Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics (1 page)
Synopsis
Promo for Dell Comics featuring citation given Dell Publishing by the Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, for promoting interest in aviation and flying.
Characters: George T. Delacorte, Jr. (photo); Major General Lucas V. Beau, USAF (photo); Col. Draper F. Henry, USAF (photo); Hon. John I. Lerom, Ast. Sec. USAF (photo); Col. C. Short, USAF (photo)
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo of Dell publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr. and U.S. Air Force personnel. Promo includes Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Comic Story
Taffyella (8 pages)
Synopsis
Taffy dreams she is Cinderella.
Featuring
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Content
Characters: Taffy; Dotty Dripple
Comic Story
Turn About (8 pages)
Synopsis
When Pepper gets in trouble for chasing cats, Taffy puts a cat's mask on him and he starts to think he's a cat.
Featuring
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Content
Characters: Taffy; Pepper (dog); Dotty Dripple
Comic Story
The Taffy Pull (8 pages)
Synopsis
When her father and his boss Mr. Jerkimer fall asleep after drinking coffee with sleeping powder in it, Taffy has to think up a way to fool a client who is coming to the office on business.
Featuring
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Content
Characters: Taffy; Horace Dripple; Mr. Jerkimer; Dotty Dripple (cameo)
Comic Story
The Banquet (8 pages)
Synopsis
Horace's boss, Mr. Jerkimer, and his wife come to the Dripple's house for dinner. Taffy inadvertently serves them some appetite suppressing pills as pre-meal candy and the pair can't eat the dinner Dotty has prepared. The children take the dinner to the house of a poor boy they had met earlier that day.
Taffy carefully takes some bottles in to redeem for the deposit so she can get an ice cream cone.
Featuring
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Content
Characters: Taffy
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story.
Comic Story
Misfortune (1 page)
Synopsis
Taffy gets a fortune from a weighing machine that says she is kind to her elders. However, when she helps an old lady across the street, she gets her dress splashed by a passing car.
Featuring
Dotty Dripple and Taffy
Content
Characters: Taffy
Notes
Back cover; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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