Comic books in 'Magnifying Glass'

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and Paul F. Berdanier. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #8. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features Fritzi, star of Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl strip Fritzi Ritz, and her more famous niece, Nancy. Nancy gets a premature revenge when Gracie doesn't invite her to her party. Phil Fumble buys a joke camera so he can sneak into the baseball game as a press photographer. Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble; Nancy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Show & Tell - Written by Dan Abnett. Painted Art and Cover by Igor Kordey. Mark Ewing is a Daily Bugle investigative reporter who has stumbled upon a story that just may change the way you look at the Marvel Universe forever! Featuring Jonah Jameson, Joe Robertson, Damage Control, Ben Urich and S.H.I.E.L.D. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

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Story, art and cover by Matt Howarth. Howarth tells tales of Bugtown, the hometown of his characters Savage Henry and the Post Brothers. This issue reprints the underground comic Rock Horror #3, starring Savage Henry and real-life alternative-rock stars Nash the Slash and The Residents. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.50.

Stories by Dan Gordon and Gil Turner. Art by Dan Gordon, Gil Turner and A. W. Nugent. Teen comedy featuring Cookie and his pals, created by legendary animator Dan Gordon. Cookie is jealous of Angelpusss new crush, Professor Marrybore; Jitterbuck doesn't believe in superstitions, but strange things keep happening; Trudy is worried about meeting the son of her mom's friend. Cookie; Jitterbuck; Trudy: The Big Noise from Illinois; Are You a Smart Cookie?; Cookie's Treasure Hunt; Zoot; Teepee Tim. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by John Severin, Bill McCartney, Don Orehek, Pete Wyma, Vic Martin, Jack Tottwn, Noel Klineman, and Bob Zahn. Comic strip parody feature includes cameos, by Beetle Bailey, Mutt & Jeff, Popeye, Dick Tracy, Peanuts, Henry, Nancy, Pogo, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Blondie, Alley Oop, Tarzan, Superman, Mandrake the Magician, Prince Valiant, the Lone Ranger, Archie, Little Orphan Annie, Dennis the Menace, and many others. Severin cover. Cover price $0.25.

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Writing by Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham. Art by Mark Buckingham, Gary Erskine. Cover by Mark Buckingham From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman's dead boys get their own monthly series! As fans of storybook detectives, Edwin Paine (died 1916) and Charles Rowland (died 1990) will take on any and all mysteries - including their own untimely deaths! The dead boys head back to St. Hilarions, where bullying headmasters continue to rule the school. But when they investigate the lingering mysteries of their own deaths, they meet a young girl named Crystal whose tech skills and strange link to the undead earn her a place as a new detective. DEAD BOY DETECTIVES is a fast-paced adventure series that takes us from the bustling streets of contemporary London to Japanese-inspired video games and dangerous worlds perched somewhere between the now and nevermore. Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Jill Thompson. Neil Gaiman's inimitable sleuths from THE SANDMAN: SEASON OF MISTS star in their own Manga Digest. THE DEAD BOY DETECTIVES, guest-starring Death of the Endless, is brought to life by award-winning artist Jill Thompson (THE SANDMAN: BRIEF LIVES, Scary Godmother). Based on the overwhelming success of her first Manga Digest, DEATH: AT DEATH'S DOOR, Thompson has crafted an amazing original mystery that will appeal to both SANDMAN fans and shojou Manga enthusiasts. Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine, the dead British teenagers who are always on the run from Death, travel stateside to solve a missing persons case. Our intrepid heroes have been contacted by young Annika Abernathy, a student at a posh International Academy in Chicago. It seems that Annika's best friend has vanished. For Rowland and Paine to investigate the case properly, they decide to enroll as students at the school. And since it's an all-girls academy, the duo is forced to go undercover ? in drag. Secret passages, food fights, and far too many fashionistas abound as the Dead Boy Detectives solve the case and learn a lot about life from the precocious daughters of international ambassadors and famous rock stars. As a bonus, this digest also features a free 8-page excerpt from DEATH: AT DEATH'S DOOR. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $9.99.

