Digital Comic Museum - Spunky 001 (c2c) -JVJ


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Rangerhouse Scans. David Miles Edits
From the JVJ Collection.

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Issue: #1
Published: April 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Pat Cherr (uncredited); Joseph Greene (managing editor) (uncredited)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Editors' credits from the correspondence of Jack Bradbury.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Spunky
Credits:	Script: Jack Bradbury \| Pencils: Jack Bradbury \| Inks: Jack Bradbury
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals Western-frontier
Characters:	Spunky

Comic Story (8 pages)	Spunky Gets His Wish!
Featuring:	Spunky
Synopsis:	First appearance of Spunky and Stanley, a talking horse. Spunky, a boy living on a ranch his parents own, has always wanted a horse. His father buys some horses for the ranch, and when one of them (which turns out to be Stanley) refuses to work he plans to get rid of him. But Spunky and Stanley convince his father that Stanley should remain as Spunky's horse.
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Bradbury (signed)
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals Western-frontier
Characters:	Spunky Stanley

Comic Story (5 pages)	Heap Small Injun
Featuring:	Spunky
Synopsis:	First appearance of Cora Sue Lee. Spunky avoids an invitation from Cora Sue because he doesn't want to play with (ugh!) a girl. He says he will be busy with "injun trouble". Cora Sue disguises herself as an indian chief looking for peace, and eventually gives Spunky a welcome kiss (from the squaws of the tribe). Later, when Spunky finds out about the ruse and realizes he got a kiss from Cora Sue, we see a lovesick Spunky sitting on his porch daydreaming.
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Bradbury?
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals Western-frontier
Characters:	Spunky Stanley Cora Sue

Text Story (2 pages)	Ornery Critter
Featuring:	Spunky
Synopsis:	Spunky and Stanley are not allowed to join the posse to go after horse thieves, but they end up catching them anyway.
Credits:	Script: Pat Cherr (signed) \| Pencils: Frank Frazetta (text header)
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals Western-frontier
Characters:	Spunky Stanley

Comic Story (6 pages)	Spunky and the Badman
Featuring:	Spunky
Synopsis:	Spunky and Stanley help save Spunky's father's ranch and the ranch of the parents of Cora Sue from some cattle rustlers.
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Bradbury?
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals Western-frontier
Characters:	Spunky Stanley Cora Sue

Comic Story (6 pages)	In the Ghost Mine
Featuring:	Spunky
Synopsis:	Spunky and Stanley visit a ghost mine with real ghosts!
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Bradbury ?
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals Western-frontier
Characters:	Spunky Stanley

Text Story (1 page)	Rescue of Cora Sue
Featuring:	Spunky
Synopsis:	Cora Sue gets lost in a cave and is rescued by Spunky and Stanley.
Credits:	Script: Jane West (signed) \| Pencils: Frank Frazetta (text header)
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals Western-frontier
Characters:	Spunky Stanley Cora Sue

Comic Story (3 pages)	Too Many Chores
Featuring:	Stanley
Synopsis:	It's a beautiful day and Stanley wants to enjoy it with Spunky, but Spunky has too many chores. Stanley helps him complete a mountain of chores and then falls asleep from exhaustion once they finally start trying to enjoy the day.
Credits:	Pencils: Jack Bradbury?
Genre:	Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals Western-frontier
Characters:	Stanley Spunky

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