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Issue Details

Issue #97
Published July 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Note: The centerfold was missing from the indexed copy....the first page of the Fritzi Ritz/Nancy 6 pager, and 3 pages of some other feature before the Captain and the Kids strip.

Cover Details - "See Mammy, ah said ah could stop it!"

Characters Li'l Abner; Pansy Yokum; Lucifer Yokum
Genre family; humor
Pencils Al Capp
Inks Al Capp

6 page Li'l Abner story "The Letter From 1849"

Characters Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum
Genre family; humor
Script Al Capp
Pencils Al Capp
Inks Al Capp

5 page The Triple Terror story "untitled"

Characters The Triple Terror
Genre war

3 page Gordo story "untitled"

Characters Gordo
Genre humor; Mexican
Script Gus Arriola (signed)
Pencils Gus Arriola (signed)
Inks Gus Arriola (signed)

3 page Tommy Tailspin story "untitled"

Characters Tommy Tailspin
Genre war
Script Hal Forrest (signed)
Pencils Hal Forrest (signed)
Inks Hal Forrest (signed)

6 page Fritzi Ritz; Nancy story "untitled"

Characters Fritzi Ritz; Nancy
Genre humor
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller (signed)
Inks Ernie Bushmiller (signed)
Notes The top half of the 6 pages feature Fritzi Ritz, while the bottom half of the 6 pages feature Nancy.

4 page The Captain and the Kids story "untitled"

Characters The Captain and the Kids
Genre humor
Pencils Rudolph Dirks [as R. Dirks] (signed)
Inks Rudolph Dirks [as R. Dirks] (signed)

5 page The Mirror Man story "Special Assignment in China"

Characters The Mirror Man
Genre war

1 page How It Began text article "Origin of Slang Terms and Colloqual Phrases"

Genre fact
Script Paul F. Berdanier (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Funny Side Up filler "untitled"

Synopsis Comprised of six individual 1-panel gag cartoons.
Genre humor
Script Abner Dean (signed)
Pencils Abner Dean (signed)
Inks Abner Dean (signed)

5 page Bill Bumblin story "untitled"

Characters Bill Bumblin
Genre humor
Script ? [as DIB]
Pencils ? [as DIB]
Inks ? [as DIB]

4 page Jim Hardy story "untitled"

Characters Jim Hardy
Synopsis The story involves horse-racing.
Genre sports
Script Dick Moores (signed)
Pencils Dick Moores (signed)
Inks Dick Moores (signed)

1 page public service announcement "Save Paper"

Synopsis PSA for paper salvage.
Genre fact