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| Publication | Summer 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Vigoda | Inks: Bill Vigoda |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin |
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| Featuring | Knickerbocker Pub. Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | In This Issue of Wilbur (1 page) |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Vigoda (signed) | Inks: Bill Vigoda (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore |
| Notes | Contents page. |
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| Comic Story | Riddle Riddle Who's Got the Riddle? (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur poses a riddle to his father, which upsets his golf game and puts him in the hospital. |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Vigoda (signed) | Inks: Terry Woik Szenics [as Terry Woik] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Mr. Wilkin; Professor Gooble |
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| Featuring | Wilbur's Trouble Club |
| Notes | One letter from Bob Lowndes and a list of other readers with addresses who also sent letters. |
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| Comic Story | The Deputy Sheriff (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur and Linda pick up a senator at the train station. |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Fagaly (signed) | Inks: Al Fagaly (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Mr. Moore; Senator Windbagge; Officer Nolan |
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| Text Story | Dead Storage (1.88 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur convinces his dad to store the car at home rather than take it someplace for dead storage. |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Script: Harry Kames | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Mr. Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Mr. Priddy |
| Notes | Second page has statement of ownership and management. |
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| Credits | Script: Louis H. Silberkleit; Maurice Coyne | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Statement of ownership for Wilbur Comics for October 1, 1944. Sworn to and subscribed by Louis H. Silberkleit, publisher, before Maurice Coyne, notary public, on September 29, 1944. John L. Goldwater is named as editor, Harry Shorten, managing editor and Maurice Coyne as business manager. |
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| Featuring | Jest Jokes |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as Roy] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dr. Leroy; Jackie |
| Notes | Seven one-panel gags. A tombstone and sign with Roy's signature is included. |
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| Comic Story | Dear Diary (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur and another guy compete for Linda's attentions. |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Fagaly (signed) | Inks: Al Fagaly (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Jimmy |
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| Featuring | World Wonders |
| Credits | Pencils: Dale Goss [as Goss] (signed) | Inks: Dale Goss [as Goss] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Three 'Believe It or Not' type facts. |
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| Comic Story | Introducing Katy Keene (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Katy and Sis go to the beach, where Sis gets candy by introducing men to Katy. |
| Featuring | Katy Keene |
| Credits | Script: Bill Woggon (signed) | Pencils: Bill Woggon (signed) | Inks: Bill Woggon (signed) | Letters: Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Katy Keene; Sis Keene; Joe; Tom; The Jones Boys; Bill |
| Notes | First Katy Keene feature and appearance. |
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| Featuring | Drawing Lessons For Little Artists |
| Credits | Pencils: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Inks: A. W. Nugent |
| Content | Characters: Billy Goat |
| Notes | How to draw a duck, rabbit, pig, and rooster. |
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| Comic Story | Train Trouble (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur mixes up the wrong suitcases on a train trip |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Montana (backgrounds and non-Archie characters); Bill Vigoda (Wilbur characters) | Inks: Bob Montana (backgrounds and non-Archie characters); Bill Vigoda (Wilbur characters) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Elmer Q. Pluggett; Wilbur Wilkin; Mr. Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin; Eleanore (chicken); Mike |
| Notes | Ammunition box on train station platform has "To Pvt. Lin Streeter from Novick" written on the side.
This is a panel-for-panel redraw of "Train Troubles" from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #1, with the faces of Archie characters replaced by those of Wilbur characters. |
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| Advertisement | Smashing Book Offer (1 page) |
| Featuring | Pickwick Company |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Mail order advertisement for educational books from Pickwick Company, Dept. C-9105, 73 West 44th St., New York 18, New York. |
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| Advertisement | Special Telescope Offer! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Invention Company |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover mail order advertisement for a telescope from Invention Company, Dept. T-4905, P.O. Box 281, Church Street Annex, New York 8, New York. |
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| Advertisement | Ugly Blackheads Out In Seconds (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Jim learns about Vacutex for blackheads. |
| Featuring | Vacutex; Ballco Products Company |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Jim; Sis; Tom |
| Notes | Back cover mail order ad for Vacutex blackhead remover from Ballco Products Company, Dept. A-4105, 19 West 44th Street, New York 18, New York. |
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