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| Publication | August 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen |
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| Featuring | Knickerbocker Pub. Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Ancient Mariner (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sally has a new sailboat but no one knows anything about sailing. Wilbur says he does, but just leads the gang into a series of nautical misadventures. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Sally; Red Wilson |
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| Notes | Promo for Archie Comics with panels lifted from stories in the latest issue. |
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| Content | Characters: Super Duck |
| Notes | Promo for Super Duck comics with panels from the current issue. "On Sale Right Now!" |
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| Comic Story | Bless My Bones (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur and Red borrow a skeleton from Miss Gargle to use for a club initiation. They get paint on the skeleton and take it to Wilbur's house to clean it up. It causes all sorts of havoc there. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Red Wilson; Miss Gargle; Mr. Dripwaite; Eleanor Wilkin; Mr. Wilkin |
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| Featuring | Wilbur Puzzle Page |
| Content | Characters: Red Wilson; Mr. Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin |
| Notes | A crossword puzzle, scramble the letters of the listed words to form new words, and a word ladder going from moth to mass. |
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| Synopsis | Katy has a fancy date with Doctor Kildear, but can't decide what gown to wear. K. O. gets rid of the doctor by sending him to the hospital on a fake emergency call and then takes Katy and Sis out to a diner. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: K. O. Kelly; Doctor Kildear |
| Notes | Sis is reading an Archie comic book on page 3 and plugs Archie, Pep, Wilbur, and Laugh Comics. Sis uses the "pickle in the middle and the mustard on top" catch phrase from Mr. Kitzel, a character on the Jack Benny radio program.
The splash panel has a large logo and Katy in a red gown with an all-black background and looks much like a Spirit splash panel, particularly the January 19, 1947 edition. The splash panel gown is credited to 12 readers: Louis Jacobs (Buffalo, N.Y.), Lynn Hurley (Roselle Park, N.Y.), Shirley Lee O'Brien (Amelia, Ohio), Norma Jean Williams (Modesto, Calif.), Don (no last name) (Baldwin Park, Calif.), Jean Frances Wyatt (Fort Worth, Texas), Mirian Rabbins (Forrest City, Calif.), Natlie Davies (S. Gardner, Mass), Joan Young (Miami, Fla.), Ruth Lember (Lynn, Mass.), Rae Jeanne Featherston (Denver, Colo.), and June Fletcher (Greenville, S.C.)
Other fashions are by Shirley Sidwell (Menlo Park, Calif.), Jeanne Griede (Long Beach, N.Y.), Pauline Liss (Jersey City, N.J.), Nona Harding (Durdam, N.C.), Marilyn Mills (Cleveland, Ohio), Maxine Shaneyfelt, (Black Diamond, Wash.), and Elsie Crane (Miami, Fla.). |
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| Text Story | Trapped Like a Rat (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur has invented a Rube Goldberg-style burglar trap that includes a bear trap. He leaves it in the basement by the cellar door when he sneaks out for a double-date with Red. Things get painful when Wilbur tries to sneak back into the house by using the cellar door. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Red Wilson |
| Notes | Text with no illustration. Subtitled "A Wilbur Story." |
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| Synopsis | Wilbur needs some money for a birthday present for Linda. He decides he can give Red a haircut and make some cash. Things go about how you'd expect and Red ends up getting revenge by giving Wilbur a shaved head. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Red Wilson; Mr. Wilkin (voice) |
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| Featuring | Pep Comics |
| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various |
| Content | Characters: Tootsie Twiddle; Talbert Twiddle |
| Notes | Promo for Pep Comics with previously published artwork of the characters. |
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| Comic Story | Pardon My Glove (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur is sent to the principal's office for not having his homework done. He alibis that he's been busy training on the boxing team, but then has to go to boxing practice where he's matched with the school champ. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Miss Gargle; Mr. Dripwaite; Coach Canvasback; Red Wilson; Bruiser |
| Notes | Last panel is Wilbur talking to the readers about his story in Laugh Comics #23. |
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| Featuring | Wilbur Puzzle Page |
| Content | Characters: Red Wilson (cameo); Miss Gargle (cameo); Mr. Dripwaite (cameo) |
| Notes | A puzzle using matchsticks, a crossword puzzle; and a word ladder: bull to fish. |
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| Synopsis | Red and Wilbur get parts in the Dramatic Club skit, where Wilbur gets cast as William Tell. Wilbur spends the afternoon practicing shooting an arrow at targets on the head of a reluctant (and armored) Red. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Red Wilson; Miss Gargle |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Stravon Publishers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for the book "How To Get Along With Girls". |
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| Featuring | Pickwick Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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