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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams, and A. W. Nugent. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #4. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. A rabbit con man tries to swindle Icicle Ike the penguin out of his paycheck. Kittens Tick, Tack and Toe sneak backstage at a magician's show and unleash more magic than they can handle. Zany Giraffe solves the mystery of Herbie Hedgehog's missing kite. Dipsy Doodle enters his magical storybook to rewrite The Pied Piper. Neddy Bear; The Frowning Pansies; Tick Tack and Toe; Icicle Ike; Spunky; Zany Giraffe; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Dipsy Doodle; Puzzle Page; Boswell's Last Chance. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, A. W. Nugent, and Harold Abbey. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #6. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear and Golden Girl find treasure, but run into trouble from the magical dwarf who claims it. A con artist tricks pigeons Bill and Koo into becoming his accomplices. Penguin Icicle Ike gets stuck at the South Pole and meets his cousin, Ice Cube. The Bird of Many Names; Neddy Bear; Dopsy Durvy; Tick Tack and Toe; Butterfly Cut-Outs; Myrtle and Jocko; The Natural Ghost; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Bill and Koo; Icicle Ike. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams, Miriam Benedict, and Harold Abbey. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #7. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear and Squire Squirrel are invited to a party by the people of Dwarf Dell after freeing the community from a witch. Pidgy uses his magic paint to create a boat and takes to the sea. Kittens Tick Tack and Toe create chaos while chasing a golf ball through a closed novelty shop. Turnabout; Neddy Bear; Dopsy Durvy; Tick Tack and Toe; Charlie Chipmunk Wins a Bet; The Tin Box; The Eternal Heart; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Chucky and Bub; Icicle Ike; Zany Giraffe. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, Milt Hammer, Marty Taras, Charles W. Winter and Harold Abbey. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #8. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear and Squire Squirrel find a magic ring in the river that grants their wishes. Dopsy Durvy tries to help Pinocchio, but only gets them both into trouble. Pigeons Bill and Koo try to have a rummage sale with the neighborhood junk. Neddy Bear; Dopsy Durvy; Raindrops; Myrtle and Jocko; Sniffy; Bill and Koo: The Rummage Sale; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Johnny and Woof; Frosty and Gabbie; Diggy the Derrick. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, Milt Hammer, Jim Adams, Charles W. Winter and Harold Abbey. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #10. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear and Squire Squirrel get involved in local politics when they learn that magic flowers could help a prince learn to love the princess he is bound to marry. Professor Goo-Goo sees through Pidgy's invisibility and captures him for his experiments in his evil castle. Dopsy Durvy goes into the Magic Storybook and meets Rip Van Winkle. Neddy Bear; Puzzle Page; Dopsy Durvy: Gone Are the Days!; Malapin Mapleleaf; Zany Giraffe; Tick, Tack and Toe: Lives at Steak!; The Meow of Mathew Mouse; Sniffy; Icicle Ike; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Johnny and Woof; Diggy the Derrick Meets the Super-Scooper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, Milt Hammer, and C. W. Winter. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #12. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear and Squire Squirrel have only an hour to make it home for Thanksgiving dinner. Kittens Tick, Tack, and Toe match wits with a crafty parrot. Sniffy the dog digs for a bone, right through to the other side of the planet. Neddy Bear; Spunky; The Twisty Trunk; Bill and Koo; Tick, Tack and Toe; Myrtle and Jocko; Sniffy; Icicle Ike; Drawing Fun. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, Al Stahl, Milt Hammer, and C. W. Winter. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #13. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Dopsy Durvy uses his Magic Storybook to meet Jack, of beanstalk fame, and his giant nemesis. Kittens Tick, Tack, and Toe tire of being alley cats and seek a new home. Penguin Icicle Ike learns how to throw his voice and gets into new kinds of trouble. Neddy Bear; Spunky; For Little Artists: Fun Making Clothespin Dolls; Get the Point; Tick, Tack and Toe; Diggy the Derrick; Sniffy; Icicle Ike; Dopsy Durvy; Lee O'Lion. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams, Bruce Baker, Marty Taras, Milt Hammer, and C. W. Winter. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #14. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Dopsy Durvy uses his Magic Storybook to meet Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Zany Giraffe reveals the truth about a ghost. Chucky and Bub try to keep their garden safe from pests. Neddy Bear; Spunky; The Coatless Tree; Zany Giraffe; The Walking Pin Cushion; Sniffy; Icicle Ike; Lee O'Lion; Chucky and Bub; Diggy the Derrick. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, E. J. Reeves, Milt Hammer, Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams, Phil De Lara and C. W. Winter. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #16. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Dopsy Durvy enters the Magic Storybook and helps Hiawatha battle a Fire Magician. Kittens Tick, Tack, and Toe sneak into the circus and wind up becoming part of the show. When a hurricane floods the forest, only Zany Giraffe is tall enough to get the other creatures to safety. Neddy Bear; Spunky: The Hairy Ape!; Zany Giraffe; Johnny and Woof; Tick, Tack and Toe; Sniffy; Myrtle and Jocko; Barnaby Beaver; Dopsy Durvy: Hiawatha and the Fire Magician; Diggy the Derrick. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, E. J. Reeves, A. W. Nugent, Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams, Marty Taras and C. W. Winter. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #17. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Magic Dream Sand sends Neddy Bear and Squire Squirrel into the world of a toy circus. Dopsy Durvy uses his Magic Storybook to meet Aladdin and his genie. A mouse outwits the three kittens (Tick, Tack, and Toe) when they decide to become ratters to find a nice home. Neddy Bear; Spunky; Zany Giraffe; A Code Message; Tick, Tack and Toe: Kittens in the Kitchen; Chucky and Bub; Myrtle and Jocko; Clement Gets the Right Time; Dopsy Durvy; Diggy the Derrick. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, A. W. Nugent, Bruce Baker, C. W. Winter, E. J. Reeves and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #19. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. The Magic Elf helps a wooden soldier who just wants to be a real boy. Dopsy Durvy uses his Magic Storybook to meet the Three Little Pigs. Sniffy hires a plumber to fix a leak in his pen. Neddy Bear: The Story of Neddy Bear and the Wooden Soldier; Drawing Fun; Lee O'Lion; Diggy the Derrick; Tick, Tack and Toe; Hubert the Hobby Horse; Spunky; Bill and Koo; Dopsy Durvy: Three Pigs; Sniffy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, C. W. Winter, Miriam Benedict, Harold Abbey and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #23. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Kittens Tick, Tack and Toe invade a milk refinery. Neddy Bear investigates reports of a giant after reading Jack and the Beanstalk. Pidgy's Magic Paint creates a mountain so big that even the paint can't control it. Neddy Bear; Diggy the Derrick; Gordon the Tenor Frog; Spunky; Tick, Tack and Toe; Bill and Koo; Pidgy and the Magic Paint; Bimbo's Talking Bracelet; Dopsy Durvy: The Dozing Darling!; Sniffy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, E. J. Reeves, Mickey Klar Marks, Jim Adams and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #24. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Kittens Tick, Tack and Toe try to find a way to get into an exclusive upper-class cat show. Zany Giraffe wants to help Mrs. Parrot heat her house, so he enlists the aid of the penguins. Dopsy Durvy uses his Magic Storybook to help the Queen of Hearts get her tarts back from the Knave of Hearts. Neddy Bear; Gaytail's Remedy; Zany Giraffe; Spunky: Never Accept Gifts from Strangers!; Tick, Tack and Toe; Myrtle and Jocko; Bill and Koo; Dopsy Durvy; Sniffy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, William Cuthbert, E. J. Reeves, Marty Taras, Al Stahl (credited as Bruce Baker), Charles W. Winter and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #25. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Frosty and Gabbie buy a plot of beachfront land from a suspicious-looking wolf, but they must build their house in one hour. Kittens Tick, Tack and Toe are pursued by a dogcatcher. Dopsy Durvy uses his Magic Storybook to battle pirates on Treasure Island. Neddy Bear; The Beauty Parade; Frosty and Gabbie; Johnny and Woof; Tick, Tack and Toe; Lee O'Lion; Chucky and Bub; Diggy the Derrick; A Turtle Is Not So Stupid; Dopsy Durvy; Sniffy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago, Marty Taras, C. W. Winter and Milt Hammer. Sometimes listed as Frisky Fables #35. Funny-animal hijinks in a cutesy style from Novelty Press. Neddy Bear, Squire Squirrel and their friends are captured by a giant fish while fishing, and only the Magic Elf can save them. Chucky and Bub try to improve their luck by betting on horses, but the horse they bet on is uncontrollable and runs amuck. Diggy, a living construction shovel, goes to work at a circus and gets named an honorary elephant. Neddy Bear; Chucky and Bub; Johnny Bear: Jack Frost Chimes; Smart Daddy; Johnny and Woof; Tick, Tack and Toe; Diggy the Derrick. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Ernest G. Osborne, and Leonard Sansone. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz, her boyfriend Phil Fumble, and her precocious niece Nancy. Fritzi dreams that she's inherited a million dollars. Phil gets tired of hearing about the scandal-ridden lives of his favorite movie stars. Phil is flummoxed by Fritzi's initiation ritual for her new club. Fritzi is put off by the new fashion of women wearing pants instead of skirts. Plus early Peanuts strips by Charles Schulz, and the Dennis the Menace-like Willie. The Family Scrapbook; Fritzi Ritz; Willie; Peanuts; Nancy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Mik, Ernest G. Osborne, and Leonard Sansone. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz, her boyfriend Phil Fumble, and her precocious niece Nancy. Fritzi chases a friend's expensive hat after it blows away. Fritzi leaves her car in the worst possible place during a snowstorm. Plus pantomime strip Ferd'nand, and the Dennis the Menace-like Willie. The Family Scrapbook; Fritzi Ritz; Willie; Ferd'nand; Nancy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Mik, Ernest G. Osborne, and Leonard Sansone. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz, her boyfriend Phil Fumble, and her precocious niece Nancy. Phil and Fritzi wait in line for a phone booth, in a story that shows the tech of its time. Nancy gets chased by a resourceful dog. Phil finds an outdated bargain for Fritzi's birthday, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Plus pantomime strip Ferd'nand, and the Dennis the Menace-like Willie. The Family Scrapbook; Fritzi Ritz; Willie; Ferd'nand; Nancy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover art by Eddie Campbell. First printing. By Alan Moore (script) & Eddie Campbell (art). See the source for the movie "From Hell" starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. NOTE: Published by Mad Love Publishing in association with Tundra Publishing. Due to a binding flaw that occurred when the book was published, all #2 & #6 issues have pages that appear wavy (bumpy) near spine. We do not consider this a grade defect. Chapter Three Blackmail or Mrs. Barrett; Marie begins her plot to blackmail Prince Eddie. Chapter Four "What Doth the Lord Require of Thee?"; The Royal family learns of Prince Eddie's indescretions; Victoria orders Gull to kill the prostitutes; Gull and Netley take a mystic's tour of London. Author's notes on the research for the stories in this volume. 76 pgs. Cover price $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

