Issue | #8 |
Published | August 1949 |
Frequency | by-monthly [sic] |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Robert W. Farrell (managing editor); Ruth Roche (editor); S. M. Iger (Art Director) |
Notes | Indicia states "AGGIE MACK Vol. 1 No. 8 August 1949. Published by-monthly by Superior Comics Ltd., 28 East 10th Street, New York 3, N.Y. Executive Offices 2382 Dundas Street, Toronto, Canada. Robert W. Farrell, Managing Editor; Ruth Roche, Editor; S. M. Iger, Art Director. Entered as second class matter at New York, N. Y. under act of March 3rd, 1879. Subscriptions in the United States and Canada, 10 issues $1.00, single copies 10 cents. All names in this periodical are entirely fictitious. Entire contents copyrighted 1949. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A." Available as a scan at goldenagecomics.co.uk. Original comics, not strip reprints. |
Characters | Aggie Mack |
Genre | teen |
Pencils | Hal Rasmusson ? |
Inks | Hal Rasmusson ? |
Notes | Hal Rasmusson was the artist of the comic strip "Aggie Mack". This cover resembles samples online of those strips. The interior comics aren't as finely drawn and are unlikely to be his work. |
Synopsis | Ad for belt from Illinois Merchandise Co, in Illinois. |
Notes | Inside front cover. Also includes indicia. |
Characters | Aggie Mack; Mona Mack; Bobo |
Synopsis | Aggie and Mona end up at the circus, battling for a summer job at the newspaper. |
Genre | teen |
Characters | Aggie Mack; Bobo; Daphne |
Synopsis | Bobo ends up with a snake in a basket after another passenger leaves it behind on a bus. |
Genre | teen |
Synopsis | Kim, a young boy, helps American soldiers in Korea. |
Genre | war |
Script | Burt Stalton (credited) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Korean war story. |
Characters | Aggie Mack; Bobo |
Synopsis | Bobo buys a used motorcycle so that he and Aggie can take part in a scavenger hunt but they end up in a graveyard with a stolen skeleton. |
Genre | teen |
Characters | Aggie Mack; Bobo; Chillie |
Synopsis | Bobo finds out that Chillie's been cheating to win Aggie's heart and that he doesn't know how to fly a plane after all. |
Genre | teen |
Synopsis | List of winners of a contest from a previous issue. Most addresses are in the United States but at least a couple are from Canada. |
Letters | Typeset |
Synopsis | Ad for watch from Illinois Merchandise Mart, based in Chicago. |
Notes | Inside back cover. |
Synopsis | Ad for billfold, pen, flashlight and key holder from Illinois Merchandise Mart, based in Chicago. |
Notes | On back cover of comic. |