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Issue Details

Issue #119
Published August-September 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

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

1 page advertisement "Lytle's Model Guns"

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Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Ad for solid cast aluminum model guns that look like the real thing. Colt Cobra snub nose .38 and German 9mm Luger are illustrated. $2.00 each from Lytle Novelty Co., Long Beach, Calif.

4 page Nancy story "Nice of Mrs. Van Snoot to offer me a job"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo; Grimy Gregory
Synopsis Strip titles: Lively Greeting; Takes the Cake; Bloomin' Genius; The Bum's Rush; Cook-eyed; Missing the Scoop;
Genre humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Reprinted from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips.

Half page Pud; Fleer Dubble Bubble advertisement "Egypt sure is an interesting country"

Characters Pud
Synopsis Pud and his friends are in Egypt and impress their native guide with their gum bubbles.
Genre children
Pencils Ray Thompson (signed Ray T.)
Inks Ray Thompson (signed Ray T.)
Letters Ray Thompson ?
Notes Ad in comic form for Fleer Dubble Bubble chewing gum. Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "See Nancy and Sluggo Every Month"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Notes Promo for Nancy and Sluggo Comics featuring 12 themed drawings of Nancy and Sluggo for each month.

6 page Nancy story "I'll just sit here in the park and read"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis Strip titles: Too Many Curls; Daisies Do Tell; Time to Get Uppity; "Painful" Truth; Down and Out; No Truck With That; Hidden Assets; The Li'l Squirt; Daisies Do Tell; Happy Landing; High Hopes
Genre humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Reprinted from Nancy (United Features Snydicate) daily newspaper strips.

2 page Willie story "Go ahead, jump in!"

Characters Willie
Synopsis Four half-page gags: empty swimming pool; covering Mr. Jackson with sand; Wild pitching; Breaking the optomitist's sign.
Genre children
Notes Last appearance in this series.

2 page The Captain and the Kids story "Look, dollinks, Mama buyed you a book..."

Characters Der Captain; Der Inspector; Hans; Fritz; Mama
Synopsis Mama gives Hans and Fritz a "Don't" book, but it turns out Der Captain and Der Inspector need its advice more than the boys do.
Genre humor
Script R. Dirks
Pencils R. Dirks
Inks R. Dirks
Reprinted from The Captain and the Kids (United Features Snydicate) Sunday newspaper page.

2 page Stamp Tips... text article "The biggest stamp news of the year..."

Characters Frederic August Bartholdi
Synopsis Announcement of 8-cent Statue of Liberty stamp and facts about the statue and its creator Frederic August Bartholdi. Text of "The New Colossus" poem by Emma Lazarus on the statue is printed
Genre fact
Script ?; Emma Lazarus
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Notes One-third of each page is made up of classified-type ads offering stamps on approval.

9 page Casey Ruggles story "Introducing Old Ancient"

Characters Casey Ruggles; Chris Hassenfeffer; Old Ancient (intro)
Synopsis An old cowboy abducts Chris to make her his wife, but the pair are tracked down by Casey.
Genre western
Script Warren Tufts
Pencils Warren Tufts
Inks Warren Tufts
Letters Warren Tufts ?
Notes Reprint dates are from Warren Tufts Retrospective (Western Wind, 1980). Some panels from the daily strips were dropped. "...Old Ancient, who was a direct spoof of Hopalong Cassidy in particular, and Hollywood stereotype of western heroes in general." Quote by Warren Tufts in the "Warren Tufts Retrospective."
Reprinted from Casey Ruggles (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips 1951.02.19 to 1951.03.31.

1 page Strange as It Seems filler "After he had obtained command of a ship..."

Characters Commodore Matthew C. Perry (cameo); Edward Payton Weston (cameo)
Synopsis Topics: Commodore Matthew C. Perry; the ritual after boy and girl twins are born in Bali; the first United States coin; professional pedestrian Edward Payton Weston; Captain Joshua Slocum; lobsters
Genre fact
Script Elsie Hix
Pencils Elsie Hix
Inks Elsie Hix
Reprinted from Strange as It Seems newspaper strips

1 page Hobbies for All text article "Make It Yourself"

Synopsis Hobbies that involve creating objects, like woodworking, making jewelry, etc.
Genre fact
Script Bob Greene
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Notes One-sixth of page has small classified-type ads. Text article with illustrated header.

3 page Nancy story "Come here, Sluggo"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis Strip titles: No Traffic with Them; Double Exposure; High-Ho-HO; Just a Big Build-Up; Blowhard!
Genre humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Reprinted from Nancy (United Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips.

1 page Littleton Stamp Co. advertisement "Free! 210 Stamps from all over the world"

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Notes Illustrated ad for stamps on approval from Littleton Stamp Co., Littleton, N.H.

1 page American Healthaids Company advertisement "Reduce with Delicious Kelpidine Candy Plan!"

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Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for Kelpidine weight-reducing candy. American Healthaids Company; Newark, N.J.

1 page Colonial Studios, Inc. advertisement "Do You Need Money?"

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Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for selling greeting cards. Colonial Studios, Inc., White Plains, N.Y.