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Here's one you don't see every day. Alarming Tales 5 Sep-58 from Harvey (A Thrill Adventure), John Severin cover, Matt Baker, Al Williamson, Doug Wildey, and possibly Jack Kirby according to GCD -- plus a laboratory story featuring lead and uranium! Jack

Funny Stuff 64, Jan-Feb 1952. Very nice DC funny animal book (esp. for a buck). The Dodo and the Frog by Otto Feuer (probably), but I like Bo Bunny by Sheldon Mayer even better. Jack

Nope. It has a DC or pre-DC look, doesn't it? I'd guess Sheldon Mayer, if that doesn't threaten my title of World's Worst Artist Spotter. Jack

And do what with them? Eh eh... A comics burning in Binghamton, NY, 1948. Groups of students continued to burn comic books in school yards around the country, some under the sway of their parents and teachers, some in concord with them, some unsure of their own points of view and doubtful of the propriety of disagreeing with their elders, some emboldened to defiance through the burnings themselves. In one case—a grand public protest organized in Rumson, New Jersey, an affluent town near the seashore—the young people involved were exceptionally young, Cub Scouts, and they were only part of an elaborate plan arranged by a Cubmaster, Louis Cooke, a scout committeeman, Ralph Walter, and the mayor, Edward Wilson. As it was announced on January 6 at a “fathers’ night” meeting of the Rumson High School PTA, the event was to involve a two-day drive to collect comic books “portraying murderers and criminals,” a journalist at the meeting reported. A group of forty Cubs would tour the borough in a fire truck, “with siren screaming, and collect objectionable books at homes along the way.” Then the mayor would lead the boys in a procession from Borough Hall to Rumson’s Victory Park, where Wilson would present awards to the scouts and lead them in burning the comic books. The Cub who had gathered the most comics would have the honor of applying the torch to the books. When the national office of the Cub Scouts of America declined to support the bonfire, and news­papers as far-flung as Michigan’s Ironwood Daily Globe questioned it, the Rumson event was revised to conclude with the scouts donating the comics to the Salvation Army for scrap. A few weeks later, a Girl Scout leader in the farm-country town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Mrs. Thomas Mullen, guided her troop and local students in a comic-book burning, unencumbered. (The event had not been widely publicized in advance.) The scouts, fourteen- to eighteen-year-old members of Senior Troop 29, began gathering crime comics, as well as western and romance titles (because of their shootings and sexual innuendo, respectively), then turned the burning over to students at St. Mary’s, a Catholic high school of about 275 housed in an austere redbrick building, a refurbished old hospital. Following a -script by the parish pastor, Rev. Theon Schoen, the students conducted a mock trial of four comic-book characters, portrayed by upperclassmen who pleaded guilty to “leading young people astray and building up false conceptions in the minds of youth.” The trial, held on the school grounds after classes, concluded with a “great big bonfire,” as one of the students, Bonnie Wulfers, would remember it. As the books burned, Schoen led the assembled group of more than four hundred students from St. Mary’s elementary and high schools in a version of the now-standard pledge to “neither read nor purchase objectionable publications and to stay away from retail establishments where such are sold.” The Ten-Cent Plague Jack

Great comic. Rocket must have been a very common names for boys in the 1940's. Rocket Kelly Rocket Rooney Rocket Riley and just a few years later, Rocket J. Squirrel Jack (Hokey smoke!)

maybe a big hint would help... Approved Comics 12 - Northwest Mounties Congrats, Doc S. I probably never would have figured it out. Apparently you're not a leg man. Jack

Great science jibber-jabber! "Chlorophyll atomic animator!" "Atomic chemical field" "Chemical X233" Do we get to see how Jeep and Peep stop this madman? Jack ("Watch that old elm -- he's slippery!" HAR!)

ROWR-BAZZLE! What a great cover! Look at how many characters Kelly designed for just one cover. You can still see echoes of Disney's Fantasia, Dumbo and Pinocchio in them. Does the label say Uncle Willie (tee-hee) instead of Uncle Wiggily? "Lulu Wibble-Wobble"? HAW! I'd love to see the whole series get reprinted so that the unwashed masses (me for example) could see all this early Kelly work. Maybe if Our Gang is successful enough. Nope -- probably need a larger monitor. Jack

From GCD (info on #2) maybe Jack Alderman on Jeep and Peep. No info on Solid Jackson. Jack

