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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published April 1946
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters J.Rufus Lion; Arsenic the Giraffe
Genre funny animal
Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (signed)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Look for this trademark on the cover"

Notes promo for Action, All-American, Star-Spangled, Real Screen, All Star, All-Flash, Batman and Green Lantern. Most covers are obscured.

8 page Three Mouseketeers story "Crime at the King's Palace"

Characters Amouse; Porterhouse; Aramouse; Count Uptaten; D'Artagmouse
Genre funny animal
Pencils Ron Santi ?
Inks Ron Santi ?

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Been an awful lot of champion athletes come from this neighborhood"

Pencils Roland Coe (signed)
Inks Roland Coe (signed)

6 page J. Rufus Lion story "Spring Cleaning Time"

Characters J.Rufus Lion; Arsenic the Giraffe; Auntie
Genre funny animal
Pencils Ron Santi ?
Inks Ron Santi ?

Half page Who's Who In Zooville story "Meet Q. Hurry Eater"

Genre funny animal

Half page Smith Bros. Cough Drops advertisement "History's Mysteries"

1 page Volto; Grape-Nuts Flakes advertisement "On a camping trip in the northwest"

Characters Volto
Genre superhero; ad
Pencils Al Plastino ?
Inks Al Plastino ?

6 page Bulldog Drumhead story "The Case of Killer Coogan!"

Characters Bulldog Drumhead; Oliver Wendell McDuffy; Killer Coogan
Genre funny animal
Pencils Ron Santi
Inks Ron Santi

1 page Who's Who In Zooville story "Harry the Horse"

Genre funny animal
Script Ron Santi (signed)
Pencils Ron Santi (signed)
Inks Ron Santi (signed)

1 page advertisement "Amazing Forecaster"

Letters typeset

6 page Blackie Bear story "Socks and Saddles"

Characters Blackie Bear
Genre funny animal
Pencils Saul Kessler
Inks Saul Kessler

1 page Squeak Porkchops story "Ohboyohboy! My first day as an airplane mechanic!"

Characters Squeak Porkchops
Genre funny animal
Pencils Ron Santi (signed)
Inks Ron Santi (signed)

Half page Fleers advertisement "All In Favor Say Fleers"

Half page Statement of Ownership text article

Genre fact
Script J. S. Liebowitz (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.480 Lexington Ave NY, NY Editor:Sheldon Mayer Owners: R. S. Liebowitz; I. Donenfeld; S.U. Sampliner

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Does It Again!"

Notes promo for Funny Folks #1. Very small cover image. On sale Feb. 8th.

2 page Ol' Judge Owl text story

Genre funny animal
Script Martin Naydel (signed as Martin Nadle)
Pencils Martin Naydel ?
Inks Martin Naydel ?
Letters typeset

12 page McSnurtle the Turtle story "Bye Crool World"

Characters McSnurtle the Turtle [The Terrific Whatzit]; Conscience; Brutus K. Upright; Murgatroyd Plank; Oscar Pipe; Squeezer Pinchpenny
Synopsis McsNurtle's Conscience falls into a vat of hard cider and the entire town ends up in a pickle.
Genre funny animal; superhero
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Byron Nelson"

Characters Byron Nelson

1 page Illinois Merchandise Mart advertisement "Smart Saddle Leather Zipper Bill Fold"

Notes also features plastic compass

1 page Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola advertisement "Cool Under Fire!"

Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel