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Captain Codfish - signed Joe Giella. Surprised to see the Batman, Flash, and Green Lantern artist here. |
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Both Fatsy McPig and Starry Eyes by one of my all-time favorites, Orestes Calpini!Too bad that the original owner of the comic also enjoyed him so much that he was the subject of their scissor campaign. Sigh... (|:{> |
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Additional Information |
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Publication | May 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | Characters from 3 different comic strips are featured on the cover. |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Punch; Uncle Tony; Pinky the Pony; Bobo the Clown; Bucky the Mule; Fatsy McPig; Mr. Moonbeam; Starry Eyes |
Notes | Characters from 3 different comic strips are featured on the cover. |
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Synopsis | Punch mocks Uncle Tony's Scarecrow, who comes to life and takes Punch home as a toy for his two scarecrow children. An escaped circus zebra threatens to eat the straw-stuffed youngsters, but Punch saves the day. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Fantasy | Characters: Punch; Judy; Uncle Tony; Scarecrow; Mrs. Scarecrow; Tatters; Patches |
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Synopsis | Fatsy falls asleep and is mistaken for a parade balloon. Inflated with helium to a huge size, he has various misadventures. |
Featuring | Fatsy McPig |
Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Fatsy McPig; Grandma Pig |
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Synopsis | Disappointed at the scarcity of strawberries, Little Horsefeather and Pantywaist manipulate the rain-making machine of Big Splash in hopes of creating a bigger crop, but get more than they bargained for. |
Featuring | Little Horsefeather the Indian |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Fantasy | Characters: Little Horsefeather; Pantywaist; father; mother; Big Splash the rain-god |
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Text Story | Punch Goes Hunting (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Punch; Judy; Uncle Tony |
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Synopsis | Buttons offers to help Stupid Goat sell a vacuum cleaner to Officer Hippo. |
Featuring | Buttons the Rabbit and Officer Hippo |
Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Buttons; Officer Hippo; Stupid Goat |
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Synopsis | Two human fishermen try to catch Captain Codfish, while he in turn attempts to catch them. Eventually, they decide to be friends. |
Featuring | Captain Codfish |
Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Captain Codfish; fisherman |
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Synopsis | The Circus-Master wants to buy a rare Biffsniff animal from a witch for his circus. The witch turns Pinky and Bucky into Biffsniffs and sells them to the circus. Bobo and Starry Eyes defeat the witch and all the Biffsniffs return to their original form. However, the circus will put the witch on display instead. |
Featuring | Starry Eyes |
Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Fantasy | Characters: Starry Eyes; Bobo the Clown; Bucky the Mule; Pinky the Pony; Witch; Blockhead; Circus-Master |
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