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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes The TV icon's many trademark characters are represented on this cover, including Fenwick, Reginald Van Gleason, Ralph Kramden, Charlie Bratton (the Loudmouth), the Poor Soul, and Rudy the Repairman (drawings by Mike Roy & Mike Peppe).

Cover Details - "Jackie Gleason"

Characters Jackie Gleason
Genre Celebrity; Humor
Pencils None (Photo)
Inks None (Photo)
Colors None (Photo)
Notes The TV icon's many trademark characters are represented on this cover, including Fenwick, Reginald Van Gleason, Ralph Kramden, Charlie Bratton (the Loudmouth), the Poor Soul, and Rudy the Repairman (drawings by Mike Roy & Mike Peppe).

1 page Jackie Gleason illustration "And Away We Go"

Characters Jackie Gleason
Genre Celebrity; Humor
Pencils Frank Ryan (signed)
Inks Frank Ryan (signed)
Colors None (Black-&-White)
Letters Typeset (indicia)
Notes Inside Front Cover; autographed by Gleason

10 page The Honeymooners story "untitled"

Characters Ralph Kramden; Ed Norton; Alice Kramden
Genre Family; Sitcom
Script Frank ryan; Bill Shelly
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks Mike Peppe
Notes Evidently, only Jackie Gleason gave permission for his likeness to be used in this comic; Norton (Art Carney) is seen with his face covered with bandages while Alice (Audrey Meadows) is shown only from the back. (The indicia states, "No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions, other than Jackie Gleason, appearing in this magazine and those of any living or dead person or institution is intended and any similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.")

5 page Reggie van Gleason story "untitled"

Characters Reggie van Gleason; Marie
Genre Humor
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks Mike Peppe

1 page The Poor Soul story "untitled"

Characters The Poor Soul
Genre Humor
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks Mike Peppe

4 page Charlie Bratton the Loudmouth story "untitled"

Characters Clem Finch; Marie; Charlie Bratton
Genre Humor
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks Mike Peppe

4 page Fenwick story "untitled"

Characters Fenwick; Mr. Shor
Genre Humor
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks Mike Peppe

1 page The Poor Soul story "untitled"

Characters The Poor Soul
Genre Humor
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks Mike Peppe

2 page Mother Fletcher story "The Famous Sponsor of the Late Late Late Late Show"

Characters Jackie Gleason
Genre Humor
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks Mike Peppe

4 page Rudy the Repairman story "untitled"

Characters Rudy, the Repairman; Whitey
Genre Humor
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks Mike Peppe

1 page The Poor Soul story "untitled"

Characters The Poor Soul
Genre Humor
Pencils Mike Roy
Inks Mike Peppe

1 page Reggie van Gleason illustration "untitled"

Characters Reggie van Gleason (Jackie Gleason)
Genre Humor
Pencils Photo
Inks Photo
Colors None (Black-&-White Photo)
Notes Inside Back Cover; autographed "Oh, You're a Good Group, Jackie Gleason"

1 page Jackie Gleason advertisement "The Big Official Jackie Gleason Souvenir Album"

Characters Jackie Gleason
Genre Celebrity
Pencils Photo
Inks Photo
Colors Photo
Letters Typeset
Notes Advertisement for The Jackie Gleason Song Folio, containing photos of the cast and song lyrics