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Issue Details

Issue #229
Published May 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SMOKEY STOVER, No. 229. Code number is S.S.O.S. #229-495. Copyright 1946, 1949 by News Syndicate Co, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters Smokey Stover; Spooky (cat)
Genre humor
Script Bill Holman
Pencils Bill Holman
Inks Bill Holman
Letters Bill Holman
Notes Large panel from Smokey Stover Sunday with reprint of Spooky Sunday topper at bottom. Panel is from the fifth page of the Smokey Stover reprints in the comic.
Reprinted from Spooky (News Syndicate Co.) Sunday strip from 1946; from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate Co.) Sunday strip from 1946 (one panel enlarged)

1 page Spooky story "Tasty Painting / The House-cleaner"

Characters Spooky (cat);
Synopsis Two half-page strips: (top) Spooky eats the paint off a painting of a bowl of milk. (bottom) Spooky's owner attaches a carpet sweeper to Spooky so he can clean the floors while chasing mice.
Genre humor
Script Bill Holman
Pencils Bill Holman
Inks Bill Holman
Letters Bill Holman
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
Reprinted from Spooky (News Syndicate Co.) Sunday strips from 1946.

32 page Smokey Stover story "various"

Characters Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); Cookie (Smokey's wife); Mayor Dinkdipper
Genre humor
Script Bill Holman
Pencils Bill Holman
Inks Bill Holman
Letters Bill Holman
Notes 32 Sunday Smokey Stover Strips from 1946.
Reprinted from Smokey Stover (News Syndicate Co.) Sunday newspaper strips from 1946 (32 different strips)

1 page Spooky story "Spooky and the Cow / The Coo-Coo Clock"

Characters Spooky (cat)
Synopsis Two half-page strips: (top) When his owner breaks a bottle of milk, Spooky brings him a cow. (bottom) Spooky's owner puts a coo-coo clock in a bird cage to keep Spooky away from it.
Genre humor
Script Bill Holman
Pencils Bill Holman
Inks Bill Holman
Letters Bill Holman
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
Reprinted from Spooky (News Syndicate Co.) Sunday strips from 1946.

1 page Spooky story "Fence Inside House / The Fishbowl"

Characters Spooky (cat)
Synopsis two half-page strips: (top) Spooky's owner builds a fence in his bedroom so Spooky will stay indoors. (bottom) Spooky tries to get into a fishbowl but it falls through a window onto his owner's head.
Genre humor
Script Bill Holman
Pencils Bill Holman
Inks Bill Holman
Letters Bill Holman
Notes Back cover.
Reprinted from Spooky (News Syndicate Co.) Sunday strips from 1946.