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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published August 1957
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee ?
Notes Some basic information on this issue from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Cover Details - "Homer and the Robot!"

Characters Homer; Monstro; the Black Witch
Genre humor; children
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?

1 page Homer the Happy Ghost story "Here comes Homer!"

Characters Homer; Momma; Poppa
Synopsis Homer brings a gift for his parents which includes some advice.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta

1 page Snappy the Ghost Dog story "Poor Snappy...sleeping out in the rain like that!"

Characters Snappy; Homer
Synopsis Snappy doesn't understand what a doghouse is for.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?

6 page Adventures of Homer Ghost story "Homer and the Robot!"

Characters Homer; Dugan; Melvin; Zelda; Doctor Doom; Monstro
Synopsis The gang meets the mad scientist Doctor Doom and his robot Monstro.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?
Notes Story title taken from the cover of this issue. Obviously not the same Doctor Doom as Lee's later creation in the Fantastic Four series.

1 page Homer the Happy Ghost activity

Characters Homner; Melvin; Dugan; Zelda
Genre children
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?
Notes coloring page

1 page Zelda the Whacky Witch story "Let's play cards, gang!"

Characters Zelda
Synopsis No one will play cards with Zelda because she always uses her witchcraft to win.
Genre children
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo ?

1 page Zelda the Whacky Witch story "Look! Zelda's making a witch's brew!"

Characters Zelda; Homer; Melvin; Gobby
Synopsis It's laundry day for Zelda.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo ?

1 page Zelda the Whacky Witch story "Hey gang!"

Characters Zelda; Homer; Melvin; Dugan
Synopsis The gang hunts for unusual birds' eggs, but only finds a golf ball.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo ?

1 page Alice the Little Ghost Girl story "I'm gonna buy a new hat so Homer will notice it..."

Characters Alice; Homer; Dugan
Synopsis Alice's plan doesn't work out.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?

1 page Melvin the Mixed-Up Ghost story "Hey, kid, wouldja watch my seat..."

Characters Melvin
Synopsis Melvin is kind of dumb.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?

1 page Dugan the Dead-End Ghost story "Here comes Dugan..."

Characters Dugan; Alice; Homer
Synopsis Dugan tries to bully Homer.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?

1 page Zelda the Scatter-Brained Witch story "Look...there's a carnival!"

Characters Zelda; Homer
Synopsis Zelda is wary of the scary rides at the carnival.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?

2 page text story "Private Detective"

Genre children
Script Stan Lee ?
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Colors ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Patsy and Hedy (Marvel, 1952 series) #41 (January 1956) [original title: Detective Agency]

6 page Adventures of Homer Ghost story "The Black Witch!"

Characters Homer; Zelda; Dugan; Melvin; the Black Witch
Synopsis The Black Witch comes to town to replace Zelda for being too nice.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?
Notes Story title taken from the cover of this issue.

1 page The Ghost Gang story "Let's buy a camera and take pictures of ourselves!"

Characters Homer; Dugan; Melvin; Zelda
Synopsis Everyone wants to be in the picture, meaning no one wants to take it.
Genre children; humor
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta ?