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Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "RAGGEDY ANN, No. 45." No code number. Copyright 1944 by Johnny Gruelle Company.

Cover Details

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Snoopwiggy
Pencils	George Kerr
Inks	George Kerr

1 page Raggedy Ann story "My Invitation"

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Hootie Owl; Bertram Bear
Synopsis	Previews of four stories in the issue.
Pencils	George Kerr
Inks	George Kerr
Notes	Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

10 page Raggedy Ann story "We ought to make friends with the little bird in the new cuckoo clock."

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Quacky Doodles; Cleety Clown; Hairy Puppy Dog; Mr. Meanie; Jasper Jay; Mr. Muskrat; Mrs. Muskrat
Synopsis	A cuckoo from a clock falls and lands on Quacky Doodles. The Raggedys fix the cuckoo, while Quacky, miffed because nobody is paying attention to him, goes outside into the meadow. The Raggedys follow him and find him caught in a trap that Mr. Meanie is setting to catch muskrats.
Pencils	George Kerr
Inks	George Kerr

8 page Raggedy Ann story "Just think, Raggedys! We're going to spend a whole weekend at the seashore..."

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Marcella; Eddie Elephant; Leo Lion
Synopsis	Marcella takes her toys to the beach, but leaves them on the beach overnight. Raggedy Ann and Eddie Elephant are riding on a sailboat pulled along the shore, when the string breaks and they drift out to an island. Raggedy Andy takes a wind-up tin boat to the island to rescue them.
Pencils	George Kerr
Inks	George Kerr

8 page Raggedy Ann story "Come on, How about a game of tag?"

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Hairy Puppy Dog; Beloved Belindy; Eddie Elf
Synopsis	Raggedy Ann falls in a bucket of mop water and the bleach turns her completely white. With help from Eddie Elf and her other friends, she gets a complete make-over to look like her old self.
Pencils	George Kerr
Inks	George Kerr

8 page Raggedy Ann story "Oh, Dear Me! What is that noise?"

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Walter Weasel; Winifred Weasel; Grampie Fieldmouse; Granny Fieldmouse: Cookie Man; Cookie Woman
Synopsis	When food runs low in the middle of winter, the Raggedys take Grampie and Granny Fieldmouse to Cookie Land, where there is an endless supply of sweets.
Pencils	George Kerr
Inks	George Kerr

8 page Raggedy Ann story "There's Dr. Stork! I wonder what he's looking for?"

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Dr. Stork; Bertram Bear; Felix Fox; Mummy Bunny
Synopsis	Dr. Stork loses his spectacles and the Raggedys help him make his deliveries of babies. They have to contend with Bertram Bear and Felix Fox, who would like to make lunch of the babies.
Pencils	George Kerr
Inks	George Kerr

8 page Raggedy Ann story "Ha, ha! You can't hit me with that pillow, Andy!"

Characters	Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Beloved Belindy; Cleety Clown; Dicky Bird; Mama Mouse; Maurice Mouse; Quacky Doodle
Synopsis	The toys have a pillow fight and a stray pillow knocks open the door to Dicky Bird's cage. The Raggedys and the other toys have to save the bird from a cat and return him to his cage.
Pencils	George Kerr
Inks	George Kerr
Notes	Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on back cover in color.