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| This is how you do funny animal books. Jack Bradbury was an Animator for Walt Disney and knew how to tell a story and how to balance real people and 'cartoon' characters [Talking horse] and make the whole thing work.
This site is a little Gem as it includes a lot of the comics Bradbury worked on.
http://jbrad.org/
Enjoy! |
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| Publication | April 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | Story and art by Jack Bradbury were done in September and October 1948, per his correspondence with the editor Pat Cherr. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Cora Sue Lee |
| Notes | Story and art by Jack Bradbury were done in September and October 1948, per his correspondence with the editor Pat Cherr. |
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| Comic Story | Spunky Gets His Wish! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spunky has always wanted a horse. His father buys some horses for the ranch, and when one of them (which turns out to be Stanley - a talking horse) refuses to work he plans to get rid of him. But Spunky and Stanley convince his father that Stanley should remain as Spunky's horse. |
| Credits | Job #: A435 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Sam Kidd, Spunky's father; Bill; Clint |
| Notes | This is the fourth Spunky story published. In his first story, in 1946, Spunky is shown independently roving the West, and seems to be a short adult. In that story he meets Stanley, also traveling independently, by chance. Starting with this Series he is a boy living on a ranch his parents own. |
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| Comic Story | Heap Small Injun (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | First appearance of Cora Sue Lee. Spunky avoids an invitation from Cora Sue because he doesn't want to play with (ugh!) a girl. He says he will be busy with "injun trouble". Cora Sue disguises herself as an Indian chief looking for peace, and eventually gives Spunky a welcome kiss (from the squaws of the tribe). Later, when Spunky finds out about the ruse and realizes he got a kiss from Cora Sue, we see a lovesick Spunky sitting on his porch daydreaming. |
| Credits | Job #: a-444 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Sam Kidd, Spunky's father; Mr. Lee (introduction); Cora Sue Lee (introduction); Mrs. Kidd |
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| Text Story | Ornery Critter (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spunky is not allowed to join the posse to go after horse thieves (who have stolen Stanley), but they end up catching them anyway. |
| Credits | Job #: a-490 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Saddle Sam Timmins (villain); Sam Kidd |
| Notes | Sequence added by Greg Theakston, 2002-05-29 (Per Sandell ed.)
Spunky mentions Trigger and Champ, the famous horses of Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. |
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| Comic Story | Spunky and the Badman (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spunky and Stanley help save Spunky's father's ranch and the ranch of the parents of Cora Sue from some cattle rustlers. |
| Credits | Job #: a-453 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; sheriff; Laramie Luke (villain); Slim (villain); Sam Kidd; Cora Sue Lee |
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| Comic Story | In the Ghost Mine (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spunky and Stanley visit a ghost mine with real ghosts! |
| Credits | Job #: ac-606 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; two ghosts |
| Notes | Last published Spunky story coming from Sangor shop.
Last produced story is in Coo Coo Comics #44 (Standard, 1942 series) |
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| Text Story | Rescue of Cora Sue (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Cora Sue gets lost in a cave and is rescued by Spunky and Stanley. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Cora Sue Lee |
| Notes | Sequence added by Greg Theakston, 2002-05-29 (Per Sandell ed.) |
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| Comic Story | Too Many Chores (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | It's a beautiful day and Stanley wants to enjoy it with Spunky, but Spunky has too many chores. Stanley helps him complete a mountain of chores and then falls asleep from exhaustion once they finally start trying to enjoy the day. |
| Featuring | Stanley |
| Credits | Job #: a-452 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Stanley; Spunky Kidd |
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