Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	October 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	"The Adventures of Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion" is found on the cover only. Cover shows the American News Corporation (ANC) logo indicating ANC distributed the comic.

Cover Details - "The Adventures of Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion"

Characters	Captain Tootsie; Venusian soliders
Genre	Superhero; Fantasy
Notes	"The Adventures of Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion" is found on the cover only. Cover shows the American News Corporation (ANC) logo indicating ANC distributed the comic.

1 page text article "Hello Boys and Girls:"

Synopsis	Letter from Captain Tootsie to the readers
Pencils	? (Illustrations)
Inks	? (Illustrations)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside front cover.

12 page Captain Tootsie story "Out of This World!"

Characters	Captain Tootsie; Rollo [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Fisty [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Fatso [Kid of the Secret Legion]; two unnamed G-Men; two unnamed criminals (viilains); unnamed Military Policeman; two unnamed military officers; Venus Goonan "savages"; Venusian pilot; Great Magara (ruler of Venus)
Synopsis	Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion Kids travel to Venus
Genre	Superhero; Fantasy
Script	Rod Reed?
Notes	First full-length Captain Tootsie story; appeared in Tootsie Roll 1-page strips hitherto.

7 page Captain Tootsie story "The Double Clock Face"

Characters	Captain Tootsie; Rollo [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Fisty [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Fatso [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Venusian pilot; unnamed Goonan messenger (dies); Valkiro (leader of Goonans); Great Nagara; numerous unnamed Goonans and Venusians
Synopsis	Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion Kids aid Goonan slave rebellion
Genre	Superhero; Fantasy
Script	Rod Reed?

2 page Prospector Pete filler "We Have A Few Minutes Before The Bus Leaves, Pete"

Characters	Prospector Pete; Hank
Synopsis	Prospector Pete and Hank weigh themselves while waiting for the bus
Genre	Humor
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant

4 page Tookie story "Tookie, It's So Nice Of You To Baby Sit For Mervin"] [Baby Sitter's Blues

Characters	Tookie; Mervin Jones; Mr. Jones; Mrs. Jones; Pete Peartone; Cookie
Synopsis	Tookie answers on phone for a radio quiz show while trying to baby sit Mervin
Genre	Teen; Humor
Script	Vic Herman
Pencils	Vic Herman
Inks	Vic Herman

Half page advertisement "It's Easy to Learn Dancing"

Script	? (ad copy)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ad for Sixteen Amazing Dance Courses from Pioneer Publications Inc.

Half page Prospector Pete filler "Ah! Greetings, My Good Fellow!"

Characters	Prospector Pete; unnamed traveler
Synopsis	Pete kicks a tourist to prove there are no points of interest around
Genre	Humor
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant

7 page Captain Tootsie story "Riders of the Red Lizards"

Characters	Captain Tootsie; Rollo [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Fisty [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Fatso [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Venusian Lizards; unnamed Googans; Thorgo (Goonan Chief Elder); Venusian spider; Venusian guards
Synopsis	Goonans help Captain Tootsie and Secret Legion Kids get back to their rocket ship to return home.
Genre	Superhero; Fantasy
Script	Rod Reed?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Miss These -"

Characters	Li'l Abner; John Wayne; Captain Tootsie
Script	? (promo copy)
Pencils	? (Illustrations)
Inks	? (Illustrations)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Insider back cover. House ad for Toby's Li'l Abner, John Wayne, Captain Tootsie, and Truly Teen-Age comics and magazines.

1 page Captain Tootsie (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Now You can follow his adventures in the Interplanetary Spaceship!

Characters	Captain Tootsie; Rollo [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Fisty [Kid of the Secret Legion]; Fatso [Kid of the Secret Legion]
Script	? (promo copy)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back cover. Promotional blurb for the series.