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Issue: Gerald McBoing Boing and the Nearsighted Mr. Magoo #1
Publication Date: August 1952
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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Helen Meyer ?
Disclose Notes: Artists identified by Alberto Becattini

Indicia: GERALD McBOING BOING and the Nearsighted MR. MAGOO, No. 1, Aug.-Oct., 1952. Published quarterly by Dell Publishing Company, Inc. 261 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, New York; George T. Delacorte, Jr., President; Helen Meyer, Vice-President; Albert P. Delacorte, Vice-President. Single copies 10 cents. Copyright, 1952, by Columbia Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized edition. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interiors
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Fire Alarm

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mel Crawford ?
Inker(s): Mel Crawford ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gerald McBoing Boing; Mr. Magoo
Character(s): Gerald McBoing Boing; Mr. Magoo
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Pages: 1
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Magoo's umbrella

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Gormley
Inker(s): Dan Gormley
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Magoo
Character(s): Mr. Magoo
Synopsis: When it starts raining, Mr. Magoo grabs a potted plant instead of an umbrella.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover with indicia
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Gerald McBoing Boing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Theodor Geisel [Dr. Seuss]
Penciller(s): Mel Crawford ?; P. D. Eastman ?
Inker(s): Mel Crawford ?; P. D. Eastman ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gerald McBoing Boing
Character(s): Gerald McBoing Boing [Gerald McCloy]; Mr. McCloy; Mrs. McCloy; Doctor Malone
Synopsis: Gerald McBoing Boing, the boy who makes noises instead of speaking, becomes famous by providing sound effects for radio shows.
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In Issue: FlagThe Comics Journal #301 published February 2011
In Content Item: FlagThe Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics #[nn] published September 2009
as Boing Boing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: BOING B. #1-528
Disclose Notes: "UPA presents"; Illustrated script of a recording originally by Dr. Seuss. The Toon Treasury reprint credits the art to P.D. Eastman.

Here's the script from the first two panels: "This is the story of Gerald McCloy... ...and the strange thing that happened to that little boy."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Gormley
Inker(s): Dan Gormley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dan Gormley
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Magoo
Character(s): Mr. Magoo; Colonel Bottomley; Walrus; Hotel Detective
First Line: Oh, come on, Bottomley, be a sport!
Synopsis: Mr. Magoo mistakes a walrus for his friend, Colonel Bottomley, at a Florida resort.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: "UPA presents"
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Invasion from Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Cecil Surry
Inker(s): Cecil Surry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Cecil Surry
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Magoo
Character(s): Mr. Magoo; Waldo; Tamerlane [sheep dog]
Synopsis: Waldo buys his uncle, Mr. Magoo, a sheep dog for his birthday. Magoo mistakes the dog for a Martian.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: "UPA presents"
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Gormley
Inker(s): Dan Gormley
Letterer(s): Dan Gormley
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Magoo
Character(s): Mr. Magoo; Salesman
First Line: Ah, here's a salesman... no doubt he'll be able to help me.
Synopsis: Mr. Magoo mistakes a punching bag for a salesman in a sporting goods store.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Gormley
Inker(s): Dan Gormley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dan Gormley
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gerald McBoing Boing
Character(s): Gerald McBoing Boing; Mr. McCloy; Mrs. McCloy
First Line: Be a nice quiet boy, Gerald, while daddy reads his paper.
Synopsis: Mr. McCloy plays dogcatcher with Gerald McBoing Boing so that he can read his paper in peace, but Gerald barks like a dog.
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In Issue: FlagThe Comics Journal #301 published February 2011
Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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