Indicia title is "PRISCILLA'S POP, No. 799." Code number is PRIS.P.O.S. #799-575. Copyright 1957 by NEA Service, Inc. Based on the NEA newspaper strip "Priscilla's Pop" by Al Vermeer.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Children
Characters
Priscilla
Pencils
Al Vermeer ?
Inks
Al Vermeer ?
Notes
Cover says "by Al Vermeer," but he may or may not have drawn it.
Comic Story
The Roller-Coaster (1 page)
Synopsis
Priscilla is frightened while riding on a roller coaster with her father, but at the end of the ride is ready to ride it again.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Children
Characters
Priscilla
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
Comic Story
Bored of Education (10 pages)
Synopsis
Superintendent Pennleigh decides to appoint a student as school superintendent for a day. Priscilla gets the honor and does the duties in an unorthodox way.
Priscilla's father "borrows" his neighbor's car when he thinks Priscilla has taken his car for a drive.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Children
Characters
Priscilla
Comic Story
A Good Bet on the TV Set (6 pages)
Synopsis
When the TV set needs repairs, Priscilla goes to a auto repair shop and borrows some tools. While she's gone, her father gets a TV repairman to fix the set. Not knowing the set is fixed, Priscilla goes to work and undoes the recent repairs. Her father returns, finds the set doesn't work and drags the TV repairman back to fix it again.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Children
Characters
Priscilla
Notes
The story narration at the bottom of each panel is told in rhyme, which was a device sometimes used in the newspaper strip.
Comic Story
The Printed Word (5 pages)
Synopsis
Lester prints up fake passes to the rodeo and sells one to Priscilla for a dime. Her father gives her a real pass and Priscilla realizes she was fooled. Later her friends follow her to the rodeo, expecting her to be bounced at the entrance. When she is admitted with the real pass, the rest of kids think she got in with the fake pass and try to use the fakes themselves, with unhappy results.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Children
Characters
Priscilla; Lester; Oliver (dog); Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
Comic Story
A Hungry Audience (6 pages)
Synopsis
Priscilla's mother sends her brother Carlyle to the theater to bring her home for dinner. Priscilla wants to see the movie again and convinces Carlyle to stay. Her father comes to get the pair and ends up staying to watch the movie. Priscilla's mother has dinner ready and ends up taking it to the theater for the family to eat.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Children
Characters
Priscilla; Carlyle
Comic Story
Shoveling Surprise (1 page)
Synopsis
Priscilla shovels the walk to a house, but finds a "For Rent" sign when she finishes the last of the shoveling.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Children
Characters
Priscilla; Oliver (dog)
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Comic Story
Horn Solution (1 page)
Synopsis
Priscilla is driving her father to distraction by tooting on a horn; but the noise comes in handy when her parents are visited by a boring couple.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Children
Characters
Priscilla
Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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