Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #70
Published February-March 1950
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Reprints of newspaper strips with unknown original publication dates. Indicia: COMICS ON PARADE, No. 70, Feb.-Mar. 1950. Published bi-monthly and copyright 1950 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc., New York, N. Y. Editorial and Advertising office 220 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Phone Murray Hill 2-2030. Single copies 10 cents. Distributed by the American News Company, Inc., 131 Varick St., New York 13, N. Y., Printed in the U. S. A. Subscriptions not accepted.

Cover Details - "Nancy's dachshund"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis Nancy uses four photos in a row to show her long dachshund.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?
Notes Reprints of newspaper strips with unknown original publication dates. Indicia: COMICS ON PARADE, No. 70, Feb.-Mar. 1950. Published bi-monthly and copyright 1950 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc., New York, N. Y. Editorial and Advertising office 220 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Phone Murray Hill 2-2030. Single copies 10 cents. Distributed by the American News Company, Inc., 131 Varick St., New York 13, N. Y., Printed in the U. S. A. Subscriptions not accepted.

1 page advertisement "Colorful COMIC & SPORTS Sweater Emblem Embroidered With Any Name 39ยข"

Synopsis Ad for novelties from Johnsom Smith Co.
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover

Half page Nancy story "Ahem! I guess you better go home now, Sluggo"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis Aunt Fritzi gets Nancy to go to bed with a trail of jellybeans on the stairs.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

Half page Fritzi Ritz story "Hm--There's Phil--I hope he won't forget my birthday tomorrow"

Characters Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble
Synopsis Fritzi thinks that Phil is shopping for her birthday, but he's studying for his new job as a window dresser.
Genre Humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

Half page Nancy story "Nancy is hatching a scheme"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis Nancy tries to trick Sluggo out of a soda by making him answer "Sap" to all of her questions.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

Half page Fritzi Ritz story "I wish Fritzi's vacation was over"

Characters Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble
Synopsis Fritzi writes Phil from her vacation, embellishing everything except how men flirt with her.
Genre Humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

Half page Nancy story "Have you seen Sluggo?"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis Sluggo brags about all the girls who like him, so Nancy carves "Sluggo loves Sluggo" in his heart on a tree.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

Half page Fritzi Ritz story "Clubhouse news"

Characters Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble
Synopsis Fritzi is a hat-check girl at a magicians' convention.
Genre Humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

Half page Nancy story "Hey Nancy---I'm gonna blow ya to a movie!"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis Sluggo writes, "Flaming Scorn -- Woilds Woist Film" on a theater marquee.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

Half page Fritzi Ritz story "Looks like a good party, Fritzi!"

Characters Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble; Professor Svengoo
Synopsis Phil Fumble calls a hypnotist, Professor Svengoo, a phony, so Svengoo makes Phil think he's a goldfish.
Genre Humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

Half page Dubble Bubble advertisement "Hurry up, slow-poke!"

Characters Pud
Synopsis Pud is a great ice skater when he chews Dubble Bubble bubble gum.
Script Ray Thompson?
Pencils Ray Thompson
Inks Ray Thompson?
Colors Ray Thompson?
Letters Ray Thompson?
Notes Ad for Fleer Dubble Bubble bubble gum in comic-strip format

Half page The Captain and the Kids promo (ad from the publisher) "It's fun to wander through these pages every month!"

Characters Scoopy; Hans; Fritz; Chumbo der Chiant [Jumbo the Giant]
Synopsis Hans and Fritz fool Chumbo der Chiant by replacing their heads with helium balloons.
Genre Children
Script Jerry DeMott?
Pencils Jerry DeMott
Inks Jerry DeMott?
Colors Jerry DeMott?
Letters Jerry DeMott?
Notes House ad for The Captain and the Kids 18

Half page Nancy story "Oh boy--let me blow some bubbles, eh, Nancy?"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis Sluggo blows bubbles from a pipe shop's giant display pipe.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

Half page Fritzi Ritz story "Fritzi wants me to help out here today!"

Characters Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble
Synopsis Phil Fumble mixes milk shakes for the Kiddies' Annual Lawn Party by taking them on a roller coaster.
Genre Humor
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page Nancy story "Nancy---will you marry me when we grow up?"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis Nancy imagines what she'll look like when she grows up. When she sees a fat woman, she makes Sluggo sign blindfolded a promise to marry her.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page Nancy story "Whizzo water guns"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis Nancy shoots Sluggo with a hose connected to a billboard for Whizzo water guns.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page advertisement "Factory to you!"

Synopsis Illustrated ad for personalized pen set from M. P. K. Company
Letters Typeset

1 page Nancy story "Hm---I have an idea---I think I'll rent one and see if Sluggo is true to me"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo
Synopsis When Sluggo flirts with Nancy disguised in a blonde wig, Nancy's girl friends attack her with snowballs.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page Nancy story "This book says that the future television sets will be wonderful"

Characters Nancy
Synopsis Nancy imagines interactive television, then wears armor to view a future television set.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page Nancy story "Here comes the mailman"

Characters Nancy
Synopsis Nancy dreams that she is captured and served to a group of turkeys for dinner.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page Nancy story "Oh, that's beautiful, Sluggo"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo; Bruce
Synopsis Rich Bruce buys a "Bruce loves Nancy" billboard to top Sluggo's love sign graffiti.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page Nancy story "Ah---There's a cat"

Characters Nancy
Synopsis Nancy gathers cats to clean up a spilled milk truck.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page Nancy story "Hey, Archie---Bzz---Bzz---Bzz-bzz--etc."

Characters Nancy; Sluggo; Archie
Synopsis Nancy sneaks into a meeting of D' Secret Spooks, who are all dressed in flour sacks.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors e
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?
Notes KKK-like society

2 page Stamp Tips advertisement "Stamp Tips"

Synopsis Article about stamps based on (East] Indian mythology, plus classified ads for stamps
Letters Typeset

6 page Nancy story "I hope Uncle Gus doesn't mind us barging in on him for a week!"

Characters Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Uncle Gus Akers; Sluggo
Synopsis Nancy, Fritzi and Sluggo visit Uncle Gus' farm and prepare for the beginning of school.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?
Notes Series of connected short gags

Half page advertisement

Synopsis Classified ads
Notes Includes an ad for an engraved cigarette lighter from H & S Sales

Half page Hix's Strange as it seems story "Wanna get rich?"

Synopsis True facts about shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, blood circulation, alfalfa and Constantinople.
Genre Fact
Script John Hix
Pencils John Hix
Inks John Hix

6 page Nancy story "Everybody is going in for window boxes this year!"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo; Marigold; Marmaduke
Synopsis Series of vaguely connected gags about gardening and other subjects.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page Nancy story "This ought to be a good party"

Characters Nancy; Sluggo; Gwen
Synopsis When Nancy tries to flirt with Sluggo at a party, he thinks that her woolen dress is itchy.
Genre Children
Script Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils Ernie Bushmiller
Inks Ernie Bushmiller
Colors Ernie Bushmiller?
Letters Ernie Bushmiller?

1 page advertisement "Amazing New Mickey Mouse Hand Puppets"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Minny Mouse; Thumper; Donald Duck
Synopsis Illustrated ad for hand puppets from Rubber-for-Molds, Inc.
Letters Typeset

1 page advertisement "I Will Train You at Home for Good Jobs in RADIO-TELEVISION"

Synopsis Ad for radio-television training from National Radio Institute
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside back cover

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Girls Boys Get your prize this easy way"

Synopsis Ad for selling seeds from American Seed Company
Letters Typeset
Notes Sequence in comic-strip format