| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Cora Sue Lee |
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| Comic Story | Chow Time (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Stanley asks Spunky to make him a hay sandwich. |
| Credits | Job #: A-1396 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley (talking horse) |
| Notes | The inside-front cover. The first panel logo is "Spunky and Stanley". |
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| Comic Story | Aunt Kate Rides Again (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Kidd's rough-and-tough sister from Texas visits the Kidd ranch. She uncovers the fact that banker Silas Toombs is really counterfeiter Blacky Cobb in disguise. |
| Credits | Job #: A-1337 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Sam Kidd; Aunt Kate; sheriff; Silas Toombs [Blacky Cobb] (villain) |
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| Synopsis | When Stanley tries Spunky's hammock, his weight brings it all the way down to the ground. |
| Credits | Job #: A-1272 |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Stanley; Spunky Kidd |
| Notes | The first panel logo is "Stanley". |
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| Comic Story | The Theeng (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pepito on his burro by the main highway from the U.S. sees a box fall from a truck. A voice comes out, speaking sailor's talk, and two animal feet push through the bottom. He brings it to town, where they all call it "the theeng". It runs off whenever they try to open it. Eventually the men from the truck come back to fetch it, and give Pepito $10 US. They never found out what it was, but it is revealed to the readers that it was a parrot. |
| Featuring | Pepito |
| Credits | Job #: A-1374 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pepito; Pepito's father; Pepito's mother |
| Notes | The story was presumably inspired by the song "The Thing", which became very popular at the end of 1950. It was also about something mysterious found in a box. |
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| Comic Story | Alterations as Usual (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Stanley won't take off the ten-gallon hat someone gave him, even though it blocks his vision and causes a riding accident. Spunky cuts a big eyehole in the front of the hat. |
| Credits | Job #: A-1274 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley |
| Notes | The first panel logo is "Spunky and Stanley". |
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| Text Story | Speedy Rabbit (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Humphrey Hare is only good at running, and complains when the other hares have contests about anything else. The other hares stage a race, and deliberately they all drop out saying it's no fun. Alone at the finish line, Humphrey realizes that they spoiled his fun just like he was always trying to spoil theirs, and changes his ways. |
| Credits | Script: Elizabeth Sloan (credited) | Letters: typeset | Job #: A-1356 |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Humphrey Hare |
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| Comic Story | Alias the Beaver Boys (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Kidd tells Hank to keep Spunky and Stanley out of mischief by doing chores. Hank tells them to clean the storeroom, which will be very tedious and time consuming. They find items in there to disguise themselves, and sneak out. Hank isn't fooled for long. |
| Credits | Job #: A-1365 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley; Sam Kidd; Hank |
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| Text Story | The Lazy Mouse (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Looie is too lazy to learn anything about the habits needed for mice to live, until he gets chased by a cat. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset | Job #: A-1334 |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Looie |
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| Comic Story | Can You Spare a Buck? (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spunky scoffs when Stanley says he is better at bucking than the other horses. Stanley then throws anyone who tries to ride him. But, it gives him severe aches in his back and legs, requiring Spunky to put a lot of liniment on him. At the end, both are worn out. |
| Credits | Job #: A-1355 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Western-frontier | Characters: Spunky Kidd; Stanley |
| Notes | The splash panel logo is "Stanley". |
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| Activity | Puzzles (1 page) |
| Credits | Job #: A-1331 |
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