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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published June 1978
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia states "published bi-monthly by Western Publishing Company, Inc.". Also copyright by Leonardo-TTV. Issue number on cover is 90294-806.

Cover Details - "Underdog fishing for Simon Bar Sinister"

Characters Underdog; Simon Bar Sinister
Genre Humor; Super-hero
Notes Indicia states "published bi-monthly by Western Publishing Company, Inc.". Also copyright by Leonardo-TTV. Issue number on cover is 90294-806.

6 page Underdog story "Journey to the Center of the Earth! [Chapter 1]"

Characters Underdog; Simon Bar Sinister; Cad
Synopsis Simon and Cad build an Earth Sub to drill through the center of the earth. They plan on going to Australia to rob a bank. They are captured before getting half-way there by the Glops, bugs with 4 arms.
Genre Humor; Super-hero

1 page Hostess; Daredevil advertisement "The Peachy Keen Caper"

Characters Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Peachy Keen
Synopsis Daredevil foils a jewelry store robbery by giving the villains peach-filled Hostess Fruit Pies.
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Sal Buscema
Notes Sal Buscema credit from auction of original art by Heritage Auction Galleries in January 2006. Sequence appears during previous sequence.

6 page Underdog story "The Lost City [Chapter 2]"

Characters Underdog; Simon Bar Sinister; Cad
Synopsis Underdog saves Simon and Cad from the Glops, and solves an ages old dispute between the Glops and the Gleeps. Meanwhile, Simon and Cad get away and continue drilling through the earth.
Genre Humor; Super-hero

Half page Grit advertisement "The Adventures of Gritboy"

Characters Gritboy [Chris]
Synopsis Chris needs to earn some extra cash to do cool stuff with his friends. He sells Grit, a newpaper, door-to-door and soon has enough that he can treat his friends to ice cream!
Genre Drama
Script N. Rosato (signed)
Pencils N. Rosato (signed)
Inks N. Rosato (signed)
Notes Signed in third panel, on the neighbor's door.

6 page Underdog story "Earth's Core [Chapter 3]"

Characters Underdog; Simon Bar Sinister; Cad
Synopsis Simon and Cad arrive at the earth's core, where they find a band playing (because "Music is what makes the world go 'round, man!"). Underdog, again, saves Simon and Cad and then grabs onto their Earth Sub for the rest of the journey.
Genre Humor; Super-hero

5 page Underdog story "The Mud Creeps [Chapter 4]"

Characters Underdog; Simon Bar Sinister; Cad
Synopsis Simon, Cad and Underdog are captured by mud monsters, but Underdog defeats them by mushing them all together. He follows Simon and Cad to their destination, but somehow they got off-course and end up in a Chinese restaurant instead of an Australian bank. They order lunch.
Genre Humor; Super-hero