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Issue: Four Color #37
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Title: Bringing Up Father
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 43 (42 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "BRINGING UP FATHER, No. 37." Code number is B U F O.S. (no numbers). Copyright 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 by King Features 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
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
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George McManus
George McManus
George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
Don't tell me you're gonna call on them - are you?
Jiggs and Maggie try to get away from a boring couple, but meet them again at the movies. A misplaced street number leads to Jiggs' furniture being taken away. Jiggs buys a present for his Aunt Susie.
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George McManus
George McManus
George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs
There's nothin' like bein' prepared to git out when you...
Jiggs uses construction equipment to sneak out of the house.
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Good night - I wonder if that woke up Maggie?"

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George McManus
George McManus
George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs
Jiggs sneaks into the house after staying out late.
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George McManus
George McManus
George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Dugan; Mooney; McNeilly
Well - Dugan - How about a little game of poker?
Jiggs and his pals get a poker game together in a construction office hoisted high in the air by a crane.
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George McManus
George McManus
George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
Mr. Colanwood - My huband is out in the garden...
The men at a party go out to the garden, where Jiggs has started a dice game.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Hortense
Yes - Mr. Jiggs - You need a rest
Jiggs' doctor prescribes a trip to the mountains, but Maggie goes instead.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
By golly, this chair must be connected in some way...
After spending much effort opening and unpacking a barrel, Jiggs discovers it was delivered to him by mistake.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
You'll just love it out here in the country
Jiggs and Maggie to a quiet cottage in the country, which is quickly overrun by relatives.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
Ah - Mr. Jiggs - I haven't seen you in my bank...
Jiggs sets the gossips talking when he's seen talking to a tramp--Maggie's brother.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
Shut up - I know the Macamacks would have come over...
Maggie calls several couples to come for dinner but no one is home.
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George McManus
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
The song isn't so hot either
Maggie has a musicale and the next day Jiggs asks his doctor to recommend a trip to seashore so he won't have to see those people again.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
Why - yes - Mr. Horace Shue - Don't you know?
Jiggs waits two hours for his wife and daughter to get ready to go out, only to find that they had left over two hours earlier.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
I'm glad to see you take an interest in photography
Jiggs wrecks the house trying to get a photo of his dog.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
My poor cousin Ackron has been arrested
Maggie's cousin escapes from jail.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Nora
Did you know that Maggie invited a fat-headed...
Jiggs has a construction crane remove an unwanted piano player from his house--piano and all.
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George McManus
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Ferocious (dog)
Come here - 'Ferocious'
Jiggs tries to give his dog a bone.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs
By golly - I wish we didn't live in this big house
Jiggs' mansion is so large that he can't find his wife in it.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
You heard what I said - We are going to the...
Jiggs tries to get out of going to a penthouse party by leaving the house by a rope from an airplane.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs
Yes - Jerry - I'd like to come over - But I'm very sick
Jiggs pretends he's sick, but ends up with a house full of well-wishers.
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
Maggie - Will it be all right while you are...
Jiggs and Maggie keep missing connections while Maggie is going to have her hair done.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
Look - A letter - Can it be me folks are sendin' me...
Jiggs is robbed while he's locked out of the house. Jiggs falls asleep and misses dinner. Jiggs plays poker while his wife plays bridge. Maggie's brother is collecting rubber for the war effort. Jiggs overloads his closet.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
No - I can't believe it - No -
A rumor about Maggie's father makes the rounds.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
Do as I say - Go up and tell them I refuse to listen...
Maggie is annoyed by the neighbor's record playing.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Maggie; Nora
Daughter, dear - Would you mind going to the store?
Waiting until the last minute, Maggie orders a list of items for a party
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
Mrs. Rita Bookaday just phoned and is sending...
Maggie wants to make sure Jiggs is properly dressed to meet a sophisticate.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
Will you talk? What is the trouble?
Maggie is upset her name is not in the society column.
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George McManus
George McManus
George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs
Tut - Tut - Mr. Jiggs - Take the ties with you...
Jiggs tries to ditch a tough-looking character that's following him.
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George McManus
George McManus
George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
Oh - Dear - Here is that book I borrowed from...
Maggie sends Jiggs to return a book, which turns into a round-robin of returning borrowed items.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
Sorry - Daddy - Would you mind getting up a second?
Jiggs keeps getting disturbed while trying to take a nap.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
I'm getting sick of seeing this atrocious vase
Jiggs trades a vase for a moose head.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
Me wife says you have a nice house for sale...
After a real estate agent describes a country home in glorious detail, Jiggs decides to go see it in person.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
By golly - I gotta think of some excuse to get out...
Jiggs pretends to be sick to get out of going to the opera.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
I'm so happy we are going on a trailer trip
Maggie packs an absurdly large amount of luggage for a trailer trip.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
What kind of type-writin' is this?
Jiggs sends back a badly-typed business letter and each person passes the blame down to someone of lower status.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
Daddy - Don't be such an old cross-patch!
Jiggs has to take care of Mrs. Razem's daughter.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs
I'll go down another floor - Somebody's got to complain
Jiggs tries to get someone to complain about Maggie's singing.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
Mother - How are the men getting along with Daddy?
Maggie has Jiggs' den redecorated with a nautical theme.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
Listen - You undressed eye sore - Get some clothes...
Maggie has an interior decorator completely change their house.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
Daddy - Did you see this article in the paper about...
Jiggs tries to keep Maggie from seeing a newspaper article about a fight at Dinty Moore's.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora; Ella-Bella
Isn't it wonderful? I've invited the three fine noblemen...
Jiggs invites three noblemen for dinner, who turn out to be the ex-husbands of their maid.
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George McManus
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Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie
By golly - Jiggs - This is a fine day we picked...
Jiggs and his friend go fishing and hook a submarine.
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George McManus
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humorous
Bringing Up Father
Jiggs; Maggie; Nora
Now - You're all fixed for the party today
Nora dresses a little girl as the devil and she frightens everyone in the household. Maggie tells Jiggs to clean up the lot next door. Jiggs loses his top hat to the wind and picks up someone else's. Jiggs tries to browbeat Maggie's little dog.
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Four Sundays strung together under one logo. Includes inside back cover in black, red, and white and back cover.

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