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Issue Details

Issue #518
Published December 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "RIVETS, No. 518." Code number is RIVETS O.S. #518-5312. Copyright 1953 by Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate. First and only Four Color issue. Based on the newspaper strip "Rivets" by George Sixta.

Cover Details

Characters Rivets (dog)
Genre animal
Pencils George Sixta ?
Inks George Sixta ?

1 page Rivets story "Caught in the Middle"

Characters Rivets (dog)
Synopsis Rivets is depressed after being chased by a larger dog, but cheers up when he finds a small dog that he can chase.
Genre animal
Script George Sixta ?
Pencils George Sixta ?
Inks George Sixta ?
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.

12 page Rivets story "Dog Daze"

Characters Rivets (dog)
Synopsis Rivets is let in the house during a storm. A burglar breaks in, but Rivets cluelessly helps him collect all the valuables. The burglar accidentally knocks himself out and Rivets gets the credit for capturing him.
Genre animal
Script George Sixta ?
Pencils George Sixta ?
Inks George Sixta ?

8 page Rivets story "The Boner"

Characters Rivets (dog)
Synopsis Rivets is accused of stealing a dinosaur bone after visiting the Museum of Natural History with his owners.
Genre animal
Script George Sixta ?
Pencils George Sixta ?
Inks George Sixta ?

12 page Rivets story "Scents and Nonsense"

Characters Rivets (dog)
Synopsis While on a picnic with his owners, Rivets and his master, Stevie, a young boy, get sprayed by a skunk.
Genre animal
Script George Sixta ?
Pencils George Sixta ?
Inks George Sixta ?
Notes Stevie is shown reading a "Rivets" comic book in the last panel, which has a cover resembling that of this comic.

1 page Rivets story "Homing Instinct"

Characters Rivets (dog)
Synopsis Rivets follows Stevie and his father on a walk, but is told to go home. Instead when the two go in the door of the soda shop, they find Rivets waiting for them.
Genre animal
Script George Sixta ?
Pencils George Sixta ?
Inks George Sixta ?
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story.

1 page Rivets story "Natural Selection"

Characters Rivets (dog)
Synopsis Rivets keeps salesmen and meter readers away from the house, but lets the butcher deliver his order.
Genre animal
Script George Sixta ?
Pencils George Sixta ?
Inks George Sixta ?
Notes Back cover; pantomime story.