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Issue Details

Issue #114
Published November-December 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
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Cover Details

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Genre humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller (signed)
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller (signed)
Inks Ernie Bushmiller (signed)

1 page Illinois Merchandise Mart advertisement "Musical Whirling Angel Chimes"

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Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for musical chimes that are an "authentic replica of original 'Swedish Singing Angels' centerpiece." Cost is $1.98 plus postage from Illinois Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Ill.

4 page Nancy story "Ain't ya goin' to the football game?"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Genre humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Reprinted from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips.

Half page filler "Divot Diggers"

Synopsis A golfer carefully lines up a putt. And misses.
Genre sports
Notes Pantomime story.

Half page Smith Brothers Cough Drops advertisement "Get a real Candid Camera for only 50ยข"

Notes Illustrated ad for Jewel Sixteen camera available for 50 cents and one front box panel from Smith Brothers Wild Cherry Cough Drops.

4 page Nancy story "Look---My dog can play dead!"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz
Genre humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Reprinted from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips.

1 page text article "The Family Workshop"

Synopsis Fun with toothpicks; Pull toys for toddlers; Home-grown dramatics
Genre fact
Script Dr. Ernest G. Osborne
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Notes Text article with illustrated header. Article for parents describing activities they can do with their children.

4 page The Captain and the Kids story "Kings, Kids, and Crocodiles-Wow!"

Characters Der Captain; Der Inspector; Mama; Hans; Fritz;
Synopsis A stranger, who has taken over Squee-Jee Island, has tied up the Captain and the Inspector and threatens to cut off their beards unless Mama gets the king's crown off of a crocodile's head.
Genre humor; jungle
Script R. Dirks
Pencils R. Dirks
Inks R. Dirks
Notes Part of a continuing story.
Reprinted from The Captain and the Kids (United Features Syndicate) newspaper strips?

1 page [The Captain and the Kids] activity "Are You a Cartoonist?"

Characters Hans; Fritz
Synopsis Hans and Fritz capture a rabbit in a box, but the rabbit uses the box as a weapon against a lion.
Genre humor
Notes Hans and Fritz are drawn without faces in all but the last panel and readers are invited to drawn in their faces to complete the strip.

2 page Stamp Tips text article "Voodoo-Land"

Synopsis Facts about Haiti and the practice of Voodoo there.
Genre fact
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Notes About half of the two pages is devoted to small classified-style ads offering stamps on approval or other items.

4 page Nancy story "I can't think of a single thing to write in my diary."

Characters Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz; Jerry
Genre humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Reprinted from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips.

10 page Casey Ruggles story "The Growlersburgh Church, Part 2"

Characters Casey Ruggles
Synopsis When Preacher Pinkerly falls ill, gold is found on the ground under his partially-constructed church and it is reduced to rubble by men who file a claim on the land.
Genre western
Script Warren Tufts
Pencils Warren Tufts
Inks Warren Tufts
Notes Reprint dates are from "Warren Tufts Retrospective" (Western Wind, 1980). Some panels from the daily strips were dropped. The complete story ran from July 7 to August 29, 1952.
Reprinted from Casey Ruggles (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from August 1952.

1 page International Binocular Co. advertisement "The new way to enjoy sports, movies, plays, television"

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Notes Illustrated ad for Spektoscopes, binoculars that are worn like eyeglasses. Imported from Germany. Cost is $1.98 from International Binocular Co., New York, N.Y.

1 page Novelty Mart advertisement "Look at these 4 wonder bargains!"

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Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for electric movie projector; "Happy, the Cowboy" ventriloquist dummy; sewing machine; (each for $2.98); and life-like "Sandy" doll for $3.98 from Novelty Mart, New York, N.Y.

1 page Curtiss Candies advertisement "Baby Ruth would be marked Grade A"

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Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for Baby Ruth candy bars. Curtiss Candies.