Volume: #14, Issue: #8 [254]
Published: December 18, 1958, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Joseph G. Schaller (editor); Richard J. Voelkel (associate editor); Victor Keuping (art director); Carl Beachum (copy editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S., Later Standard Silver Age U.S., Later Still Standard Modern Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Chuck White and His Friends |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lloyd Ostendorf ? | Inks: Lloyd Ostendorf ? |
| Activity (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Game Page |
| Synopsis: |
Three activities. Kitty certainly has been busy while Granny slept. Can you find which ball of wool goes with which sweater so that granny can get on with her knitting? Instructions on how to make a needle float on top of water. Cut out these four shapes and make them into a square. |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Chuck White and His Friends |
| Synopsis: |
Last minute preparations are being made for the public Christmas Pageant. Fr.Carroll wants Maria to play the part of The Virgin Mary and goes to her home to ask her. Maria sees Chuck, but wants nothing to do with him and calls him a hateful man. After the pageant, Chuck meets with Fr.Carroll and Sr. Theresa at the Donly's house and presents them with a check for $1000 and a new Christmas tree to plant. Maria finds out that the state was going to build a highway where their old tree stood and it would have come down anyway. Chuck arranged for them to get the money from the sale of the tree. |
| Credits: |
Script: Frank Moss [as Max Pine] (credited) | Pencils: Frank Borth (signed) | Inks: Frank Borth (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Chuck White Sister Theresa Father Carroll Maria Donly |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Music of the People |
| Featuring: |
The Note-Book |
| Synopsis: |
A look at the history of folk music in different countries, including a Richard Wagner opera called The Mastersinger and an American folk song about John Henry. |
| Credits: |
Script: Eric St. Clair (credited) | Pencils: Syl Sowinski | Inks: Syl Sowinski |
| Characters: |
Caedmon John Henry Burt Arnie |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
The Champ in the Circus! |
| Synopsis: |
The opening performance of the elephant act has been a great success. Col. Hornbeam's bills will be paid off in no time. Gunboat and Blackie have stolen the gate receipts and have hidden it under straw and placed it in a tractor. Karl finds the money and straw and Gunboat knocks him unconscious. Frumson finds Karl on the ground with Gunboat and Blackie standing over him and money all around. They knock him out and tie a barbell around his neck, not knowing the weight is a fake. He's taken to the river and dumped in. Hahti watches and goes berserk and tries to follow to save Frumson. |
| Credits: |
Script: Capt. Frank Moss (credited) | Pencils: Frank Borth (signed) | Inks: Frank Borth (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure Humor |
| Characters: |
Frumson (The Champ) Wooters Col. Hornbeam Karl Gunboat Blackie Salter Hahti |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Mechanics |
| Featuring: |
What Can You Do? |
| Synopsis: |
Johnny is a young boy who thinks he'd like to be an auto mechanic, but he wants to speak to a real mechanic to find out what it's like from someone in the field. The mechanic explains that you need to have a "feel" for mechanics and like to work with your hands and mind. He shows some of the tools a mechanic uses every day, used to perform a variety of jobs. In some shops, men specialize in just one job and become experts. He discusses apprenticeship programs and different work areas, like buses, farm equipment, airplanes and naval vessels. Several unions were mentioned, along with salary. |
| Credits: |
Script: William C. Treon (credited) |
| Characters: |
Johnny A Mechanic |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Let Freedom Ring! |
| Synopsis: |
Joe Esterhazy is a champion diver and the other boys think they're a cinch to win the C.Y.O. meet, but Joe has no intentions of competing. The other boys tell him his school needs him, but he feels he has the right to do whatever he wants. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lloyd Ostendorf (signed) | Inks: Lloyd Ostendorf (signed) |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Characters: |
Joe Esterhazy Steven Esterhazy |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Perfect Christmas Present |
| Featuring: |
You're Important |
| Credits: |
Script: Father Jack (credited) | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Hannibal Bear |
| Synopsis: |
Hannibal is tied up in his own Christmas tree lights so substitutes himself for the tree. |
| Credits: |
Script: Frank Huffman [as Frank Tytus Huffman] (signed) | Pencils: Frank Huffman [as Frank Tytus Huffman] (signed) | Inks: Frank Huffman [as Frank Tytus Huffman] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters: |
Hannibal Bear |
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