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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published July-August 1947
Frequency Bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Richard E. Hughes (Editor)
Notes Ron Goulart in "Great American Comic Books" (Publications International, Ltd., 2001, p. 159) describes the series as "the most unusual attempt to cash in on the teenage craze" and notes that, despite contributions from Milt Gross and Dan Gordon, the series expired after seven issues.

Cover Details - "But Jeepers, Heppity..."

Characters Tommy Tabby; Kitty Catt; Heppity Hare; Mr. Square
Synopsis Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the issue cast.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals

1 page advertisement "Skin Treatment Offer"

Synopsis Full-page inside front cover ad for a mail-order skin treatment.
Script ? (ad copy)
Letters Typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Laff Line-Up"

Synopsis Brief synopses of the book's contents with depictions of the issue cast.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals

1 page story "Trunkin' on Down"

Characters Elephant; Dr. Skunk
Synopsis An elephant ruins a juke box but makes amends.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals; Gags

7 page The Hepcats story "That's How Jivin' Was Born"

Characters Kitty Catt; Mr. and Mrs. Catt; Tommy Tabby
Synopsis Kitty Catt wants new clothes to attend the Fish Fest but her parents nix the idea.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals

1 page text story "Tommy Goes Longhair"

Characters Tommy Tabby; Heppity Hare; Kitty Catt
Synopsis Tommy Tabby grows long hair after using 'Fur-Grow'.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals; Gags
Letters Typeset

10 page story "Mr. Square from Delaware"

Characters Tommy Tabby; Kitty Catt; Heppity Hare; Mr. Square; Frank Sinatra
Synopsis Heppity Hare helps Mr. Square achieve acceptance among the Hepcats.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals

7 page The Hepcats story "External Combustion"

Characters Tommy Tabby; Kitty Catt; Heppity Hare; Mr. Square
Synopsis Tommy Tabby has a date with Kitty Catt and needs a car.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals

1 page text story "The Sickness of Square"

Characters Heppity Hare; Mr. Square
Synopsis Heppity Hare tricks Mr. Square into do his yard work.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals; Gags
Letters Typeset

6 page Tommy an' Kitty story "Are Rivals Reet?"

Characters Tommy Tabby, Kitty Catt, Oswald Foxcroft
Synopsis Kitty Catt takes a liking to a snooty intellectual.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals

7 page The Hepcats story "Hijinx in Lowdown High"

Synopsis When the teachers decide to hold a school square dance, Heppity Hare finds a way to liven it up.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals

1 page text story "Kitty Meets a Lady"

Characters Kitty Catt, Gloria; Tommy Tabby; Mr. Square
Synopsis Ladylike Gloria disdains jitterbug but changes her mind after attending a dance with Mr. Square.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals; Gags

6 page The Hepcats story "After the Brawl"

Characters Tommy Tabby; Kitty Catt
Synopsis Kitty Catt wants Tommy Tabby to drop his club meeting to go to a dance.
Genre Teen; Funny Animals

1 page advertisement "Billfold Offer"

Synopsis Full-page, inside back cover ad for a mail-order billfold.
Script ? (ad copy)
Letters Typeset

1 page advertisement "Harmonica Offer"

Synopsis Full-page, back cover ad for harmonica lessons.
Script ? (ad copy)
Letters Typeset