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Jack-in-the-Box Comics
Date | Number: 12 | Lang: English (en)
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One (Squat Car Squad) and possibly two (Tubby Pig = Ziggy Pig?) stories that seem to be old (wartime) Timely inventory.
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Yes, Charlton ended up obtaining 4 stories originally produced by an outside, New York studio for Timely, including a "Buzzy"(Bear) story, as they had always worked at least one issue ahead of what was ordered, and were stuck with extra inventory when Timely stopped ordering for those series, cutting down their Funny Animal lines in late 1946, and getting into the teen humour and romance lines. Actually, Charlton had 3 different funny animal pig character series produced by New York Comic book art studios, specifically for them, during the mid-to-late 1940s. "Paddy Pig" (changed to "Pudgy Pig" after his 2nd appearance), started in Jack-In-The-Box Comics #1, in 1945, when Charlton was called "The Charles Company". He soon moved to Charlton's produced, packaged and distributed "Catholic Comics" in 1946, and ran there for several years into the 1950s. And they had "Piggly Pete" in their "Zoo Funnies" line in 1947 and 1948. "Pudgy Pig" returned with his own comic book for Charlton in 1958. Ziggy Pig was a completely different character whose cheeks were much fatter. However, the artist who drew this Charlton "Tubby Pig" has a very similar style to one of the early to mid 1940s New York studio artists who drew several series for Timely, so that same artist may have drawn this Charlton story. In addition to Ziggy Pig, Timely also had "Oscar Pig" (who looks, more than Ziggy, like this "Tubby Pig"), during the early 1940s. He appeared in "Terry-Toons Comics", produced and distributed by Timely's staff for Paul Terry Productions (as a Timely Comic under the Timely Comics imprint). Oscar Pig did not remain among Timely's characters after the Terry-Toons franchise moved to St. John Comics in 1948.
  
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NameJack-in-the-Box Comics 12 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: bi-monthly
 
Cover1 page
FeatureKrazy Krow ?
GenreAnthropomorphic-funny Animals
NotesGiven the presence of several Timely comic strips in this issue, I wonder if the cover is also a Timely "left-over" from Krazy Krow Comics?
 
CartoonNo Title (1 page)
FeatureAnybody's Guess!
GenreNon-fiction
First LineMy address is Brooklyn
NotesInside front cover.
 
Comic StoryNo Title (7 pages)
FeatureTubby Pig
GenreHumor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
First LineI think we eluded the wolf's trap!
NotesThis story mentions a "Black Market" which was a wartime concept (due to rationing). The fact that this appears in a comic dated December 1946 suggests it was left-over inventory, probably from Timely/Marvel comics, where the character had also appeared.
 
StoryJoe Blow (6 pages)
InksHal Chambers [as HC]
GenreHumor
PencilsEllis Chambers (signed)
First LineExcuse me--but I can't let you have that safe
 
Text StoryHurdling Handicaps (2 pages)
Letterstypeset
GenreNon-fiction
NotesText story about great people who overcame handicaps.
 
Comic StoryBilly Conn (1 page)
FeatureSport Notes
GenreSports
 
StorySquat Car Squad (7 pages)
GenreHumor
PencilsJoe Beck
InksJoe Beck ?
First LineWhat's Super Rabbit got that I ain't got?
NotesThe artwork here has a considerably finer line than Beck's mid-'40s work on Chesler titles, many of which were inked by Otto Eppers. Bails credits Beck with both pen/ink on this feature.

The reference to "Super Rabbit" and a "Buy Bonds" sign in one panel suggest (a) this was originally intended for Timely/Marvel ("Squat Car Squad" appeared in Joker and Gay Comics for that publisher), and (b) that it is old inventory (left over from war-time).
 
Comic StoryBumbling the Bee (2 pages)
GenreAnthropomorphic-funny Animals
NotesTitle is hard to read.
 
Comic StoryHow to Make a Machine-Gun (2 pages)
GenreNon-fiction
 
Comic StoryNo Title (6 pages)
FeatureKarat Kaye
GenreHumor; Teen
CharactersKarat Kaye; Brewster
PencilsSol Brodsky ?
InksSol Brodsky ?
First LineNaw, kid, wit' dem clothes you got on
NotesTentative art ID from JVJ note on the online scanned copy.
 
CartoonNo Title (4 pages)
FeatureDebunker
GenreNon-fiction
First LineWashington was born on Feb. 22?
 
StoryCap'n Grim (6 pages)
InksAl Camy [as Cam]
GenreAdventure
PencilsAl Camy (signed)
First LineThere are more strange things on heaven and earth...
 
CartoonNo Title (1 page)
FeatureYellowjacket Bee Stings
GenreHumor
PencilsNovo (signed)
InksNovo (signed)
First LineWhat is a mimic?
Notes5 one-panel gag cartoons.
 
Comic StoryNo Title (4 pages)
Feature1/2 Chief Poke-in-Nose
GenreHumor; Children; Western-frontier
First LineThe new sheriff is a might mean character, young 'un!
 
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