Digital Comic Museum - Animal Comics 001


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First appearance in any medium of Walt Kelly's Pogo Possum. OtherEric scans, Agentuup edits.

3-December-2011 11:25 pm	\|
Username:	theorbys
Comment:	A thoroughly enjoyable, pleasant, comic with all animal stories, but what puts it over the top is that it has the first Pogo. And a very different Pogo, and a very different Albert than what they would later become, for the moment there is little to indicate that this would become a work of genius, although it is a nice story.

Issue: #1
Published: [December] 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright, 1942, by Oskar Lebeck. Indicia publisher is Dell Publishing Company, Inc. The comic was published on September 8, 1942. As per page 615: Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Etc. New Series Vol 39 Pt. 1 IMAGE LINK: http://goo.gl/CnPsmD Which states: Animal comics, no. 1. © Sept. 8, 1942; AA 409454; Oskar Lebeck, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 27533 The "©" is followed by the publication date. "©" implies copyright registration of a published work followed by date of publication IMAGE LINK: http://goo.gl/Zn0XnO The publication date would be the date the publication was printed, cut, assembled, stapled, packaged, and shipped from the printing plant to retailers.

Comic Contents:

Cover (2 pages)
Genre:	Anthropomorphic-funny Animals

Text Story (1 page)

Ambition

Comic Story (5 pages)	Albert Takes the Cake
Synopsis:	Bumbazine bakes Pogo a birthday cake, but Albert tries to steal it.
Genre:	Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Albert (first Appearance, An Alligator) Pogo (first Appearance, A Possum) Bumbazine (first Appearance) Mrs. Jay (first Appearance) Beetle (first Appearance)

Comic Story (11 pages)	Katonka Flies North
Synopsis:	A grateful goose alerts the soldiers that healed him that some German spies are sneaking around the island.
Genre:	War
Characters:	Katonka Sgt. Bain Private Rooney Tauber (villain) Nazis (villains)

Comic Story (12 pages)	Piggy Pranks
Synopsis:	Bobby raises two pigs that lost their mother.
Genre:	Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Pa Dunn Ma Dunn Bobby Dunn Paddy (a Pig) Pinkie (a Pig)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Right of Way
Synopsis:	A newly mated skunk pair try to find a home.
Genre:	Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Snuffy (a Skunk) Violet (a Skunk) Judge Martin

Comic Story (11 pages)	Muzzy and Ginger
Synopsis:	Muzzy and Ginger escape from a pet shop. Dr. Atkins finds them and takes them as pets for the State School for Crippled Children.
Genre:	Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Muzzy (a Chimpanzee) Ginger (a Kitten) Homer Dr. Atkins

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Monarch of Panther Gorge
Synopsis:	The deer herd struggles to survive the winter.
Genre:	Animal
Characters:	The Monarch (a Deer) Game Warden Dan Burke Tom

Comic Story (10 pages)	Milk for the Baby
Synopsis:	A baby elephant runs from a train crash and tries to find some milk to drink.
Genre:	Animal
Characters:	Babe (a Baby Elephant) Ernie Cyrus Solon Walker Mrs. Walker Sonny Walker

Text Story (1 page)

A Matter of Intelligence

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