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Issue Details

Issue #1022
Published August-October 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "TIMMY, No. 1022." Code number is TIMMY O.S. #1022-598. Copyright 1959 by Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Inc. Fourth of four Timmy Four Colors. Based on the "Timmy" newspaper strip by Howard Sparber. Cover says "By Sparber," but in correspondence with D.D. Degg, Howard Sparber said he had nothing to do with the Dell Timmy comic books.

Cover Details

Characters Timmy; Hanky
Genre children
Letters typeset

1 page Timmy story "No Help"

Characters Timmy; his father; Hanky (cameo)
Synopsis Timmy helps his father find his briefcase when he is late for work.
Genre children
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

8 page Timmy story "The Soda Jerks"

Characters Timmy; Hankey; Timmy's father; Timmy's mother
Synopsis Timmy and Hanky go into business when their father buys them a do-it-yourself soda fountain. Their only problem is they are doing business on a "buy now, pay later" plan.
Genre children

6 page Timmy story "Sailing! Sailing!"

Characters Timmy; Hanky; Timmy's father; Timmy's mother
Synopsis Timmy and Hanky and their father attend a boat show in a limousine when their rich friend and her parents can't go. A boat salesman sees them getting out of the limo and tries to sell them an expensive boat. Meanwhile Timmy and Hanky are getting into mischief aboard the boats.
Genre children

8 page Timmy story "The Old West"

Characters Timmy; Hanky; Timmy's father; Timmy's mother
Synopsis Timmy imagines what his family's life would have been like if they had lived in the old West.
Genre children

6 page Timmy story "Mother's Little Helpers"

Characters Timmy; Hanky; Timmy's father; Timmy's mother
Synopsis Timmy's mother tries to fix a leaky pipe in the basement.
Genre children

4 page Timmy story "The Pet Project"

Characters Timmy; Hankey; Timmy's father; Timmy's mother
Synopsis Timmy and Hanky cause havoc in a pet shop.
Genre children
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

1 page Timmy story "The Cake Mess"

Characters Timmy; Hanky; Timmy's mother
Synopsis Timmy and Hanky try to help their mother make a cake.
Genre children
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Timmy story "The Show-Off"

Characters Timmy; Hanky; Timmy's father; Timmy's mother
Synopsis Timmy's father tries to do tricks at the roller-skating rink.
Genre children
Notes Back cover; color; pantomime story.