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Issue Details

Issue #718
Published August 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "DOTTY DRIPPLE AND TAFFY, No. 718." Code number is DOT.D. O.S. #718-568. Copyright 1956 by Publisher's Syndicate. Third of Six Dotty Dripple and Taffy Four Colors. Based on the newspaper strip "Dotty Dripple" by Buford Tune.

Cover Details - "Dotty Dripple and Taffy"

Characters Taffy; Pepper (dog)
Genre sitcom

1 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "Masks"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Taffy; Wilbert
Synopsis Dotty sends Taffy to buy a pair of comic masks, but the salesman says he can only sell one to a customer.
Genre sitcom
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

8 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "Gladrags"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Taffy; Horace; Mr. Jerkimer
Synopsis Taffy's plan to get Mr. Jerkimer to give her father a raise backfires.
Genre sitcom

7 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "Running the Town"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Taffy; Horace; Scooter; Beany; Peanuts
Synopsis Taffy is chosen to be Mayor when the kids take over the adults' job for a day.
Genre sitcom

5 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "A Lot of Eggs"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Taffy; Doris; Hector; Wilbert
Synopsis Taffy is sent to the store for a dozen eggs. On the way home she loses them and must find a way to replacement, despite having no money.
Genre sitcom

6 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "A Dog's Life"

Characters Dotty Dripple; Taffy; Wilbert; Pepper (dog)
Synopsis Taffy and Wilbert take turns playing with Pepper, but the dog keeps turning up at inconvenient moments.
Genre sitcom

6 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "The Fun Program"

Characters Horace; Taffy
Synopsis Horace and Taffy write programs for their clubs, but the papers get switched.
Genre sitcom

1 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "Golfing"

Characters Horace; Taffy
Synopsis Horace takes Daffy with him when he goes golfing.
Genre sitcom; sports
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Dotty Dripple and Taffy story "Soda"

Genre sitcom
Notes Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 9.

1 page Juicy Fruit Gum advertisement "Dopey Dan and Safety Sam"

Characters Dopey Dan; Safety Sam
Synopsis Safety tips for summer bike-riding.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Part of summer safety series. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. This ad replaces Sequence 8 in some copies.