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| Why are all the artist identifications gone from these books? |
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| I would guess the new way the GCD displays creators is messing up the display system here. Not sure if there is a workaround for that. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | February 1958 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Cover is signed "R. Dirks," but may or may not be by him. |
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| Cover | The Underground Explorers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Der Captain; Hans; Fritz |
| Notes | Cover is signed "R. Dirks," but may or may not be by him. |
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| Comic Story | Bird Brains (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A bird follows Hans and Fritz home and tries to eat a mounted fish hanging on a wall. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Captain; Hans; Fritz |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | The Underground Explorers (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hans and Fritz fall into an underground cave while digging for worms to use as bait for oyster fishing. After walking a while in the cave, they find Professor Barium Borax, who is looking for emeralds in his Molemobile. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Captain; The Inspector; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Barium Borax |
| Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | The Musical Monkey Mix-Up (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fritz dresses a monkey in his clothes to do his violin practice while he goes swimming with Hans. The monkey plays better than Fritz does. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; The Inspector |
| Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | The Great Stamp Hoax (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Paprika, the President of Banana, sends a message for help by stork to The Captain. The Captain, Hans, and Fritz go by boat to the island where they find that Paprika has gone broke buying postage stamps from General Tabasco. The General will take over the country unless Paprika can come up with 2,000 pazasters. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Klaak-Klaak (stork); Paprika |
| Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | ...Tails, You Lose (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Fritz tries to fool an ostrich by hiding his head in the sand. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hans; Fritz |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | Pie in the Sky (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Fritz steals a pie from the window sill, but a large bird steals the pie from Fritz. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Fritz; Mama |
| Notes | Back cover; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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