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  • Color: Color
  • Dimensions: 11" x 8"
  • Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
  • Publishing Format: Collected Edition
  • Publication Type: book

Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969
(Table of Contents: 1)

insert or dust jacket / 4 pages

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Art from comic strips; front jacket: art by Gustave Verbeek and Harry Grant Dart (from sequence 12, The Explorigator, circa 1908); back jacket: art by Charles Forbell; inside front jacket: introduction; inside back jacket: Dan Nadel biography

Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969
(Table of Contents: 2)

The Wiggle Much / cover / 2 pages

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Wraparound cover; title on the spine

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endpapers made up of various covers: Herbie #3 August 1964, Milt Gross Funnies #2 September 1947, Sparky Watts #8 1948, Black Cat Mystic #61 January 1958, Witches Tales #25 June 1954, Jingle Jangle Comics #2 April 194?

Art Out of Time
(Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page

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half-title page, preceded by a blank page

Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969
(Table of Contents: 5)

illustration / 2 pages

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full title page

Contents
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table of contents / 2 pages

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Dedication and Contents page, background art from S'Matter Pop July 21, 1918

Introduction
(Table of Contents: 7)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages

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Introduction + a brief chronology of modern comics

[no title indexed]
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The Explorigator / illustration / 1 page

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  • from The Explorigator, July 26, 1908

Exercises in Exploration
(Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1 page

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Introduction to the works of Harry Grant Dart, Howard Nostrand, Herbert Crowley, Ogden Whitney, Raymond Crawford Ewer, Stanley Armstrong, Bob Powell, Walter Quermann

Admiral Fudge Visits the Moon Lady
(Table of Contents: 10)

The Explorigator / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
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  • from The Call, June 14, 1908

Ahfergettit Goes to the Moon-Queen's Party
(Table of Contents: 11)

The Explorigator / comic story / 1 page

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  • from The Call, June 21, 1908

They Make Their Escape in the Skipdoodle
(Table of Contents: 12)

The Explorigator / comic story / 1 page

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  • from July 26, 1908

Admiral Fudge Comes Back to Earth Again
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The Explorigator / comic story / 1 page

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  • from circa July 1908

[no title indexed]
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illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:horror-suspense

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from page 4 panel 7 of the following story

What's Happening at... 8:30 P.M.
(Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:horror-suspense
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 16)

The Wiggle Much / comic story / 6 pages

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April 3, 1910; April 17, 1910; May 1, 1910; May 8, 1910; May 15, 1910; May 22, 1910; June 5, 1910; June 12, 1910

Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster
(Table of Contents: 17)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages

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Richard Hughes (original editor)
  • Genre:humor; satire-parody
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Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Grandpa; Winston Churchill; Loch Ness Monster; Queen Elizabeth II
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Slim Jim and the Force / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:adventure; humor

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taken from May 27, 1911 strip

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

Slim Jim and the Force / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; adventure

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Sunday pages from April 30, May 27, June 17, June 24, July 8, December 16 1911

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 20)

Slim Jim and the Force / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:humor; adventure

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Sunday pages from November 29 1914, April 11, October 31 1915

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 21)

Colorama / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:horror-suspense

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From page 4 panel 1 of the following story

Colorama
(Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:horror-suspense
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 23)

Hickory Hollow Folks / illustration / 1 page

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art extracted from Oct 23, 1938 strip

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 24)

Hickory Hollow Folks / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals

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Sunday pages from July 3, July 31, August 21, September 11, October 23 1938

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 25)

Pete the Pooch / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor

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art from page 14 panel 5 of Pete the Pooch Milt Gross Funnies #2

Slapstick
(Table of Contents: 26)

text article / 1 page

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Introduction to the work of Milt Gross, Stan Mac Govern, Dick Briefer, Jack Mendelsohn

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 27)

Nize Baby / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:humor

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April 3 1927, May 28 1927, August 6 1927

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 28)

Pete the Pooch / comic story / 15 pages

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

Silly Milly / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor

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30 strips from July 3, 5-7, 10-13, September 5, December 11, 19-22 1944; March 26-30, April 3-6, May 21, June 11-15 1945

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

Frankenstein / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:horror-suspense; science fiction

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From page 7 panel 3 of "Frankenstein and the Sorcerer " in Frankenstein (Prize, 1945 series) #4

Frankenstein and the Sorcerer
(Table of Contents: 31)

Frankenstein / comic story / 8 pages

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Joe Genalo (original editor)
  • Genre:humor; horror-suspense; science fiction
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 32)

Frankenstein / comic story / 7 pages

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Joe Genalo (original editor)
  • Genre:humor; horror-suspense; science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's too bad Dopey Dan couldn't be around for the party
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A Visit to the Circus
(Table of Contents: 33)

