Indicia title is "TIMMY, No. 823." Code number is TIMMY O.S. #823-578. Copyright 1957 by Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Inc. Based on the "Timmy" newspaper strip by Howard Sparber. Second of four Timmy Four Color issues.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Timmy
Genre
Children
Characters
Timmy; Hanky
Comic Story
Teaching Timmy to Hit a Baseball (1 page)
Synopsis
Timmy's father tries to teach him how to hit a baseball.
Feature
Timmy
Genre
Children
Characters
Timmy
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.
Comic Story
The Big Deal (8 pages)
Synopsis
Timmy and Hanky go to their father's office, where they "help" him with his work.
Feature
Timmy
Genre
Children
Characters
Timmy; Hanky
Comic Story
The Upper Crust (7 pages)
Synopsis
Timmy and Hanky spend the day at their rich friend Jane Ellen's house, turning it into a shambles.
Feature
Timmy
Genre
Children
Characters
Timmy; Hanky; Jane Ellen
Comic Story
Fun on the Frontier (8 pages)
Synopsis
Timmy tells Hanky a story about how the pioneers lived.
Feature
Timmy
Genre
Children
Characters
Timmy; Hanky
Comic Story
Backyard Bonanza (3 pages)
Synopsis
Timmy's father thinks he's struck oil in the back yard, but it's just a broken pipe from the fuel oil tank for the furnace.
Feature
Timmy
Genre
Children
Characters
Timmy; Hanky
Comic Story
The Dog-Sitters (5.75 pages)
Synopsis
Timmy and Hanky start a dog-sitting business.
Feature
Timmy
Genre
Children
Characters
Timmy; Hanky
Publisher advertisement
No Title
Feature
Smokey Stover
Letters
typeset
Characters
Smokey Stover (cameo)
First Line
When the fire is thisaway...
Notes
Promo for Smokey Stover Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #827. Repro of cover is depicted.
Comic Story
The Painless Dentist (1 page)
Synopsis
Timmy goes to a "painless" dentist.
Feature
Timmy
Genre
Children
Characters
Timmy
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Comic Story
The Trade-In (1 page)
Synopsis
Timmy and Hanky try to use their wind-up toy car as a trade-in on a larger kid-size car.
Feature
Timmy
Genre
Children
Characters
Timmy; Hanky
Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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