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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published Summer 1947
Frequency Quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing William M. Gaines

Cover Details

Genre Humor
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan

9 page Fat and Slat story

Characters Fat; Slat
Genre Gags
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Notes The comic pair from Ed Wheelan's syndicated comic strip, presenting a series of three full page, three 3/4 page, seven 1/2 page, and one 1/4 page strips, with other features interspersed.

3 page Big Shot story

Characters Big Shot (Fat's dog)
Genre Funny Animals
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Notes A series of two full page, one 3/4 page, and three 1/4 page strips.

1 page Old Man Experience story "Johnny Hope runs into an old friend on the street..."

Characters Old Man Experience; Johnny Hope
Synopsis Johnny lends money to an old friend, who has no intention of repaying the debt.
Genre Gags
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Notes The format for the strip is that Johnny has a life adventure where he blunders, and the strip concludes with a panel showing Old Man Experience offering a moral to the story.

2 page Comics McCormick story "Folks, we want you to meet 'Comics' McCormick"

Characters "Comics" McCormick (introduction); Wilbur Wiggins; Rosalie Brown; Officer Kelly; Miss Susan Slate; Mary McCormick; Connie McCormick; Ajax Johnson.
Synopsis A quick introduction to the hero and supporting characters of the strip.
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Reprinted in Land of the Lost Comics, The (EC, 1946 series) #6

6 page Comics McCormick story "Voltage, Man of Lightning"

Characters "Comics" McCormick; Wilbur Wiggins; Ajax Johnson; Rosalie Brown; Connie McCormick; Voltage, Man of Lightning (introduction)
Synopsis "Comics" lobbies his friends Wilbur and Ajax to allow Rosalie to join their comic-collecting club, "The Little Conquerors Athletic and Reading Club". Rosalie contributes a book with a story featuring Voltage, Man of Lightning, and "Comics" dreams himself into an episode where he shares Voltage's powers.
Genre Children
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan

1 page Old Man Experience story "Johnny Hope is off on a two week vacation..."

Characters Old Man Experience; Johnny Hope
Genre Gags
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan

2 page text story "Crime Doesn't Pay"

Letters typeset

7 page Fat and Slat story

Characters Fat; Slat
Genre Gags
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan
Notes A series of four full page and six 1/2 page strips.