Batman and Robin star in "Danger Strikes Three," Air Wave stars in "Mr. Smith Gets the Bird" (art by George Roussos), the Crimson Avenger stars in "School For Scoops," Slam Bradley stars in "General Lee Comes to Town," the Boy Commandos in "Log of a Lifeboat" (not by Simon and Kirby, despite the credits on the splash page), and Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story. Cover price $0.10.

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Part 2. Story by Alan Grant. Art by Norm Breyfogle and Dick Giordano. Tim Drake's parents are missing and the Dark Knight pledges to find them. Plus, learn more about the Obeah Man and the Money Spider. Cover price $1.00.

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WRITTEN BY PAUL BOLLES AND NANCY GAGNÉ; ART BY WILLIAM ROSADO, MICHÉL GAGNÉ, AND BOB WIACEK; COVER BY BRIAN EWING. Batman tries to stop a cop with a vendetta from ripping Gotham apart. But how can he do that if he's lying unconcious in the Batmobile? Plus, a new 4-part backup feature, "Spore," is the Batman story we promise will shock every reader. It really is the story you thought you'd never see, written by Nancy Gagné and illustrated by renowned children's book and indie comix artist Michél Gagné (Zed, Insanely Twisted Rabbit). FC, 40 PG. $2.75 Cover price $2.75.

WRITTEN BY JOHN ROZUM AND CRAIG BOLDMAN; ART BY JOHN DELANEY AND JEFF ALBRECHT; COVER BY BILL WRAY In stores October 31. Nanobots ? they're not just for super-heroes anymore! Now any kid genius can use these microscopic machines to fix your Mom's broken vase, or mask the sound of your squeaky shoes to avoid your stoopid sister. Why, their uses are limitless ? so what could possibly go wrong....? FC, 32 PG.$1.99 Cover price $1.99.

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Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers. Full-color, 8-1/2 x 11 inches square bound, cardstock cover, white matt interior paper stock. No publication date listed. Cover price $7.95.

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Written by Gordon Rennie and Emma Beeby. Art by Brian Williamson. Cover by Kelly Yates. The penultimate chapter of 'GAZE OF THE MEDUSA'! Sarah Jane and Professor Odysseus are trapped in the ancient past, while the Doctor and the Professor's daughter, Athena, attempt to steal the Lamp of Chronos from Lady Emily Carstairs and her giant Scryclopes! And looming large over both time zones... the 'MEDUSA' itself! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Tim Daniel. Art by Mehdi Cheggour. Cover by Sarah DeLaine. Military chaos. Governmental breakdown. Societal collapse. The natural order of life has been turned upside down as still even more of 'The Enormous' rise up to claim the top spot on the food chain. James Coyle takes extreme measures, but for Ellen Grace, it's already too late. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Paul Jenkins. Art and Cover by Ramon Bachs. Frankie finds himself back in the midst of chaos on the streets of Rimes. While the case has been cracked wide open, he has less than a day to do anything about it. The Queens and Witches are waging a war staged by the mysterious knife-wielding man and the livelihood of stories from all walks of the world are on the line. Frankie may have messed up things in his own story, but this time he will not go down without a fight. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by George Wildman, Charles Nicholas and Jon D'Agostino. Archie-style teen comedy featuring Freddy and his gang of clean-cut yet trouble-prone pals. Stuff's clunker car might be able to make it to his uncle's house before it falls apart completely. Rip and Freddy race down a mountainside to determine who will take Peggy to the school dance. A photographer seeking a "typical" family unknowingly chooses Stuff and his family, who are anything but typical. Sad Hack; Fall Guys; Snack Happy; Way Back When; The Educated Hamburger; Spring Planting; Janice Has a Date and 'Fun with Pop'; Stuff's Folks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Archie-style teen comedy featuring Freddy and his gang of clean-cut yet trouble-prone pals. Freddy seeks old clothes for a costume party, but constantly crosses paths with short-tempered Mr. Tantrum. Schoolyard bullies meet their match when they try to intimidate Shorty. When Freddy helps a shy classmate by showing him how to talk to girls, Peggy gets the wrong idea. Doubled Date; Big Toot; Raggedy Man; A Big Wheel; Stretch McGinty: Great Gal; Women, Women! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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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.

