Tip Top Comics (1936) comic books 1949-1951

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Raeburn Van Buren, Ving Fuller and Gustavo Arriola. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Bathless Groggins tries to teach Katey how to make "shark's liver stew," a legendary recipe-less sailor delicacy, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Learning that mobsters are fixing fights, Curly Kayoe decides to fight back. Bombo tries to cure Mr. Biltybux of his depression by bringing circus acts into his home. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; Ella Cinders; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; El Bombo; Doc Syke; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Ving Fuller, Al Capp, Raeburn van Buren, Bernard Dibble, Sam Leff, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Arriola and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Doc Syke 1-pager by Ving Fuller; Li'l Abner by Al Capp; How it Began article "Christmas Candles in Windows"; Abbie an' Slats by Raeburn van Buren; El Bombo by Bernard Dibble; Stamp Tips article "A Story from Ceylon"; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; Gordo by Gus Arriola; and Strange as It Seems tale "Wise Men of China." 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, Raeburn van Buren, Gus Arriola, Ving Fuller, Ed Dodd and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Li'l Abner in "The Mad Maestro!" by Al Capp; How It Began article "Cricket"; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; Strange as It Seems tales "The Pilgrims" and "Red Hair"; Stamp Tips article "The First Post Offices"; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; El Bombo by Bernard Dibble; Willie filler; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Abbie an' Slats by Raeburn van Buren; Gordo by Gus Arriola; Doc Syke by Ving Fuller; and Back Home Again 1-pager by Ed Dodd. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Rudolph Dirks (The Captain and the Kids). Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Sam Leff, Al Capp, Ving Fuller and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; Stamp Tips article "The Costly Invitation"; Li'l Abner by Al Capp; Doc Syke 1-pager by Ving Fuller; How It Began article "Hocus Pocus"; and Strange as It Seems 1-pager. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Doug Heyes, Rudolph Dirks, Ving Fuller and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; Li'l Abner by Al Capp; Stamp Tips article "Miracle Stamps"; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; Strange as It Seems 1-pager "Tycho Brahe" with pencils by Doug Heyes; How It Began article "Cape Horn"; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; and Doc Syke 1-pager by Ving Fuller. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Fred Fox, Charlie Plumb, Sam Leff, Ving Fuller, Al Capp, Rudolph Dirks and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Ella Cinders by Fred Fox (script) and Charlie Plumb; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; How It Began article "Women Flyers"; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; Stamp Tips article "Persia's Mailman"; Doc Syke half-pager by Ving Fuller; Li'l Abner by Al Capp; and The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks. 40 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Ving Fuller, Sam Leff, Al Capp and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; How it Began article "Advertising Quack Doctors"; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Doc Syke half-pager by Ving Fuller; Stamp Tips article "Yellow Fever Stamp"; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; "That Helpless Feeling" quarter-page joke; and Li'l Abner by Al Capp. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Ving Fuller, Sam Leff, Al Capp and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; Fritzi Ritz by Bushmiller; How It Began article "The Arctic Regions"; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Doc Syke half-pager by Ving Fuller; Stamp Tips article "News and Notes"; Curly Kayoe by Sam Leff; Willie filler; Li'l Abner by Al Capp; Strange as It Seems 1-pager "Men of God"; and another Strange as It Seems 1-pager. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry O'Neill, Doug Heyes, Ving Fuller and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Stamp Tips article "Cover Collection"; How It Began article "Fallow Deer"; How to Make It activity page "Walking Sticks"; Broncho Bill by Harry O'Neill; Strange as it Seems tale "Vladimir, Emperor of Russia" with pencils by Doug Heyes; and Doc Syke 1-pager by Ving Fuller. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and Art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; How It Began article "Confidential Secretaries"; The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks; Stamp Tips article "Oldest Democracy"; Strange as It Seems 1-pager "Benjamin Franklin"; Broncho Bill; and Doc Syke 1-pager. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and Art by Rudolph Dirks, Ernie Bushmiller, Ed Dodd, Harry O'Neill, Doug Heyes, Ving Fuller and unknown. (Note: Who the inkers are is mainly unknown.) In this issue: The Captain and the Kids 1-pager by Rudolph Dirks; Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller; How It Began article "Animal Cookies"; The Captain and the Kids by Dirks; Stamp Tips article "Nicknames"; Back Home Again 1-pager by Ed Dodd; Broncho Bill by Harry O'Neill; Strange as It Seems tale with pencils by Doug Heyes; and Doc Syke 1-pager by Ving Fuller. