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Issue: Tops In Humor #1
Publication Date: January 1944
 
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Publisher: FlagRemington Morse
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Pages: 68
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Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 65 (26 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Book consists of cartoon panels and strips as well as jokes.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 5" x 7 1/4"
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
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humorous
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Could you show me how to play mister?
A sexy young woman asks a baseball player for lessons.
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Bottom one-third of page is publisher info and states that "This entire book was created by the Harry "A" Chesler Jr. Features Syndicate."
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And It Shall Come to Pass

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Hopeful editorial about the coming day of "peace and good-will for man."
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Begins with a quote from Isaiah from the Old Testament.
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Laughing At Life!

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3 stand-alone gag cartoons.
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Riggin Bill
Riggin Bill
Oops!
2 drunken sailors argue over fifty cents found on the street.
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Sorry master, that too was rationed!
A genie denies a man's wish.
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Riggin Bill
Riggin Bill
Chaps look what I found in the blackout
Sailor Bill gets in a poker game with some British sailors.
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He got his wings today.
Young bird learns to fly.
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Riggin Bill
Give me another kiss, babe!
Bill pitches woo with a young woman.
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Saves embarrassment!
A young woman takes a bath in front of a transparent wall.
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Riggin Bill
Riggin Bill
Go break up that crap game...
Bill's commanding officer orders him to break up a crap game, but Bill misunderstands.
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Riggin Bill
Riggin Bill
But it says PETS on the window!
Bill takes liberties with a female pet shop clerk and is rebuked.
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We were robbed!
Two attractive young women, seeing a church sign about "The Wages of Sin," feel they've been short-changed.
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Allah be praised!
The U.S. Army imports portable toilets to the desert and impresses a local resident.
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Jest Married

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10 text jokes all relating to marriage.
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Funny! The gadget never failed me before in locating gold diggin's!
A young woman receiving jewelry from her suitor is surprised when a miner emerges in her living room.
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Jest Gossip

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10 text jokes about a man's life.
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Yes I know Miss Jones as a matter of fact -- I'm married to her!
A man finds his wife dining with someone else.
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Jest Rationing

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A series of humorous observations about wartime rationing.
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All I say is boo!
A circus employee uses an ostrich to dig holes for him.
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Jest Ticulations

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A page of humorous observations on life.
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Oh hello-o-o-o!
A "stage door Johnny" brandishing a "bouquet" of money gets the attention of an attractive young woman.
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Jest Bits

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A page of varied jokes.
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I could have married a football player --
A young woman discusses her past with a friend.
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Jest Information

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A page of factoids with humorous twists.
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I know I've been working late often, dear, but you've no idea what I'm up against!
A businessman telephones his wife.
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Jest Love

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A page of text jokes about love.
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Riggin Bill; Private Bill
So I said, please don't, I'm not that kind of a girl -- and the sap took me seriously!
A young woman talks on the telephone.
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Riggin Bill and Private Bill appear in a picture on the wall. These characters are drawn by Joe Beck but the sexy young woman is drawn by someone else.
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Jest Anything

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A page of varied text jokes.
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At first I was mad when my wife told me to go to the devil -- but now am I happy!
A man enjoys himself in a bar with two blonde women.
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Jest Comments

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Humorous statements about life.
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Mother, you mean to say that stork brought me?
A baby elephant doesn't think the spindly stork could have carried him.
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It's O.K. dear, see where it hit!
A man isn't worried because the torpedo hit their ship "nearly a block away."
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2-page centerspread of the publication.
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Private Chesler
Dear Mom You remember Tony the bootblack?
Pvt. Chesler writes to his mother about his fellow soldiers.
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"Private Chesler" is named after syndicate head Harry "A" Chesler Jr.
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Private Chesler
Private Chesler; General; a WAC
Dear Mom Our general rides a very active horse.
Private Chesler writes to his mother about his military activities.
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Private Chesler
Private Chesler
Dear Mom My uniform was selected for me.
Private Chesler writes to his mother.
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Private Chesler
Private Chesler
The boys are always laughing.
Private Chesler writes to his mother.
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Private Chesler
Private Chesler
Dear Mom Tell the Boys at the lunch wagon that Joe the Spaghetti Cook arrived here and is right at home.
Private Chesler writes to his mother.
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Private Chesler
Private Chesler
I don't think you folks at home realize what I am up against here.
Private Chesler writes to his mother.
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This story omits the "Dear Mom" salutation on his letters but is otherwise the same format as the previous stories (2 slightly-related panels per story, with images of his letters home accompanied by ironic art).
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Jest Thinkin'

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One page of jokes.
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I got your card saying you were having a wonderful time and wished I were here!
A young woman and her new husband are greeted by her mother while on their honeymoon.
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Jest Notes

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Another page of text jokes.
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Uncle Ben
Uncle Ben, you old dear!
Uncle Ben brings a young couple a ham.
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Brief Cases

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One page of unrelated jokes.
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Impy Rings the Bell

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Impy
Impy observes a man at a carnival game.
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Love and Kisses, Tears and Hisses

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One page of text jokes about men and women.
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The credit clothier's collector is here sir!
A butler has had his uniform repossessed.
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Hits and Mrs.

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One page of jokes about relationships between men and women.
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Bib & Tucker
Custody of the children is settled
Two one-panel gag cartoons about the married couple Bib & Tucker.
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I don't know what's wrong with Waldo lately.
A man enjoys the nude paintings on his wall.
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Men are getting politer
Two women are riding a crowded subway train.
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He says 'Do you have an empty tube?'
A young woman returns home with some "loose" toothpaste.
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I wish I had your sense of humor!
Two men appear on the stage as 'Bosco the Skating Horse.'
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Well are you still going to stand up for your rights --
A violent young woman berates her husband.
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Come, come gentlemen -- you can do better than that!
A bootblack dislikes the joking of the sailors and soldier who are his customers.
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Words Without Music

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One page of text jokes about women.
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Allright, suppose I DO give you a kiss -- then what?
A woman questions a man.
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How can you tell they are government typists?
Two soldiers observe two young women in the park. Presumably the joke is that the women have large rear ends from sitting and typing all day.
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I'll admit our prices are higher.
A couple shops for jewelry.
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I left a light burning for my wandering boy
A mother weeps because her Civil Defense warden son complained about the light she left on for him.
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Mrs. Speed; John's wife
Just think Hirum married me the same day you married John
Hirum's wife has four children while her friend has only one. The office door indicates "Hirum Speed" is the production manager of "Henry J. Kaiser & Co." [Kaiser was noted for the speed during which his company produced ships during World War Two.]
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I-I-I wish to -er- report, sir
A sailor claims the sexy young woman he's been holding on his lap is a stowaway.
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Dr. Seezall; his patient
Of course I'm a man!
A man is examined by a psychiatrist.
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Stars & Stripes

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2 unrelated gag cartoons. The second cartoon has women service members observing a male gorilla, while male service members gather around a female gorilla.
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I know what you're thinking!
A woman slaps Rodin's statue of "The Thinker."
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