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Issue Details

Issue #447
Published January 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "ANDY HARDY COMICS, No. 447". Code number is A.H.O.S. #447-531. Copyright 1952 by Western Printing and Lithographing. Second of four Andy Hardy Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Andy Hardy; Polly Benedict
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al Hubbard

1 page Andy Hardy story "Tripped at Tennis"

Characters Andy Hardy; Polly Benedict
Synopsis Andy excels at tennis, except for leaping the net when he wins.
Genre teen; sports
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al Hubbard
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.

11 page Andy Hardy story "Company Masquerade Party"

Characters Andy Hardy; Polly Benedict; Glamorpuss Gams; Beezy; J. P. Steamblow
Synopsis Glamourpuss records Andy pretending to be an executive in order to impress Polly. She then blackmails Andy by threatening to take the cylinder transcription to Andy's boss if he doesn't take her to the company masquerade party instead of Polly. Andy gets Beezy to sub as a date with Polly. Andy goes to the party with Glamorpuss, but is surprised to find Beezy and Polly there, too.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al Hubbard

12 page Andy Hardy story "Dressed for Success"

Characters Andy Hardy; Polly Benedict; Mrs. Hardy; Stuffy Hayden
Synopsis Andy is wearing a dress of his mother's that she is altering when his car starts rolling down the hill. He hops in to stop it. After a hair-raising trip across town, he ducks into the Academy of Dance to ditch the dress. As it turns out, Polly is there for a ballet recital, along with Stuffy Hayden. After a fracas backstage, Andy and Stuffy, who now is wearing the dress, stop two crooks who are making off with the guests' furs and purses.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al Hubbard

9 page Andy Hardy story "Romance with Lana Grable"

Characters Andy Hardy; Polly Benedict; Beezy; Clarence Goldsack
Synopsis Andy gets jealous when Polly rides with rich Clarence Goldsack. He doctors a photo of movie star Lana Grable to try to make Polly think the two are a couple. Polly agrees to not see Clarence if Andy stops seeing Lana. However complications arise when Lana Grable makes a personal appearance in town and Polly wants Andy to break up with her in person.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al Hubbard
Notes Lana Grable is a combination of the names of movie actresses Lana Turner and Betty Grable.

1 page Andy Hardy story "Fun While It Lasted"

Characters Andy Hardy; Polly Benedict
Synopsis Andy goes all out to show Polly a good time on a date, but after seeing her home has to hitchhike because he's broke.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al hubbard
Notes Inside back; black and white; pantomime story.

1 page Andy Hardy story "Going Right to the Source"

Characters Andy Hardy; Mr. Hardy
Synopsis Andy is taking Polly to the big graduation dance. Instead of asking to borrow the car, he asks his father if he can borrow his wallet instead.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al Hubbard
Notes Back cover; color.