Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1949-09-15
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Oaky Doaks / cover / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Whew! Safe...at last!
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; a gorilla

Indexer Notes

Unusually, this is based on a scene in the Oaky Doaks story inside.

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.

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

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Ben Friday / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Lawrence Lariar (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In Washington, a veteran visits his old commanding officer!
Characters:
Ben Friday; General Markham; Linda Tucker; Hyram Tucker; Vertek; Scipio
Reprints (0)
  • From Ben Friday Sunday (New York Herald-Tribune Syndicate)

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Steve Roper and Wahoo / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Allen Saunders (credited as Saunders)
Pencils:
Pete Hoffman (credited as Woggon)
Inks:
Pete Hoffman (credited as Woggon)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You---can have him now...
Characters:
Steve Roper; Big Chief Wahoo; Chief Badger; Scrapper; Stubby; Sonny Brawnski; Cupcake DeVine
Reprints (0)
  • from Steve Roper and Wahoo daily (Publishers Syndicate)

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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:A fine platter of beef stroganoff...
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

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Dickie Dare / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dan, I didn't want to say anything in front of Dickie...
Characters:
Dickie Dare; Dan Flynn; Miss Mac Snorgan; Xorinda
Reprints (0)
  • from Dickie Dare daily (AP Newsfeatures)

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Scorchy Smith / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Any sign of Lang?
Characters:
Scorchy Smith; Gerda; Lang; Mr. Ching; Jo Best
Reprints (0)
  • from Scorchy Smith daily (AP Newsfeatures)

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Napoleon / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Pencils:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Inks:
Clifford McBride (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; animal
Characters:
Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

Indexer Notes

pantomime; wordless comic

No Time For Thinking
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (illustrations)
Inks:
? (illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure; drama
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:"...and that's final!"
Characters:
Mr. Williams; Johnny Williams; Jeff Bradon

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Bobby Sox / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Marty Links (signed)
Inks:
Marty Links (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:'Lo, Judy?
Characters:
Bobby Sox; Emmy Lou; Harold; Alvin Applehead; Gregory; Daniel
Reprints (0)
  • from Bobby Sox Sunday and daily (Consolidated News Features)

Indexer Notes

Four Sundays, plus two pages featuring six daily gag panels apiece.

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Yipee / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Clark Haas (signed)
Pencils:
Clark Haas (signed)
Inks:
Clark Haas (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yes sir, Yip...
Characters:
Sheriff Star; Yip; The Chief
Reprints (0)
  • from Yipee Sunday

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Oaky Doaks / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; historical; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:After Dr. Achmed's magic carpet crashed into the sea....
Characters:
Sir Oaky Doaks; Dr. Achmed; Cola; The Island Queen
Reprints (0)
  • from Oaky Doaks daily (AP Newsfeatures)

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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:Golly, look what I found in th' attic...
Characters:
Napoleon
Reprints (0)
  • from Napoleon Sunday (Lafave Newspaper Features)

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Buck Rogers / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Dick Calkins (credited)
Pencils:
Rick Yager (credited)
Inks:
Rick Yager (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gracious! You should give up space wandering and write books, Barney!
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Whew! Safe...at last!"]
    Oaky Doaks
  2. ["In Washington, a veteran visits his old commanding officer!"]
    Ben Friday
  3. ["You---can have him now..."]
    Steve Roper and Wahoo
  4. ["A fine platter of beef stroganoff..."]
    Napoleon
  5. ["Dan, I didn't want to say anything in front of Dickie..."]
    Dickie Dare
  6. ["Any sign of Lang?"]
    Scorchy Smith
  7. [no title indexed]
    Napoleon
  8. No Time For Thinking
  9. ["'Lo, Judy?"]
    Bobby Sox
  10. ["Yes sir, Yip..."]
    Yipee
  11. ["After Dr. Achmed's magic carpet crashed into the sea...."]
    Oaky Doaks
  12. ["Golly, look what I found in th' attic..."]
    Napoleon
  13. ["Gracious! You should give up space wandering and write books, Barney!"]
    Buck Rogers
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  • Keith Chandler
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Len Wolinsky
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