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1st printing in this edition. Mickey and Donald in two complete reprinted stories, "The Seven Ghosts" and "The Case of the Vanishing Coats," both by Fred Gottfredson and Ted Osborne. Full color, 8-1/2 x 11 inches square bound, cardstock cover, white matt interior paper stock. No publication date listed. Cover price $9.95.

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"Sheerluck Goof and the Giggling Ghost of Notenny Moor!" Written by John Blair Moore. Art by B. Furgate and G. Wildman. Follow the world's "goofiest" detective as he matches wits with the diabolical Doctor Moreorlessity! FC, 32 pages Cover price $1.50.

Goofy and the Gangsters Mini Comic. Wheaties 1950-51 32-page promotional comic, 6-7/8 x 3-1/8, Issue #B-7. An original set of 8 mini comics cost 15c plus one Wheaties box top. Four sets of 8 were made, Series A, B, C and D.

New Dimension Comics Florida Super Con Exclusive Flip Art/Photo Cover Variant. Front cover art by Tim Seely, back cover features photo model Mariposa Peligrosa posing as Cassie Hack.
HACK/SLASH returns in all-new ongoing series by the creative team behind the hit HACK/SLASH: MY FIRST MANIAC mini! Cassie Hack, killer of killers, and her partner Vlad hunt a slasher who haunts a small town's Make Out Point. Meanwhile, Cat Curio, Former Teen Detective, searches for the man who put her in a coma and the murderous cult that employed him. What she finds will set up the biggest HACK/SLASH story yet. A great jumping on point for new readers! RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

Cover by Rodin Esquejo Story TIM SEELEY art KYLE STRAHM Guest-artist KYLE STRAHM (We Will Bury You) steps in as the skull-faced mystery woman Fantomah comes to Cassie and Vlad for help. But, what could a super powerful goddess, known for her horrible (yet creative) methods of tormenting evil doers, need with a teenage girl and a mutant with a machete? Cover price $3.50.

