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Issue: Four Color #65
Publication Date: March 1945
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Issues: #65 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Smitty
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell BookView 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
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 15 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "SMITTY, No. 65." Code number is S.O.S. 65-453. Copyright 1937 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, 1940, 1941 by Chicago Tribune.
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is signed "Berndt" but may or may not be by Walter Berndt.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Herby
First Line: Ah, the "penny-a-package" delivery man!
Synopsis: Herby delivers parcels for a "penny-a-package."
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; Steve Smart
First Line: Steve Smart, from my old home town!!
Synopsis: An old friend of Mr. Bailey hides some stolen pearls in a vase in Mr. Bailey's office.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; Steve Smart
First Line: Looks as if the law has finally caught up with Steve Smart...
Synopsis: The police find the stolen pearls in Mr. Bailey's office and accuse him of being the thief.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Steve Smart
First Line: It's a good thing I've been to Bailey's office before...
Synopsis: Mr. Bailey and the police set a trap for Steve Smart.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Herby Smith; George (cameo)
First Line: Say chum, how about a nice bone for me?
Synopsis: Mr. Bailey learns ventriloquism. Later he and Smitty go to the North Woods on a fishing trip.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; George
First Line: Say how come? We thought we saw you out on the lake in your canoe.
Synopsis: Mr. Bailey spends his vacation trying to catch the huge fish "Old Fighter."
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; George
First Line: Good luck Meester Bailey
Synopsis: Mr. Bailey finally hooks "Old Fighter," but it's a question of who's caught who.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Captain Stiletto (cameo)
First Line: I've got some problems to figure out and I can't seem to get any answers.
Synopsis: Mr. Bailey is troubled by some business concerns and decides to go south to the beaches and sunshine to clear his mind. He takes Smitty with him.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Captain Stiletto
First Line: It would be a marvelous place for me to do some quiet thinking
Synopsis: Mr. Bailey hires Captain Stiletto for a week's worth of sea fishing, not knowing that Stiletto is smuggling ammunition for a rebel.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Captain Stiletto
First Line: Hey Captain! Aren't you worried the boat might go down?
Synopsis: The ship and its cargo of ammunition reach General Pedro's island. A storm comes up and the crew deserts the ship, leaving Mr. Bailey and Smitty aboard.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Captain Stiletto (cameo); Herby Smith
First Line: There's some rocks ahead!
Synopsis: The ship is washed over the rocks and is grounded on a sand bar. Mr. Bailey and Smitty get off the ship right before it blows up, courtesy of one of Mr. Bailey's discarded cigars. The two write Smitty's parents that they are coming home. Meanwhile Smitty's mother is ill and Herby takes over the housework.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Herby Smith; Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey
First Line: A new mother in the Smith home!!
Synopsis: Herby takes over the housework while his mother is ill. Smitty asks Mr. Bailey for a promotion to a job in the sales department.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith; Herby Smith (cameo)
First Line: I'm gonna work in the sales dept. and you're going to take my old job...
Synopsis: Smitty goes to work in the sales department. Mr. Bailey misses him and Smitty misses Mr. Bailey.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): George B. Bailey; Smitty Smith
First Line: Mr, Bailey says this is the day I've got to put the stock room in order
Synopsis: Both Smitty and Mr. Bailey wish Smitty was back at his old job as office boy.
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Reprint Notes: from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Continued from previous sequence. Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on back cover in color.

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