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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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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Given 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? |
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| Featuring | Krazy Krow ? |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Given 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? |
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| Featuring | Anybody's Guess! |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Featuring | Tubby Pig |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | This 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. |
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| Featuring | Joe Blow |
| Credits | Pencils: Hal Chambers [as HC] (signed) | Inks: Hal Chambers [as HC] |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Text Story | Hurdling Handicaps (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Text story about great people who overcame handicaps. |
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| Comic Story | Billy Conn (1 page) |
| Featuring | Sport Notes |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Featuring | Squat Car Squad |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Beck | Inks: Joe Beck? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | The 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). |
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| Comic Story | Bumbling the Bee (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Title is hard to read. |
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| Comic Story | How to Make a Machine-Gun (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | Karat Kaye |
| Credits | Pencils: Sol Brodsky? | Inks: Sol Brodsky? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Karat Kaye; Brewster |
| Notes | Tentative art ID from JVJ note on the online scanned copy. |
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| Featuring | Debunker |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | Cap'n Grim |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Camy [as Cam] (signed) | Inks: Al Camy [as Cam] |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Featuring | Yellowjacket Bee Stings |
| Credits | Pencils: NOVO (signed) | Inks: NOVO (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 5 one-panel gag cartoons. |
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| Featuring | 1/2 Chief Poke-in-Nose |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Western-frontier |
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