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Issue Details

Issue #v18#14 [340]
Published March 14, 1963
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 36
Editing Richard J. Voelkel
Notes wraparound cover

Cover Details

Characters The Bear
Genre humor; funny animals
Pencils Paul Eismann
Inks Paul Eismann
Letters typeset
Notes wraparound cover

1 page activity "Treasure Chest's Puzzle Page"

Notes Puzzles; optical illusion

6 page Chuck White and His Friends story "Returning to camp, Gene finds his pack open..."

Characters Chuck White
Synopsis Lured away from camp while his father and Chuck investigate the Indian cliff village, Gene encounters a sidewinder.
Genre adventure
Script Max Pine
Pencils Fran Matera
Inks Fran Matera

3 page Patsy Planner story "Let's make a 'mobile' out of construction paper."

Characters Patsy Planner
Synopsis Patsy shows how to make a mobile.
Genre fact
Pencils Bill Haines
Inks Bill Haines

6 page The Bear and the Wicked Wainwright story "The bear was ordered by Thos, the wicked wainwright, to guard his wains."

Characters The Bear
Synopsis Realizing he has been deceived into guarding bear-hating Prince Rassendale, the bear attacks Thos, the wicked wainwright.
Genre humor; funny animals
Script Eric St. Clair
Pencils Paul Eismann
Inks Paul Eismann

5 page Draw-Along with Frank Borth story "Body Building"

Characters Frank Borth
Synopsis How to draw the human body.
Genre fact
Script Frank Borth
Pencils Frank Borth
Inks Frank Borth
Notes Lesson 4

3 page Sports Spectacular story "The Comeback"

Synopsis How golfing legend Ben Hogan came back after a near-fatal car accident.
Genre bio; sports
Script Jim Zofkie
Pencils Dick Giordano?
Inks Dick Giordano?

1 page filler "Treasure Jests"

Genre gags

6 page The Mystery of Shady Falls story A few hours after Maureen makes her debut as a "singer"...

Synopsis While Police Chief Murphy recuperates from being slugged, Ted and Maureen observe odd behavior by a new patron of Kohler's skating rink.
Genre adventure
Script Ruth Burton
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall
Notes Part 4 of "The Mystery of Shady Falls"

1 page activity "Let's Play Treasure Chest Baseball"

Synopsis A "baseball" game involving cut-out targets at which to shoot pennies with a rubber band.
Pencils Frank Huffman
Inks Frank Huffman
Notes inside back cover