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| I was unaware of this comic book, but have long been a fan of the Out Our Way comic strips. I am amazed (and pleased) that they were able to produce a comic book in the mid 1950's which kept the feel and spirit of the original strip.
Thank you for the effort in making this available. |
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| Publication | [February] 1956 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Signed "J.R. Williams," but Williams wasn't doing much with the strip by this time. |
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| Cover | Out Our Way With The Worry Wart |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Worry Wart |
| Notes | Signed "J.R. Williams," but Williams wasn't doing much with the strip by this time. |
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| Synopsis | Wart's dog distracts a threatening bulldog by scratching himself, which fixates the bulldog on scratching instead of fighting. |
| Featuring | The Worry Wart |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Worry Wart; friend; Wart's dog; bulldog |
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| Comic Story | Big Business (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Wart starts a business repairing toys, the brother invests fifteen cents for capitalization. When Wart extends credit the brother panics and impounds the goods. Under community pressure he finally agrees to accept collateral. Wart says that for ANOTHER twenty-five cents, he can make money on the collateral. |
| Credits | Job #: 680-562 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Worry Wart; brother; kids |
| Notes | Indexer Karl Wilcox credits art to J. R. Williams, though other sources list Neg Cochran (Williams' assistant) as more likely at this late stage in Williams's life. |
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| Comic Story | The Spaceman (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wart and his friends have space suits to play space men, but insist on excluding the girls. When the boys take over a junk boiler to be their spaceship, Matilda convinces the scrap dealer to haul it away with the boys still inside. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: The Worry Wart; brother; Matilda; boys; girls; Moriarity; Flanagan |
| Notes | Indexer Karl Wilcox credits art to J. R. Williams, though other sources list Neg Cochran (Williams' assistant) as more likely at this late stage in Williams's life. |
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| Comic Story | The Hero (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wart's dog is so relaxed that Wart tries to liven him up by entering him into a dog show. Since only purebreds are admitted Wart's dog can't participate, but when a passerby steps on his tail, the dog rouses up and seizes him by the leg. Since it turns out that the man has just robbed the dog show receipts, Wart's dog becomes a hero. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: The Worry Wart; brother; Wart's dog; dog show officials; dog show participants; thief |
| Notes | Indexer Karl Wilcox credits art to J. R. Williams, though other sources list Neg Cochran (Williams' assistant) as more likely at this late stage in Williams's life. |
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| Comic Story | The Open Road (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Annoyed at this brother's bossy supervision, Wart decides to run away from home. After a morning of hard work, followed by an afternoon of wandering around town, he falls asleep at the supper table and the brother has to put him to bed. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: The Worry Wart; brother; dog; Mr. Shultz; Mrs. Mooney |
| Notes | Indexer Karl Wilcox credits art to J. R. Williams, though other sources list Neg Cochran (Williams' assistant) as more likely at this late stage in Williams's life. |
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| Synopsis | The police officer insists that dogs must be leashed in the park. Wart steals a clothesline for a leash, and the officer trips on it. |
| Featuring | The Worry Wart |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: The Worry Wart; Wart's dog; policeman |
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| Synopsis | The brother looks like an accomplished acrobat, but he's only reacting after Wart accidentally whacks the brother's toe with a hammer. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: The Worry Wart; brother; Matilda |
| Notes | Dell Pledge to Parents on this page (back cover). |
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