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| Date | | Number: 20 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Wilbur Comics 20 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1948, page 274, registration number B162479. Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson |
| Pencils | Al Fagaly (signed) |
| Inks | Al Fagaly (signed) |
| First Line | I think I'm going to enjoy this restaurant, Red! |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Wilson Chem. Co. |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ?; ? (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Premiums given cash commission |
| Comic Story | Information Squeeze! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur gets Linda to do his homework while he and Laurie go on the Truth and Catastrophies radio show. |
| Feature | Wilbur |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Laurie Lake; Wilbur Wilkin; Mr. Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Linda Moore; Chympansy (gorilla) |
| First Line | Daddy just gave me two tickets for the "Truth and Catastrophies" radio program tonight, Wilbur-- care to squander 'em with me? |
| Notes | Truth and Catastrophies is a parody of the Truth and Consequences radio show. |
| Advertisement | The Nick of Time at the Midget Auto Races (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Old Nick protects spectators after an accident at the midget races. |
| Feature | Old Nick |
| Genre | Adventure; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Old Nick; Honey |
| First Line | The mighty midgets hurtle into the home stretch at 80 miles per hour... |
| Notes | Ad in comic form. |
| Comic Story | Ship Ahoy (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur accidentally buys his father a boat for his birthday. |
| Feature | Wilbur |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Red Wilson; Wilbur Wilkin; Mr. Barnacle; Eleanor Wilkin; Mr. Wilkin |
| First Line | Ooofff! |
| Activity | No Title |
| Feature | Wilbur Quiz |
| First Line | 1. The lad's last name is Wilkin |
| Notes | A crossword puzzle, name unscramble, and a rebus. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Characters | Suzie |
| First Line | Hello - I'm Suzie and this is the magazine I'm starring in. |
| Comic Story | The Joint's Jumpin' (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The gang rehearses at Laurie's house for a dance contest. |
| Feature | Wilbur |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Laurie Lake; Slats Morgan; Linda Moore; Red Wilson; Wilbur Wilkin; Commodore Lake; J. Jones |
| First Line | Hear ye! Hear ye! There's a big dance contest at the Emporium this afternoon! Chicks versus chucks! |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Wilbur Quiz |
| Characters | Wilbur Wilkin |
| First Line | Wilbur has gotten himself a date for 8 with a slick chick in the next town! |
| Notes | Maze puzzle, optical illusion, and a word ladder (bath to soak). |
| Comic Story | Of Mice & Wilbur / Wilbur (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur borrows a mouse to scare Laurie with, but it gets away from him. |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Laurie Lake; Wilbur Wilkin; Miss Frogleg; Red Wilson; Miss Gargle; Mr. Dripwate [Mr. Dripwaite]; Miss McWig |
| Pencils | Al Fagaly (signed) |
| Inks | Al Fagaly (signed) |
| First Line | Wilbur! |
| Notes | Principal Dripwaite's name is misspelled Dripwate in this story. |
| Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado / Captain Tootsie (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | Captain Tootsie and army pilots take on a tornado. Rod Reed ? |
| Genre | Superhero Rod Reed ? |
| Script | C. C. Beck (signed) ? C. C. Beck (signed) ? |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck (signed) C. C. Beck (signed) |
| Inks | C. C. Beck (signed) C. C. Beck (signed) |
| First Line | Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion visit an army airfield in the southwest. |
| Text Story | Passing the Buck (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A few days after smashing the fender of his father's car, Wilbur gets permission to borrow it again. |
| Feature | Wilbur |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Characters | Wilbur Wilkin; Mr. Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Red Wilson |
| First Line | Wilbur Wilkin cocked one ear at the slam of the downstairs door that announced the arrival of his father and glanced at the clock on his dresser. |
| Story | Katy Keene (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lesley has to get a good pin-up picture of Katy or he's fired. |
| Genre | Humor; Fashion |
| Characters | Katy Keene; Sis Keene; Lesley Wesley |
| Script | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| First Line | Hi kids... there'll be a lot more pin ups of Katy to hang up before this story is ended!! |
| Publisher advertisement | Watch for Katy Keene the Pin-Up Queen / Katy Keene (1 page) |
| Genre | Fashion |
| Characters | Katy Keene; Sis Keene |
| Pencils | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Notes | Designs by Yvonne Rice, Elsie Zguri, Beverly Ferngold, Rita Gianotti, Margaret Slater, Shirley Cohen, and Joan Lorence. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | M. P. K. Company |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ?; ? (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Most amazing factory-to-you introductory offer ever made to our magazine readers |
| Notes | Ad for pens. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Bad skin? |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |

