Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1948-02-13
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Bobby Sox / cover / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:...I painted it so natural it looks real!
Characters:
Bobby Sox; Napoleon
Synopsis:
Napoleon is licking Bobby Sox's painting of a fruit bowl.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the previous issue's “Let's Get into a Huddle” page.

Much of the content of this comic consists of newspaper strip reprints, either Sunday or daily pages, reformatted to fit the comic book page. The dates of publication of these strips have been removed from the originals.

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Steve Roper / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • Feature Logo:Steve Roper and Wahoo
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jan Van Veer, the one man on Earth who can help us!
Characters:
Chief Wahoo; Steve Roper; Kasha Blanca; Zircon; Captain Croke
Reprints (0)
  • from Steve Roper and Wahoo Sunday (Publishers Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

Art was previously credited to Elmer Woggon.

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Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
Characters:
Anthony "Buck" Rogers
Reprints (0)
  • from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Sunday (John F. Dille Co.)

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Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Russell Stamm (credited)
Pencils:
Russell Stamm (credited)
Inks:
Russell Stamm (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why, here's a letter from Judy Flowers
Characters:
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil; Judy Flowers; Dusty Harmon
Reprints (0)
  • from Invisible Scarlet O'Neil daily (The Chicago Times)

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Let's Get into a Huddle! / letters page / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
Synopsis:
Club page; info on other comics, pen pals, etc

Canyon Killers
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Howard Haynes (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks:
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mid-morning sunlight...
Characters:
Al Rand

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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
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I bought these balloons for Willie's surprise party.
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

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Pen Pal Page / activity / 1 page

Letters:
typeset
Synopsis:
A list of names & addresses of kids sorted by age

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Famous Funnies Patterns / advertisement / 1 page

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Dickie Dare / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Holy Smoke! You're not going after another load are you?
Characters:
Dickie Dare; Uncle Frank; Dan Flynn
Reprints (0)
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

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Napoleon / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited) (signed as McBride)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Good-bye, old boy!
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby; Willie
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

Two separate Sunday pages.

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Bobby Sox / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Marty Links (credited)
Inks:
Marty Links (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Let's try on some of your sister's clothes
Characters:
Bobby Sox; Emmy Lou; Alvin
Reprints (0)
  • from Bobby Sox Sunday (Consolidated News Features)

Indexer Notes

Script was previously credited to Marty Links.

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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; historical; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Curses! Oaky Doaks is coming ashore near here!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; Witch Hazel; Sir Slick de Bonair; Buttercup; Lady Lina
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures [Associated Press])

Indexer Notes

Script was previously credited to R. B. Fuller, but William McCleery was the author from its beginning in 1935 to 1961.

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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
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Grind on some pepper...
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon and Uncle Elby Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

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advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["...I painted it so natural it looks real!"]
    Bobby Sox
  2. ["Jan Van Veer, the one man on Earth who can help us!"]
    Steve Roper
  3. ["PSST Look! Rogers is dead to th' world"]
    Buck Rogers
  4. ["Why, here's a letter from Judy Flowers"]
    Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
  5. [no title indexed]
    Let's Get into a Huddle!
  6. Canyon Killers
  7. ["I bought these balloons for Willie's surprise party."]
    Napoleon
  8. [no title indexed]
    Pen Pal Page
  9. [no title indexed]
    Famous Funnies Patterns
  10. ["Holy Smoke! You're not going after another load are you?"]
    Dickie Dare
  11. ["Good-bye, old boy!"]
    Napoleon
  12. ["Let's try on some of your sister's clothes"]
    Bobby Sox
  13. ["Curses! Oaky Doaks is coming ashore near here!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  14. ["Grind on some pepper..."]
    Napoleon
  15. ["New easy way teaches guitar"]
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  • Keith Chandler
  • Bob Hughes
  • Daniel Thingvold
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