as Fred Balk)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I learned two new wrestling holds tonight.
Genre
humor; domestic

Russian Comic Strips? (Table of Contents: 47)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kraus (signed as Kraus)
Pencils
Robert Kraus (signed as Kraus)
Inks
Robert Kraus (signed as Kraus)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; satire-parody
Synopsis
Popular American comic strips retooled for Russian audiences.

Indexer Notes

Parodies of Popeye, the Little King, the Captai and the Kids and Superman.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [Women against St. Bernard]
  3. 2. ["I've forgotten my key again - I wonder if I could borrow..."]
  4. 3. ["Can't you forgot skiing for one minute?"]
  5. 4. ["It's good to see you again, Mr. Shadrontovichi..."]
  6. 5. [Drunk Walks Up Bookcase]
  7. 6. ["Oh, so that's how you get your feet cold before you..."]
  8. 7. [Crane Goes Ice Fishing for Whale]
  9. 8. ["Makes a lot out of a simple walk-on part, doesn't she?"]
  10. 9. The Shape of Things in Miami
  11. 10. Mendelsohn's All-American
  12. 11. So You Want to Judge Beauty Contests
  13. 12. ["Happy Times Tavern, Joe speakin'..."]
  14. 13. [Nursing St. Bernard]
  15. 14. ["Is that all I am to you - just someone to marry?"]
  16. 15. Party Shot
  17. 16. ["Five hundred dollars for an operation!"]
  18. 17. ["I've got to hand it to you, Silver Beaver."]
  19. 18. ["Er... about the raise again, Mr. Finch..."]
  20. 19. ["Well, no, it's not exactly like tennis."]
  21. 20. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries, or Berries, as the Case May Be
  22. 21. ["Don't you girls have to go home for supper or something?"]
  23. 22. [Tailor Makes Adjustments]
  24. 23. ["Had an exceptionally good day today - signed up 14..."]
  25. 24. Puzzles
  26. 25. ["...So that was my problem."]
  27. 26. [Men Shovel Snow to Get Mail]
  28. 27. Why Do People...
  29. 28. ["I assure you madam, you are no more embarrassed than I am."]
  30. 29. ["This end up! This end up! This end up!"]
  31. 30. What to Do with That X*#&? Tie You Got for Xmas
  32. 31. Dick Tracy Should Take a Powder
  33. 32. [Hitching Post for Cavewomen]
  34. 33. ["This is one development where all the houses don't look alike."]
  35. 34. ["Hey, Pop! Here's your hat!"]
  36. 35. ["Best man we've ever had in that department."]
  37. 36. ["Oh, well, even if I lost all my money, darling, at least, I still have you."]
  38. 37. ["None for me, dear... I have some left from the last hand."]
  39. 38. Auto-Biography
  40. 39. ["I forgot my belt."]
  41. 40. ["Norman! You've been eating!"]
  42. 41. [X-Ray Truck with X-Ray Headlights]
  43. 42. ["A roast beef sandwich on rye bread, please."]
  44. 43. [Beard Mistaken for Necktie]
  45. 44. [Husband Covers Facae with Book in Bed]
  46. 45. ["If you ask me... they're too friendly."]
  47. 46. ["I learned two new wrestling holds tonight."]
  48. 47. Russian Comic Strips?
This issue was modified by
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Chad Wicker