Stories and art by Marty Taras and others. An anthology series from Harvey that served to introduce and test out other series. Although the indicia calls this Harvey Comics Hits #60, it is unofficially Paramount Animated Comics #1 as well. This issue features the kids' comics that would eventually become Harvey's bread and butter, including Baby Huey's 2nd appearance in future mainstay Harvey Comics, and only his 3rd appearance in comics overall. Herman the mouse and Katnip the cat wind up on the moon. Casper finds a ghostly solution to the housework blues. Buzzy: Guide Service; Buzzy Fools a Fox; Herman and Katnip: Trip to the Moon; Wily Fox; Brownie; Little Audrey: Dirty Trick, Big Bully, Batter Up; Baby Huey: Play Ball; Herman's Last Laugh; Casper the Friendly Ghost: Haunted Housework. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Kelly Thompson. Art by Michael Walsh. Cover by Julian Totino Tedesco. WHAT WOULD J. JONES DO? NEW ARC STARTS HERE! Everything is coming up Kate! She's got fancy new HAWKEYE INVESTIGATIONS window sign, a burgeoning P.I. business (albeit a temporarily unlicensed one), new friends and even some promising looking love interests on the horizon. So when her mentor, Jessica Jones, surfaces in LA on a case, Kate jumps at the chance to learn from the master (and show off, obviously). But the City of Angels has long history of crushing dreams... 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Stories and art by Ken Browne, Buster Green, W. Jourdain, and Bernard Krigstein. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. The Junior Rangers invade Italy, in a story with art by comics legend Bernard Krigstein. Teen inventor Cliff Gordon takes his three-way plane into battle against the Axis on land, sea and air. The trail of stolen paste diamonds leads boy detective Johnny Doolittle to a hidden Nazi U-boat. Junior Rangers; Animal Crackers; Cliff Gordon the Wonder Boy; Happy and Scrappy; Little Johnny Doolittle; Bread and Bullets; Perry Allen; Private Messkit; Tom Morgan. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by H. C. Kiefer. Stories and art by H. C. Kiefer, August Froehlich, Lee Schertz and Howard Post. Headline Comics' first rotating slate featured a slew of Axis-punching super-heroes typical of the early 1940s. Buck Saunders and Officer Flanagan seek kidnappers. The debut of young wizard Max the Magician, later a regular in Wonderland Comics (1945). Circus acrobat Jim Dare becomes the superhero Blue Streak to bring his brother's killers to justice. Junior Rangers; Worldbeater and Unggh; Buck Saunders; George Washington: First in War; Nutzy; Max the Magician; The Blue Streak. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Bill Willingham Art by Shawn McManus Cover by Brian Bolland Bill Willingham (SHADOWPACT, FABLES) joins forces with artist Shawn McManus (THE SANDMAN) and cover artist extraordinaire Brian Bolland for a tale of Detective Chimp! The World's Greatest Simian Sleuth is called in to investigate the murders of a new band of wannabe super-heroes when the Helmet of Fate enters his life! ? 32 pg, FC NOTE: LONE STAR COMICS REVIEW BY REGIONAL MANAGER AARON SETTLE: Of all of the lead-up titles to Infinite Crisis, Day of Vengeance was the biggest surprise and the main reason for that was Detective Chimp. Something about the world's greatest simian detective struck a chord with readers. At the end of Day of Vengeance, Detective Chimp played a role in deciding to throw the helmet of fate into space and letting fate itself decide who will be the next to wear the mantle. Fate takes a unique turn in Helmet of Fate: Detective Chimp as the helmet arrives back on Earth in time to help the chimp solve the murder of a group of new heroes. One of the best things about this one-shot, which begins the long process of selecting the next Doctor Fate, is actually the story before the chimp gets the helmet. We actually get to see the detective in action and its pretty cool. And then once he finds the helmet things go into overdrive. It's a fun issue written by Bill Willingham (Shadowpact) and does a good job of reintroducing the helmet of Fate to the DC Universe and setting up the eventual return of Doctor Fate. If you dig Doctor Fate or Shadowpact, check out this one-shot. Cover price $2.99.

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. "The Flying Dutchman!", art by Jim Mooney; Unemployed seaman Mike Dillon gets shanghaied onto the fabled Flying Dutchman where he has to do menial work; Dillon protests and drives a cutlass through the cruel captains heart. Superman DC National Comics ad. "The Phantom Highwayman Rides Again!", art by Ramona Fradon; London eccentric Derek Drew falls in love with a young woman named Minerva and starts to court her; Drew has a dark secret, he was a highwayman of the 16th century who was betrayed by a woman also named Minerva. One-page "Body Possessed" story, art by Morris Waldinger. "The Gangster and the Ghost!", pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; American gangster Earl Crandall learns that he has English roots and used to be the Earl of Crandall; Not believing, of course, that a ghost haunts the castle he inherits, Crandall enters the premises in the company of a "ghost-breaker." "The Man Who Made Gold" text story by Jack Miller (as John Marlowe), art by Raymond Perry. "Voice from Nowhere!" filler page, art by Morris Waldinger. "The Stamps of Doom!", art by Ruben Moreira; Collector Alex Manning excavates the quarters of a Nazi concentration camp commander—where 13 rare stamps depicting atrocities are kept. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Rex W. Lindsey. "Sock It to Me," script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Rex Lindsey, inks by Rich Koslowski; Jughead has a puppet that insults his friends. "Movie Madness," script and art by Rex Lindsey; Parody movie posters. "Potion Notion," script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Rex Lindsey, inks by Rich Koslowski; Betty tries to make a love potion but Jughead drinks it instead of Archie. "Peek a Boo!", script by Craig Boldman, art by Rex Lindsey; Jughead accidentally reveals the secret hiding places of much of the Riverdale teachers and staff to Mr. Weatherbee. "It Takes Two to Tangle," script by Craig Boldman, art by Rex Lindsey; Trula tricks Jughead into taking her to the school dance. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.79.

by Various It's double-decker sandwiches and double-trouble as the irrepressible Jughead tilts the laugh-o-meter in this uproarious collection of new stories and classic tales! Digest, FC $3.29 Cover price $3.29.

