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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published November-December 1949
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman

6 page Peter Porkchops story "Aha! The crystal ball says that you should beware..."

Characters Peter Porkchops; Wolfie; Gazooba
Synopsis When Wolfie visits Gazooba the fortune-teller, he gets the idea to dress up as a fortune-teller himself. As Salami the Swami, he tries to trick Peter into giving him money, but it doesn't work.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "All Aboard the DC Express!"

Genre funny animals
Notes house ad for DC funny animal comics {Leading Screen Comics, Funny Stuff, Real Screen Comics, Animal Antics, Funny Folks, Comic Cavalcade}

6 page Peter Porkchops story "Yippee! I did it! It's all mine!"

Characters Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
Synopsis When Peter is notified that he's won a $100 prize in a contest, Wolfie tries to figure out a way to collect the prize in Peter's place.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman

1 page U.S. Royal and his Jet-Propelled Bike; U.S. Royal advertisement "Spoiling the Gangsters' Scheme"

Characters U.S. Royal
Genre adventure
Pencils George Roussos ?
Inks George Roussos ?
Notes advertisement for U.S. Royal bicycle tires in sequential art form

5 page Goofy Goose story "I'm awfully glad you could come to my picnic, Mr. Ant!"

Characters Goofy Goose; Calvin Cow
Synopsis Goofy thinks it's "Be Kind to Insects Week" so Calvin tries to disguise himself as a bug to get something out of Goofy.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman

7 page Peter Porkchops story "Hmm...the old shack needs a little patching up in spots!"

Characters Wolfie; Peter Porkchops
Synopsis Wolfie decides he'd rather live in Peter's house than fix up his own.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman

7 page Ruff and Reddy story "Heavenly Hammock"

Characters Ruff; Reddy
Synopsis The cat and dog fight over who is going to relax in the hammock they found.
Genre funny animals

1 page Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Rolls advertisement "Captain Tootsie Saves the Day!"

Characters Captain Tootsie
Synopsis The neighborhood kids start a fire to get rid of the trash they collected, and Captain Tootsie has to save them so he can lecture them about fire safety.
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Notes advertisement for Tootsie Rolls candy

Half page Little Stanley filler "By day the aardvark sleeps..."

Characters Little Stanley
Synopsis information about the aardvark and the gnu
Genre fact
Script Martin Naydel ?
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel

2 page Peter Porkchops text story "Trouble or Nothing"

Characters Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ? (illustration)
Inks Rube Grossman ? (illustration)
Colors ? (illustration)
Letters typeset

6 page Peter Porkchops story "Special Delivery package for Peter Porkchops!"

Characters Peter Porkchops; Wolfie; Peter's aunt
Synopsis Wolfie tries to get Peter's baby-sitting job away from him, so Peter dresses up as the baby to get back at Wolfie.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman

1 page Ozzie and Harriet promo (ad from the publisher) "Now! America's Favorite Radio Family"

Synopsis house ad for Ozzie and Harriet (DC, 1949 series) #1
Genre sitcom