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Issue Details

Issue #571
Published July 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "CHARLIE McCARTHY, No. 571." Code number is C.Mc. O.S. #571-547. Copyright 1954 by Edgar Bergan. Sixth of six Charlie McCarthy Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Genre humor
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Charlie McCarthy the Magician activity "Moving a matchstick under a glass"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis Instructions for performing a magic trick told in comic form.
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

30 page Charlie McCarthy story "The Floating House"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis Charlie is at Mortimer's house when a flood carries it to the coast and out to sea. After close calls with a shark and a whale, the house drifts to a tropical island. The natives use elephants to pull the house inland. After trying to escape from the natives, whom they assume are cannibals, the two are brought before the King, who informs them that he had a contest for most original house and Mortimer's house won. The King gives Mortimer a bowl full of diamonds and sends the pair home on his private plane.
Genre humor
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg

2 page Charlie McCarthy story "Weight Machine Fortunes"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis While waiting for a train, Charlie and Mortimer use a scale that gives their weight and their fortune.
Genre humor
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg

1 page Mystro Snerd activity "Egg in a Bottle"

Characters Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
Synopsis Mortimer shows Charlie a trick to get an egg into a bottle.
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Activity in comic form.

1 page Charlie McCarthy activity "Finding a Penny Blindfolded"

Characters Charlie McCarthy
Synopsis Charlie explains how to find one selected penny of six placed on a table.
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Back cover. Magic trick explained in comic form.