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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): George Peltz (signed)

Inker(s): George Peltz (signed)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Happy Jack

Character(s): Happy Jack

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Pages: 1

Helpful Happy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Vince Fago

Inker(s): Vince Fago

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Happy Jack

Character(s): Happy Jack; Smith

Synopsis: Jack "helps" his pal Smith with some home repairs.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Smith calls Happy "Andy" on page 6. On the other pages, "Happy" and "Jack" have been inserted into the dialogue balloons replacing the character's original name "Handy Andy."

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Feature(s): Dog Daze

Character(s): Wilbur; Wilbur's wife

First Line: Wait here, Wilbur!

Synopsis: Wilbur's wife goes into a beauty parlor for a makeover.

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Pages: 0.5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Feature(s): Sandy Squirrel and His Cousins

Character(s): Sandy Squirrel

First Line: Oh, golly! We can't see!

Synopsis: A lady's hat blocks Sandy and his cousins' view of a movie screen.

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Pages: 0.5

School Daze

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

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Pages: 2

A Fisherman's Tale

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

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Pages: 6

Notes: No dialogue balloons, just text at the bottom of each panel. Text is in rhyme.

Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, science fiction

Feature(s): The Space Bums

Character(s): Thick; Thin; Flora; Dora

Synopsis: Thick and Thin, egged on by their girlfriends Flora and Dora, set off for Pluto to seek their fortune in their spaceship The Flying Herring. They land on "Pluto" and return to Earth with gold cylinders--only to discover these are fire extinguishers from the Hotel Statler in New York City.

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Pages: 5

Notes: This feature appeared in at least one other comic: Crusader from Mars (Ziff-Davis, 1952 Series) #2 (Fall 1952).

Who Am I?

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, western

Feature(s): Sparkie

Character(s): Sparkie

First Line: Hi, hello! This time I'm going to be a man who lived in the Old West--

Synopsis: Sparkie asks the reader to guess which historic character he's impersonating. The answer is William F. Cody, aka "Buffalo Bill."

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Pages: 6

Notes: This feature previously appeared in Big Jon and Sparkie 1 and Sparkie 2-4 (Ziff-Davis, 1951 Series) but this story does not appear to have been reprinted from any of those issues.