Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1946-01-02
Editing: Harry Shorten (editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Wilbur / cover / 1 page

Script:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello, Linda! Funny, isn't it, how I just happened to be by the door when you rang?
Characters:

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1946-47, page 419, registration number B6765.

How Gloria Became a Bride
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LeCharme Medicated Skin Cream / advertisement / 1 page

In This Issue of Wilbur
(Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (signed as Vig-)
Inks:
Bill Vigoda (signed as Vig-)
Colors:
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Letters:
typeset
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wilbur - is my face green!
Characters:

Is My Face Green??
(Table of Contents: 3)

Wilbur / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh! What a heavenly tan!!
  • Keywords:sun tan
Characters:
Robert Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin
Synopsis:
Wilbur invents a new suntan lotion that turns green when wet.

A New Trademark Is Born
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

In a Pig's Eye
(Table of Contents: 5)

Wilbur / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gloom!
Characters:
Robert Wilkin; Abner; Mrs. Hawkins; Eleanor Wilkin
Synopsis:
Wilbur and Red attempt to deliver pigs to a farm.

Swingin' in a Hammock
(Table of Contents: 6)

Wilbur / text story / 1.67 pages

Script:
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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wilbur's pop was reclining comfortably in the hammock when Wilbur sprang it on him.
Characters:
Robert Wilkin
Synopsis:
Mr. Wilkin has trouble with his new folding chair.

Indexer Notes

Same storyline as Birthday Blues from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 Series) #4.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of ownership for Wilbur Comics for October 1, 1945. Sworn to and subscribed by Louis H. Silberkleit, publisher, before Maurice Coyne, notary public, on September 29, 1945. John L. Goldwater is named as editor, Harry Shorten, managing editor and Harold Hammond as business manager.

Masquerade Monkeyshines!
(Table of Contents: 8)

Wilbur / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boy - this costume set me back plenty! But, it's worth it, Red!
Characters:
Robert Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Mrs. Wilson
Synopsis:
Wilbur causes chaos trying to return his Mom's stockings from Red, who borrowed them for the masquerade.

Indexer Notes

Same storyline as the Wilbur story in Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 Series) #34.

The Pin-up Queen
(Table of Contents: 9)

Katy Keene / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks:
Bill Woggon (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; fashion; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Holiday seasons bring old acquaintances together but Katy Keene never expected to be entertaining "Skipper Mason," an old shipmate of her grandfather...
Characters:
Jack; Jil
Synopsis:
For Christmas Katy has Skipper Mason and her two little cousins, Jack and Jil, as Christmas guests.

Here's a Christmas Belle Pin-up!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Katy Keene / illustration / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks:
Bill Woggon (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:fashion; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A merry Christmas and a happy new year!
  • Keywords:Christmas; lingerie
Characters:

A Date with Linda!
(Table of Contents: 11)

Wilbur / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello, Wilbur! Skiing? Why, yes! I'd love to go!!!
  • Keywords:skiing
Characters:
Robert Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Dobbin
Synopsis:
Wilbur keeps changing where he will hold his date with Linda.

The Hot Shot
(Table of Contents: 12)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I never saw anything like this Wilbur and he wants me to make a basketball star out of him - yeow - I should live so long!
  • Keywords:basketball
Characters:
Huck; Eric; Miss Scott; Ed
Synopsis:
Wilbur plays for Westfield's basketball team.

Indexer Notes

EXACT same storyline as the Archie story in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 Series) #24. It is the EXACT art with a different prologue and epilogue and Archie and Jughead's faces replaced by Wilbur and Red.
Original writer and art credits from Pep Comics #24.

Ugly Blackheads Out In Seconds
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Vacutex Blackhead Remover / advertisement / 1 page

Learn Radio by Practicing in Spare Time
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page

Pick Your Prize
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Lancaster County Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Hello, Linda! Funny, isn't it, how I just happened to be by the door when you rang?"]
    Wilbur
  2. How Gloria Became a Bride
    LeCharme Medicated Skin Cream
  3. In This Issue of Wilbur
  4. Is My Face Green??
    Wilbur
  5. A New Trademark Is Born
  6. In a Pig's Eye
    Wilbur
  7. Swingin' in a Hammock
    Wilbur
  8. [no title indexed]
  9. Masquerade Monkeyshines!
    Wilbur
  10. The Pin-up Queen
    Katy Keene
  11. Here's a Christmas Belle Pin-up!
    Katy Keene
  12. A Date with Linda!
    Wilbur
  13. The Hot Shot
    Wilbur
  14. Ugly Blackheads Out In Seconds
    Vacutex Blackhead Remover
  15. Learn Radio by Practicing in Spare Time
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  16. Pick Your Prize
    Lancaster County Seeds
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  • Luke A.
  • Dwayne Best
  • Steve Coates
  • Bill Devine
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
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