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| Publication | December 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Medical; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; doctor; nurse |
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| Advertisement | Factory to You! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Penman Company |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Inside front cover ad for an engraved ink pen set from Penman Company, Dept. 365S, 349 West Ontario, Chicago 10, Illinois. |
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| Comic Story | Jets to You (8.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Bunsen sends Wilbur to the moon. |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Vigoda (signed) | Inks: Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Science Fiction; Teen | Characters: Mr. Bunsen; Wilbur Wilkin; Horatio Hamlet; Mr. Beaksqueek; Mr. Dripwaite; Miss Gargle |
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| Featuring | Suzie |
| Content | Characters: Suzie; Katy Keene; Sis; Ginger; Angela; Ferdie |
| Notes | Promo ad for Suzie Comics. |
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| Featuring | Archie |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Fred Andrews; Pop Tate |
| Notes | Promo ad for the first Archie Annual with a coupon to order by mail. |
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| Comic Story | Ants in His Plants (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur decides to buy Laurie's father a Venus ant trap plant to get him to stop being mad at him. |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Vigoda (signed) | Inks: Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Mr. Lake; Red Wilson |
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| Featuring | Lionel Trains |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Mail order ad for the new 1949 Lionel Trains catalog from Lionel Trains, P.O. Box 116, Madison Square Station, New York 10, New York. |
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| Comic Story | The Handyman (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur needs to earn some money so Laurie hires him to clean the house and fix the plumbing. |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Vigoda (signed) | Inks: Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Mr. Wilkin; Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Mr. Lake |
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| Synopsis | Pud shows the gang his new tree house. |
| Featuring | Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum |
| Credits | Pencils: Ray Thompson | Inks: Ray Thompson | Letters:?; typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pud; Pud's friends |
| Notes | Ad for Dubble Bubble Gum from Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia 41, Pennsylvania. |
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| Featuring | Wilbur Puzzle Fun |
| Notes | A word square, fill in the blanks, and connect the dots. |
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| Comic Story | Dumb Like a Fox (5.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | It's be kind to animals week. |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Vigoda (signed) | Inks: Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Mr. Dripwaite; Mrs. Wilkin; Mr. Wilkin; little girl; firemen; policemen |
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| Featuring | Katy Keene |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Woggon (illustrations) | Inks: Bill Woggon (illustrations) |
| Content | Characters: Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly |
| Notes | Telling readers that a Katy Keene calendar will be in the next issues of Wilbur and Suzie comics, while a K.O. Kelly calendar will be in the next issues of Laugh and Pep comics. |
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| Featuring | Stuff About Stars |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Bette Davis; Joseph Cotton; Shirley Temple; Barry Fitzgerald; Lon McCallister; James Brown; Gregory Peck; Elizabeth Taylor; Van Johnson; George Murphy; James Cagney; Raoul Walsh; June Haver; Gordon MacRae; David Butler; Virginia Mayo; Ray Bolger; Marilyn Miller; Gary Cooper; Ava Gardner; Greta Garbo; Norma Shearer; Cyd Charisse; Van Heflin; Jennifer Jones; Ingrid Bergman; Michael Wilding; Raymond Massey |
| Notes | News from Hollywood with mention of the stars and directors listed above. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Growing... growing... grown!! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Darling Love; Darling Romance |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Romance |
| Notes | Promo ad showing the covers of Darling Love (Archie, 1949 series) #3 and Darling Romance (Archie, 1949 series) #3. |
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| Comic Story | At R.K.O. Studios in Hollywood (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Katy is taking a screen test at the R.K.O. Studios with actor Robert Ryan. |
| Featuring | Katy Keene |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Woggon (signed) | Inks: Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene; Robert Ryan; Gordon Bau; studio make-up artist; studio wardrobe department head; Billy Russell (director) |
| Notes | There is a plug for Robert Ryan, starring in the R.K.O. picture "I Married a Communist," however the film was retitled and released as "The Woman on Pier 13." |
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| Featuring | Katy Keene Fashions |
| Credits | Script: Bill Woggon | Pencils: Bill Woggon (signed) | Inks: Bill Woggon (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene |
| Notes | Paper doll cut-outs. |
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| Featuring | Super Duck |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Super Duck; two monkeys |
| Notes | Promo ad for the Super Duck comic book. |
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| Featuring | Tom Mix; Ralston Purina |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tom Mix |
| Notes | Mail order ad for a Tom Mix Super-Magnetic Compass Gun and Signal Whistle from Tom Mix, Box 808-B, St. Louis, Missouri. |
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| Comic Story | S'no Time to Relax (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur buys his dad a vibrator. |
| Featuring | Wilbur |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Mr. Wilkin; Mr. Meekly; Wilbur Wilkin |
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| Advertisement | Erector (1 page) |
| Featuring | Gilbert Hall of Science |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Mail order ad for "Fun and Thrills" book from Gilbert Hall of Science, 120 Erector Square, New Haven, Connecticut. |
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| Advertisement | Prizes For You! (1 page) |
| Featuring | American Specialty Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Characters: Bob; Bob's friends and family; Dick Tracy (cameo); Red Ryder (cameo) |
| Notes | Inside back cover ad to recruit boys and girl to sell Christmas Packs from American Specialty Company, Dept. 510, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
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| Advertisement | Boy! Wait till the gang sees this! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Schwinn Bicycles |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Back cover ad for Schwinn bicycles with an offer of a free copy of the Schwinn Bicycle Comic Book from Arnold, Schwinn & Company, 1718 North Kildare Avenue, Chicago 39, Illinois. |
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