(February-March 1950)

United Feature, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
United Feature Syndicate Inc.
Brand
United Feature Approved Newspaper Comics
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Reprints of newspaper strips with unknown original publication dates.

Indicia: COMICS ON PARADE, No. 70, Feb.-Mar. 1950. Published bi-monthly and copyright 1950 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc., New York, N. Y. Editorial and Advertising office 220 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Phone Murray Hill 2-2030. Single copies 10 cents. Distributed by the American News Company, Inc., 131 Varick St., New York 13, N. Y., Printed in the U. S. A. Subscriptions not accepted.

[Nancy's dachshund] (Table of Contents)

Nancy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis
Nancy uses four photos in a row to show her long dachshund.
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Colorful COMIC & SPORTS Sweater Emblem Embroidered With Any Name 39¢ (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Ahem! I guess you better go home now, Sluggo] (Table of Contents: 2)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis
Aunt Fritzi gets Nancy to go to bed with a trail of jellybeans on the stairs.

[Hm--There's Phil--I hope he won't forget my birthday tomorrow] (Table of Contents: 3)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble
Synopsis
Fritzi thinks that Phil is shopping for her birthday, but he's studying for his new job as a window dresser.
Reprints

[Nancy is hatching a scheme] (Table of Contents: 4)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis
Nancy tries to trick Sluggo out of a soda by making him answer "Sap" to all of her questions.

[I wish Fritzi's vacation was over] (Table of Contents: 5)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble
Synopsis
Fritzi writes Phil from her vacation, embellishing everything except how men flirt with her.

[Have you seen Sluggo?] (Table of Contents: 6)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis
Sluggo brags about all the girls who like him, so Nancy carves "Sluggo loves Sluggo" in his heart on a tree.

[Clubhouse news] (Table of Contents: 7)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble
Synopsis
Fritzi is a hat-check girl at a magicians' convention.

[Hey Nancy---I'm gonna blow ya to a movie!] (Table of Contents: 8)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis
Sluggo writes, "Flaming Scorn -- Woilds Woist Film" on a theater marquee.

[Looks like a good party, Fritzi!] (Table of Contents: 9)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble; Professor Svengoo
Synopsis
Phil Fumble calls a hypnotist, Professor Svengoo, a phony, so Svengoo makes Phil think he's a goldfish.
Reprints

[Hurry up, slow-poke!] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[It's fun to wander through these pages every month!] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

The Captain and the Kids / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Oh boy--let me blow some bubbles, eh, Nancy?] (Table of Contents: 12)

Nancy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis
Sluggo blows bubbles from a pipe shop's giant display pipe.

[Fritzi wants me to help out here today!] (Table of Contents: 13)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble
Synopsis
Phil Fumble mixes milk shakes for the Kiddies' Annual Lawn Party by taking them on a roller coaster.

[Nancy---will you marry me when we grow up?] (Table of Contents: 14)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis
Nancy imagines what she'll look like when she grows up. When she sees a fat woman, she makes Sluggo sign blindfolded a promise to marry her.

[Whizzo water guns] (Table of Contents: 15)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis
Nancy shoots Sluggo with a hose connected to a billboard for Whizzo water guns.

Factory to you! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Hm---I have an idea---I think I'll rent one and see if Sluggo is true to me] (Table of Contents: 17)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis
When Sluggo flirts with Nancy disguised in a blonde wig, Nancy's girl friends attack her with snowballs.

[This book says that the future television sets will be wonderful] (Table of Contents: 18)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy
Synopsis
Nancy imagines interactive television, then wears armor to view a future television set.

[Here comes the mailman] (Table of Contents: 19)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy
Synopsis
Nancy dreams that she is captured and served to a group of turkeys for dinner.

[Oh, that's beautiful, Sluggo] (Table of Contents: 20)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo; Bruce
Synopsis
Rich Bruce buys a "Bruce loves Nancy" billboard to top Sluggo's love sign graffiti.
Reprints

[Ah---There's a cat] (Table of Contents: 21)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy
Synopsis
Nancy gathers cats to clean up a spilled milk truck.
Reprints

[Hey, Archie---Bzz---Bzz---Bzz-bzz--etc.] (Table of Contents: 22)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
e
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo; Archie
Synopsis
Nancy sneaks into a meeting of D' Secret Spooks, who are all dressed in flour sacks.

