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Issue: Raggedy Ann + Andy #1
Publication Date: June 1946
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Issues: #1 of 39 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell Magazine [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/14/1946
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date per Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 320.

Indicia lists title as Raggedy Ann + Raggedy Andy.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover (#22-23, 26-39); Matte Cover (#1-21, 24-25); Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Synopsis: Andy is holding his hands over the eyes of Raggedy Ann.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Walt Kelly was the lead artist for this series as Dan Noonan and Morris Gollub had only recently returned from military duty. Kelly's health issues prevented him from serving in the military, he had been with Western Publishing since 1941.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Dear Friends
Synopsis: A letter from Raggedy Ann and Andy introducing their new monthly magazine with a reference to the subscription form on the back cover. Beneath the letter is a credit list for the stories and artwork contained in the magazine.
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Where are you hitch-hiking to, Sunny Bunny?
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The credit listed on the previous page is Johnny Gruelle, but Gruelle died in 1938.
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The Sand Pile

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Credit listed on the inside cover is to Dorothy Aldis. Aldis was a writer not an artist, the illustrations are by Morris Gollub though he is not credited.
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Two Little Foxes

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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Gullub writer credit induced per two sources.

1) Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Etc. Maps New Series Vol 43 Pt 1 by Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Books - Group II - 1946. Page 25. It states:

Gollub, Morris. Comic strips.

The chick who couldn't swim and the duckling whose mother wouldn't let him. v. 1, no. 3. © 7-16-46; A 3172.
Chucky the colt. © 6-14-46; A 2887.
Two little foxes. © 5-14-46: A 2550.
© Oskar Lebeck, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y.

• 2) Michael Barrier, Funnybooks (U.C. Press, Oakland, 2015), which states:

Page 212:
"Gollub's first story for Animal Comics, 'Cubby and Tubby."

[It appears in Animal Comics #19. The GCD on-sale date for the issue is Jan 14, 1946.]

Page 28:
"In all cases where we supply the artist with either book character...the artist is handling the writing of the strip..." - Lebeck.

Page 31:
"After the first few episodes, Oskar left the artist-author to go pretty much on his own." - Frank Thomas.

Page 214:
"'In the early days,' Gollub said, 'I tried to write stories. I never liked writing stories. I thought it was time away from the drawing board. Noonan liked to write; he could do it better than I did...I enjoyed the drawing.' LeBeck accommodated Gollub by providing him with scripts." - Barrier.

By Animal Comics #27, Gollub had begun illustrating Gaylord Du Bois scripts, the first episode of Chuckeagon Charley's Tales. The issue's on-sale date: May 16, 1947. Gollub went on to illustrate many Du Bois scripts. But "in the early days" he tried adhering to Lebeck's old policy.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Raggedy Way
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Synopsis: The feature contains illustrated stories and nursery rhymes.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In part based on traditional verse.
Features contained: "Old Mother Goose" (1/2 pg.); "Three Wise Men of Gotham" (1/2 pg.); "Jack Spratt" (2/3 pg.); "Rain, Rain" (1/3 pg.); "Curly Locks" (1/2 pg.); "Cross Patch" (1/2 pg.); "Great A" (1/3 pg.); There Was an Old Woman -" (2/3 pg.); "Georgie, Porgie, Pudding and Pie" (1/2 pg.); "Little Boy Blue" (1/2 pg.); "Peas Porridge" (1 pg.).
Credit is on the first page.
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One Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Illustrations for this text story are small and are placed around the text to form a border.
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"I hope you have your crayons handy to color up Raggedy Ann and Andy"

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Disclose Notes: This filler is a line drawing of Raggedy Ann and Andy with text that says "I hope you have your crayons handy to color up Raggedy Ann and Andy."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Billy and Bonny Bee
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Pages: 6
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Baby Squirrel Speaks

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Disclose Notes: Photo of a Squirrel by H. Armstrong Roberts
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription form for "Raggedy Ann + Andy". $1.00 (1 year USA), $1.75 (2 years USA), $1.20 (1 year Canada), $2.20 (1 year foreign).

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