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Issue: Wilbur Comics #51
Publication Date: October 1953
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Issues: #51 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: 08/19/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1953, page 337, registration number B430949.
Indexer's issue is missing the centerfold. This is hard to tell as it almost appears that nothing is missing. Best guess is that either 4 Katy Keene illustrations are missing, or that some of those pages were ads and some were illustrations.
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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
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
First Line: Make up your mind, Wilbur! Are you coming in or going out?
Synopsis: Wilbur doesn't know whether he's coming or going.
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Pages: 1
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Tricks or Treats

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Slats Morgan; Linda Moore
Synopsis: Laurie tries to trick Wilbur into not dating Linda. Wilbur figures out the scam and makes it backfire on her. In the end, Wilbur and Laurie are together.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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A Busman's Hollar-Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake
Synopsis: Wilbur bugs the bus driver about reaching his stop.
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Pages: 1
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Music Maestro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Red
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson
Synopsis: Red tries to be more enthusiastic by pretending to recognize a piano piece. As it turns out, the piece is an improvisation, which he mistakes for the title that he "forgot."
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Pages: 1
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Time For A Change

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): Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson
Synopsis: Wilbur and Red rent a locker for changing clothes at the beach, but the 25-cent room turns out to be a shower.
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Woggon
Inker(s): Bill Woggon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Katy Keene
Character(s): Katy Keene
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Pages: 5
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A Weigh We Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
Synopsis: Linda convinces Laurie she is overweight, but her exercise makes her clothes fit too loosely, so when Wilbur shows up with chocolates, it all works out right.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: One panel in this story bears the signature "SamJo" with the same stylized 'S' that Edwards uses in his signature.
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The Tree Sap-Ling!

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): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake
Synopsis: Wilbur promises his fix will help the sapling thrive, but a month later, the tree is dead.
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Pages: 1
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Votes Wrong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Slats
Character(s): Slats Morgan; Linda Moore
Synopsis: Slats is mad that he didn't receive any votes in the election, because he cast four for himself.
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Pages: 1
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On the Wrong Side

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Laurie and Linda
Character(s): Linda Moore; Laurie Lake
Synopsis: Laurie wears a dress that the designer simply turned inside-out.
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Pages: 1

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