Issue | #119 |
Published | August-September 1954 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Characters | Nancy; Sluggo |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Ernie Bushmiller (signed) |
Inks | Ernie Bushmiller (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Characters | Nancy; Sluggo |
Notes | Promo for Nancy and Sluggo Comics featuring 12 themed drawings of Nancy and Sluggo for each month. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | One-third of each page is made up of classified-type ads offering stamps on approval. |
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. |
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 |
Synopsis | Hobbies that involve creating objects, like woodworking, making jewelry, etc. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Bob Greene |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | One-sixth of page has small classified-type ads. Text article with illustrated header. |
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. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustrated ad for stamps on approval from Littleton Stamp Co., Littleton, N.H. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for Kelpidine weight-reducing candy. American Healthaids Company; Newark, N.J. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for selling greeting cards. Colonial Studios, Inc., White Plains, N.Y. |