Issue Details

Issue	#65
Published	March 1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "SMITTY, No. 65." Code number is S.O.S. 65-453. Copyright 1937 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, 1940, 1941 by Chicago Tribune.

Cover Details

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey
Genre	humor
Pencils	"Bernt" ?
Inks	"Bernt" ?
Notes	Cover is signed "Berndt" but may or may not be by Walter Berndt.

1 page Smitty story "Ah, the "penny-a-package" delivery man!"

Characters	Herby
Synopsis	Herby delivers parcels for a "penny-a-package."
Genre	children
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

3 page Smitty story "Steve Smart, from my old home town!!"

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Steve Smart
Synopsis	An old friend of Mr. Bailey hides some stolen pearls in a vase in Mr. Bailey's office
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940

4 page Smitty story "Looks as if the law has finally caught up with Steve Smart..."

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Steve Smart
Synopsis	The police find the stolen pearls in Mr. Bailey's office and accuse him of being the thief.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Continued from previous sequence.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940

1 page Smitty story "It's a good thing I've been to Bailey's office before..."

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty; Steve Smart
Synopsis	Mr. Bailey and the police set a trap for Steve Smart.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	continued from previous sequence.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940

4 page Smitty story "Say chum, how about a nice bone for me?"

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty; Herby; George (cameo)
Synopsis	Mr. Bailey learns ventriloquism. Later he and Smitty go to the North Woods on a fishing trip.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940

4 page Smitty story "Say how come? We thought we saw you out on the lake in your canoe."

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty; George
Synopsis	Mr. Bailey spends his vacation trying to catch the huge fish "Old Fighter."
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Continued from previous sequence.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940

4 page Smitty story "Good luck Meester Bailey"

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty; George
Synopsis	Mr. Bailey finally hooks "Old Fighter," but it's a question of who's caught who.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Continued from previous sequence.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1940

4 page Smitty story "I've got some problems to figure out and I can't seem to get any answers."

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty; Captain Stiletto (cameo)
Synopsis	Mr. Bailey is troubled by some business concerns and decides to go south to the beaches and sunshine to clear his mind. He takes Smitty with him.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941

4 page Smitty story "It would be a marvelous place for me to do some quiet thinking"

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty; Captain Stiletto
Synopsis	Mr. Bailey hires Captain Stiletto for a week's worth of sea fishing, not knowing that Stiletto is smuggling ammunition for a rebel.
Genre	adventure
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Continued from previous sequence.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941

4 page Smitty story "Hey Captain! Aren't you worried the boat might go down?"

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty; Captain Stiletto
Synopsis	The ship and its cargo of ammunition reach General Pedro's island. A storm comes up and the crew deserts the ship, leaving Mr. Bailey and Smitty aboard.
Genre	adventure
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Continued from previous sequence.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941

4 page Smitty story "There's some rocks ahead!"

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty; Captain Stiletto (cameo); Herby
Synopsis	The ship is washed over the rocks and is grounded on a sand bar. Mr. Bailey and Smitty get off the ship right before it blows up, courtesy of one of Mr. Bailey's discarded cigars. The two write Smitty's parents that they are coming home. Meanwhile Smitty's mother is ill and Herby takes over the housework.
Genre	adventure; sitcom
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Continued from previous sequence.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941

4 page Smitty story "A new mother in the Smith home!!"

Characters	Herby; Smitty; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis	Herby takes over the housework while his mother is ill. Smitty asks Mr. Bailey for a promotion to a job in the sales department.
Genre	sitcom
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Continued from previous sequence.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941

4 page Smitty story "I'm gonna work in the sales dept. and you're going to take my old job..."

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty; Herby (cameo)
Synopsis	Smitty goes to work in the sales department. Mr. Bailey misses him and Smitty misses Mr. Bailey.
Genre	sitcom
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Continued from previous sequence.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941

6 page Smitty story "Mr, Bailey says this is the day I've got to put the stock room in order"

Characters	Mr. Bailey; Smitty
Synopsis	Both Smitty and Mr. Bailey wish Smitty was back at his old job as office boy.
Genre	sitcom
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Continued from previous sequence. Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on back cover in color.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1941