| Additional Information |
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| Publication | 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Serial Polisher |
| Synopsis | Admiring his polishing of a decorative brass globe, an inattentive Smitty is about to take the polish to Mr. Bailey's bald head. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smitty Smith; George Bailey |
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| Comic Story | Moving Target (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Despite impressive ground-gains by Smitty, his football team does not seem to get any closer to the goal posts. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smitty Smith; two football teams of boys |
| Notes | Black, white, and red on inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Stockholder Smitty (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | George Bailey gives Smitty two shares of stock in his company for Christmas not realizing that his giving up those two shares costs him his position as majority stockholder. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smitty Smith; George Bailey; Herby Smith; Mrs. Smith; Roger King; Bailey's attorney; other stockholders |
| Notes | The first of 14 one-page strips, with a continuing story line.
The story line continues in seq 5 and runs to the last page of the comic. |
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| Comic Story | Winning a Two-Cent Bet the Roundabout Way (1 page) |
| Synopsis | On a snowy winter's day Smitty bets Mr. Bailey two cents that he can't go fishing. Never underestimate the resolve of a tycoon. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smitty Smith; George Bailey |
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| Comic Story | Spying on Smitty (1 page) |
| Synopsis | While visiting the building across the street, Mr. Bailey is able to spy on a goofing-off Smitty through the window. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smitty Smith; George Bailey; Freddy (fellow businessman) |
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| Comic Story | North Woods Camping and Wedding Complications (48 pages) |
| Synopsis | In gratitude for Smitty returning his shares of stock to George Bailey, restoring Bailey to his position as majority stockholder, the reinstated boss takes his office boy on a vacation to the North Woods. Wealthy Roger King plans to marry Mrs. Smith, whose husband disappeared years ago in an airline accident. Mr. Smith turns up as a helper to Roger King's gardeners, but with a case of amnesia, complicating the wedding plans. In further wedding woes, George Bailey does his best to extricate himself from an inadvertent promise to marry Miss Dolly Flutter. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smitty Smith; George Bailey; Herby Smith; Mrs. Mary Smith; Roger King; Mr. A.W. Smith; George the Indian Guide; Mr. Bailey's office staff; Mr. Fairway (home builder); Parker (Roger King's butler); Roger King's maid; John (Roger King's gardener); Tom (Roger King's gardener); Al (Roger King's gardener); Roger King's chauffeur; Miss Dolly Flutter; circus fat man |
| Notes | Continues the lead story of this issue. Only two of the strips that comprise this entry are signed "Berndt", or "by Berndt". The rest have no signature, but are simply credited as "Smitty by Berndt". |
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| Comic Story | When the Boss is Away, the Office Boys Will Play (1 page) |
| Synopsis | With Mr. Bailey absent, Smitty and the other office boys play games in Bailey's office. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smitty Smith; Griffin; Cox; Lowenthal; George Bailey |
| Notes | Black and white on inside back cover. |
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| Comic Story | Nobody's Pool Fool (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Bailey invites Smitty to the office swimming pool where he plays a few roughhouse tricks on the office boy, but Smitty has a trick of his own to spring on his cackling boss. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smitty Smith; George Bailey |
| Notes | Color on back cover. |
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