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Camp Comics
Date | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en)
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I suspect the "Rimfire Ferguson" story was originally "Hopalong Cassidy," based on the character's appearance (close resemblance to William Boyd), the "Bar 20" references, and the blatantly obvious re-lettering whenever "Rimfire" appears in a caption or dialogue balloon.
  
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NameCamp Comics 1 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly
NotesThe on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
 
Cover1 page
Pencils? (photo)
Inks? (photo)
Colors? (photo)
First Lineand please ... see that he confines his maneuvers to the army!
 
Foreword/AfterwordFun Thrills Entertainment (1 page)
Letterstypeset
NotesFour girls holding placards showing the main ingredients of the issue. Printed in black and blue on inside front cover.
 
StoryRusty O'Reilly (12 pages)
SynopsisRusty by mistake gets handed a roll of spy microfilm, intended for Madam Q, who is looking exactly like Rusty. Rusty and Betsy go to the lair of Zandusi claiming to be Madam Q and a new spy recruit. Paratroopers save their lives at the last minute.
GenreAdventure
CharactersRusty O'Reilly (introduction); Betsy Saunders; Madam Q (spy queen); Zandusi
First LineReckless, adventure-loving Rusty O'Reilly...
 
Advertisement"Pepsi", the Pepsi-Cola Cop (1 page)
SynopsisPepsi and Pete save the private on kitchen duty by coring twenty boxes of apples with a machine gun.
GenreHumor
CharactersPepsi; Pete; an unnamed private
Script (signed) (signed)
PencilsRube Goldberg (signed) Rube Goldberg (signed)
InksRube Goldberg (signed) Rube Goldberg (signed)
First LineDarling, if you don't come to me at 3 oclock [sic!] ...
 
StorySeaman Sy Wheeler (7 pages)
SynopsisSy gets his girl's name tattooed on his chest, and when she gets engaged to another man, he has the tattoo changed to the name of his next girlfriend. When the first girlfriend returns to Sy, desperate measures are needed. Clarence tries using hair tonic on Sy's chest in order to hide the tattoo under a mat of chest hairs.
GenreHumor; Military
CharactersSeaman Sy Wheeler (introduction); Clarence (Sy's friend); Kitty (first girlfriend); Betty (second girlfriend); Herman Preevy (Kitty's fiancé); Paul Poozle (Betty's fiancé); Angelo (bear); Angelo's bear tamer
Script
PencilsWalt Kelly
InksWalt Kelly
First LineThe Navy is our first line of defense!
 
StoryRimfire Ferguson (10 pages)
SynopsisRimfire and Scotty stay the night at Cole Darrow's place. Rimfire chases an intruder, turning out to be Ruth looking for her uncle's will that is stashed away at Darrow's house.
GenreDrama; Western-frontier
CharactersRimfire Ferguson (introduction); Scotty Burke (Rimfire's pal); Cole Darrow; Ruth Gaynor; Dan Darrow (Ruth's uncle)
First LineFork yore broncs, coks...
 
AdvertisementRita Hayworth reveals ... / Royal Crown Cola (1 page)
Pencils?; ? (photograph)
Inks?; ? (photograph)
Letterstypeset
CharactersRita Hayworth
NotesPlaced between pages 4 and 5 of the Rimfire Ferguson story.
 
StoryParty Line (2 pages)
SynopsisSix more or less scantily clad young women delivering double entendres about servicemen on the phone.
GenreHumor; Erotica
PencilsCharles Saxon (signed)
InksCharles Saxon (signed)
First LineI've been dancing with a sergeant ...
 
Comic StoryHow the Fighting Giants Won Their Name (4 pages)
SynopsisAccount of the 38th U.S. Infantry, 3rd Division and their defense of the bank of the Marne in July 1918.
GenreWar
NotesUniforms of the German soldiers and officers look more like the ones used in WWII than WWI.
 
Text StoryDear Joe (3 pages)
Synopsis"Good" advice to servicemen about how to act in army camp.
FeatureCamp Girl
Pencils? (spot illustrations)
Inks? (spot illustrations)
Letterstypeset
GenreHumor
 
AdvertisementHow to keep peace / Barbasol Shaving Cream
Letterstypeset
 
CartoonNo Title
GenreHumor
First LineOh, hello Margie - no we haven't anything special ...
NotesTwo cartoons about servicemen and pretty girls.
 
Comic StoryThe Sooper Sweeps, or, How To Keep Our City Clean / Hank and Lank (11 pages)
SynopsisThe gangster chief "Grade A Gorilla" corners all the milk in town so that the babies have none. The protagonists, having gained sooper powers by boiling old superhero comics in a large pot, save the day by making milk fountains, and moreover convincing the gangsters to reform.
GenreHumor; Superhero
CharactersHank; Lank (introduction and origin for both); the Spirit of All Comic Avengers; "Grade A Gorilla"; the town's mayor
Script ?
PencilsFrank Thomas (signed)
InksFrank Thomas (signed)
NotesThe Spirit of All Comic Avengers looks a lot like Batman. He presents the protagonists with a Captain Marvel-like magic word: "Xntz!"
 
AdvertisementGEM Clog-Pruf Razor and Blades
SynopsisThe two soldiers are thumbing a ride, but are picked up only when the not-so-well shaven one hides in the bushes.
CharactersTwo unnamed soldiers; a woman driver
First LineOf all the !!! That's the tenth car to pass up ...
 
CartoonNo Title
GenreHumor
First LineIf there's anything I hate worse than a quitter ...
NotesTwo cartoons about servicemen and pretty girls.
 
StoryBugs Bunny (2 pages)
SynopsisElmer wants to pass the army's medical exam, and Bugs helps him out.
GenreHumor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
CharactersElmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny; an unnamed army doctor
Script ? ?
PencilsWalt Kelly Walt Kelly
InksWalt Kelly Walt Kelly
First LineTh' Army doctor said I was a little wunt...
 
Publisher advertisement$100.00 cash (1 page)
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NotesContest inquiring about reader's favorite stories in the present issue. Contest open solely to men of the armed forces, and entry coupon to be filled out with Name, Camp or Base, and State.
 
Comic StoryRoughin' It by Samuel Clemens (8 pages)
SynopsisClemens and his two friends get thrown out of a tavern, and decide instead to spend the night with their horses; but the stable is getting washed away by a river. They save the horses' lives and try to get to the next town, but none of them knows the way in the blizzard that blows up.
GenreWestern-frontier
CharactersSamuel Clemens [Mark Twain]; Ballou (friend of Clemens'); Ollendorf (friend of Clemens'); Arkansas (villain)
Script (original story)
NotesAdapted in part from Mark Twain's ROUGHING IT.
 
CartoonNo Title (1 page)
GenreHumor
First LineI thought the army was mechanized!
NotesFive cartoons about servicemen. Printed in black and blue on inside back cover.
 
Advertisement28% less nicotine / Camel Cigarettes (1 page)
Pencils? (photographs)
Inks? (photographs)
Colors? (photographs)
Letterstypeset
CharactersPaul Wilcox, Ryan School of Aeronautics, San Diego
NotesOn back cover.
 
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