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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published January 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing A. A. Wyn
Notes Indicia states "published bi-monthly by A. A. Wyn, Inc."

Cover Details - "Dotty and Her Boyfriends"

Characters Dotty
Genre Teen
Pencils Al Hartley ?
Inks Al Hartley ?
Notes Indicia states "published bi-monthly by A. A. Wyn, Inc."

10 page Dotty story "Trio Trouble"

Characters Dotty; Jeffrey Ames; Bart; Phyllis
Synopsis Jeffrey Ames, son of a famous banker, almost runs Dotty over with his car. He asks her out and Phyllis uses the opportunity to make Bart jealous.
Genre Teen
Pencils Al Hartley (signed)
Inks Al Hartley (signed)
Notes Title of story might be mis-interpreted as "Queen of the Ball", as there is a sign with that on it in the background of the first panel.

9 page Dotty story "Command Performance"

Characters Dotty; Bart; Joe Hanley
Synopsis Dotty convinces the owner of the El Kisco nightclub to hire Joe Hanley, a singer who just wandered in off the street.
Genre Teen
Pencils Al Hartley (signed)
Inks Al Hartley (signed)
Notes Lettering is quite amateur compared to other stories in this issue.

8 page story "Romance for Sale"

Characters Laura Milton; Ned Starr
Synopsis After being propositioned by Ned Starr, a clerk at the Starbright Department Store where they both work, Laura can't get him out of her mind.
Genre Romance

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Sur-Prize Contest Winners"

Synopsis Winners of a contest to write a letter to Dotty comics and win money.

8 page Dotty story "The Portrait"

Characters Dotty; Guy Reynolds; Mr. Summers; Mrs. Summers
Synopsis Mr. and Mrs. Summers hire Dotty for the weekend to be-friend a young painter they have coming over, Guy Reynolds.
Genre Teen
Pencils Al Hartley (signed)
Inks Al Hartley (signed)

1 page illustration "Designs for Dotty"

Characters Dotty
Synopsis Six outfits sent in by readers, as modelled by Dotty. First one is by Marlene Meder.
Pencils Al Hartley ?
Inks Al Hartley ?

3 page text story "Lost Love"

Characters Reba Myerly; Blake Hart; Glenna Carlyle
Genre Romance
Script Eleanor Solvay (credited)
Letters Typeset

7 page Sorority Sue story "Campus Confusion"

Characters Sorority Sue
Synopsis Sorority Sue gets a telegram that her father has gone bankrupt and she must leave college right away.
Genre Teen
Pencils Zoltan Szenics (signed)
Inks Zoltan Szenics (signed)
Letters Zoltan Szenics ?
Notes Title of story could be thought to be "So Long Sue", since there is a big sign in the first panel with those words on it. Zoltan Szenics credit added for lettering based on Jerry Bails' Who's Who stating that he was a letterer on other comics.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Sur-Prize Contest"

Synopsis Announcement of contest to win money for writing in and stating which story you liked best in this comic and why.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Your Lucky 7"

Synopsis Ad inside back cover for Ernie, Dotty, Super-Mystery Comics, Monkeyshines Comics, Vicky, Western Adventures, and Hap Hazard comics.
Notes Same as ad in previous issue.