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Issue Details

Issue #445
Published January 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "CHARLIE McCARTHY, No. 445". Code number is C.M.O.S. #445-531. Copyright 1952 by Cal Interests, Inc. Series continued from Charlie McCarthy (Dell, 1949 series) #9 (July 1952).

Cover Details

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Genre humor
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Notes Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Mortimer Snerd story "Mortimer writes a story"

Characters Mortimer Snerd; Charlie McCarthy
Synopsis Mortimer writes a story that doesn't go anywhere.
Genre humor
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

21 page Charlie McCarthy story Charlie McCarthy, the "Dinosaur Hunter"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis After Mortimer takes a dinosaur bone from a museum to use in a garbage disposal demonstration, he and Charlie have to travel to the Lost Swampland of Zambogoola to find a replacement.
Genre humor; science fiction
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg ?

11 page Charlie McCarthy story Charlie McCarthy and "The Menace of Misty Island"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis Mortimer delivers a telegram to the mysterious Misty Island. When he fails to return, Charlie goes to the island, and finds it occupied by several men who are victims of a mist that clouds their minds and makes them forget.
Genre humor; science fiction
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg ?

1 page Charlie McCarthy story "Can't Stand Himself"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis Mortimer has cleaned the hog pen and is sitting in a corner because he "can't stand to get near m'self".
Genre humor
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Charlie McCarthy story "Pin the Tail on the Donkey"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis Mortimer has a birthday party for Bessie, his cow.
Genre humor
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Back cover; color.