Issue Details

Issue	#32
Published	1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "SMITTY, No. 32." No code number. Copyright 1937, 1938, 1940 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey
Script	Walter Berndt ?
Pencils	Walter Berndt ? [as Berndt] (signed)
Inks	Walter Berndt ? [as Berndt] (signed)
Notes	Cover is signed "Berndt," but may or may not be by him.

3 page Smitty story "Boss I know a young fella who needs a job"

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Stanley; Herby
Synopsis	Smitty gets his friend Stanley a job at Mr. Bailey's company.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Stanley, the new-boy, is out to get Smitty's job..."

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Herby; Stanley
Synopsis	Stanley, the new boy, gets Smitty demoted from his job as office boy, so he can take it.
Genre	humor
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "I never lied to you - They're framing me!"

Characters	Smitty; Stanley; Herby; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis	Smitty schemes to get Stanley in trouble so he can get his old job back.
Genre	humor
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Well, you're both gonna be sorry for that!"

Characters	Smitty; Herby; Stanley; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis	Stanley's plot to take Smitty's job is revealed when the public address system is accidentally switched on. Smitty gets his old job back and uses a $25 bonus to buy his first pair of long pants.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Oho! Am I somethin' in my new long pants!!"

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey; George
Synopsis	George, the Indian guide from the North Woods, comes to the city and gets a job as caretaker of Mr. Bailey's new home at the top of a 36-story building.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Here comes George, the Indian guide"

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey; George
Synopsis	George's donkey has a baby and George takes a train back to the North Woods. Mr. Bailey and Smitty take a plane to get there first and play a practical joke on George. Later Smitty takes a canoe ride by himself and gets caught in rapids and is taken far from the camp.
Genre	adventure
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Smitty never came back from that canoe ride he took"

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey; George
Synopsis	Smitty is found by two Indians and is taken to their camp. They say they'll take him along when they go to see George--when they break camp in September.
Genre	adventure
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "You know we're pals now - You ought to help me..."

Characters	Smitty; George; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis	Smitty falls into the daily routine at the Indian camp. George and Mr. Bailey, searching for Smitty, come down the river near the Indian camp, but their canoe sinks when they hit a rock in some rapids and they have to turn back.
Genre	adventure
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Why don't you bring a gun?"

Characters	Smitty
Synopsis	Smitty and his Indian friend find a bear cub in the woods and bring it back to the camp. The cub causes problems by stealing food and is in big trouble when he is suspected of biting a papoose in the arm.
Genre	adventure
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Dis time I finish him--"

Characters	Smitty; George; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis	Smitty saves the bear cub when he finds a dead wolf under a bush. The bear had killed the wolf after the wolf had bitten the papoose. George and Mr. Bailey find Smitty at the Indian camp. The Indians send smoke signals to Mr. Bailey's camp to have an amphibious airplane come and pick them up.
Genre	adventure
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Jinkies! I'm late for dinner and Ma will spank me"

Characters	Smitty; Herby; Mr. Bailey; Scrappy (dog); Freckles (dog)
Synopsis	Smitty picks a fight with the neighborhood bully after being convinced a lucky charm he found has special powers. Herby accidentally sells his dog Freckles to a stranger for $150.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "It's a little difficult not knowing who the man is..."

Characters	Smitty; Herby; Freckles (dog)
Synopsis	Herby finds that his dog Freckles was sold to a rich family living in a mansion in town. The family's boy won't give up the dog.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Oh, fiddlesticks! - A name doesn't mean anything..."

Characters	Herby; Freckles (dog); Scrappy (dog)
Synopsis	The rich boy is willing to give Freckles back to Herby, but his governess forbids it. Freckles gets sick and the rich boy and Herby smuggle him out to go back to Herby's home.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1937

4 page Smitty story "Aha! Have I caught you in some mischief?"

Characters	Herby; Freckles (dog)
Synopsis	Freckles just had a bad case of homesickness and improves immediately when he's back at Herby's house. The rich boy gives the dog back to Herby.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1938

4 page Smitty story "Boy o' boy!! Is this a riot!! Freckles has gone..."

Characters	Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Herby; Freckles (dog)
Synopsis	Mr. Bailey practices ventriloquism for his club's stunt show.
Script	Walter Berndt
Pencils	Walter Berndt
Inks	Walter Berndt
Notes	Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
Reprinted	from Smitty (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1938