Jacky's Diary / comic story / 12 pages

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The Dell comic reprints the 1959 Sunday comic

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 34)

Say, Pop! / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children

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Art from the 1918 strip first reprinted on page 118

Acts of Drawing
(Table of Contents: 35)

text article / 1 page

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Introduction to the work of Charles M. Payne, Fletcher Hanks, Garrett Price, A.E. Hayward, Jefferson Machamer, Rory Hayes

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 36)

Say, Pop! / comic story / 1 page

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circa 1918

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 37)

S'Matter, Pop / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor

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Sunday pages from July 21 1918, February 20, April 1, circa May 1921, circa 1924

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 38)

Stardust / comic story / 8 pages

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Victor Fox (original editor)
  • Genre:science fiction; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Some fiend is planning to wreck the civilized planets
Characters:
Stardust; The Super Fiend (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
When the Super Fiend sets the planet Mars on fire and sends it hurtling towards Earth, only Stardust can prevent Earth's destruction.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 39)

White Boy / comic story / 18 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; western-frontier

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18 consecutive Sunday pages from June 3 to September 30, 1934

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 40)

Somebody's Stenog / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; drama

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art from panel 11 of May 12, 1929 strip

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 41)

Somebody's Stenog / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; drama

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Sunday pages from July 23, August 20 1922, March 28 1926, May 12 1929, April 3 1932

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 42)

Gags and Gals / illustration / 1 page

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art from last panel of November 28, 1937

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 43)

Gags and Gals / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 44)

Bogeyman Comics / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:horror-suspense

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art from panel 3 page 17 of Bogeyman's Comics #1

The Creatures in the Tunnels
(Table of Contents: 45)

comic story / 5 pages

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Gary Arlington (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
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pages numbered 15 to 19

Evolve
(Table of Contents: 46)

comic story / 4 pages

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Rory Hayes (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 47)

Dauntless Durham of the U.S.A. / illustration / 1 page

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art taken from an unidentified strip

Words in Pictures
(Table of Contents: 48)

text article / 1 page

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Introduction to the work of Harry Hershfield, Cecil Jensen, Boody Rogers, Harry J. Tuthill, C. W. Kahles

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 49)

Dauntless Durham of the U.S.A. / comic story / 16 pages

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62 daily strips, four on each page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 50)

Elmo / comic story / 12 pages

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This started as a comic strip in 1946 before being reprinted in comic book form.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 51)

Sparky Watts / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Boody Rogers (signed)
Pencils:
Boody Rogers (signed)
Inks:
Boody Rogers (signed)
Letters:
Editing:
Vin Sullivan (original editor)
  • Genre:humor; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oooo! What an awful nightmare!
Characters:
Sparky Watts; Slap Happy; Doc
Reprints (1)

The Kingdom of the Talking Bugs
(Table of Contents: 52)

Sparky Watts / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Boody Rogers (signed)
Pencils:
Boody Rogers (signed)
Inks:
Boody Rogers (signed)
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?
Editing:
Vin Sullivan (original editor)
  • Genre:humor; superhero
Characters:
Boody Rogers; Queen Kkkkkk; Slap Happy; Doc
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 53)

The Bungle Family / comic story / 14 pages

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  • Genre:humor; domestic

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Sunday pages from January 1, August 6, August 13, November 26, December 3, December 17 1933, February 4, March 4, March 11, March 18, April 15, April 22, July 29 1934, December 26 1937

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 54)

Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 14 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; drama; humor

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Sunday pages from February 9, February 23, March 8, April 5, April 12, April 19, April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17 1924, January 20, February 3, March 24, March 31 1929

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 55)

Naughty Pete / illustration / 1 page

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art from panel 11 of October 5, 1913 page

Form and Style
(Table of Contents: 56)

text article / 1 page

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Introduction to the work of Charles Forbell, T.E. Powers, Gustave Verbeek, Gene Deitch, George Carlson, Norman E. Jennett

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 57)

Naughty Pete / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:humor

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Sunday pages from August 17, August 24, October 5, October 12, October 19, October 26, November 2, November 16, November 23, November 30; December 7 1913

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 58)

Naughty Pete / illustration / 1 page

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Art taken from panel 10 of August 17, 1913 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 59)

Joys and Glooms / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:humor

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 60)

The Upside-Downs / illustration / 1 page

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art from panel 3 of May 22, 1904 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 61)

The Upside-Downs / comic story / 3 pages

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Strips from May 1, May 8, May 22, June 5, June 12, circa 1904

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 62)

The Terrors of the Tiny Tads / comic story / 2 pages

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2 strips from 1905, July 31 1910, June 13 1913

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 63)

Terr'ble Thompson / comic story / 6 pages

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18 consecutive daily and Sunday strips from October 20 to November 6, 1966