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Ed Dodd and Harry O'Neill. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Hans and Fritz use a painted mule to pull a trick on a zebra, or as they call it, a "barber pole donkey." The Ranger Boys have to escort a doctor across dangerous territory. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Back Home Again; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Nancy; Strange as It Seems!; How It Began. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Arnie Mossler, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, John Hix, and Ving Fuller. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. When the Captain is stranded on a melting ice floe surrounded by sharks, the Kids show up on a raft and want to negotiate. Broncho Bill brings the doctor to a sick child, but hostile Natives have the place surrounded. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. The Young Idea; Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Strange as it Seems; Doc Syke. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, and Leonard Sansome. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. A bill collector manages to find the Captain, even on remote Squeegee Island. The Boy Rangers set out to stop wolves that are preying on cattle. But when they encounter rustlers, Broncho Bill must get involved. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Willie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, and Ving Fuller. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Hans and Fritz have fun with an empty mirror frame. Broncho Bill and Shorty manage to capture outlaw Slash Morley. But then they discover that he can't possibly be the rustler they're looking for. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. And a classic vintage ad for Cracker Jacks ("even the birds are talking about them"). Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, Leonard Sansome and Henry Formhals. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Hans and Fritz accidentally give the mule Tabasco sauce. Broncho Bill finally learns the identity of the mastermind behind the cattle-rustling gang. Then he and the Boy Rangers lead a posse to their camp. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Strange as It Seems; Joe Jinks; Willie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, Leonard Sansome and Henry Formhals. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Joe Jinks and his family think the cowboy movie on TV is particularly exciting, but then they learn they've been next door to a police gun battle. After Texas Rangers capture a gang of rustlers, Broncho Bill sets out to find the one who got away. Then the town must deal with Slash Morley and his gang. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Strange as It Seems; Joe Jinks; Willie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, and Leonard Sansome. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Willie is confused about the difference between the milkman, the donut man, and the ladies' man. Slash Morley plants one of his men among the sheriff's deputies. Then he holds up the stage, pretending to be a different outlaw. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Strange as It Seems; Willie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, and Leonard Sansome. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Willie's friend gets him involved in watermelon larceny. Broncho Bill confronts Slash Morley and his gang after the stagecoach accident. Slash gets the upper hand, sending Broncho Bill plummeting over the cliff. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Back Home Again; Willie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, and Leonard Sansome. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Jackpot Judd is the member of Slash Morley's gang working undercover as a sheriff's deputy. But a missing spur alerts the sheriff and Broncho Bill to Jackpot's true allegiance. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Back Home Again; Willie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Harry ONeill, and Leonard Sansome. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Hans and Fritz's new pet elephant causes chaos inside the house and out of it. Broncho Bill trails Jackpot Judd back to Slash Morley's hideout in Wishbone Canyon. But Jackpot and Slash are setting a trap for him, in the final appearance of Broncho Bill in Tip Top Comics. Plus Nancy strips by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Broncho Bill; Back Home Again; Willie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. The Captain puts Hans and Fritz to work as organ-grinder's monkeys, but that backfires in a hurry. In his return to Tip Top Comics, Tarzan must protect a wounded warrior from a leopard attack, but that just angers the nearby apes. Nancy and Sluggo learn the best place to hide during an explosion. Nancy; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.