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Issue: Barney Google and Snuffy Smith #4
Publication Date: September 1970
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Issues: #4 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: Charlton ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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Tater's Clothesline Carrier

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Snuffy Smith; Tater
Synopsis: Tater hangs from a clothesline, while Snuffy naps.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior art and lettering look exactly like the cover, which is signed by Fred Lasswell, thus Lasswell is credited throughout.
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The Jet Setter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Loweezy; Silas; Snuffy Smith
First Line: Silas!! What on airth are you screechin' about?
Synopsis: Shopkeeper Silas demonstrates the Jet Setter, "th' most modernistical chair knowed to man", for Loweezy.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: D-604
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Picture Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Donavan
Penciller(s): Bob Donavan
Inker(s): Bob Donavan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughaid; Snuffy Smith; Elviney; Jamey
First Line: Solve the crossword puzzle on the next page...
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Pages: 2
Job Number: D-535
Disclose Notes: A crossword puzzle using pictures, rebuses, and Snuffy Smith characters as clues.
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Jughaid Moves Up in the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Loweezy; Snuffy Smith; Tater; Ol' Bullet; Jughaid
First Line: Paw!! Why don't you stop rollin' an' tossin' an' take yore nap?
Synopsis: Concerned for Jughaid's safety, Loweezy forbids him to build a treehouse in a very tall tree, directing him to a much smaller tree instead. But, safety-wise, she picks the wrong "small tree".
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Pages: 3
Job Number: D-557
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Hot Diggity Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Snuffy Smith; Jughaid; flatland tourist; Snitzy Witzy (wiener dog)
First Line: What are ye doin' on my propitty, ye dadburn flatland tourister?
Synopsis: Snuffy is shocked by a tourist's method of extracting his dog from a tight squeeze.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: D-627
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Real Ferocious Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Uriah; Ol' Bullet (Snuffy Smith's hound)
First Line: Featuring Uriah - The Newnited States Mail Toter
Synopsis: Letter carrier Uriah makes a treacherous journey to deliver the Smith family's mail, but his greatest fear is "...knowin' good an' well Ol' Bullet will come flyin' out of nowhar an' nab me by th' seat of th' britches". Uriah thinks he's caught a break, as he makes it all the way to Snuffy's mailbox without incident. ...He's wrong.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: D-605
Disclose Notes: The story title consists of large red letters spelling "RFD", as in "Rural Free Delivery". But, in this case, "RFD" serves as the first letter of each word in the title, "Real Ferocious Dog".
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Snuffy Smith Country

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. V. Bristow (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Snuffy Smith Country - the locale of the stories in this book - is the mountains.
Synopsis: An informative essay on the people, background, and culture that inspired the fictional characters in Snuffy Smith comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Historical information deftly tied-in to the world of Snuffy Smith.
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Horse Cents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Loweezy; Snuffy Smith; Barney Google; Spark Plug; Doc Pritchart
First Line: Looky what th' cat drug in!
Synopsis: Barney Google returns to Hootin' Holler looking to race his horse Spark Plug. Doc Pritchart is happy to oblige with a ten-dollar bet pitting his old car against Barney's horse. Both manage to simultaneously win - and lose - ending up all even.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: D-334

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