Price: 0.15 USD
Pages: 76
On-sale Date: 1948-04-12
Editing: Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (story editor, uncredited); Robert Kanigher (story editor, uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #27 Edit Cover
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The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman; Cotton-Top Katie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Harry Lampert (Cotton-Top Katie)
Inks:
Harry Lampert (Cotton-Top Katie)
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Cotton-Top Katie
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Lampert credits added by Craig Delich.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page

Anti Electric
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Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:CC 27
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Paula von Gunther; Senator Bigg (introduction); General Ornance (introduction); the Secretary of Commerce (introduction); Anti Electric [Mr. Keen] (villain, a railroad company President, introduction); Keen's secretaries (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Steve and Diana are riding a train that is suddenly halted by power failure, and soon discover that a fantastic criminal is blackmailing the city with a device that can cancel electric power.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit confirmed in "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014); we previously credited Robert Kanigher.

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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:See you later, Mutt!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mutt, you made me speed...
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Foiling the Lunatic's Revenge
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"U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Nick of Time Jinxes a Jail Breaker
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Old Nick Candy Bar / advertisement / 1 page

[The Island of Little People]
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Johnny Peril Tells Just a Story / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Johnny Peril; Professor Rome; Princess Lana of Loo (introduction); Lana's people (introduction for all); King Kronk (villain, introduction); the Moguls (villains, introduction for all); Vanda (villain, Kronk's High Priest, introduction)
Synopsis:
Johnny makes an emergency landing on an island inhabited by a race of tiny people. After saving a Princess there, he suddenly finds himself shrunk in size and awaiting execution!

The Missing Messenger
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Bazooka Bubble Gum; Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jeff, go over and ask that taxi to take us home!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed]
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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Listen, I rode on this line plenty...
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Run for Your Life!
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Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The April Fool's Day Crimes!
(Table of Contents: 12)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Alex Toth (signed)
Inks:
Alex Toth (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:CC 26
Characters:
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; unnamed Police Sergeant; Mr. van Morgan (cameo); The Fool (villain, 3rd appearance); Lippy Gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
The Fool picks a perfect day to escape from prison: April Fool's Day! The Emerald Crusader and Doiby discover that it's more than co-incidence that the Lippy Gang and the Fool begin a crime spree at the same time.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Alan Scott works for an unnamed radio station in this story. Doiby summons the Green Lantern with a green signal flare in this story.

The Secret of Mystery Mountain!
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"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm gonna give Jeff an intelligence test!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed]
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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pardon, gentlemen! I'm selling a little device...
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed]
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Columbia Bicycles; Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike! / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[Tex Rogers]
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Cotton-Top Katie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Harry Lampert (signed)
  • Genre:humor; teen; children
Characters:
Cotton-Top Katie; The Perfessor; Tex Rogers (introduction)

[no title indexed]
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U. S. Keds Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

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

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jeff, did I ever show you this old phonograph...
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Just go up and tell Spike you came to collect the three bucks he owes me!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 22)

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Mutt, I have a little story...
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed]
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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mutt, why don't you work?
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

A Man of Talent
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Ted Udall (credited as Charles King)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

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A Date with Judy; Leave It to Binky; Buzzy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Trees of Terror!
(Table of Contents: 26)

The Flash / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:AF 35 A
Characters:
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Corday (villain, scientist, introduction)
Synopsis:
The Flash has one of his strangest adventures ever when he encounters a scientist who has the weird capability of transforming the energy of human beings into plant energy. The Fastest Man Alive can handle the situation as long as the humans are criminals, but when Joan becomes the fiend's target, that's all she wrote!

This Tall Tale from Texas Is True!
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Ray-o-Vac Batteries / advertisement / 1 page

The Adventures of "Popsicle Pete" and Bob Feller
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Popsicle Pete; Popsicle Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jeff, why do you leave your hat and coat on indoors lately?
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 30)

Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Al Smith (credited) (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils:
Al Smith (credited) (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks:
Al Smith (credited) (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What cha doin', Jeff?" "I'm writin' out my will!
Characters:
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints (0)
  • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Monark Bicycles / advertisement / 0.5 page

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

Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Milky Way Candy Bar / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman; Cotton-Top Katie
  2. [no title indexed]
    Kodak Cameras and Film
  3. Anti Electric
    Wonder Woman
  4. ["See you later, Mutt!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  5. ["Mutt, you made me speed..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  6. Foiling the Lunatic's Revenge
    "U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal]
  7. The Nick of Time Jinxes a Jail Breaker
    Old Nick Candy Bar
  8. [The Island of Little People]
    Johnny Peril Tells Just a Story
  9. The Missing Messenger
    Bazooka Bubble Gum; Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
  10. ["Jeff, go over and ask that taxi to take us home!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  11. ["Listen, I rode on this line plenty..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  12. Run for Your Life!
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
  13. The April Fool's Day Crimes!
    Green Lantern
  14. The Secret of Mystery Mountain!
    "P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story
  15. ["I'm gonna give Jeff an intelligence test!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  16. ["Pardon, gentlemen! I'm selling a little device..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  17. [no title indexed]
    Columbia Bicycles; Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!
  18. [Tex Rogers]
    Cotton-Top Katie
  19. [no title indexed]
    U. S. Keds Shoes
  20. ["Jeff, did I ever show you this old phonograph..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  21. ["Just go up and tell Spike you came to collect the three bucks he owes me!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  22. Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  23. ["Oh, Mutt, I have a little story..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  24. ["Mutt, why don't you work?"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  25. A Man of Talent
  26. ["For the tops in teen-age comics..."]
    A Date with Judy; Leave It to Binky; Buzzy
  27. The Trees of Terror!
    The Flash
  28. This Tall Tale from Texas Is True!
    Ray-o-Vac Batteries
  29. The Adventures of "Popsicle Pete" and Bob Feller
    Popsicle Pete; Popsicle Products
  30. ["Jeff, why do you leave your hat and coat on indoors lately?"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  31. ["What cha doin', Jeff?" "I'm writin' out my will!"]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  32. Editorial Advisory Board
  33. [no title indexed]
    Monark Bicycles
  34. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn Shoes
  35. ["Keep an eye on your favorite newsstand..."]
  36. [no title indexed]
    Milky Way Candy Bar
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  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
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  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Pannozzi
  • Per Sandell
  • Adam Spector
  • Jim Van Dore
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