Indicia title is "SMITTY, No. 99." Code number is S.O.S. #99-463. Copyright 1941 by the Chicago Tribune.
Cover
1 page
Genre
Humor
Characters
Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; Little Moose
Story
Smitty
Synopsis
Herby's new teacher gets the wrong idea when she sees Herby walking to school with a policeman.
Genre
Humor
Characters
Herby Smith
Script
Walter Berndt
Pencils
Walter Berndt
Inks
Walter Berndt
First Line
Oh my! Mother's little darling is going to look spic and span!!
Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
Comic Story
Lovestruck
Synopsis
Herby starts to write a love note but his teacher looks over his shoulder.
Feature
Herby
Genre
Children
Characters
Herby Smith
Script
Walter Berndt
Pencils
Walter Berndt
Inks
Walter Berndt
Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story. Companion Sunday topper to Smitty strip in Sequence 2.
Story
Smitty (12 pages)
Synopsis
Smitty and Mr. Bailey go to their usual North Woods fishing resort. There they bring Little Moose the Indian to live with them and try to teach him "civilized" manners.
Genre
Humor
Characters
Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; George; Little Moose
Script
Walter Berndt
Pencils
Walter Berndt
Inks
Walter Berndt
First Line
Smitty, are you drumming your fingers on the desk?
Story
Smitty (8 pages)
Synopsis
Herby's parents take in his school teacher as a boarder.
Genre
Humor
Characters
Herby Smith; Miss Primm
Script
Walter Berndt
Pencils
Walter Berndt
Inks
Walter Berndt
First Line
Which one of my class lives nearest the school?
Story
Smitty (7 pages)
Synopsis
A football coach wants Mr. Bailey to give him a never-fail football play from his playing days in 1906.
Genre
Humor; Sports
Characters
Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey
Script
Walter Berndt
Pencils
Walter Berndt
Inks
Walter Berndt
First Line
Yes sir! Here it is!! The record of the champion team of 1906!!!
Story
Smitty (4 pages)
Synopsis
Mr. Bailey thinks a girl in the building across the street is flirting with him when she puts signs in the window.
Genre
Humor
Characters
Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey
Script
Walter Berndt
Pencils
Walter Berndt
Inks
Walter Berndt
First Line
Monday again! It's the old grind again after a pleasant weekend
Story
Smitty (16 pages)
Synopsis
Mr. Bailey puts in a Victory Garden on the roof of his office building. Later Herby tries to get up the nerve to buy a war stamp from a booth and get a kiss from a girl he likes.
Genre
Humor
Characters
Smitty Smith; George B. Bailey; Herby Smith
Script
Walter Berndt
Pencils
Walter Berndt
Inks
Walter Berndt
First Line
Ah! A letter for me!!
Notes
Copyright in the logo is 1941, but story events make it more likely it is 1942 or later.
Story
Smitty (1 page)
Synopsis
Someone is writing graffiti about Herby.
Genre
Humor
Characters
Herby Smith
Script
Walter Berndt
Pencils
Walter Berndt
Inks
Walter Berndt
First Line
Who's trying to be funny?
Story
Smitty (2 pages)
Synopsis
Smitty tries to join the Army and the Navy but is turned down.
Genre
Humor
Characters
Smitty Smith
Script
Walter Berndt
Pencils
Walter Berndt
Inks
Walter Berndt
First Line
Aw, be a good guy and let me join the Army!
Notes
Begins on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
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