2nd printing. By Alan Moore (script) & Eddie Campbell (art). See the source for the movie "From Hell" starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. NOTE: Published by Mad Love Publishing in association with Kitchen Sink Press. Due to a binding flaw that occurred when the book was published, all #2 & #6 issues have pages that appear wavy (bumpy) near spine. We do not consider this a grade defect. Cover price $4.95.

Third printing (noted in indicia). By Alan Moore (script) & Eddie Campbell (art). See the source for the movie "From Hell" starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. NOTE: Published by Mad Love Publishing in association with Kitchen Sink Press. Cover price $4.95.

Cover A Wraparound. Written by Simon Reed. Art by Simon Bisley. The war against the Phoenix concludes! Tagar of the Sabre Clan leads his allies and amasses hulking siege mammoths to storm the gates of the Phoenix clan...but everything is not as it seems. While war is waging, have both sides been played for fools? Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Cover B. Written by Simon Reed. Art by Simon Bisley. The war against the Phoenix concludes! Tagar of the Sabre Clan leads his allies and amasses hulking siege mammoths to storm the gates of the Phoenix clan...but everything is not as it seems. While war is waging, have both sides been played for fools? Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Ted Willis and J. L. Keen. Holiday Comics becomes Fun, featuring classic funny-animal antics. Senor Tamale (a parrot, not a tamale) becomes a gold prospector, but chooses a mine that somebody else has already claimed. Pudgy Pig decides to run away from the pen, but when he has a close call with a butcher, he decides he was better off back at the farm. Also featuring puzzles, activities and a mystery for the reader to solve. Cosmo Cat: The Big Bang; Horse Opera Starring Harry; The Lil Pan Band; Senor Tamale; Pudgy Pig; Beanbag Golf; Page of Fun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Holiday Comics becomes Fun, featuring classic funny-animal antics. This issue introduces Mighty Bear, a black bear cub with prodigious strength who gets into comedic misadventures. Mighty Bear became the subsequent star of the series, taking over the title with the next issue. Final issue under this title; series continues as Mighty Bear #13. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Store promotional giveaway. Christmas theme.

Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Store promotional giveaway. Christmas theme.

Anthology type comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. "Feather Fuddle" featuring Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines; The Vulture Squadron try to capture Yankee Doodle Pigeon using a feather-seeking homing missile. "The Hooded Claw's Sinister Plot" featuring The Perils of Penelope Pitstop; The Hooded Claw attempts to capture Penelope Pitstop on the last leg of her flight around the world. "Mission Impassable" featuring Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines; The Vulture Squadron tries to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon by using giant flat irons and later, pepper and a sneezo-sniffer missile. Gold Key Comics Club features. # on cover: 10250-002, February. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

Anthology type comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. This issue has Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines in "It's Flop and Go-Go," It's the Wolf! in "Any Sport in a Storm," and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop in "The Great Space Chase." Issue also has Gold Key Comics Club features, one-page Cattanooga Cats gag strips, and one-page text feature "Learning a Lesson." Inside front cover has advertisement for Dick Dastardly' Vulture Squadron, a club for the "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines" Saturday morning TV cartoon show. No story/art credits given. # on cover: 10250-005, May Cover price $0.15.

Anthology type comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. Cover pencils by Phil de Lara. "Spy in the Sky" featuring Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, art by Phil de Lara; Once again, Dastardly and Muttley try to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon. "The Catnapper's Curse" featuring The Perils of Penelope Pitstop; Penelope Pitstop rescues Widow Pennypacker's kitten, kidnapped by the Hooded Claw. "A Sheep in the Deep!", art by Phil de Lara; Lambsy and Bristle Hound go to Flyspeck Island in the middle of the Ocean, but Mildew the wolf reaches them. "The Go-Go-Gone Buggy," art by Phil de Lara; The Cattanooga Cats chase and catch two thieves. Gold Key Comics Club features. # on cover: 10250-008, August. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

Anthology type comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. Cover pencils by Phil de Lara. "Heroic Dum-Dums" featuring Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, art by Phil de Lara; The General drops Dick Dastardly and Muttley behind enemy lines to intercept Yankee Doodle Pigeon at his point of takeoff. "Spring Lamb," art by Phil de Lara; Chirpy, a baby bird rescued by Lambsy, acts as a warning alarm whenever Mildew shows up. "The Boardwalk Booby Trap" featuring The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, art by Phil de Lara; The Hooded Claw tries to kill Penelope Pitstop at a seaside boardwalk. Your Future as an Office Machine Operator/As a Geologist Gold Key Comics Club articles, art by Dan Spiegle. "Whacky Witch," pencils by Phil de Lara; The Cattanooga Cats cross paths with a witch who wants to train Kitty Jo to be her assistant. # on cover: 10250-011, November. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

