Comics on Parade (1938) comic books 1944

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.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp and others. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #9. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features the hillbilly antics of Al Capp's Li'l Abner. Killer on the run Gat Garson realizes he looks just like Li'l Abner, so he plays a little switcheroo. Mammy and Pappy are bewildered when "Abner" kicks his beloved pig Salomey and asks for "corn likker." Meanwhile, the real Li'l Abner is equally mystified why people are giving him money and calling him "Gat." Plus a PSA on wartime paper conservation. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Rudolph Dirks and Gus Mager. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #10. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features the iconic pranksters Hans and Fritz and their hapless victim, the Captain. Tiny pirate Captain Bloodshot strands the Captain and the Kids on an island, but that just puts them on the trail of Bloodshot's treasure. Escaping the island, the family sets out to get the treasure before Bloodshot does. But first, they must face... Manny the Sea Monster. The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Hawkshaw the Detective. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and others. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #11. 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. Enterprising Nancy finds a way to profit from a Wet Paint sign. Nancy and Sluggo start their own sidewalk detective agency. The first thing they investigate is the supposed "haunted house" on Hogan's Hill. Also featuring a vintage ad for an "Animated Lilliputiana," a tiny model village. Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble; Nancy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.