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Issue: Comics on Parade #3 (51)
Publication Date: December 1945
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Issues: #3 (51) of 104 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagUnited Feature
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: United Feature Syndicate Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 5
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Contents are from Li'l Abner newspaper strips with publication dates from March to June 1939 (per Art Lortie).

Indicia: COMICS ON PARADE, Dec. 1945, Vol. 5, No. 3. Published quarterly and copyright 1945 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc., New York, N. Y. Editorial and Advertising office 220 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Phone Murray Hill 2-2030. Single copies 10 cents. Distributed by the American News Company, Inc., 131 Varick St., New York 12, N. Y., Printed in the U. S. A. Subscriptions not accepted.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Mammy's larnin' th' Dogpatch Jive

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Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp
Inker(s): Al Capp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Salomey
Synopsis: Mammy jumps when shot in the rear by a boy with a slingshot.
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The NEW age of chemistry

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Synopsis: Ad for Chemcraft chemistry sets from The Porter Chemical Company
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Daisy Mae tricks Lil Abner into proposing marriage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp
Inker(s): Al Capp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Ole Man Mose; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Hannibal Hoops; Salomey; Winky; Henry; Granny Scragg
Synopsis: Advised by Ole Man Mose, Daisy Mae tricks Li'l Abner into proposing to marry her. King Henry slips off to Dogpatch on a hunting expedition. Hannibal Hoops fakes a photograph of Daisy Mae kissing Winky and shows it to Li'l Abner.
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His marvelous magnetic powers save the town from a flaming meteor

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars
Character(s): Volto from Mars
Synopsis: Volto from Mars saves the town from a flaming meteor and is rewarded with Grape-Nuts Flakes.
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Daisy Mae nurses Henry back to health

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp
Inker(s): Al Capp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Hannibal Hoops; Winky; Henry; Granny Scragg; Margo Mars
Synopsis: Li'l Abner leaves Dogpatch. Henry escapes to Dogpatch, is injured and feigns amnesia so that Daisy Mae can nurse him back to health. Hannibal Hoops tries to trick Daisy Mae into marrying him. Margo Mars discovers Henry in Dogpatch.
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Daisy Mae and Henry make plans to marry

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp
Inker(s): Al Capp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Marryin' Sam; Henry; Margo Mars
Synopsis: Henry proposes marriage to Daisy Mae, who finds Marryin' Sam. Henry's advisors find him and tell him that he has become a king. Henry is about to broadcast the news of his marriage when Abner returns to Dogpatch. Abner receives a letter from Scotland.
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Li'l Abner receives a letter from his Aunt Beatrixe

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp
Inker(s): Al Capp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Wild Thing of the Moors
Synopsis: Li'l Abner receives a letter from his Aunt Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire, asking him to live with her in New York.
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Pan American Stamp Tips

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Synopsis: Article about stamps from the Dominican Republic and Bolivia, plus classified ads for stamps
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Duchess Beatrixe gives a costume ball for Li'l Abner

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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp
Inker(s): Al Capp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Daisy Mae Scragg; Mammy [Pansy Yokum]; Pappy [Lucifer Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; Black Rufe; Wild Thing of the Moors
Synopsis: Li'l Abner takes a train to New York, trailed by Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat, who are trailed by Black Rufe. Duchess Beatrixe has a mysterious suit of armor, containing the Wild Thing of the Moors, shipped to her home in New York. Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat tangle with the Wild Thing of the Moors at a costume ball given in Li'l Abner's honor.
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[untitled]

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Synopsis: Classified ads
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Jokes

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Four jokes
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The family next door; Our people

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Writer(s): Ed Dodd
Penciller(s): Ed Dodd
Inker(s): Ed Dodd
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Back Home Again
Synopsis: Two single-panel gags
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Li'l Abner helps Charlie the ghost marry off Linda Lou

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp
Inker(s): Al Capp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Beatrixe, Duchess of Bopshire; Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; Black Rufe; Wild Thing of the Moors; Sir Basil; Charlie [ghost]; Linda Lou; Eddie Noble
Synopsis: Li'l Abner, Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat ship the Wild Thing of the Moors and Black Rufe to Scotland with Sir Basil. Li'l Abner meets Charlie, a top-hatted ghost who must wander the earth until he makes his two fiancées happy. Li'l Abner attempts to give $250,000 to Eddie Noble so that he can marry one of them, Linda Lou.
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Li'l Abner helps Charlie the ghost marry off Sandra Petwell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Al Capp
Penciller(s): Al Capp
Inker(s): Al Capp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Abner
Character(s): Li'l Abner [Abner Yokum]; Charlie [ghost]; Eddie Noble; Sandra Petwell; Hon. Peter Peachtree; Hon. Peter Peachtree, Jr.
Synopsis: Eddie Noble accepts $250,000 so that he can marry Linda Lou. Li'l Abner offers to marry Sandra Petwell himself, but she rejects him when he laughs at her hat. Sandra instead marries Hon. Peter Peachtree, Jr., so Charlie is released from wandering the earth.
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Kaffir Kutie

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Writer(s): John Hix
Penciller(s): John Hix
Inker(s): John Hix
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Strange as it seems
Synopsis: True facts about Kaffir hairdos, geysers, Francis Parkman and flying fish
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): Abner Dean
Penciller(s): Abner Dean
Inker(s): Abner Dean
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Funny Side Up
Synopsis: Single-panel gags
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Exquisite! Lovely! Alluring!

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Synopsis: Ad for ring and earring set from Invenco Corp.
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Free 150 power microscope with this offer

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Synopsis: Ad for "Wonders of Living Things" with free microscope from Metro Publications
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Your favorite's autographed picture free

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Synopsis: Ad for song folios with free autographed celebrity photos from Leeds Music Corporation
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