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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published September-October 1951
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 36
Editing ? (Editor); George T. Delacorte, Jr. (President); Helen Meyer (Vice-President); Albert P. Delacorte (Vice-President)
Notes Copyright 1951 by Kagran Corporation; designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Mel Crawford credits are from Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally
Synopsis Howdy Doody sleepwalks toward the cookie jar.
Genre Humor
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Copyright 1951 by Kagran Corporation; designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Mel Crawford credits are from Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books.

1 page Howdy Doody text story "It was a pleasant warm afternoon..."

Characters Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally; life guard
Synopsis Howdy Doody and Dilly Dally take a picnic to the beach and offer to help the life guard.
Genre Humor
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Inside front cover, includes indicia and two illustrations

12 page Howdy Doody story "Say, Dilly, do you know what tomorrow is?"

Characters Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally; Mister Bluster
Synopsis Howdy Doody and Dilly Dally try to deliver some Fourth of July fireworks to Mister Bluster at his yacht club, but a guard won't let them in. The guard accidentally sets off the fireworks on their boat, destroying it. Howdy Doody and Dilly Dally are made honorary members of the club for the great show.
Genre Humor
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford

1 page Flub-a-Dub story "All right, Clarabelle! I know it's Saturday all right!"

Characters Flub-a-Dub; Clarabelle
Synopsis Clarabelle gives Flub-a-Dub a shower with his seltzer bottle.
Genre Humor
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford

12 page Howdy Doody story "Aw, Howdy, let's stop and rest awhile!"

Characters Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally; Doc Useless; Chief Featherman; Princess Summerfall Winterspring
Synopsis Doc Useless, a patent medicine seller, steals Pricess Summerfall Winterspring's magic locket, and Howdy Doody and Dilly Dally recover it.
Genre Humor
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford

Half page Howdy Doody activity "The bear is hunting for the four missing poodles."

Characters Howdy Doody
Synopsis Hidden picture puzzle
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford

Half page Howdy Doody story "Howdy Doody's dream"

Characters Howdy Doody
Synopsis Connect-the-dots puzzle
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford

6 page Flub-a-Dub story "With rod and reel, hook and line, I shall seek the elusive fish!"

Characters Flub-a-Dub; J. Frothingham Frog
Synopsis Flub-a-Dub goes fishing and catches the hat of the Fish and Game Warden, J. Frothingham Frog.
Genre Humor
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford

1 page Howdy Doody text story "It was a pleasant warm afternoon..."

Characters Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally; Mrs. J. P. Vanderock; life guard; Percy
Synopsis [continued from inside front cover] Howdy Doody and Dilly Dally become assistant life guards by helping the life guard save Mrs. J. P. Vanderock and her dog, Percy.
Genre Humor
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Inside back cover; one illustration

1 page Howdy Doody story "Howdy Doody juggles"

Characters Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally
Synopsis While juggling balls, Howdy Doody gets confused by bubbles from Dilly Dally's bubble pipe.
Genre Humor
Script Mel Crawford
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Back cover