Issue | #[nn] [13] |
Published | 1945 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Harry "A" Chesler ? |
Notes | Generally believed to be the "missing" #13 in the series of short-run titles linking Scoop Comics #8 to Red Seal Comics #14, although there is no number anywhere on this issue. CARNIVAL COMICS, published by Pershing Square Publishing Co. of 55 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y., U. S. A. Place of publication, Acron, O., U. S. A. Single copy 10c. Application for second-class entry pending in Akron, O. Copyright 1945 by Pershing Square Publishing Co. Artwork by Funnies, Inc. "Artwork by Funnies, Inc." is a puzzling claim as all features here appear to be reprinted from Chesler Publications, Inc. and possibly Ultem Publications, Inc (of which Chesler was editor). titles from the late 1930's. This issue is unique among comics with the World's Greatest Comics logo in that it is the only issue in the 1944 - early 1947 period that does not also include 'Harry "A" Chesler, Jr.' in the logo box. |
Pencils | Joe Beck |
Inks | Joe Beck |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | inside front cover |
Script | Dick Ryan ? (see note) |
Pencils | Dick Ryan (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Notes | Four single-panel cartoons. Jerry Bails' Who's Who lists Dick Ryan as wr/pen/ink on all of these Chesler features *except* Animal Crackers, for which it lists only pen/ink. It also notes that Animal Crackers may be reprinted from a daily or Sunday syndicated newspaper run. |
Genre | humor; funny animal |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from Star Comics (Centaur, 1937 series) #1 |
Script | Dick Ryan [as Uncle Dick] (signed) |
Pencils | Dick Ryan [as Uncle Dick] (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ryan [as Uncle Dick] (signed) |
Reprinted | from Star Comics (Centaur, 1937 series) #5 [recolored, feature logo re-designed and spelled "Bugville" instead of "Bug-Ville" in the original] |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Dick Ryan |
Pencils | Dick Ryan (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ryan |
Notes | Dick Ryan's work for Chesler all originally appeared in the 30's, so it seems likely that this is an updated reprint. |
Reprinted | from ? [with year redrawn?] |
Notes | Text article, but more than half of each page is illustrations. Text is lettered, not typeset. |
Reprinted | from ? |
Pencils | Rafael Astarita [as Astarita] (signed) |
Inks | Rafael Astarita [as Astarita] (signed) |
Reprinted | from ? |
Notes | Who's Who lists only Rafael Astarita as artist on this feature, but the art doesn't look very much like the Round Table Adventures story that he signed in this issue. Then again, dancing peanuts don't look much like knights of the round table. |
Reprinted | from ? |
Notes | While Bails' Who's Who credits Arnold Hicks for Cheerio Minstrels, each story of this feature appears to be drawn by a different artist, and this one does not look like Hicks (although this is based on Hicks' action/adventure work for comparison, no confirmed humor work was available for examination). |
Reprinted | from ? |
Pencils | Clemens Gretter (signed) |
Inks | Clemens Gretter |
Reprinted | from Star Comics (Centaur, 1937 series) #1 |
Script | ? [as Kenny] (signed) |
Pencils | ? [as Kenny] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Kenny] (signed) |
Notes | not the super-hero from MLJ comics |
Reprinted | from Star Comics (Centaur, 1937 series) #1 |
Reprinted | from ? |
Letters | typeset |
Letters | ?; typeset |
Notes | inside back cover |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | back cover |