Indexer Notes

KKK-like society

Stamp Tips (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Stamp Tips / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[I hope Uncle Gus doesn't mind us barging in on him for a week!] (Table of Contents: 24)

Nancy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Uncle Gus Akers; Sluggo
Synopsis
Nancy, Fritzi and Sluggo visit Uncle Gus' farm and prepare for the beginning of school.

Indexer Notes

Series of connected short gags

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

advertisement / 0.4 page (report information)

[Wanna get rich?] (Table of Contents: 26)

Hix's Strange as it seems / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
John Hix
Pencils
John Hix
Inks
John Hix
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
True facts about shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, blood circulation, alfalfa and Constantinople.

[Everybody is going in for window boxes this year!] (Table of Contents: 27)

Nancy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo; Marigold; Marmaduke
Synopsis
Series of vaguely connected gags about gardening and other subjects.

[This ought to be a good party] (Table of Contents: 28)

Nancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters
Ernie Bushmiller?
Genre
children
Characters
Nancy; Sluggo; Gwen
Synopsis
When Nancy tries to flirt with Sluggo at a party, he thinks that her woolen dress is itchy.

Amazing New Mickey Mouse Hand Puppets (Table of Contents: 29) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

I Will Train You at Home for Good Jobs in RADIO-TELEVISION (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Girls Boys Get your prize this easy way (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Nancy's dachshund]
    Nancy
  2. 1. Colorful COMIC & SPORTS Sweater Emblem Embroidered With Any Name 39¢
  3. 2. [Ahem! I guess you better go home now, Sluggo]
    Nancy
  4. 3. [Hm--There's Phil--I hope he won't forget my birthday tomorrow]
    Fritzi Ritz
  5. 4. [Nancy is hatching a scheme]
    Nancy
  6. 5. [I wish Fritzi's vacation was over]
    Fritzi Ritz
  7. 6. [Have you seen Sluggo?]
    Nancy
  8. 7. [Clubhouse news]
    Fritzi Ritz
  9. 8. [Hey Nancy---I'm gonna blow ya to a movie!]
    Nancy
  10. 9. [Looks like a good party, Fritzi!]
    Fritzi Ritz
  11. 10. [Hurry up, slow-poke!]
    Dubble Bubble
  12. 11. [It's fun to wander through these pages every month!]
    The Captain and the Kids
  13. 12. [Oh boy--let me blow some bubbles, eh, Nancy?]
    Nancy
  14. 13. [Fritzi wants me to help out here today!]
    Fritzi Ritz
  15. 14. [Nancy---will you marry me when we grow up?]
    Nancy
  16. 15. [Whizzo water guns]
    Nancy
  17. 16. Factory to you!
  18. 17. [Hm---I have an idea---I think I'll rent one and see if Sluggo is true to me]
    Nancy
  19. 18. [This book says that the future television sets will be wonderful]
    Nancy
  20. 19. [Here comes the mailman]
    Nancy
  21. 20. [Oh, that's beautiful, Sluggo]
    Nancy
  22. 21. [Ah---There's a cat]
    Nancy
  23. 22. [Hey, Archie---Bzz---Bzz---Bzz-bzz--etc.]
    Nancy
  24. 23. Stamp Tips
    Stamp Tips
  25. 24. [I hope Uncle Gus doesn't mind us barging in on him for a week!]
    Nancy
  26. 25. [no title indexed]
  27. 26. [Wanna get rich?]
    Hix's Strange as it seems
  28. 27. [Everybody is going in for window boxes this year!]
    Nancy
  29. 28. [This ought to be a good party]
    Nancy
  30. 29. Amazing New Mickey Mouse Hand Puppets
  31. 30. I Will Train You at Home for Good Jobs in RADIO-TELEVISION
  32. 31. Girls Boys Get your prize this easy way
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • John P. Selegue
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