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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)

Penciller(s): ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)

Inker(s): ? [as T. Haggerty] (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: When the doctor told us you were fading fast, we all ran home and committed suicide so that we could surprise you here!

Synopsis: As a man approaches the gate of Heaven, he is surprised to see his family waiting for him there.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Page 8.

Pills for Pigeons

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous, science and technology

Synopsis: A doctor sits on a park bench throwing prescription medicine to the pigeons.

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Pages: 0.2

Notes: Page 12. Pantomime cartoon.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Devil; Grim Reaper

First Line: Oh, thank God! It's Batman!

Synopsis: A man on a boat to Hell guided by the Grim Reaper mistakes the figure of Satan standing on a bridge for that of Batman.

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Pages: 0.3

Notes: Page 14.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

First Line: No, we don't collect Art Deco. We're just too poor to buy new furniture.

Synopsis: An older couple has a stylish apartment, but it's because they can't afford to buy anything new.

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Pages: 0.3

Notes: Page 16.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: A cop is driving down the street and sees the car in front of him weaving all over the road.

Synopsis: A television newscaster ends his broadcast by telling a Polish joke.

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Page 22.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, religious

Character(s): David; Goliath

First Line: Finish him off, kid...tell him the stone had a booger on it!

Synopsis: After David hits Goliath in the eye, a follower tells him to yell something disgusting about the stone.

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Notes: Page 24.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: There's nothing wrong. Please keep moving.

Synopsis: Secret Service men huddle on the sidewalk, while trying to convince a passer-by that nothing's wrong.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Page 26. Cartoon is signed, but signature is not legible.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: Tonight I'm going to do something a little different.

Synopsis: The host of a Public Broadcasting System television fund-raiser tries a different approach.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Page 30.

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Photo Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? (photographs)

Inker(s): ? (photographs)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Foto Funnies

First Line: Of all the people to run into in a bar--Ronald Reagan!

Synopsis: A not-very-bright woman is fooled into believing a man in a Ronald Reagan mask is the President.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Page 31.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Mike Landig (signed)

Penciller(s): Mike Landig (signed)

Inker(s): Mike Landig (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: Was there every anybody in there? What do you think, Harold?

Synopsis: At a convention, men are mystified when no women jump out of a large cake.

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Pages: 0.2

Notes: Page 42.

The Twilight Zone: Pants on Fire!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, humorous

Character(s): Rod Serling (host); Robert Kramer

First Line: Studio Lawyer Robert Kramer, accustomed to the cool fresh seas of certainty and truth...

Synopsis: A movie director is famous for being on time, no matter what it takes. His attitude is passed down the line as each person justifies his breaking of safety rules.

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Pages: 3

Notes: Pages 43-45. The story was inspired by a helicopter crash on the set of the movie "The Twilight Zone," which killed actor Vic Morrow and two child actors and injured six other people.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: The French consider him a creative genius.

Synopsis: A jester is performing in front of the King, who is not amused.

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Pages: 0.2

Notes: Page 54.

The Phlegmish Painters

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Synopsis: A parody of classic Flemish painters, with this group using an unsanitary method of painting.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Pages 62-63.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

First Line: You're in luck, Mr. Lemon. Our company is, at present, intensively recruiting people with fruit surnames.

Synopsis: A company has an odd hiring practice.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Page 64.

Hassan's Heroes in "Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness"

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, war

Character(s): Hassan's Heroes [Colonel Hassan; Merchant; Driver; Waterfinder; Thrower; Student; Boy; Bearer]; Colonel X

Synopsis: Colonel Hassan and his crew are held as prisoners of war somewhere in Lebanon. They try to commit sabotage in Beirut, but are not good at it.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Pages 65-72. A parody comic with a color cover, black and white fake ad for explosives from Sales Club of Lebonan, and four page color story. The concept is an updated version of the "Hogan's Heroes" television series.

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, sports

First Line: You lost the championship and probably would like to break down and cry, but you're too much of a former champion to do that.

Synopsis: A television reporter interviews a boxer after he loses a fight.

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Notes: Page 79.