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 64)

Terr'ble Thompson / comic story / 1 page

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4 consecutive daily and Sunday strips from November 10-13, 1955

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 65)

Terr'ble Thompson / comic story / 0.5 page

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Sunday page from February 5, 1955

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 66)

Terr'ble Thompson / comic story / 0.5 page

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The Youthful Yodler and the Zig-Zag Zither
(Table of Contents: 67)

Jingle Jangle Tales / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:children
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 68)

Monkey Shines of Marseleen / comic story / 8 pages

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Sunday pages from February 28, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 18, May 2, September 26, November 21 1909

Biographies
(Table of Contents: 69)

text article / 15.25 pages

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  • Genre:biography

Sources
(Table of Contents: 70)

text article / 0.75 page

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Bibliographical sources

Acknowledgments
(Table of Contents: 71)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

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Acknowlegments, credits, copyright information, Library of Congress cataloging data, Publisher data; this is followed by a blank page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 72)

illustration / 2 pages

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montage of covers Sparky Watts #8, Frankenstein #4, Black Cat #61, Jingle Jangle Comics #2; Four Color #1091; Fantastic Comics #10

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    Table of Contents
  1. Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969
  2. Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969
    The Wiggle Much
  3. [no title indexed]
  4. Art Out of Time
  5. Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. [no title indexed]
    The Explorigator
  9. Exercises in Exploration
  10. Admiral Fudge Visits the Moon Lady
    The Explorigator
  11. Ahfergettit Goes to the Moon-Queen's Party
    The Explorigator
  12. They Make Their Escape in the Skipdoodle
    The Explorigator
  13. Admiral Fudge Comes Back to Earth Again
    The Explorigator
  14. [no title indexed]
  15. What's Happening at... 8:30 P.M.
  16. [no title indexed]
    The Wiggle Much
  17. Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster
    Herbie
  18. [no title indexed]
    Slim Jim and the Force
  19. [no title indexed]
    Slim Jim and the Force
  20. [no title indexed]
    Slim Jim and the Force
  21. [no title indexed]
    Colorama
  22. Colorama
  23. [no title indexed]
    Hickory Hollow Folks
  24. [no title indexed]
    Hickory Hollow Folks
  25. [no title indexed]
    Pete the Pooch
  26. Slapstick
  27. [no title indexed]
    Nize Baby
  28. [no title indexed]
    Pete the Pooch
  29. [no title indexed]
    Silly Milly
  30. [no title indexed]
    Frankenstein
  31. Frankenstein and the Sorcerer
    Frankenstein
  32. ["It's too bad Dopey Dan couldn't be around for the party"]
    Frankenstein
  33. A Visit to the Circus
    Jacky's Diary
  34. [no title indexed]
    Say, Pop!
  35. Acts of Drawing
  36. [no title indexed]
    Say, Pop!
  37. [no title indexed]
    S'Matter, Pop
  38. ["Some fiend is planning to wreck the civilized planets"]
    Stardust
  39. [no title indexed]
    White Boy
  40. [no title indexed]
    Somebody's Stenog
  41. [no title indexed]
    Somebody's Stenog
  42. [no title indexed]
    Gags and Gals
  43. [no title indexed]
    Gags and Gals
  44. [no title indexed]
    Bogeyman Comics
  45. The Creatures in the Tunnels
  46. Evolve
  47. [no title indexed]
    Dauntless Durham of the U.S.A.
  48. Words in Pictures
  49. [no title indexed]
    Dauntless Durham of the U.S.A.
  50. [no title indexed]
    Elmo
  51. ["Oooo! What an awful nightmare!"]
    Sparky Watts
  52. The Kingdom of the Talking Bugs
    Sparky Watts
  53. [no title indexed]
    The Bungle Family
  54. [no title indexed]
    Hairbreadth Harry
  55. [no title indexed]
    Naughty Pete
  56. Form and Style
  57. [no title indexed]
    Naughty Pete
  58. [no title indexed]
    Naughty Pete
  59. [no title indexed]
    Joys and Glooms
  60. [no title indexed]
    The Upside-Downs
  61. [no title indexed]
    The Upside-Downs
  62. [no title indexed]
    The Terrors of the Tiny Tads
  63. [no title indexed]
    Terr'ble Thompson
  64. [no title indexed]
    Terr'ble Thompson
  65. [no title indexed]
    Terr'ble Thompson
  66. [no title indexed]
    Terr'ble Thompson
  67. The Youthful Yodler and the Zig-Zag Zither
    Jingle Jangle Tales
  68. [no title indexed]
    Monkey Shines of Marseleen
  69. Biographies
  70. Sources
  71. Acknowledgments
  72. [no title indexed]
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