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Gerber says R. H. Webb. Jack

I love Jester's costume. It's so over the top. He obviously owes a debt to Joker, but it's almost as if he later branched off and became the Trickster (SA Flash -- the leggings) and the Comedian (Watchmen -- the happyface shtick -- although Jester is obscure enough that I've never seen the connection mentioned). Siegel's Funnyman comes to mind too. Encore! Jack

Wow! That's a very subversive cover in "funny-kid" clothing! There are times in US history when it might have been censored. Jack even a kid(?) smoking a cigar!

Let's check back in the thread to where viewers said, "NO! Don't post THAT!!" Still looking. Jack

Jack, you and I both assumed it was Joe's cousin (and it probably is, I'm guessing), but Joe's brother is also named Frank. I just learned that from reading it in, "Men of Tomorrow." I read the book at least a year ago but didn't remember Joe's brother's name. I wonder which Frank it was. Jack

Holy Fudd! Great Smash set! I'm not sure why I like those Bozo the Robot covers so much. (I was using him for an avatar for a while.) Probably that he's so silly-looking, with his Michelin Man rings and frozen smile, in the midst of battles and other danger scenes. I wonder whether Chadwick drew some inspiration for Concrete from these covers. Some Concrete covers have the same feel. Bails' Who's Who says George Brenner and Bob Jenney drew the strip -- anyone else? Apparently Brenner did lots of Quality features, but Jenney worked mostly (and anonymously as far as I can tell) at Dell. Jack

Does that say "Modles"? GCD says Matt Baker. I wouldn't have guessed it, but I can believe it. Maybe it's more convincing when Mitzi climbs out of the water. Jack "Movies" That fancy font is genuinely hard to read on my monitor! Now, would I do that? We have a "Wet Business Suit Contest" winner! And she didn't even kick off her stiletto heels. But any gal from Possum Hollow would say, "Possum Holler Gal Scouts"! Is Mitzi a Kentucky gal? This page looks more like Baker to me. Nice foresight for the suicidal writer to keep his failed manuscript in a waterproof pouch. Thanks! Jack

Does that say "Modles"? GCD says Matt Baker. I wouldn't have guessed it, but I can believe it. Maybe it's more convincing when Mitzi climbs out of the water. Jack

I'm not sure that even qualifies as double! Jack

Whoo! Wild story! Even a rudely surprising, non-PC ending. "The Living Vitamin!" Hart = Ernie Hart? Jack It's also my understanding this is Ernie Hart. Did you catch the other non-PC line below the cereals ad? "Attention: Women over 300 lbs! ... are you fat? ..." Worse yet, under "Booberknocker's buttermilk for better built bodies". Yikes!! Which struck me as strange, since Mitymite is still supposed to be a child here, right? Definitely an oddball story. Jack

Whoo! Wild story! Even a rudely surprising, non-PC ending. "The Living Vitamin!" Hart = Ernie Hart? Jack

*check guide* AWP! No kidding about that issue. "First comic devoted to serial"? Nah, probably the bondage. If I remember right, I have photo cover(s?). On the other hand, some guys go wild over school uniforms. Jack

Nyoka is definitely the cheapest jungle girl around -- or at least I've been surprised at the prices I've paid for some of her adventures. Do you think wearing a girls' boarding school uniform instead of an animal pelt bikini could have any effect on sales? Jack

Nice one! Must be Oksner, yes? I wonder how many times this cover gag was used. Probably dozens at Archie and Timely-Atlas. I hope the Short Bus is so crowded that we have to share seats. Jack

I'd love to read them. Aaaawww, shucks, adamstrange. How you do go on! Jack *snif*

Overstreet is no help, and #43 is the only Leading Screen that's even reserved (by yours truly) at GCD. There's probably an APA index out there somewhere. I'll check with GCD experts. I bet D&F are in a bunch of issues, since DC seemed to just toss in short funny-animal features until the book was full. Looking around a bit, I think that #43 is too early for S Mayer art in Leading. Maybe Graham Place, as I suggested earlier, or even Howie Post, on Puss 'n Pooch. Jack

Parked at the foot of your driveway, impatiently honking its horn. That's Puss 'n Pooch up in the Leading logo, and the style matches the story. Is that Otto Feuer's work? To the World's Worst Artist Spotter ©, it looks like a different hand from the other stories in the book. Maybe that's Graham Place or Rube Grossman and the main cover illustration is Feuer? The Dodo and the Frog appear in both a text and illustrated story in this issue. That's why I appreciate having Matt around. He's the only person who covets my books. Jack

I put this one on the Short Bus thread (more comments there), but maybe it belongs here too because of scarcity and some well-drawn stories. Leading Comics ("Screen" is not in the indicia title), June-July 1950 Jack

A recently received DC funny animal book. This one's Silver Age, more or less. More comments are over in the Gold Short Bus thread. Nutsy Squirrel 72, November 1957.

SS, I'm a true comic fan which means I love them all!!!! Even the ones that don't sell very well. Do you even love this one? Mighty Midget 12, 1943, featuring Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. I've got some other Mighty Midget books, but this one is by far the nicest. The production quality was incredibly bad on these books, though, with little bits of crude red coloring on the otherwise black-and-white pages, many of which are printed off-center. Still, it's the Ruddy Duo's only solo book. Jack

The new school year has been in session for weeks, yet no one's gotten on the short bus! Here are a couple of riders with their new lunchboxes and crayons ready. Nutsy Squirrel 72, November 1957. The scan can't do justice to just how PINK the cover is, even though it's a fairly low-grade copy. Artwork is almost certainly by Rube Grossman, and one story features a nutty professor, dressed in gown and mortarboard and complete with a lab full of retorts. Leading Comics ("Screen" is not in the indicia title), June-July 1950. The book is scarce enough that the cover wasn't on GCD until I just now added it. Some familiar funny animals here like Peter Porkchops and Matt's pals the Dodo and the Frog, plus unfamilar ones like Puss 'n Pooch. I really like the artwork on that feature but don't know who it's by. Possibly Rube Grossman again, maybe Sheldon Mayer. Jack

Interesting "authorized edition" notation, probably because Atlas was publishing a Wyatt Earp comic during the same period based on the historical character in the public domain. To modern eyes, his posture in the photo looks sort of like he's friendly with Marvel's recently revamped Rawhide Kid. Jack

It was in issue # 39. D'OH! I did it again. You always update the subject line! Jack

# 39 Thanks. I thought it looked like the later Mary Jane rather than the one in #5 that I've been rambling on about. I wonder when she changed -- the feature changed hands or was it gradual? Jack

Thanks! Nice-looking Christmas story, talking trees and all. Which issue was it in? Great feature. Jack