Indicia title is "DOTTY DRIPPLE AND TAFFY, No. 801." Code number is DOT.D. O.S. #801-575. Copyright 1957 by Publisher's Syndicate. Based on the 1946-73 "Dotty Dripple" newspaper strip by Buford Tune. Fifth of six Dotty Dripple Four Color issues.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Letters
typeset
Characters
Taffy; Pepper (dog)
Comic Story
Timing an Egg with a Piano (1 page)
Synopsis
Horace has Taffy play the Minute Waltz on the piano four times to time his four-minute boiled egg.
Feature
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Characters
Taffy; Horace; Wilbert
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
Comic Story
It's All Relative (8 pages)
Synopsis
Uncle Dooley, the prospector, comes to visit and thinks he's found uranium in the Dripple's neighbor's yard.
Feature
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Characters
Taffy; Dotty; Horace; Wilbert; Uncle Dooley
Comic Story
Up in Taffy's Room (5 pages)
Synopsis
Horace punishes Taffy for not bringing his briefcase to his office promptly by telling her she has to spend the rest of the day in room at home. Her mother doesn't see her come home and she and Horace think Taffy's run away from home.
Feature
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Characters
Taffy; Wilbert; Horace; Dotty
Comic Story
Dog Daze (7 pages)
Synopsis
In order for Pepper to have a dog to play with, Taffy is forced to do chores for Hector, the mean farm boy.
Feature
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Characters
Taffy; Pepper (dog); Wilbert; Hector; Dotty
Comic Story
Dress Affair (5 pages)
Synopsis
Taffy tries to sell her old dresses to her friends in order to buy a new one for a party. Her friends don't have any money, so she ends up giving the dresses to them.
Taffy spends a week working for Mrs. Browne to earn $12 to buy a birthday present for her father. As she is going to buy the present, she gives into temptation and buys herself a doll for $7. Later she meets Patty, who has lost a $5 bill her father gave her to buy some things for him and who is afraid she'll be punished when she goes home. Taffy gives her the $5 she has left and gets her father a card for a quarter. Taffy's mother thinks Mrs. Browne only paid her a quarter for the week's work and tells her off, which sets off a feud between the two families.
Feature
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Characters
Taffy; Wilbert; Dotty; Horace; Mrs. Browne; Mr. Browne; Billy
Comic Story
Dotty is Sick (1 page)
Synopsis
When Dotty is sick, the rest of the family tries to fix lunch. Dotty ends up doing it herself.
Feature
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Characters
Taffy; Dotty; Horace; Wilbert
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Comic Story
Running Not Very Far from Home (1 page)
Synopsis
Taffy decides to run away from home, but only gets as far as the yard before pitching a pup tent.
Feature
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Characters
Taffy; Dotty
Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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