What did he say? Jack

This is the splash page to the mystery strip. This is a page from another story in the comic. Hint: The book was published during WWII. Your clues point to Jeep Comics, probably #1. I'll guess that feature 1 is Jeep and Peep. Feature 2 is Solid Jackson. Jack

He's holding the paint over an area of carpet that is not protected. And there's no sneaking up on Veronica when she has the neckbone of an owl. That's body paint, right? No one has mentioned that Veronica is naked from the waist up? Unless those leg stripes are painted on too. Jack

Wow, very nice! Andy, Felix and Raggedy Ann on the cover, and I bet the RA story is great. Those Li'l Eight Ball stories can be wild too. Jack

We have a Congrats, BB. The lettering in the splash is so Farr in its angularity that you can't miss it. Now I also see it in the characters' face. I don't have many scans of Street & Smith books where a lot of his work was published. Brilliant win BB. (thumbs u Jack Farr from All Funny 13. I really like his style, and Scrooge is right that there's no mistaking his distinctive lettering. Apologies for the mediocre scan. It's an old one. This is a fun book, but unusual because (IMO) the stories are better than the cover, probably by Stan Kaye, rather than the typical vice versa. I remember when I indexed it for GCC, I had to ask about every artist. I learned a lot that time around -- but not enough to win this quiz. Jack

The bystander sure got a lot better looking in 50 (??) years. Good eye! Jack

The ugly green ink single-handedly ruins this cover. It belongs in this thread. Possibly faded from the original color and not translated well from book to scan to your monitor, although the display on my monitor, which tends to run dark, matches the book pretty closely. Jack

I think that's called the "Diggy diggy die" scene. Jack at the Fais Do Do

I could use Diggy at one of my jobsites. Can you check and see if he is avaialble? If the job involves rooting around for shellfish, you're in luck. Diggy ends the story by digging for clams. Jack

Very nice copy! The cover story is a classic 1950s-style pedantic one, which the resolution resolving around (need spoiler space if it's over 50 years old?) calcium carbonate! I have a reprint -- originals of the early SA run are too pricey (as you know). Captain Comet stories (harbinger of the Silver Age) are really well done. Jack

Why would I follow up all those high-grade slabs with The Flash 211? Because of Adams' leggy roller derby cover? No Ultra-high grade? No, fine at best Flash Comics 104 origin featuring "hard water fumes" and U-235? Cool, but no Kid Flash backup? No Paid an outrageously high (for me) % of guide for it? Yes, but that's not why I'm posting it. It's the only Flash I "needed" above #124 except for an upgrade of #126 and --- #346. What the heck is so special about #346? I should be able to find it in a bargain bin! Jack (thanks to Sharon for #347)

Frisky Animals 45 Apr-51 Not a moment's peace, I tell ya. People clamoring, "When are you going to show us that pink, anthropomorphic construction equipment? How long must we wait?" This is your lucky day. The lead story, nicely drawn by Al Fago, features Neddy Bear and his pals vs. a wicked witch. Here's the closing page, with an ending straight out of Max und Moritz. Dopsy Durvy, a rabbit selling cheese and canned goods on the moon, drawn by Jason Comic Art. Nice character design for a studio job. The sales pitch for canned beef stew cracks me up -- along with "Look! It's a bird... It's a plane! No! It's the cow and Dopsy Durvy!" I wonder how they thought that line up? Finally, Diggy the Derrick by C W Winter. The heart-rending tale of a derrick who wanted to take a ferry ride on his day off, but ended up seasick on a raft! Strange stuff, but overall a well produced comic book. Jack (Is a derrick an animal just because it's frisky?)

You don't want Lady Blackhawk to hear that. She's a fury when she's jealous. Nice copies! I have a couple of those, but real beaters. Jack

Here's one you don't see every day. Frisky Animals 45 Apr-51 More info in the cigar thread, and I'll try to post some page scans to the Short Bus thread tonight. Jack

Frisky Animals 45 Apr-51 The only funny animals book I've ever spent more on is Looney Tunes 5, and I have to admit that I bought this L B Cole cover and crossed my fingers that the contents weren't too bad on this one. Cool cover, isn't it, with the almost photorealistic real animals combined with anthropomorphic funny animals? The scan exaggerates the defects -- I'd say it looks a little better in hand. The contents range from very good to mediocre. The lead story by Fago and a bizarre tale by C. W. Winter are the high points. Several stories are signed "Jason Comic Art", apparently shop jobs. I'll try to post some scans to the Short Bus thread tonight. Jack

Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9 Number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9 Number 9 Take this, brother, may it serve you well (Surely I'm not the only one) Jack