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Issue: Four Color #32
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #32 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Smitty
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "SMITTY, No. 32." No code number. Copyright 1937, 1938, 1940 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt ?
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt ? [as Berndt] (signed)
Inker(s): Walter Berndt ? [as Berndt] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Mr. Bailey
First Line: Nice going, Smitty! You handle a canoe like an Indian!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is signed "Berndt," but may or may not be by him.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Stanley; Herby
First Line: Boss I know a young fella who needs a job
Synopsis: Smitty gets his friend Stanley a job at Mr. Bailey's company.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Herby; Stanley
First Line: Stanley, the new-boy, is out to get Smitty's job...
Synopsis: Stanley, the new boy, gets Smitty demoted from his job as office boy, so he can take it.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Stanley; Herby; Mr. Bailey
First Line: I never lied to you - They're framing me!
Synopsis: Smitty schemes to get Stanley in trouble so he can get his old job back.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Herby; Stanley; Mr. Bailey
First Line: Well, you're both gonna be sorry for that!
Synopsis: Stanley's plot to take Smitty's job is revealed when the public address system is accidentally switched on. Smitty gets his old job back and uses a $25 bonus to buy his first pair of long pants.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Mr. Bailey; George
First Line: Oho! Am I somethin' in my new long pants!!
Synopsis: George, the Indian guide from the North Woods, comes to the city and gets a job as caretaker of Mr. Bailey's new home at the top of a 36-story building.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Mr. Bailey; George
First Line: Here comes George, the Indian guide
Synopsis: George's donkey has a baby and George takes a train back to the North Woods. Mr. Bailey and Smitty take a plane to get there first and play a practical joke on George. Later Smitty takes a canoe ride by himself and gets caught in rapids and is taken far from the camp.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Mr. Bailey; George
First Line: Smitty never came back from that canoe ride he took
Synopsis: Smitty is found by two Indians and is taken to their camp. They say they'll take him along when they go to see George--when they break camp in September.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; George; Mr. Bailey
First Line: You know we're pals now - You ought to help me...
Synopsis: Smitty falls into the daily routine at the Indian camp. George and Mr. Bailey, searching for Smitty, come down the river near the Indian camp, but their canoe sinks when they hit a rock in some rapids and they have to turn back.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty
First Line: Why don't you bring a gun?
Synopsis: Smitty and his Indian friend find a bear cub in the woods and bring it back to the camp. The cub causes problems by stealing food and is in big trouble when he is suspected of biting a papoose in the arm.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; George; Mr. Bailey
First Line: Dis time I finish him--
Synopsis: Smitty saves the bear cub when he finds a dead wolf under a bush. The bear had killed the wolf after the wolf had bitten the papoose. George and Mr. Bailey find Smitty at the Indian camp. The Indians send smoke signals to Mr. Bailey's camp to have an amphibious airplane come and pick them up.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Herby; Mr. Bailey; Scrappy (dog); Freckles (dog)
First Line: Jinkies! I'm late for dinner and Ma will spank me
Synopsis: Smitty picks a fight with the neighborhood bully after being convinced a lucky charm he found has special powers. Herby accidentally sells his dog Freckles to a stranger for $150.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Herby; Freckles (dog)
First Line: It's a little difficult not knowing who the man is...
Synopsis: Herby finds that his dog Freckles was sold to a rich family living in a mansion in town. The family's boy won't give up the dog.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Herby; Freckles (dog); Scrappy (dog)
First Line: Oh, fiddlesticks! - A name doesn't mean anything...
Synopsis: The rich boy is willing to give Freckles back to Herby, but his governess forbids it. Freckles gets sick and the rich boy and Herby smuggle him out to go back to Herby's home.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Herby; Freckles (dog)
First Line: Aha! Have I caught you in some mischief?
Synopsis: Freckles just had a bad case of homesickness and improves immediately when he's back at Herby's house. The rich boy gives the dog back to Herby.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Berndt
Penciller(s): Walter Berndt
Inker(s): Walter Berndt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smitty
Character(s): Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Herby; Freckles (dog)
First Line: Boy o' boy!! Is this a riot!! Freckles has gone...
Synopsis: Mr. Bailey practices ventriloquism for his club's stunt show.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1938
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.

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