| Additional Information |
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| Publication | [December] 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 2 |
| Notes | Wraparound cover. |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Wraparound cover. |
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| Text Story | Ambition (1 page) |
| Notes | Poem with illustration. On inside front cover in black, white and red. |
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| Comic Story | Albert Takes the Cake (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bumbazine bakes Pogo a birthday cake, but Albert tries to steal it. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Albert (first appearance, an alligator); Pogo (first appearance, a possum); Bumbazine (first appearance); Mrs. Jay (first appearance); Beetle (first appearance) |
| Notes | The story features the notorious panel in which Bumbazine, a black child, is shown eating watermelon. |
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| Comic Story | Katonka Flies North (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | A grateful goose alerts the soldiers that healed him that some German spies are sneaking around the island. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Katonka; Sgt. Bain; Private Rooney; Tauber (villain); Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | Art originally credited to Morris Gollub, but Rick Richmond says Gollub did not join Western until 1946. (Error report 9437, 2013-11-10) |
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| Comic Story | Piggy Pranks (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bobby raises two pigs that lost their mother. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pa Dunn; Ma Dunn; Bobby Dunn; Paddy (a pig); Pinkie (a pig) |
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| Comic Story | Right of Way (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A newly mated skunk pair try to find a home. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Snuffy (a skunk); Violet (a skunk); Judge Martin |
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| Comic Story | Muzzy and Ginger (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Muzzy and Ginger escape from a pet shop. Dr. Atkins finds them and takes them as pets for the State School for Crippled Children. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Muzzy (a chimpanzee); Ginger (a kitten); Homer; Dr. Atkins |
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| Comic Story | The Monarch of Panther Gorge (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The deer herd struggles to survive the winter. |
| Content | Genre: Animal | Characters: The Monarch (a deer); Game Warden Dan Burke; Tom |
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| Comic Story | Milk for the Baby (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A baby elephant runs from a train crash and tries to find some milk to drink. |
| Content | Genre: Animal | Characters: Babe (a baby elephant); Ernie; Cyrus Solon Walker; Mrs. Walker; Sonny Walker |
| Notes | The art is signed in the foliage in the last panel. Hames Ware and Mike Barrier examined this comic in March 2013 and under magnification discovered the name is George Avison, who was Al Avison's father. As far as is known, this is George Avison's only comic book work. |
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| Text Story | A Matter of Intelligence (1 page) |
| Notes | Poem with illustration. On inside back cover in black, white and red. |
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