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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published November 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Richard E. Hughes
Notes HA HA COMICS, published monthly and copyright, 1948, by Creston Publicatoins Corp., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis 7, Missouri. Editorial Offices, 45 West 45th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Richard E. Hughes, Editor; Frederick H. Iger, Business Manager. Subscriptions (12 issues), $1.20; single copies, $.10; foreign postage extra. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo. No. 59, November, 1948, Printed in U.S.A.

Cover Details - "Halloween trick"

Characters Izzy; Dizzy; Pigs
Synopsis Izzy and Dizzy scare two trick-or-treating piglets with a genie from their magic lamp.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Ken Hultgren?
Inks Ken Hultgren?
Notes HA HA COMICS, published monthly and copyright, 1948, by Creston Publicatoins Corp., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis 7, Missouri. Editorial Offices, 45 West 45th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Richard E. Hughes, Editor; Frederick H. Iger, Business Manager. Subscriptions (12 issues), $1.20; single copies, $.10; foreign postage extra. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo. No. 59, November, 1948, Printed in U.S.A.

1 page advertisement Today's "High-Style" Shoe Fashions... at down-to-earth prices!

Synopsis Ad for Lovmee Shoes
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover

9 page Izzy and Dizzy story "You won't have a chance to win that cup from the Rod and Reel Club!"

Characters Izzy; Dizzy; Piggybank G. Hoggans; Uncle Looie; Jake
Synopsis Izzy and Dizzy (bear cubs) use their magic lamp to help Uncle Looie defeat the cheater, Piggybank G. Hoggans, in the Rod and Reel Club's fishing contest.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Ken Hultgren
Inks Ken Hultgren
Editing R
Notes Irregular shaped panel borders throughout the book.

1 page Rodney Rabbit text story "No Vacancy!"

Characters Rodney Rabbit
Synopsis Rodney Rabbit learns a lesson about doing his own work when he tries to steal a winter home from a porcupine.
Genre Funny animals
Letters Typeset

7 page Mr. Square story "Those Bank-Robber Blues"

Characters Mr. Square; Officer O'Rooney; Mr. Lucre; Slippery Sam
Synopsis Slippery Sam tricks Mr. Square, a key-making dog, into helping him rob the Last National Bank. Mr. Square foils the robbery by inadvertently locking Sam in the vault and gets a huge reward from Mr. Lucre, the bank owner.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Ken Hultgren?
Inks Ken Hultgren?

1 page Sam and Son story "Dad! Dad! Guess What! Herkimer Ground Hogg just told me that his dad said he could knock your block off!"

Characters Sam; Sam's dad
Synopsis Sam's dad (a mouse) gets beaten up by Herkimer Ground Hogg's dad.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Ken Hultgren?

7 page Squirrely story "Say, what's the matter, Squirrely?"

Characters Squirrely
Synopsis Squirrely wants to meet some new animal friends, so he leaves Mr. Jones's Woods and releases wild animals from the zoo. After creating havoc, the zoo animals are recaptured.
Genre Funny animals
Notes Artwork doesn't look like Ken Hultgren's.

1 page Charles the Cat text story "Special Delivery---One Cat!"

Characters Charles the Cat; Clyde
Synopsis Charles the Cat tries to mail himself to visit his rich sister in Boston, but forgets to put postage on the box.
Genre Funny animals
Letters Typeset

6 page Robespierre story "Wot am I?--I knows I'm a dorg, but wot kinds of dorg?--Oh, me!"

Characters Robespierre; Jasmine
Synopsis Robespierre tries to figure out what kind of dog he is. Jasmine, a skunk, joins The Alley Scavengers and is disguised as a raccoon and an elephant.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Ken Hultgren
Inks Ken Hultgren?

7 page "Doc" E. Z. Duzit story "Someone call my name? I say, did someone call?"

Characters "Doc" E. Z. Duzit; Ethelbert; Barkdale
Synopsis "Doc" E. Z. Duzit tries to stop the foxhounds from chasing a fox by disguising himself as a fox, a hound and a kangaroo.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Ken Hultgren?
Notes "Doc" E. Z. Duzit uses snuff to create a cloud of dust while he disguises himself.

1 page text story "The Honey Trap"

Characters Grizzle [Bear]; Chief of Police (bulldog); Norbert the Gorilla; Mr. Pig; Mr. Squirrel
Synopsis The bees capture Grizzle the bear by luring him to the top of a tree with honey, then cutting the tree down.
Genre Funny animals
Letters Typeset

7 page Shilly and Shally story "Hey! What's that!"

Characters Shilly Mouse; Shally Mouse; Chauncey Cat
Synopsis Shilly Mouse goes to visit his cousin at Haymow Farm. While he is gone, his cousin, a white mouse, shows up and Shally Mouse and Chauncey Cat think that he is Shilly's ghost.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Ken Hultgren?

1 page advertisement Enjoy Hilarious "Monkey-Shines" at your next Masquerade Party

Synopsis Ad for rubber masks from Rubber-For-Molds, Inc.
Letters Typeset
Notes Illustrated

1 page advertisement Let's Go, Pal! I'll prove I can make you an "all-around" he-man fast

Synopsis Ad for body-building courses from Jowett Institute of Physical Culture
Letters ?; typeset
Notes Inside back cover; illustrated with cartoon strip

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Reducing Specialist Says: Lose weight where it shows most"

Synopsis Ad for weight reduction from The "Spot Reducer" Co.
Letters Typeset
Notes Back cover; illustrated with photos of satisfied customers, Mary Martin and Miss Nancy Mace