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Issue: Wilbur Comics #13
Publication Date: June 1947
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Issues: #13 of 90 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/05/1947
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1946-47, page 419, registration number B78779.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Inker(s): Al Fagaly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Advice to comic readers for bad skin
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Inker(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Mr. Dripwaite; Atlas McGonnigal; Linda Moore; Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson
First Line: Harumph! Students, as you all know, we are about to have our school elections! I will now accept nominations for president!
Synopsis: Wilbur tries to lose the election for school president.
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Pages: 6.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin
First Line: Hey gang! Look what happens to Wilbur in this issue of Laugh Comics "Laugh" no. 22 is on sale right now!
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A Boy's Best Friend Is His Motor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Red Wilson; Wilbur Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Sam; Mr. Wilkin
First Line: Hey, Wilbur, wotcha doin'? You sound awful industrious!
Synopsis: Wilbur tries fixing up an easy way to get groceries from the store.
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Pages: 7
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilbur Puzzle Page
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore
First Line: How about trying this crossword puzzle?
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Disclose Notes: A crossword puzzle, math puzzle, and a word square.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Inker(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Mr. Wilkin; Belle Fast; Dinah Sarr; Reverend Vestry; Eleanor Wilkin
First Line: Boy, Red, I'm as sharp as a needle in this new suit! Pretty snazzy, eh?
Synopsis: Wilbur buys a zoot suit.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woggon (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill Woggon (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Woggon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational
Feature(s): Katy Keene
Character(s): Katy Keene; Bill Woggon; Sis Keene
First Line: The clothes that Sis and I wear in this story were designed by the readers listed on this page!!!
Synopsis: Bill draws Katy and Sis in outfits sent in by readers.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Designs by Chrysantho G. Paulack, Gerry Templeton, Joanne Glass, Lily Bernstein, Estella Dowling, Kathleen O'Brien, Pat Bostwick, Dorothy Lubic, Helen Dranby, Lucille Shaver, Joyce Rubin, Milicent and Solnae Harris, Donna Raye McCartee, Ethel Rosamond, Peggy Collicy, Marie Soscie, Mary Ann Chaivez, Louise Johnson, Myrna Batson, Harriet Barondess, Anna Wolkow, Patricia Anderson, W. A. Knighten, Barbara Rains, Patsy Johnston, Pilae Gonzales, Skippy Brasseur, Frances McMullen, Betty Drennen, Paula Patricola, Rhoda Crelinsten, Virginia Ekstrom, Gail Conway, Avanelle Bennett, Marlene Hollingsworth, Kathryn Bumgarner, Carol Bartholomew, Audrey Rhoades, Yvonne Doris Squibb, Betty Jean Waner, Jean Baumgardner, Betty L. Culley, Merlaine Bristow, Donna L. Sutton, Bailey Ginsberg, Ruth Ann Gabel, Yvonne Lyons, Joan Phillips, Betty Reed, Lelia Sutphin, Barbara Mallory, Jeanne Powell, and Charlotte Rains.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Inker(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Eleanor Wilkin; Wilbur Wilkin; Hector (dog)
First Line: City has contest to find best kept house
Synopsis: Wilbur's mom fixes up the house to win a contest, but Wilbur gets out of school early.
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Pages: 8
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Wilbur's Alarm Clock

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Red Wilson; Wilbur Wilkin; Frank Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Dr. Forbes; Dobbs; Mr. Drimble
First Line: "Sure, I'd like to go hunting with you, Wilbur," Red said.
Synopsis: Wilbur and Red plan to go rabbit hunting in the morning and Wilbur sets his alarm clock.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Starts off the same as the second Wilbur story in Wilbur Comics #11.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilbur Puzzle Page
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson
First Line: Connect the dots
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A connect the dots, a crossword puzzle, a word ladder, and an unscramble the words to get two names puzzle.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Inker(s): Al Fagaly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Frank Wilkin; Mr. Stilson
First Line: A hundred bucks! Oboyoboy! That's for us, Red!
Synopsis: Wilbur borrows his father's outboard motor so he can win a race.
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Pages: 8
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stravon Publishers
First Line: Eeney, meeney, miney, mo!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the book "The Date-Getter".
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How a 97-lb. Weakling Became the "World's Most Perfectly Developed Man"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Atlas
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
Character(s): Charles Atlas; Mrs. Atlas (mother)
First Line: Charles, you poor boy! You stay so thin - and always tired!
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Disclose Notes: Ad in comic form.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
First Line: He knows what they "go for"...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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