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Issue: Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #38

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Publication Date: January 1949

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Issues: #38 of 488 Issues (1633 Printings)

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Variant: Sears

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Publisher: Flag

Western

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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 2 covers) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: early issues standard Golden Age U.S.; 1952-1959 oblong; later half-size

Paper Stock: most glossy cover and newsprint interior. early issues all newsprint

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing

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2 Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #38 [Red Goose]

Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #38 [Child Life Shoes]

Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #38 [No Ad]

Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #38 [Sears]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (3 total)

Bundle of... Joy?

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd

Synopsis: Oswald finds an "abandoned baby basket" on his doorstep containing Floyd and Lloyd, who have already helped themselves to Oswald's delivery of milk and eggs, as well as his newspaper.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: An "alternative take" on the introduction of orphans Floyd and Lloyd, who were adopted by Oswald in Walter Lantz New Funnies (Dell, 1946 Series) #135 (May 1948) but were not abandoned on his doorstep.

The Messed Things in Life Are Free

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; angry truck driver; hay wagon farmer; gas station attendant; man with horse; angry berry farmer; fish and game warden; forest ranger; George (auctioneer); Joe (auction seller); auction attendees; two auction porters; Jeeves (butler)

First Line: Oh, Poppa Oswald!

Synopsis: After Floyd and Lloyd ask for and receive an advance on their allowance for ice-cream sodas, and ask for another advance in order to see a movie, Oswald resolves to teach the boys how to "enjoy life without spending a lot of money". He takes them on a drive in the country, for a peaceful picnic and fishing day, which ends up costing him far more than ice-cream sodas and a movie.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: The story's dialogue is snappy and with more of a sarcastic edge than typical Western Publishing fare, pointing to John Stanley as the tale's author.

Oswald's total cash-outlay for this inexpensive day in the country comes to $103.00 plus the undisclosed costs of a new horse harness and a full bucket of "wild berries" that were not-so-wild -- in 1949 dollars.

Floating Heads

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; other ancillary characters

Synopsis: Floating heads of Oswald the Rabbit, Floyd, Lloyd, and other incidental characters repurposed from the interior story. Ten floating heads in all - five on top strip, five on bottom strip.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover displays two green strips across its width. The strips are each 1.5 inches high and are placed at the very top and the very bottom of the back cover. Within these strips are the floating heads of the characters. The remaining back cover space in the center (about 7.25” wide x 7” high) is left blank or contains the name and logo of the business using the comic as a promotional item.