| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | The Captain and the Kids |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Der Captain; Der Inspector; Hans; Fritz |
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| Advertisement | Advice to Comic Readers for Bad Skin (1 page) |
| Featuring | New York Skin Laboratory |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Viderm Skin Cleanser and Viderm Fortified Medicated Skin Cream. Both for $2.00 plus postage from New York Skin Laboratory, New York, N.Y. |
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| Synopsis | Fireworks; Der Inspector's Cousin Chulius; Mama on roller skates. |
| Featuring | The Captain and the Kids |
| Credits | Script: Rudolph Dirks | Pencils: Rudolph Dirks | Inks: Rudolph Dirks |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Jungle | Characters: Der Captain; Der Inspector; Mama; Hans; Fritz |
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| Featuring | Scoopy The Comic Reporter |
| Credits | Script:? [as DeMotte] (signed) | Pencils:? [as DeMotte] (signed) | Inks:? [as DeMotte] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Scoopy |
| Notes | Soft-sell promo for various United Features titles, with the titles just being mentioned in the last panel. |
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| Advertisement | 24 Full-Color Bird Pictures |
| Featuring | Kellogg's Krumbles |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated ad for 24 full-color bird pictures, available as premiums in packages of Kellogg's Krumbles breakfast cereal. |
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| Synopsis | T. Heathcliff McMarvel uses a reverso-mento-magneto machine to transfer his brain and personality into Li'l Abner's body. Abner's brain and personality are transfered into McMarvel's broken-down body. |
| Featuring | Li'l Abner |
| Credits | Script: Al Capp | Pencils: Al Capp | Inks: Al Capp |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Science Fiction | Characters: Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; T. Heathcliffe McMarvel; Appasionata Van Climax; Marryin' Sam |
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| Synopsis | El Bombo fights Bigboy McAtom. |
| Featuring | El Bombo |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble | Letters: Bernard Dibble? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: El Bombo; Mr. Biltybux |
| Notes | Original story. |
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| Text Article | Money to Burn (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Topics: money to burn; why horses canter; echoes; chain letters; bang-up; compulsory education; buttons on sleeves; the mother-in-law joke; coming up to scratch; Mahomet and the mountain; hob-nob; "I beat him all hollow" |
| Featuring | How It Began |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Text page with illustrated header. |
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| Synopsis | Bathless Groggin battles Banker Hagstone in a boxing match to settle a grudge match that is worth $10,000 in stock shares. |
| Featuring | Abbie an' Slats |
| Credits | Script: Raeburn Van Buren | Pencils: Raeburn Van Buren | Inks: Raeburn Van Buren |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Bathless Groggins; Wilberforce Groggins |
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| Text Article | Edison's First Sale (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Part two of a multi-part article on the life of inventor Thomas Alva Edison. |
| Featuring | Stamp Tips |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Thomas Alva Edison |
| Notes | About 3/4 of each page consists of classified-type ads for postage stamps sent on approval. |
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| Synopsis | The fake echo; the unbreakable fountain pen; Nancy's dog and the fireworks; the party next door |
| Featuring | Nancy |
| Credits | Script: Ernie Bushmiller | Pencils: Ernie Bushmiller | Inks: Ernie Bushmiller |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Nancy; Sluggo |
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| Synopsis | The western costume party; the housing shortage; billboards for food; celebrities with dark glasses. |
| Featuring | Fritzi Ritz |
| Credits | Script: Ernie Bushmiller | Pencils: Ernie Bushmiller | Inks: Ernie Bushmiller |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble |
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| Synopsis | Topics: Winston Churchill; Collins & Glennville (Ga.) Railroad; Irish "Sick Boats"; Stonewall Jackson |
| Featuring | Strange as It Seems |
| Credits | Script: Ernest Hix |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Winston Churchill; Stonewall Jackson |
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| Synopsis | Hot-tempered Boris Borscht knocks Curly down in an impromptu fight in Curly's gym and is offered $25,000 to fight Curly in the ring. |
| Featuring | Curly Kayoe |
| Credits | Script: Sam Leff | Pencils: Sam Leff | Inks: Sam Leff |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Curly Kayoe; Happy Daye; Joe Jinks; Boris Borscht |
| Notes | part of a continuing story. |
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| Synopsis | The grapejuice well; Gordo's romance with Conchita. |
| Featuring | Gordo |
| Credits | Script: Gus Arriola [as Gustavo Arriola] | Pencils: Gus Arriola [as Gustavo Arriola] | Inks: Gus Arriola [as Gustavo Arriola] |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Juan Pablo Jones; Juarez Keats Garcia; Gordo Lopez; Pelon Padilla; Pepito |
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| Advertisement | Make 1000 Funny Faces |
| Featuring | Trix-Pix Comix |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated ad for Trix-Pix Comix. A game of making funny faces with cut-out ears, noses, etc. 25 cents from Wm. Stockman, New York, N.Y. (Note early use of "comix" spelling.) |
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| Advertisement | Sensational Kite Plane |
| Featuring | R. B. Hussey & Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated ad for kite plane that looks like jet plane but flies like a kite. $1.00 from R. B. Hussey & Co., Springfield, Mass. |
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| Advertisement | America's Greatest Zipper Billfold Bargain! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Illinois Merchandise Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated ad for color-embossed zipper billfolds. $1.98 each plus postage from Illinois Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Ill. |
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| Advertisement | How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame (1 page) |
| Featuring | Charles Atlas |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Charles Atlas (photo) |
| Notes | Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for the Dynamic Tension body-building course. Free book "Everlasting Health and Strength" available by sending coupon to Charles Atlas, New York, N.Y. |
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| Advertisement | Ugly Blackheads Out in Seconds (1 page) |
| Featuring | Vacutex |
| Notes | Back cover; color. Illustrated ad (part in comic form) for Vacutex blackhead remover device. $1.00 from Ballco Products Company, New York, N.Y. |
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