Issue Details

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.

Cover Details

Pencils	Joe Beck
Inks	Joe Beck

1 page Knickerbocker Pub. Co. "Fun for Boys" advertisement "Wow! This is what I want"

Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover

1 page Animal Crackers cartoon "I don't remember!"

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.

1 page Pokey Forgets to Remember story "Now shooting pigeons made of clay"

Genre	humor; funny animal
Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from ?

1 page Shinanigans cartoon "Look at the elephant with two trunks!"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from ?

2 page Jungle-Town Show Boat story "The Poisoned Punch"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from ?

1 page Homeless Oscar story "Sheriff you'll have to clear this courtroom"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from ?

1 page Homeless Oscar story "Aren't those flowers beautiful!"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from ?

2 page Jungle-Town Show Boat story "Stars and Stripes"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from ?

1 page Bows an' Arrows story "The program comes through the kindess of your favorite coffee blenders."

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from ?

1 page Bows an' Arrows story "Good evening radio frinds... and what is your pleasure?"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from ?

1 page Bows an' Arrows story "Gong With the Wind"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from Star Comics (Centaur, 1937 series) #1

1 page Bugville cartoon "That gang of swamp cromers kept th' whole village awake."

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]

2 page Jungle-Town Show Boat story "Saved in the Neck of Time"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks	Dick Ryan
Reprinted	from ?

2 page cartoon "Happy New Year 1945"

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?]

2 page He Who Serves Progress Serves the World biography (nonfictional) "Sir Isaac Newton"

Notes	Text article, but more than half of each page is illustrations. Text is lettered, not typeset.
Reprinted	from ?

2 page Round Table Adventures story "King Arthur and his gallant band, a noble victory won"

Pencils	Rafael Astarita [as Astarita] (signed)
Inks	Rafael Astarita [as Astarita] (signed)
Reprinted	from ?

2 page Ad-Ventures at the Circus story "Planters Peanuts"

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 ?

2 page Cheerio Minstrels story "Steamboat comin round the bend, this is the start and not the end"

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 ?

2 page Bud and His Legendary Scouts story "Hey, Fellers! I see the cabin and Grandpa is waiting for us!"

Pencils	Clemens Gretter (signed)
Inks	Clemens Gretter
Reprinted	from Star Comics (Centaur, 1937 series) #1

2 page Bob Phantom, the Magician story "She signs the note first"

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

2 page Lyin' Lou story "Up in moose country where I come from"

Reprinted

from ?

1 page Fairy City Associates advertisement "Animated Lilliputania"

Letters

typeset

1 page Ballco Products Company Vacutex advertisement "Remove Ugly Blackheads or No Cost"

Letters	?; typeset
Notes	inside back cover

1 page Metro Publications Wonders of Science Simplified advertisement "Free 33 Power Telescope Lens Kit"

Letters	typeset
Notes	back cover