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Armageddon 2001. Waverider sees the team's possible future, and it involves the JLE being stranded across the timestream, in "Too Much Time". Story continues in Armageddon 2001 #2. Plot by Keith Giffen, script by Gerard Jones, pencils by Steve Carr, Russel Braun, Marshall Rogers, Linda Medley, Keith Giffen, John Beatty, Randy Elliott, Curt Swan and Ty Templeton, inks by Elliott and Michael Golden (4 pages). Cameos by Superman, Anthro, Bat Lash, the Demon, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Hex, General Glory, Martian Manhunter, H.G. Wells, Sherlock Holmes, King Arthur, Merlin. 54 pages of story. Kevin Maguire cover. Cover price $2.00.

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Kilowog and Mitch Wacky travel back through time and other dimensions to prevent the Extremists from ever coming into existence and destroying Wacky's world. When other JLI members try to follow them, they find themselves only 6" high...and then, in trying to return home, they travel back to the wrong time where they run into the original Justice League of America. Written by Keith Giffen and Gerard Jones, with art by Mike McKone and Bob Smith. 84 pages. Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Sholly Fisch. Art by Gordon Purcell & Al Nickerson. Cover by Zach Howard. Gorilla City is missing, and the world's greatest sleuth is on the case: Detective Chimp! Cover price $2.25.

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by Jolly Blackburn & Various Knights of the Dinner Table is the longest running comic on the subject of games ever! Though B.A., Brian, Bob, Dave and Sara may play different characters in different games, their personalities always shine through. KoDT also features d20, HackMaster and other articles for gamers, from a gamer's perspective. A hilarious and hysterical slice of (fantasy) life in strips, features and a wonderful celebration of the gaming culture! Cover price $4.99.

Cover by Olive Bailey. Stories by Isabel Manning Hewson. Art by Olive Bailey. The comics adaptation of a popular children's radio show, from back when EC was still run by Max Gaines and called "Educational Comics." Isabel and Billy travel to a magical undersea kingdom after befriending Red Lantern, a talking fish. Isabel and Billy must visit Dr. Terrapincus to find a cure for Miss Spotty's disorder. Then the duo encounters undersea pirates. S. S. Penmanship!; The Apothecary Shop; The Strange Stuart Case; The Undersea Pirates. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Number/Month on cover: 10028-406, June. "The Spider and the Secret Six"; Lulu gets a phone call saying the Secret Six are after her pop. "The Case of the Taken Tonic," script by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp; Tubby solves the case of the missing Tiny Tots Tonic at Lulus house. "The Case of the Exploding Cigar," script by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp; Lulu wants Tubby to find out who gave her pop a cigar that exploded in his face. "The Case of the Wet Hat," script by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp; Tubby solves the case of how Lulus mothers hat got wet. "Real and Unreal Danger" starring Annie. "Trees, Number 17: Northern Black Oaks" Keys of Knowledge story on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Number/Month on cover: 10028-506, June. "The Case of the Faceprint on the Towel"; Tubby thinks faceprinting will do away with fingerprinting. "The Case of the Egg in the Shoe"; Tubby solves the case of how an egg got into Lulu's pop's shoe. "Out, Out, Darned Spot," script by John Stanley, art by Irving Tripp; Lulu spills ink on the rug and Tubby wants to pin the rap on her pop. "The Case of the Disappearing Drums"; Tubby solves the case of who took Alvin's drum. "Dining Out" starring Grandpa Feeb. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.