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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	1951
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Based on a CBS TV show. Copyrighted by WCAU, Philadelphia.

Cover Details - "TV's Great Circus Show"

Characters	Laffy; Topper; Ringmaster Jack
Genre	Adventure
Notes	Based on a CBS TV show. Copyrighted by WCAU, Philadelphia.

1 page The Big Top foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Welcome to the Biggest Show in the World!!"

Synopsis	Inside front cover, a text introduction of some of the characters and a list of local TV stations that play the TV show on Saturdays.
Letters	typeset

12 page The Big Top story "Ste-e-ep right up, folks..."

Characters	Topper [Jimmy O'Leary]; Ringmaster Jack
Synopsis	Jimmy O'Leary joins the circus and becomes Topper, the tight-rope walker.
Genre	Adventure

8 page The Big Top story "The Circus Robbery"

Characters	Topper; Tom Clanton; Ringmaster Jack; Colonel; Ronald
Synopsis	Topper is accused of stealing $5000 after it's found in his things.
Genre	Adventure

1 page The Big Top activity "Laffy the Clown Goes On Safari!!"

Characters	Laffy the Clown
Synopsis	Maze page.

4 page story "True Tales from the Big Top as Told By Sawdust Trails"

Characters	Sawdust Trails
Synopsis	Sawdust Trails, a clown, tells stories of the early days of circuses.
Genre	Fact; Humor

1 page story "Dude Ranche"

Synopsis	Dude mistakes the desert for the beach.
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Harry Betancourt [as Betancourt]
Inks	Harry Betancourt [as Betancourt]

6 page The Big Top story "What Makes Laffy Cry?"

Characters	Laffy the Clown; Poodles; Ringmaster Jack; Bongo
Synopsis	Bongo is jealous of Laffy the Clown, so he dog-naps Laffy's dog, Poodles.
Genre	Adventure

1 page The Big Top activity "Laffy the Clown's Fun Page"

Characters	Laffy the Clown
Synopsis	Three different puzzles.
Notes	Inside back cover.

1 page The Big Top promo (ad from the publisher) "Television Circus Every Saturday"

Synopsis	Ad for The Sealtest Big Top.
Notes	Backcover of comic.