Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	Summer 1947
Frequency	Quarterly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	William M. Gaines

Cover Details

Genre	Humor
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan

9 page Fat and Slat story

Characters	Fat; Slat
Genre	Gags
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Notes	The comic pair from Ed Wheelan's syndicated comic strip, presenting a series of three full page, three 3/4 page, seven 1/2 page, and one 1/4 page strips, with other features interspersed.

3 page Big Shot story

Characters	Big Shot (Fat's dog)
Genre	Funny Animals
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Notes	A series of two full page, one 3/4 page, and three 1/4 page strips.

1 page Old Man Experience story "Johnny Hope runs into an old friend on the street..."

Characters	Old Man Experience; Johnny Hope
Synopsis	Johnny lends money to an old friend, who has no intention of repaying the debt.
Genre	Gags
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Notes	The format for the strip is that Johnny has a life adventure where he blunders, and the strip concludes with a panel showing Old Man Experience offering a moral to the story.

2 page Comics McCormick story "Folks, we want you to meet 'Comics' McCormick"

Characters	"Comics" McCormick (introduction); Wilbur Wiggins; Rosalie Brown; Officer Kelly; Miss Susan Slate; Mary McCormick; Connie McCormick; Ajax Johnson.
Synopsis	A quick introduction to the hero and supporting characters of the strip.
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Reprinted	in Land of the Lost Comics, The (EC, 1946 series) #6

6 page Comics McCormick story "Voltage, Man of Lightning"

Characters	"Comics" McCormick; Wilbur Wiggins; Ajax Johnson; Rosalie Brown; Connie McCormick; Voltage, Man of Lightning (introduction)
Synopsis	"Comics" lobbies his friends Wilbur and Ajax to allow Rosalie to join their comic-collecting club, "The Little Conquerors Athletic and Reading Club". Rosalie contributes a book with a story featuring Voltage, Man of Lightning, and "Comics" dreams himself into an episode where he shares Voltage's powers.
Genre	Children
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan

1 page Old Man Experience story "Johnny Hope is off on a two week vacation..."

Characters	Old Man Experience; Johnny Hope
Genre	Gags
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan

2 page text story "Crime Doesn't Pay"

Letters

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7 page Fat and Slat story

Characters	Fat; Slat
Genre	Gags
Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan
Notes	A series of four full page and six 1/2 page strips.