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Issue: Animal Comics #2

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Publication Date: February 1943

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Issues: #2 of 30 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Dell

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/16/1943

Volume: none

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: Copyright, 1943, by Oskar Lebeck.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.

Paper Stock: newsprint

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In1

1 Content Item
- Bumbazine and the Singing Alligator [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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Content Items (10 total)

First Time in Comics Uncle Wiggily

Illustration on Cover, Wraparound

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Uncle Wiggily Longears; Sammy Littletail; Lulu Wibble-Wobble; The Sneaky Bobcat; Skillery Scallery Alligator; Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy; Dr. Possum; Floppy Twistytail; Fuzzy Fox; Pipsisewah; Woozie Wolf; Bad Boys

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Wraparound cover.

Mrs. Giraffe

Photo Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Animal Comics News Corner

Character(s): Mrs. Giraffe; Jiggs; Dinty

First Line: Mrs. Giraffe and her three-day-old daughter...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: On inside front cover in black, white and red.

Uncle Wiggily's Birthday Present

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Uncle Wiggily Longears; Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy; Sammy Littletail; Susie Littletail; Dr. Possum; Fuzzy Fox

First Line: It was Uncle Wiggily's birthday and all his friends had gathered together to...

Synopsis: Uncle Wiggily gets an airplane for his birthday, but Fuzzy Fox tries to steal it.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Copr., 1943, by Howard R. Garis.

Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois writer credit per Michael Barrier, page 122, "Funnybooks" (UCPress 2015), which states of Du Bois that he "...contributed to Animal Comics from the second issue on by writing all of the 'Uncle Wiggily' stories."

Hubbell Reed McBride art credit per Michael Barrier, page 71, "Funnybooks" (UCPress 2015), which states, "The 'Uncle Wiggly' stories were drawn by Hubbell R. McBride, who was, like his Western colleagues Arthur Jameson and George Kerr, a veteran illustrator---in McBride's case, of Liberty magazine's covers."

Bumbazine and the Singing Alligator

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Albert; Pogo; Bumbazine

First Line: Down on the edge of the swamp Albert the alligator could be heard each...

Synopsis: Albert's singing drives the other animals out of the swamp.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Complete Pogo Comics #1 published January 1989
as Bumbazine and the Singing Alligator [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 5

Katonka Pays a Debt

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: war

Character(s): Katonka; Sgt. Bain; Private Rooney; Lt. Gault; Nazis (villains)

First Line: As summer waned, Katonka, the wild Canadian gander, saw that his five...

Synopsis: Katonka helps the soldiers capture some Nazis.

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Pages: 10

Pupetta of the Circus

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Pupetta Seal; Napolean [Papa Seal]; Mama Seal; Babette; Whitey; Billy; Jumbo; Boo-Hoo; Smiley; Fatima; Grouchy, the Sword Swallower; Rosy Rhino

First Line: Little Pupetta was a baby seal who lived under the great white tents of a circus.

Synopsis: Pupetta learns to play a musical instrument.

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Pages: 10

Mystery in the Zoo

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Peanut

First Line: Mysterious things were happening around the zoo, and all the...

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Pages: 3

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Robert Rabbit [as Rob Rabbit]; Bertrand Bear; Maurice Mouse; Freddy Frog; Tommy Turtle; Mrs. Hootie Owl; Mama Bear; Daddy Bear; Sammy Scarecrow; Mrs. Bertha Beaver; Sly Fox; Lee Lynx; Harry Hyena; Mr. Beaver; Sammy Salmon; Cary Crawfish; Sammy Swordfish; Mike Mullet

First Line: The woodland village of Merry Meadows was...

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Pages: 8

The Puppy That Nobody Wanted

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Mickey (a puppy); Captain (a dog)

First Line: Not very long ago five puppy brothers and sisters were born in a kennel.

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Pages: 16

[untitled]

Photo Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Animal Comics News Corner

First Line: With baseball just around the corner...

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Pages: 1

Notes: On inside back cover in black, white and red.