| Issue | #1038 |
| Published | October-December 1959 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "RUFF AND REDDY, No. 1038." Code number is RUFF+REDDY O.S. #1038-5910. Copyright 1959 by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Based on the animated TV series "Ruff and Reddy." Third of three Ruff and Reddy Four Colors. Continues as Ruff and Reddy (Dell 1960 series) #4 (January-March 1960). |
| Characters | Ruff; Reddy |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Inks | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Characters | Ruff; Reddy |
| Synopsis | Ruff and Reddy argue over an umbrella. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Inks | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008) |
| Characters | Ruff; Reddy |
| Synopsis | After building a jumbo model airplane, Ruff and Reddy go on a test flight and crash-land at a scientist's compound. He has a rocket ready for launch and needs two pilots. Ruff and Reddy volunteer. The rocket takes the two to a planet where civilization is at a Middle Ages level, complete with knights, castles, and kings. The two adapt their model plane design to work with horsepower and defeat a knight who is threatening the castle. |
| Genre | funny animal; science fiction |
| Pencils | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Inks | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008) |
| Characters | Ruff; Reddy |
| Synopsis | Ruff and Reddy accidentally sail to Hawaii, wrecking their rented ship on the beach. They try their hand at surf boarding in order to win a contest, but end up far offshore. They are picked up by a boat that's short of crewmen. Ruff and Reddy's lack of sailing skills ends up beaching that boat, too; but it turns out the two men on the boat were pirates who had just stolen it. The reward allows them to book passage on a cruise back to the states. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Script | Carl Fallberg |
| Pencils | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Inks | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Notes | Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008). The script was submitted under the title "Surf Poked" according to Carl Fallberg's notes. |
| Characters | Ruff; Reddy |
| Synopsis | Reddy becomes a "Private Nose." He and Ruff try to solve the mystery of a race car whose engine is missing (not running smoothly). In the meantime a dimwitted crook decides to use the race car for a bank robbery. He coasts it downhill to the bank, robs it, then tries to make his getaway. He doesn't get far because the engine starts sputtering and missing and the police capture him. Ruff solves the problem of the missing engine by finding a peanut stuck in the fuel line. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Inks | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Notes | Reddy as a "Private Nose" is a take-off on the many "Private Eye" detective series that were popular then. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008) |
| Characters | Ruff; Reddy |
| Synopsis | Ruff and Reddy are hired to clean up a man's yard and pull out a stump. A tiny talking tornado comes by and helps them accomplish all their chores and later provides emergency power for a merry-go-round. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Inks | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008) |
| Characters | Ruff; Reddy |
| Synopsis | Reddy has Ruff puzzled when he chips away at a block of stone with a hammer and chisel. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Inks | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Notes | Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008) |
| Characters | Ruff; Reddy |
| Synopsis | When a lion escapes from a zoo, Ruff captures him by a method that requires reader participation. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Inks | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Activity is in comic form. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008) |
| Characters | Ruff; Reddy |
| Synopsis | When Reddy's shower doesn't work, Ruff takes him to the car wash. |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Pencils | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Inks | Harvey Eisenberg |
| Notes | Back cover; color; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008) |