| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November-December 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | The Hepcats |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Teen |
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| Publisher advertisement | "Kilroy is here!" (1 page) |
| Notes | Inside front cover, black and white. House ad for "The Kilroys" comic #3. |
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| Comic Story | Let 'Em Eat Cake (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Hepcats open a Jitterbug Dance School next to Urbano's bakery. |
| Featuring | The Hepcats |
| Credits | Script: Jack Bradbury? | Pencils: Jack Bradbury? | Inks: Jack Bradbury? | Letters: Jack Bradbury? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Tommy; Kitty; Square; Heppity; Urbano |
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| Comic Story | Juke Box Jamboree (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Hepcats rent a jukebox but when it is damaged, they have a difficult time getting their deposit back. |
| Featuring | The Hepcats |
| Credits | Script: Jack Bradbury? | Pencils: Jack Bradbury? | Inks: Jack Bradbury? | Letters: Jack Bradbury? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Teen | Characters: Tommy; Kitty; Square; Heppity; Frank Sinatra |
| Notes | One character says "Petrillo won't like it" (when they rent a juke box rather than having a band perform): this refers to James Petrillo, head of the musicians' union that called a recording strike in the USA from 1942-44.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942%E2%80%9344_musicians'_strike |
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| Text Story | A Sporting Proposition (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Hepcats |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Teen | Characters: Kitty; Heppity; Tommy |
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| Comic Story | Tale of a Telephone (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tommy gets a telephone installed in his jalopy with disastrous results. |
| Featuring | The Hepcats |
| Credits | Script: Jack Bradbury? | Pencils: Jack Bradbury | Inks: Jack Bradbury | Letters: Jack Bradbury? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Teen | Characters: Tommy; Kitty; Square; Heppity |
| Notes | Art credited to Bradbury on his son’s website: https://jbrad.org/story_chronology.html |
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| Comic Story | Ignorance is Bliss (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Square gets a job in McSnooty's music store but he's not hip to the Hepcats' slang terms for musical instruments. |
| Featuring | The Hepcats |
| Credits | Script: Jack Bradbury? | Pencils: Jack Bradbury? | Inks: Jack Bradbury? | Letters: Jack Bradbury? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Teen | Characters: Tommy; Kitty; Square; Tommy Horsey |
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| Text Story | Gimme the Modern Girl (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Hepcats |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Teen | Characters: Square; Kitty; Hortense Hyena; Jeannie; Tommy |
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| Comic Story | Baby Bizness (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tommy tries to earn money to pay his bill at the soda fountain by becoming a baby-sitter. |
| Featuring | The Hepcats |
| Credits | Script: Jack Bradbury? | Pencils: Jack Bradbury | Inks: Jack Bradbury | Letters: Jack Bradbury? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Teen | Characters: Tommy; Heppity; Slim; Toots; Mrs. Jones; Egbert |
| Notes | Art credited to Bradbury on his son’s website: https://jbrad.org/story_chronology.html |
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| Featuring | Square |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Bradbury | Inks: Jack Bradbury |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Teen | Characters: Square; Tommy |
| Notes | Art credited to Bradbury on his son’s website: https://jbrad.org/story_chronology.html |
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| Text Story | Belle of the Ball (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Ellie Elephant |
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| Comic Story | Hepcat Hijinx (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tommy and Heppity compete to take Kitty to the beach. |
| Featuring | The Hepcats |
| Credits | Script: Jack Bradbury? | Pencils: Jack Bradbury | Inks: Jack Bradbury | Letters: Jack Bradbury? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Teen | Characters: Tommy; Kitty; Heppity |
| Notes | Art credited to Bradbury on his son’s website: https://jbrad.org/story_chronology.html |
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