Coin Argument

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Two men at a bar, with coins for heads, argue with each other using the reverse side of the other's coin.

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Notes: Page 80. The coins, apparently photographs, are badly reproduced, making the joke hard to get.

Short Subjects

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Zippy

Character(s): Zippy; Dingy (cat); Burt; Wayne Newton (spirit body)

First Line: A trailer part on the outskirts of Islip, Long Island...

Synopsis: Zippy and his friend Burt and Dingy the cat take a trip into a strange tunnel and pick up the spirit body of Wayne Newton from 1957.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Page 85.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Trots and Bonnie

Character(s): Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi

First Line: Bonnie, I'm your friend... I gotta tell you...

Synopsis: Bonnie throws a party, but Pepsi thinks everything's much too old-fashioned.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Page 86.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Politenessman

Character(s): Politenessman

First Line: A great beast is loos'd upon the city--

Synopsis: A tiger invades a couple's apartment. The man takes some advice from Politenessman, which he soon regrets.

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Notes: Page 87.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Popular Problems

First Line: Everyone has a phobia.

Synopsis: A woman tries to overcome a fear of water by taking swimming lessons.

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Notes: Page 87.

Waitress Lingo

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Mimi Pond's Famous Waitress School

First Line: Alternatives for "Yes."

Synopsis: How to speak like an experienced waitress.

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Notes: Page 88.

Finger Pies

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Aunt Mary's Kitchen

Character(s): Aunt Mary; Bill Moronson; Lillian Moronson

First Line: Finger Pies

Synopsis: Aunt Mary finally demonstrates her recipe for Finger Pies. Then the Moronsons drop by.

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Notes: Page 88. Title is from the previous episode's "Next Month:" blurb.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage, humorous

Feature(s): Xico "X" Agente Superior

Character(s): Xico "X"

First Line: Xico is dropped into the foreign country for a grand mission!

Synopsis: Xico "X" parachutes into Russia, where he befriends a peasant couple, but is questioned by the police on his way to Moscow.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Page 89. To be continued. This is presented as a translated foreign strip, with Tod Carroll listed as translator and all the text done in a typewriter monospace font.

Back to Church

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Excursions

First Line: The church of my youth, as I recall, was gilded and awesome.

Synopsis: Going back to the church of your youth, only to find that things have changed.

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Notes: Page 90.

How to Win at the Races

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): The Phantom Handicapper

First Line: What are you lookin'?

Synopsis: A masked handicapper apparently gives a lot of clues to look for when betting on horse races, but in reality doesn't say anything that gives actual information.

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Notes: Page 90.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend

Character(s): Ray; Joe; insurance agent

First Line: Hello, sir, I'm from the Fidelity Insurance Company.

Synopsis: Ray wants to buy insurance so that if anything happens to him, Joe would be able to sit in a chair by the window for ten years.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Page 91. Part of a continued story.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): B. K. Taylor (signed)

Penciller(s): B. K. Taylor (signed)

Inker(s): B. K. Taylor (signed)

Letterer(s): B. K. Taylor (signed)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Timberland Tales

Character(s): Maurice; Constable Tom

First Line: At the cabin of Kathleen, Maurice and Constable Tom have permission...

Synopsis: At Kathleen's cabin, Maurice and Constable Tom are playing dress-up in old clothes. They are interrupted when a religious cult bursts in, which mistakes the Constable for the second-coming of Christ.

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Notes: Page 92.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: historical, humorous

Feature(s): King of the Castle

Character(s): Sir William King; Princess Delphina; Abbot Costello; Caloric the Wise; King Koin; The Black Prince; Maid Miriam; Frodo Bonhomme

First Line: Thus far our tale: Sir William King, Bart, has raised the wrath of his child bride...

Synopsis: The King has trouble with his child bride, who is the daughter of King Koin, whose Faceless Knights are ravaging the countryside. Meanwhile Caloric the Wise is inventing all sorts of modern inventions, whose usefulness goes unnoticed because his only goal is to turn lead into gold.

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Pages: 3

Notes: Pages 93-95. The strip is done in the style of the classic Prince Valiant Sunday newspaper strip.