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| Name | Ribtickler 4 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | An ad on the inside cover of All Top Comics (Fox, 1946 series) #3 (Fall 1946) states the on-sale of September-October Ribtickler was August 8. In the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Part 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947 the publisher reported to the Copyright Office that the publication date was August 6. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| First Line | Now I've got the drop on you Tamale |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Green Premium Coupon |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Hey, kids! Get valuable premiums. |
| Notes | Explanation of which comics contain Green Premium Coupons and how to order with them. |
| Story | Tommy Tot and the Heir Corps (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Staten Island Ferry is bored with his routine and seeks Fairyland somewhere in space. Venus and Mars are unable to give him directions. He almost meets destruction at the end of the Milky Way, but is saved by Tommie Tot and the Heir Corps. |
| Script | ? [as Tom Hal] (credited) |
| Pencils | ? [as Tom Hal] (credited) |
| Inks | ? [as Tom Hal] (credited) |
| Characters | Staten Island Ferry; Miss Venus; Mr. Mars; Tommie Tot; Tilly Vision |
| First Line | Staten Island to Manhattan, Manhattan to State Island! |
| Notes | Tommy Tot is spelled Tommie in this story. |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Quiz Whiz |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | How much would you weigh on the moon? |
| Notes | Five panels of facts presented in question-and-answer format. |
| Story | Imagine That! (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Scalping was not an Indian art. |
| Notes | Brief illustrated "facts" on various subjects. |
| Comic Story | "Red" Kamphor Skunk / Red Kamphor (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Red Kamphor uses worms Inky and Inny as bait for fishing. |
| Characters | Red Kamphor; Inky; Inny |
| Script | Ken Jackson |
| Pencils | Ken Jackson |
| Inks | Ken Jackson |
| First Line | This time Inky and Inny go fishing. |
| Story | Horse Opera (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A horse is bored with his routine. Tim Tation shows him how to travel to his dream land called Green Pastures. But he winds up being transformed into a merry-go-round horse. |
| Script | ? [as Howe] (credited) |
| Pencils | ? [as Howe] (credited) |
| Inks | ? [as Howe] (credited) |
| Characters | Harry the horse (introduction, not named yet); Tim Tation |
| First Line | I deliver milk all day and then stall around at night. |
| Notes | The horse's story is continued in Wotalife Comics #5, where he is first named Harry. |
| Text Story | Tad Byrne's Revenge (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fireman Jim Byrnes was murdered while investigating criminals who own firetrap apartment buildings. His brother, police officer Tad Byrnes, becomes a plainclothes police detective to discover the murderer. |
| Script | ? [as Marty Panz] (credited) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Tad Byrnes; Jim Byrnes; Jack Binns; Duke Morgan (villain) |
| First Line | Tad Byrnes stretched. |
| Comic Story | Noisy Owl / Roscoe Bear (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A noisy hooting owl prevents Roscoe from sleeping at night. When the owl is trying to sleep in the day, Roscoe wakes it up. |
| Characters | Roscoe Bear; owl |
| Script | Robert Baldwin ? |
| Pencils | Robert Baldwin |
| Inks | Robert Baldwin |
| Letters | Robert Baldwin |
| Notes | Pantomime story. |
| Story | Tommy Tot and the Heir Corps (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hocus and Pocus try to take over the sea by replacing Dave E. Jones. Tommie Tot and the Heir Corps foil their plan. |
| Script | ? [as Tom Hal] (credited) |
| Pencils | ? [as Tom Hal] (credited) |
| Inks | ? [as Tom Hal] (credited) |
| Characters | Hocus (villain); Pocus (villain); Tommie Tot |
| First Line | It was a beautiful day in Just-Before-Land. |
| Notes | Tommy Tot is spelled Tommie in this story. |
| Comic Story | Canned Spinach / Roscoe Bear (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Roscoe Bear raids a house to get canned food. All he finds is canned spinach, which he hates. |
| Characters | Roscoe Bear |
| Script | Robert Baldwin ? |
| Pencils | Robert Baldwin |
| Inks | Robert Baldwin |
| Letters | Robert Baldwin |
| Notes | Pantomime story. |
| Comic Story | A Trip to the Zoo / Jerry Jingle (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A boy has been mistreating his pet puppy. Jerry takes him to the zoo where he learns to appreciate and be kind to animals. |
| Characters | Jerry Jingle; mean little boy |
| First Line | Human beings sure are funny! |
| Comic Story | And Billy the Kid / Tommy Tot and the Heir Corps (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Billy gets the brass ring on the merry-go-round and is entitled to a free ride. The merry-go-round horse is magic, and will take Billy anywhere. Billy wants to join the Indians in the Happy Hunting Grounds. One Indian chief hates palefaces, so they prepare to burn Billy at the stake. Tommy Tot comes to the rescue. |
| Characters | Billy Jones; merry-go-round horse; Sitting Bull; Rain in Kisser; Tommy Tot |
| First Line | Billy Jones had but one nickle left and of all the rides in the park [...] |
| Notes | The merry-go-round horse is drawn and colored exactly like Harry as a merry-go-round horse, from the Horse Opera story in this issue. Since this horse is free to move and can even fly through space it is evidently not intended to be the same character. |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Synopsis | Rudolph pushes Belinda off a cliff. She is saved when Harry's wild golf drive knocks her into a bush. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Belinda Blinks; Rudolph Ruddigore Rassendale (villain) |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| Letters | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | I want to take some golf lessons. |
| Story | High-Gear Homer |
| Synopsis | Homer tries to sell the island on which he's stranded to the rescue crew. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Homer |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| Letters | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | What's a-holdin'up this yar rescue, mate?! |
| Story | Hairbreadth Harry |
| Synopsis | Rudolph uses an anti-gravity machine to kidnap Belinda. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Harry Hollingsworth; Belinda Blinks; Rudolph Ruddigore Rassendale (villain) |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| Letters | F. O. Alexander |
| First Line | Harry has vowed to elope with Belinda, |
| Story | High-Gear Homer |
| Synopsis | The office is so crowded Homer puts a "standing room only!" sign on the door. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Homer |
| Script | F. O. Alexander |
| Pencils | F. O. Alexander |
| Inks | F. O. Alexander |
| Letters | F. O. Alexander |
| Notes | Pantomime story. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Green Premium Coupon |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Free premiums for green coupons. |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Order blank and list of items which can be redeemed with Green Coupons. These include a Blue Beetle Whistle and a Blue Beetle Camera. |
| Advertisement | 100 Tulip Bulbs (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Best bulb buy in America! |
| Notes | Color ad on back cover offering 100 Michigan tulip bulbs for $1.69, with "extra 12 Dutch iris bulbs". From Michigan Bulb Company. |
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