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Issue: Our Gang Comics #5
Publication Date: May 1943
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Issues: #5 of 39 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/02/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Barney Bear; Jerry; Our Gang kids
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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"Hi there kids"

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Barney Bear; Our Gang kids (photo)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In black and red, on inside front cover. Promoting victory gardens
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Fire Fighters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Our Gang [Buckwheat; Froggie; Happy; Janet; Mickey]; the firefighters of Greenpoint; the mayor of Greenpoint; the Gang's goat (as yet unnamed)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagOur Gang #[nn] published January 1946
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Kelly's Our Gang #1 published May 2006
as none [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: O. G. #5
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The Lion Cub

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Benny; a lion cub; the cub's mother; a wolf
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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It's a Dog's Life

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): A Pete Smith Story
Character(s): Daisy the dog
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Hungry Pelican

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Flip; Dip; Pa; Ma
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 76 Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984).
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A Happy Song Today

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four illustrated pages including an introduction and the song "A Happy Song Today". Printed in black and red
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The Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; Dinah
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencils, inks, and letters credits from _John Stanley in the 1940s: A Comics Bibliography_, Frank M. Young, self-published, 2012.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 76 Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984).
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Dogcatcher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Barney Bear
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In Content Item: FlagOur Gang #[nn] published January 1946
as Dogcatcher [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer credited the script to Gaylord Du Bois via flawed citation. See Note for Barney Bear in issue #2's index.
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Jimmy Wells

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Jimmy Wells
Character(s): Jimmy Wells; Professor Tubbs
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1943 by Oskar Lebeck.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 76 Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984).
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King and the Wolf Pack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, nature
Feature(s): King
Character(s): King (dog); Saucy, a young female wolf; a trapper and his family
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1943 by Oskar Lebeck.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 76 Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984).
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"Ya know - Spading up a victory..."

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Character(s): Barney Bear; Froggie; Jerry
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Plant Victory Gardens promotional page; in black and red on inside back cover
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens, humorous
Character(s): Barney Bear; Benny Burro; Flip; Dip; King; Tom; Jerry; Our Gang (photograph)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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