Tip Top Comics comic books issue 18

Cover by Hal Foster. Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Dick Moores, Mo Leff, Paul Berdanier, Johnny Devlin, Harry O'Neill, Becky Sharp, Laverne Harding, H. E. Homan, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 2 #6. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. After freeing the captives, Tarzan and his ape ally Bohgdu return for the final showdown with Dester Momlu, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. Little Mary Mixup learns why you never go anywhere with Gloomy Gertie. Phil Fumble encounters the world's biggest mosquito. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Energetic Tarzan cover by Hal Foster. Tarzan of the Apes; Peter Pat; Percy Penguin; Frankie Doodle; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Opportunity Knox; Benny; How to Make It; Bucky and His Pals; Mr. and Mrs. Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; All In The Family; Billy Make Believe; Joe Jinks; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen, George Jahns and Elsie Hix. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. A riot at the dress sale results in Fritzi and her friend splitting a dress, literally, in a story with swimsuit art by Bushmiller. Mammy rescues Abner's beloved pig Salomey, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Charlie Brown plays hide and seek by digging a hole in the ground. Snoopy gets a trailer doghouse. Plus an early Peanuts baseball strip. And a "Polio Pointers" health-care PSA that showcases the comic's era. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.