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Issue Details

Issue #33
Published April - May 1971
Cover Price $0.25
Pages 68
Editing Joe Orlando

Cover Details

Characters Scooter; Cookie
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (signed)

7 page Swing with Scooter story "Temporary Manners!"

Characters Scooter; Malibu; Sylvester; Mr. Otis; Miss Throbb; Penny; Cookie
Synopsis The boys try to brush up on their manners to impress their pretty new teacher.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Art Saaf
Inks Henry Scarpelli (?)
Notes Pencil credit from Art Saaf's files.

10 page Swing With Scooter story "Trips Can Be Too Cool!"

Characters Scoter; Sylvester; Penny; King Arthur; Black Knight; Merlin (unnamed in this story)
Synopsis Scooter and Sylvester are sent back to the time of King Arthur, where they help the early development of steam power, baseball, and miniskirts.
Genre teen; humor
Inks Henry Scarpelli (?)
Notes Pages 1-6 of this story fall under one job number (J-574), then page 7 is J-388, page 8 is J-390, and pages 9 and 10 are J-812.

7 page Swing With Scooter story "All for the Love of Miss Throbb!"

Characters Scooter; Malibu; Sylvester; Kenny; Penny; Miss Throbb; Mr. Otis
Synopsis The boys stage a publicity stunt to sell tickets to the school play
Genre teen; humor
Inks Henry Scarpelli (?)

1 page Scooter's Scoops letters page

Synopsis "News" about new fads and trends from readers.
Pencils ? (illos)
Inks ? (illos)
Colors ? (illos)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Bob Cunningham; Anne Sullivan; Peter Baranoff; Carol B.; Barbra Snyder; "Smart Girls"; The Gang"

1 page text article "David Cassidy and the Girls He Loves!!"

Synopsis Article about teen idol David Cassidy (THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY)
Genre fact
Script Barbara Friedlander (?)
Pencils ? (illo)
Inks ? (illo)
Letters typeset

1 page activity "How Selfish Are You?"

Synopsis quiz
Pencils ? (illos)
Inks ? (illos)
Colors ? (illos)
Letters typeset

1 page Swing With Scooter filler "Midnight Snack"

Characters Malibu
Synopsis Malibu feeds bats in the park instead of birds.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Henry Scarpelli (?)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (?)

7 page Swing with Scooter story "Not a Very Safe Place to Be!"

Characters Scooter; Cookie; Sylvester; Mr. Otis; Aunt Hatta
Synopsis Accidents are constantly happening to Mr. Otis when Scooter is around.
Genre teen; humor
Script John Albano
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Henry Scarpelli
Notes Credits from reprint.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #70

1 page Scooter's Aunt Hatta letters page

Synopsis advice column
Pencils ? (illos)
Inks ? (illos)
Colors ? (illos)
Letters typeset

8 page Penny and Her Cross-Eyed Pussycat story "Tale of a Pussycat!"

Characters Penny; Pussycat; Scooter
Synopsis Apparently Penny's cat has magical powers, as a witch is trying to get it back.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg (?)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (?)

7 page Swing With Scooter story "The Plenty Potent Potion!"

Characters Scooter; Sylvester; Malibu; Cookie; Penny; Pussycat
Synopsis Malibu gives Sylvester a magic potion to make him irresistable to girls.
Genre teen; humor
Script John Albano
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Henry Scarpelli
Notes Credits from reprint.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #70

1 page Big Sonny filler "What, Me Nervous?"

Characters Big Sonny; Suzy
Synopsis Is Sonny afraid of flying?
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff

1 page Big Sonny story "The Big Make-Up!"

Characters Big Sonny; Suzy
Synopsis Can Sonny get Suzy to forgive him?
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (?)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff

1 page activity "Why Not Do It Yourself?"

Synopsis Instructions for making a Paper Bag Puppet and a Pipe Cleaner Tree.
Pencils ? (illos)
Inks ? (illos)
Colors ? (illos)
Letters typeset

1 page Swing With Scooter filler "True Love!"

Characters Cookie; Penny
Synopsis Why did that boy steal Penny's hat?
Genre teen; humor
Inks Henry Scarpelli (?)