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Issue Details

Issue #155
Published July 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Carl Anderson's HENRY, No. 155." Code number is H.O.S. #155-477. Copyright 1947 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Second of two Henry Four Colors. Continues as Henry (Dell, 1948 series) with #1 (January-March 1948.) Based on the Henry newspaper strip. In the newspaper strip Henry is mute. In this comic he talks, though he doesn't have a mouth.

Cover Details

Characters Henry
Genre children
Pencils John Liney
Inks John Liney
Letters typeset

1 page [Henry] story "Bottleneck on Diving Board"

Characters Henry
Synopsis A timid diver causes a delay on the diving board.
Genre children
Script John Liney
Pencils John Liney
Inks John Liney
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story.

23 page Carl Anderson's Henry story Henry Makes Unk say, "Uncle"

Characters Henry; Henry's mother; Henry's uncle; Waldo; Lefty; Zero; Dusty (dog)
Synopsis Henry pretends he has a toothache in order to get his uncle to the dentist to have two teeth filled. Henry goes to the movies and watches a cartoon--a Henry cartoon!--which he doesn't like and demands his money back. Later he starts a dog laundry, but ends up taking more baths than the dog.
Genre children
Script John Liney
Pencils John Liney
Inks John Liney
Letters John Liney
Notes Henry breaks the "Fourth Wall" and talks directly to the reader at times, as does the narrator in the panel captions.

25 page Carl Anderson's Henry story "Love and Left Hooks"

Characters Henry; Henrietta; Henry's mother; Atomic Bomb (bully);Horace; Weasel; Tommy; Mister Blubber; Blimp
Synopsis A tough new kid, Atomic Bomb, is in town. Henry accidentally challenges him to a fight. While in training Henry gets knocked out and dreams he is a flying hero, complete with a magic cape. After the fight, which Henry wins with the aid of a falling tree, he tries to raise money to buy a toy panda to give to Henrietta.
Genre children
Script John Liney
Pencils John Liney
Inks John Liney
Letters John Liney
Notes Henry breaks the "Fourth Wall" at times and talks directly to the reader.

1 page [Henry] story "Over-stuffed Cream Puff"

Characters Henry
Synopsis Henry fills a cream puff with so much filling it explodes.
Genre children
Script John Liney
Pencils John Liney
Inks John Liney
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story.

1 page [Henry] story "Sweater Trader"

Characters Henry; Henrietta
Synopsis Henrietta knits an ill-fitting sweater for Henry, but Henry decides it looks better on his dog.
Genre children
Script John Liney
Pencils John Liney
Inks John Liney
Notes Back cover; pantomime story.