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| ...I have to say this ~ that line about a 12-year old~ 11 ~" passing into spinsterhood " would probably not get by to-day!!! You THINK?!! |
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| I also got an out-of-context smirk with Pokey saying, "Yassuh! Maaw is sho' foxy!" Of course it meant something different then.
I don't know why someone would want to, but has anyone tried to catalogue all the Li'l Abner ripoffs in Golden Age comics? They seem to have been everywhere. |
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| 'Maaw is sho' foxy!' Actually Crash, there were always at least two ways to interpret the word 'Foxy' in the English Language. ' Webster has ' artful, beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily' Now note 'beguiling' and 'cute' [ and 'cute' can be interpreted two ways also] which are close to the now more common [an Americanism] slang use of the word in Song and popular usage. I like writers witty enough to understand dual meanings in words and clever enough to use them that way deliberately. This used to be the basic for a lot of comedy routines. My apologies for appearing pedantic but as a (currently ex) teacher of English as a second language I'm sensitive to the usage of words.
Cheers! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
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| Contents | Top Notch Laugh Comics Proudly Presents (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
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| Comic Story | Introduction (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The sheriff has died, and the new sheriff must be selected. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pokey Oakey (Introduction); Adam Oakey; Maw Oakey; Butter Bean Oakey; Deacon Morfuss; Wild Willie Reb |
| Notes | Continuing serial. |
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| Synopsis | The readers of Top Notch Laugh Comics are arguing over what's the best comic in the issue. The Black Hood arrives to tell them about a contest to determine the best. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Pokey Oakey |
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| Synopsis | Silas Tilson, who believes he is going to die, invites guests to a masquerade party. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Silas Tilson; Dr. Simon; Hon. Mason; James Tilson; Rita Tilson; Edward Tilson; Barbara Sutton; Sergeant McGinty; Man in Gray |
| Notes | contains a plug for the Black Hood story in Jackpot Comics #5 |
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| Comic Story | Senorita La Tamale (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Senor Siesta gets to meet Senorita La Tamale. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Senor Siesta (Introduction); Senorita La Tamale; Satcho; Pedro |
| Notes | Continuing serial |
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| Synopsis | Boss McGivern tries to kill Snoop. And all Snoop has is his new friend, Waldo, a squirrel. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Snoop McGook; Boss McGivern; Joe Shlump; Waldo (introduction) |
| Notes | Continuing serial, this episode ends with this story. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Coming at you like machine gun fire in the new Jackpot No. 5 (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Sergeant Boyle; Black Hood; Mr. Justice; Archie; Steel Sterling; Clancy and Looney |
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| Synopsis | Brutal punishment at a German POW camp, causes 4 men to escape to become the Lost Legion. |
| Featuring | The Lost Legion |
| Content | Characters: Lost Legion [Brooklyn; Moscow; Limey; Frenchy] (Introduction); Fritz |
| Notes | First and only appearance of MLJ/Archie's "The Lost Legion" feature. |
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| Text Story | Blood on the Moon (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Synopsis | Suzie has a job at Moocher's. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mr. Whipplesink; M. A. Moocher; Myra; Mrs. Droopjowls |
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| Comic Story | Introducing Canvas Back Corkle (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | He's called Canvas Back, because his back is on the boxing ring's canvas floor. |
| Featuring | Canvas Back Corkle |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Canvas Back Corkle (Introduction); Eightball; Babs; Borneo Sam |
| Notes | Introduction and only appearance of the "Canvas Back Corkle" feature. |
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| Text Story | Crimes Committed - Rates Reasonable! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | His parents want him to have his refinement lessons, but Percy had rather coach his sandlot football team. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Percy [Percival Plummer](Introduction); Jeeves; Lindsey Doyle; Professor Gyps |
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| Publisher advertisement | Be Prepared for a Bombshell in the July Issue of "Pep" (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "The Shield has lost his superpowers!" |
| Content | Characters: the Shield; Dusty |
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| Comic Story | Introduction (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Three Moneky-teers are tired of the small town life and learn for the big city. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Three Monkey-teers [Yehudi; Small Fry; Sassafrass](Introduction); Dad; Mom; Butch McGurk |
| Notes | Continuing serial.
Previous indexer missed seeing Pen's signature (on the left of splash page)so credited the art to Ed Goggin. Scott Meredith is the only known writer on this series, but it's unknown if he actually wrote the stories as early as 1942. |
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| Comic Story | Temple of the Sun (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Gold in Peru. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Practical Jokers (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Next to the war, America's greatest problem is practical jokers. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kardak; Joe Blow; Ed; Hank Short; Miss Winters; Mr. Jones; Mr. Peters |
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