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Oaky Doaks / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; historical; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Okay, King Louie, drop that lance!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; King Louie

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

All content of this comic are newspaper strip reprints modified to fit comic book format. The dates of publication of these strips have, in practically all cases, been removed.

Indexed from a copy missing the Buck Rogers story.

[no title indexed]
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Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jerry Bundsen
Pencils:
Marty Links (signed)
Inks:
Marty Links (signed)
Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Poor Taffy! We gotta do something!
Characters:
Emmy Lou; Taffy
Reprints (0)
  • from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

[no title indexed]
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Steve Roper / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
Elmer Woggon
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Want we should give the sharks a late supper...
Characters:
Steve Roper; Jezebel Jones; Princess Minnie-Ha-Cha; Jim Brand; Monte Carlo
Synopsis:
Steve sneaks aboard the Jones yacht in order to rescue the Princess and Jim Brand.
Reprints (0)
  • from Steve Roper daily (Publishers Syndicate)

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Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jerry Bundsen
Pencils:
Marty Links (signed)
Inks:
Marty Links (signed)
Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll see you tomorrow night then, Alvin!
Characters:
Bobby Sox; Alvin Applehead
Reprints (0)
  • from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)

[no title indexed]
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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Ralph Briggs Fuller (credited as R. B. Fuller)
Inks:
Ralph Briggs Fuller (credited as R. B. Fuller)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Halt! Advance another step and I'll carve ya...
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; Ike
Synopsis:
Sir Oaky picks up his refurbished armor from Ike's Service Station. He returns with it battered and rent at the end of the day, having battled a knight, a dragon and a giant.
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)

[Napoleon overdoes stick fetching]
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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Willie; Uncle Elby
Synopsis:
Napoleon gets jealous seeing Willie throwing sticks with another dog, so he brings a whole woodpile of sticks to Willie's doorstep.
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

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Scorchy Smith / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:At great risk, Toni whispers the news...
Characters:
Scorchy Smith; Toni Lovell; Captain Hawks
Reprints (0)
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures)

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Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jerry Bundsen
Pencils:
Marty Links (signed)
Inks:
Marty Links (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Run to the store and get something...
Characters:
Emmy Lou; her mother; her father; Alvin Applehead
Reprints (0)
  • from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)

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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Ralph Briggs Fuller (credited as R. B. Fuller)
Inks:
Ralph Briggs Fuller (credited as R. B. Fuller)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Lemme tell ya, Sir Oaky...
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)

[Napoleon goes boating]
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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Synopsis:
Napoleon accidentally starts the motor on Uncle Elby's boat and it careens madly through the sound. Napoleon ends up winning a boat race and brings the cup back to Elby at the end of the day.
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

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Dickie Dare / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Mabel Burwick Waugh
Pencils:
Mabel Burwick Waugh
Inks:
Mabel Burwick Waugh
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In Paris we find Dan patiently trying to...
Characters:
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn
Reprints (0)
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures)

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Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jerry Bundsen
Pencils:
Marty Links (signed)
Inks:
Marty Links (signed)
Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I don't mind advancing money for postage...
Characters:
Alvin Applehead; his father; his mother
Reprints (0)
  • from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)

[no title indexed]
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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Ralph Briggs Fuller (credited as R. B. Fuller)
Inks:
Ralph Briggs Fuller (credited as R. B. Fuller)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee, Nellie, what a day!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks
Synopsis:
Nellie gallops wildly about the countryside, only stopping when a hay wagon blocks the road. Sir Oaky's lance penetrates the hay and gets the driver in the rear end.
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)

[The trouble with tree trimming]
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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Synopsis:
Elby sets out to trim his tree, but ends up cutting away so much foliage that, in frustration, he chops it down. Napoleon looks on in surprise.
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

Monk McCoy
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Hy Gage ?
Inks:
Hy Gage ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Monkey McCoy; Lem Billings; Chief Haggerty
Synopsis:
Monk McCoy is forever climbing and jumping across buildings, until eventually he becomes a stuntman in Hollywood.

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Let's Get Into a Huddle / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Pen Pals / text article / 0.5 page

Letters:
typeset

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Ben Friday / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This hotel is quiet, Sahib Ben...
Characters:
Ben Friday; Professor Bull; Skid; Prince Hassan; Raven
Reprints (0)
  • from Ben Friday daily (New York Herald-Tribune Syndicate)

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Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jerry Bundsen
Pencils:
Marty Links (signed)
Inks:
Marty Links (signed)
Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It just doesn't do a thing for you!
Characters:
Emmy Lou
Reprints (0)
  • from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)

[no title indexed]
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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Ralph Briggs Fuller (credited as R. B. Fuller)
Inks:
Ralph Briggs Fuller (credited as R. B. Fuller)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here comes Sir Oaky! If I can find a place to hide...
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; Princess Pomona
Synopsis:
Princess Pomona leaps out behind Sir Oaky in order to give him a big hug, but, thinking he is under attack, he throws her over his shoulder to the ground.
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks Sunday (AP Newsfeatures)

[Photography at the seashore]
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Napoleon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Synopsis:
While photographing a bird on a post on the sea shore, Elby fails to notice the tide is rising until he is nearly up to his neck. Fortunately, Napoleon has the forethought to alert a man in a boat to rescue him.
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

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Bobby Sox / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jerry Bundsen
Pencils:
Marty Links (signed)
Inks:
Marty Links (signed)
Ted Martine (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's getting from bad to worse...
Characters:
Emmy Lou; Alvin Applehead
Synopsis:
Emmy Lou complains about Alvin's hair, so he gives himself a permanent. His parents try desperately to wash it out.
Reprints (0)
  • from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)

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Famous Funnies Patterns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Okay, King Louie, drop that lance!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  2. ["Poor Taffy! We gotta do something!"]
    Bobby Sox
  3. ["Want we should give the sharks a late supper..."]
    Steve Roper
  4. ["I'll see you tomorrow night then, Alvin!"]
    Bobby Sox
  5. ["Halt! Advance another step and I'll carve ya..."]
    Oaky Doaks
  6. [Napoleon overdoes stick fetching]
    Napoleon
  7. ["At great risk, Toni whispers the news..."]
    Scorchy Smith
  8. ["Run to the store and get something..."]
    Bobby Sox
  9. ["Lemme tell ya, Sir Oaky..."]
    Oaky Doaks
  10. [Napoleon goes boating]
    Napoleon
  11. ["In Paris we find Dan patiently trying to..."]
    Dickie Dare
  12. ["I don't mind advancing money for postage..."]
    Bobby Sox
  13. ["Gee, Nellie, what a day!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  14. [The trouble with tree trimming]
    Napoleon
  15. Monk McCoy
  16. [no title indexed]
    Let's Get Into a Huddle
  17. [no title indexed]
    Pen Pals
  18. ["This hotel is quiet, Sahib Ben..."]
    Ben Friday
  19. ["It just doesn't do a thing for you!"]
    Bobby Sox
  20. ["Here comes Sir Oaky! If I can find a place to hide..."]
    Oaky Doaks
  21. [Photography at the seashore]
    Napoleon
  22. ["It's getting from bad to worse..."]
    Bobby Sox
  23. [no title indexed]
    Famous Funnies Patterns
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  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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