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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published August-September 1947
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Copyright 1947, by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details

Characters Pogo; Rover
Genre Funny Animal; Adventure
Pencils Walt Kelly; Dan Noonan
Inks Walt Kelly; Dan Noonan
Letters typeset

2 page Photo Zoo text article "Red Fox Cubs; Gray Wolf Cubs; Otter"

Genre Fact
Pencils New York Zoological Society (photos)
Inks New York Zoological Society (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes 6 photos of animals at the bronx zoo. On inside front and back covers in black and white.

11 page Rover story "The Hurricane"

Characters Rover; Red; Mike Redmond; Fearless; Mrs. Hollis
Synopsis Rover gets swept off the boat in a hurricane, and Red and Mike start searching for him.
Genre Adventure
Script Dan Noonan (credited)
Pencils Dan Noonan (credited)
Inks Dan Noonan (credited)

6 page Jigger story "Are you gonna spend the whole day layin' around"

Characters Jigger; Mooch
Synopsis Jigger and Mooch go to the country to search for food.
Genre Funny Animal
Script John Stanley [as Biff]
Pencils John Stanley [as Biff]
Inks John Stanley [as Biff]
Reprinted in The Toon Treasury of Classic Childrens' Comics (Harry N. Abrams, 2009 series) [nn]

6 page Albert and Pogo story "F'um tussock to hillock through the swamp"

Characters Albert; Pogo; Willy de Weevil
Synopsis Pogo reads a letter from Wallet Kelly asking refined readers to write letters to the comic book.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly

8 page Chuckwagon Charley's Tales story "Charley, how long will it be..."

Characters Chuckwagon Charley; Pat; Pete; Hank Bigelow; Brownie (a bear cub)
Script Gaylord DuBois (credited)
Pencils Morris Gollub [as M. Gollub]
Inks Morris Gollub [as M. Gollub]

3 page text story "An Elephant Never Forgets"

Characters Old Roger (an elephant); Tex Bell
Script Don Lang (credited)
Letters typeset

6 page Nibble and Nubble story "Hey! Pardon me."

Characters Nibble; Nubble; Polly; John
Genre Funny Animal
Script Walt Kelly (credited)
Pencils Walt Kelly (credited)
Inks Walt Kelly (credited)

8 page Uncle Wiggily story "Hi, there, Uncle Wiggily!"

Characters Uncle Wiggily Longears; Grandfather Goosey Gander; Silas Scarecrow; Mrs. Muskrat
Synopsis Uncle Wiggily takes the place of Silas Scarecrow.
Genre Funny Animal
Notes Copr. 1947 by Howard R. Garris.

1 page text story "Upside down, right side up"

Notes Poem with single illustration on back cover.