Anthology type comic featuring comic book adaptations of a variety of cartoon shows. This issue has Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines in "The Chicken Flyboy" "Command Performance," and "Pigeon Problems" and It's the Wolf in "Bo Peep Creep." Issue also has Gold Key Comics Club features. No story/art credits given. # on cover: 10250-103, March Cover price $0.15.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, and activity pages. In order of appearance: "The Worry Wart" by J. R. Williams; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Tailspin Tommy" by Hal Forrest; "Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete" and "On the Range" by Fred Harman; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Myra North, Special Nurse" by Ray Thompson and Charles Coll; "The Nut Brothers", "Mr. Blotto", and "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Otto Honk" by Bela Zaboly; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "This Curious World" by William Ferguson; "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "From the Notes of Major Cosmo Strange, D.S.O." by George Baker; "Annibelle" by Dorothy Urfer; "Salesman Sam" by C. D. Small; "The Adventures of 'Sparagus and Chubby"; "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Flapper Fanny" by Gladys Parker; "Tad of the Tanbark" and "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Happy Mulligan"; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; and "Stories in Stamps" by I. S. Klein. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Contains comic strip reprints, text articles, activity pages, and a text story. In order of appearance: "Alley Oop" by V. T. Hamlin; "Herky" by Clyde Lewis; "Dan Dunn" by Norman Marsh; "Stranger than Fiction" by Richard W. Thomas and Walter Galli; "Our Boarding House" by Gene Ahern; "Fun with a Pencil" by Walter Cole Brigham; "Freckles and his Friends" by Merrill Blosser; "Everybody's Playmate" by A. W. Nugent; "Bronc Peeler" by Fred Harman; "The Tiny Mites" by Hal Cochran and George Scarbo; "Boots" by Edgar Martin; "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire" and "Tad of the Tanbark" by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer; "Curious Facts about Stamps" by I. S. Klein; "Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune" by Roy Crane; "Ben Webster's Page" by Jay Jerome Williams (as Edwin Alger); "Scribbly" by Sheldon Mayer; "Out Our Way" by J. R. Williams; "Tailspin Tommy" and "Four Aces" by Hal Forrest; "G-Man vs. The Red X" (Big Little Book adaptation) by Dick Blair and Milt Youngren; "Home Magic" by A. W. Nugent; "Now You Tell One!" by Edward Courtney Dunkle; "Mutt and Jeff" and "Cicero's Cat" by Bud Fisher; "Reg'lar Fellers" and "Daisybelle" by Gene Byrnes; "Be a Big Leaguer" by Ed Cronin; and "Heroes' Hall of Fame" by Benjamin D. Allen (as Stookie Allen). "Sandy Ferguson, Sourdough, Part Two" text story by H. T. Sperry, illustrated by Walter Cole Brigham. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Muffatti. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Howard Nostrand. A series of 3-D funny-animal stories, published to coincide with the 3-D craze in movies and comics of the 1950s. Bozo Bear sets a "human trap" for lunch, and uses a female mannequin as bait. Willie Wildcat wants Buddy Beaver and his wife for breakfast, but they're too wily for him. Plus a story that takes advantage of the 3-D technology of the era by telling two separate tales on the same page. May or may not contain 3-D glasses. How to Use Your Magic 3-D Specs; Helpful Hank: A Night's Rest; Stinky; Bozo Bear; Jumpin' Jack; Buddy Beaver. 32 pages, B&W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Charlotte Becker, Joan Douglas, Marguerita Rudolph, Elizabeth Decker, Betty A. McSherry and Anna Sewell. Funny-animal comics and adaptations of classic literature from the publishers of Parents Magazine. A skunk tries to hide his white stripe during an air-raid drill; A comics version of the classic horse story Black Beauty; A little girl and her pet sheep try to help an insomniac king. Also featuring an ad for a kid's "Junior Air Raid Warden Kit," a real sign of its times. Patrick, the Upside-Down Pelican; Getting in the Scrap; The Little Wind; The Hungry Cat; The Patriotic Mouse; Peter Rides a Jeep; What's Cooking?; Rosebud, the Skunk Who Didn't Have Stripes; Biff and the Duchess Get in a New Kind of Scrap; Reward for Larry; The King Who Couldn't Sleep; Ever Ride an Elephant?; Trip to the Country; Black Beauty; Puzzle Page; Mr. Quince. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Features art from Martin Kellerman, Micheal Kupperman, David B, Paul hornschemeier, Jordan Crane, Mark Martin, R. Kikuo Johnson, Megan Kelso, Johnny Ryan, Joe Daly, Max, and Jason. B&W

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Cover by Dan Gordon. Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Puss begins his long campaign of harassment of gullible Boots; Whoo-Doodit tracks a crook who steals candy from babies; Blunderbunny invents a voice-controlled robot that runs amuck. Puss an' Boots; The Case of the Missing Cheese; Blunderbunny; The Case of the Base; Alkali Ike and his Horse Oatsie; Blunderbunny and the Great Ah-Choo!; Whoo-Doodit. Some of these stories were featured in an ACG retrospective in The Comics Journal #291. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon and others. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Pusss practical jokes go too far right before Boots has a big date; Blunderbunnys super-vacuum sucks all the furniture out of a house, but his enlarging/shrinking serum is even worse; A near-death experience temporarily sends Boots to Hound Heaven and away from Pusss pranks, and he wants to go back. Puss an' Boots; A Sad Tale; Blunderbunny; Whoo-Doodit; Alkali Ike and His Horse Oatsie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Art by Dan Gordon and Bob Wickersham. Funny-animal comics from independent publisher ACG, featuring the Itchy & Scratchy-like Puss an Boots, misguided inventor Blunderbunny, owl detective Whoo-Dunnit, and Western dog marshal Alkali Ike. Sometimes the characters break through the fourth wall and into the laps of the kids who are watching their cartoons. Boots decides its time to play tricks on Puss instead of the other way round; Blunderbunnys latest invention creates random other inventions, but no one knows what they are until its too late; A bird gives a cat the Tweety treatment. Puss an' Boots; Blunderbunny; A Bird in the Hand; Whoo-Doodit; Alkali Ike and His Horse Oatsie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.