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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published October 1967
Frequency none listed
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Operation Gertrude!"

Characters Gomer Pyle (as portrayed by Jim Nabors); Sgt. Vince Carter (as portrayed by Frank Sutton)
Genre humor
Pencils ? (photographs)
Inks ? (photographs)
Colors ? (photographs)
Letters typeset

1 page Gomer Pyle illustration "Do you know something the doc hasn't told me, Pyle?"

Characters Gomer Pyle (as portrayed by Jim Nabors); Sgt. Vince Carter (as portrayed by Frank Sutton)
Genre humor
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

18 page Gomer Pyle story "Operation Gertrude"

Characters Gomer Pyle; Sgt. Vince Carter
Synopsis Sgt. Carter is sent to the Arctic Circle to keep an iceberg from endangering the shipping lanes, and Gomer is an accidental stowaway.
Genre Sitcom; Television Adaptation
Notes Per Mark Evanier, the artwork in this issue is not by Warren Tufts, but "by someone else imitating him. In fact, half the drawings...were swipes or tracings from [the] first issue." Former Tufts credit from Scott Shaw.

1 page filler "Monster Museum"

Synopsis three illustrations of humorous monsters
Genre humor

1 page filler "Jest for Fun"

Synopsis page of jokes
Genre humor
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Colors ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset

1 page story "Mini-Comics"

Synopsis An eagle is having trouble with his eyesight.
Genre humor

1 page filler "Chuckle Time"

Synopsis four gag cartoons
Genre humor; gags
Letters typeset

8 page Gomer Pyle story "Pie in the Eye"

Characters Gomer Pyle; Sgt. Vince Carter
Synopsis Gomer's grandma sends him a rhubarb pie that causes a big misunderstanding and big trouble for Sgt. Carter.
Genre humor
Notes Per Mark Evanier, the artwork in this issue is not by Warren Tufts, but "by someone else imitating him. In fact, half the drawings...were swipes or tracings from [the] first issue." Former Tufts credit from Scott Shaw.

1 page Quick Takes filler "Quick Takes"

Synopsis four gag comic strips
Genre humor; gags

1 page Picture Dictionary filler "Gaur"

Synopsis Information about the gaur, a type of wild ox from India.
Genre fact
Letters typeset

1 page Gomer Pyle illustration "You're a kind human being, Sgt. Carter..."

Characters Gomer Pyle (as portrayed by Jim Nabors); Sgt. Vince Carter (as portrayed by Frank Sutton)
Genre humor
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page Gomer Pyle illustration "Gol-lee, you're a pal, Sarge!"

Characters Gomer Pyle (as portrayed by Jim Nabors); Sgt. Vince Carter (as portrayed by Frank Sutton)
Genre humor
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Colors ? (photograph)
Letters typeset
Notes back cover pin-up