Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	June-July 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whiteny Ellsworth (credited); Larry Nadle (uncredited)

Cover Details - "America's Favorite Funnyman!"

Characters	Bob Hope (photograph)
Genre	humor
Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Colors	? (photograph)
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "You Will Always Hit the Bullseye When you Buy a Magazine with This Trademark!"

Synopsis	house ad for DC Comics
Letters	Typeset
Notes	inside front cover

33 page Bob Hope story "A Very Merry Mix-up!"

Characters	Bob Hope; Mrs. Peabody
Synopsis	Bob and Mrs. Peabody get involved in a bathing beauty contest at the beach.
Genre	humor
Script	Cal Howard ?
Pencils	Owen Fitzgerald ?
Inks	Owen Fitzgerald ?

Half page Broadway Laffs story "I think I'll have to look for another job!"

Synopsis	The theatre usher's job won't last long.
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff ?
Inks	Henry Boltinoff ?
Letters	Henry Boltinoff ?
Notes	This sequence is between page 8 of sequence 1 and sequence 4.

Half page advertisement "Be King of the Road With This Great Bike!"

Synopsis	an advertisement for Westfield Manufacturing Company's Columbia motobike.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	bottom 1/3 of page.

1 page advertisement "Phil Rizzuto"

Synopsis

advertisement for General Food's Wheaties breakfast cereal

1 page advertisement "Get This Swell Official League Baseball!"

Synopsis	advertisement for Bazooka Bubble Gum premiums.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	This sequence is between sequence 5 and page 9 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "The Popsicle Hall of Fame"

Characters	Francis Maguire; Popsicle Pete
Synopsis	comic strip-style advertisement for Joe Lowe Corporation's Popsicle bars.
Pencils	Sam Glankoff (signed)
Inks	Sam Glankoff (signed)
Notes	This sequence is between page 20 of sequence 2 and sequence 8.

1 page U.S. Royal advertisement "Beating the Broken Buckboard!"

Synopsis	comic strip-style advertisement for United States Rubber Company's U.S. Royal Bicycle Tires.
Pencils	Al Plastino ?
Inks	Al Plastino ?
Notes	This sequence is between sequence 7 and page 17 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "Tom Mix Trading Post"

Synopsis	advertisement for Shredded Ralston premiums
Letters	Typeset
Notes	This sequence is between page 26 of sequence 2 and sequence 10.

Half page Video Laffs story "Dear, I wish you'd increase Junior's allowance!"

Synopsis	Junior tries to make money by selling concessions.
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff ?
Inks	Henry Boltinoff ?
Letters	Henry Boltinoff ?

Half page advertisement "Our Bunch All Munch"

Synopsis	advertisement for Nestle's Crunch Milk Chocolate candy
Letters	Typeset
Notes	bottom 1/3 of page.

2 page It Happens in Hollywood text article "After being "stabbed" with a fork for a dramatic scene in "Locked In"..."

Synopsis	News items about upcoming Hollywood productions.
Genre	fact
Letters	Typeset

1 page advertisement "Straight Arrow Mystic Wrist Kit"

Synopsis	advertisement for National Biscuit Company's Nabisco Shredded Wheat premiums
Letters	Typeset

Half page Radio Beams story "Shut that off!"

Synopsis	A patron plays a radio in a library.
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff ?
Inks	Henry Boltinoff ?
Letters	Henry Boltinoff ?

Half page advertisement "New Schwinn Handbrakes!"

Synopsis	advertisement for Schwinn bicycle handbrakes
Letters	Typeset
Notes	This sequence is between sequence 14 and page 27 of sequence 2. Bottom 1/2 of page.

1 page advertisement "See Monark...And Then Buy the Monark Super Deluxe!"

Synopsis	advertisement for Monark Silver King, Inc.'s Monark bicycle.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	This sequence is between page 29 of sequence 2 and sequence 17.

1 page advertisement "We Could Have Killed Him!"

Synopsis	comic strip-style ad for Ray-o-vac batteries.
Notes	This sequence is between sequence 16 and page 30 of sequence 2.

1 page advertisement "Schwinn is Guaranteed!"

Synopsis	advertisement for Arnold, Schwinn & Co.'s Schwinn Black Phantom bicycle.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	This sequence is between sequence 2 and sequence 19.

1 page Jim Wise advertisement "The Stagecoach Stick-Up"

Synopsis	comic strip-style advertisement for B.F. Goodrich and Hood Rubber Co.'s "P-F" canvas shoes.
Genre	western

1 page advertisement "A Salute to the Boy Scouts of America!"

Characters	Superman; Batman; Robin
Synopsis	advertisement for the 1950 National Boy Scout Jamboree.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Rope 'Em Both, Partner!"

Synopsis	advertisement for Daisy BB Guns sales catalogs.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	back cover