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Issue Details

Issue #646
Published September 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "DOTTY DRIPPLE AND TAFFY, No. 646". Code number is DOT D. O.S. #646-559. Copyright 1955 by Publisher's Syndicate. Based on the "Dotty Dripple" newspaper strip by Buford Tune.

Cover Details

Characters Dotty Dripple; Horace Dripple; Taffy Dripple; Pepper (dog)
Genre sitcom
Letters typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "A Pledge to Parents"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Full page of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".

5 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "Putting on the Dog"

Characters Horace Dripple; Taffy Dripple; Wilbert; Pepper (dog)
Synopsis The dog Pepper gets snobbish when Taffy buys him a doggie sweater.
Genre sitcom

7 page Dotty Dripple story "On the Job"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Horace Dripple; Mr. Jerkimer (Horace's boss)
Synopsis Horace's boss, Mr. Jerkimer, asks him to buy an emerald brooch for Mr. Jerkimer's wife birthday. Horace gets the brooch, but accidentally puts it in an envelope containing bids for a city contract. The police come and arrest Horace and Mr. Jerkimer, thinking the brooch was a bribe for the city engineer.
Genre sitcom

10 page Dotty Dripple story "The Super Snoozer"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Horace Dripple; Taffy Dripple; Wilbert
Synopsis Dotty, Horace, and the kids go to Market Utopia, a gigantic shopping center that's just been built. While the others shop, Horace falls asleep and has a nightmare about shopping in a store that's so big it crosses state lines.
Genre sitcom

9 page Dotty Dripple story "Nothing New"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Horace Dripple; Taffy Dripple
Synopsis Horace receives a telegram saying he's won $25,000 first grand prize in the Slippery Soap Limerick Contest. He is immediately besieged by salesmen and people wanting donations for their charities.
Genre sitcom

Half page Angel promo (ad from the publisher) "Want To Meet An Angel?"

Characters Angel (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for Dell's "Angel" comic.

1 page Dotty Dripple story "Fixing Garage Doors"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Horace Dripple
Synopsis Horace has to repair the garage doors after Dotty keeps hitting them with the car.
Genre sitcom
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "Piggy Banks"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Horace Dripple; Taffy Dripple; Wilbert
Synopsis Every member of the household has their own piggy bank--even Horace.
Genre sitcom
Notes Back cover; color. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".