| Issue | #881 |
| Published | February 1958 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "THE CAPTAIN AND THE KIDS, No. 881." Code number is CAPT.+KIDS O.S. #881-582. Copyright 1958 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Based on the 1918-79 "The Captain and the Kids" newspaper strip by Rudolph Dirks and his son John Dirks. |
| Characters | Der Captain; Hans; Fritz |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | R. Dirks ? |
| Inks | R. Dirks ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Cover is signed "R. Dirks," but may or may not be by him. |
| Characters | The Captain; Hans; Fritz |
| Synopsis | A bird follows Hans and Fritz home and tries to eat a mounted fish hanging on a wall. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Jack Mendelsohn ? |
| Pencils | John Dirks ? |
| Inks | John Dirks ? |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | The Captain; The Inspector; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Barium Borax |
| Synopsis | Hans and Fritz fall into an underground cave while digging for worms to use as bait for oyster fishing. After walking a while in the cave, they find Professor Barium Borax, who is looking for emeralds in his Molemobile. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Jack Mendelsohn ? |
| Pencils | John Dirks ? |
| Inks | John Dirks ? |
| Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | The Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; The Inspector |
| Synopsis | Fritz dresses a monkey in his clothes to do his violin practice while he goes swimming with Hans. The monkey plays better than Fritz does. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Jack Mendelsohn ? |
| Pencils | John Dirks ? |
| Inks | John Dirks ? |
| Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | The Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Klaak-Klaak (stork); Paprika |
| Synopsis | Paprika, the President of Banana, sends a message for help by stork to The Captain. The Captain, Hans, and Fritz go by boat to the island where they find that Paprika has gone broke buying postage stamps from General Tabasco. The General will take over the country unless Paprika can come up with 2,000 pazasters. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Jack Mendelsohn ? |
| Pencils | John Dirks ? |
| Inks | John Dirks ? |
| Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Hans; Fritz |
| Synopsis | Fritz tries to fool an ostrich by hiding his head in the sand. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Jack Mendelsohn ? |
| Pencils | John Dirks ? |
| Inks | John Dirks ? |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Fritz; Mama |
| Synopsis | Fritz steals a pie from the window sill, but a large bird steals the pie from Fritz. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Jack Mendelsohn ? |
| Pencils | John Dirks ? |
| Inks | John Dirks ? |
| Notes | Back cover; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |