Comics on Parade (1938) comic books 1942

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Rudolph Dirks and Paul Berdanier. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #1. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features the iconic pranksters Hans and Fritz and their hapless victim, the Captain. After the Captain rescues a lion from drowning, he is adopted by the lion's whole pride in gratitude. But soon the lions are camped outside the house and keeping the whole family awake. The Kids match wits with a greedy woman. In the "topper" strip, Hawkshaw the Detective realizes that the Lakeside Circle Burglar doesn't need a ladder... because he travels by elephant! The Captain and the Kids; News Notes About Stamps; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller and Paul F. Berdanier. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #2. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features Fritzi, star of Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl strip Fritzi Ritz, and her more famous niece, Nancy. Fritzi gets Wally to help her pick out a new hat, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's fashion drawings. Phil Fumble falls asleep in the park and dreams he's a dog. Infinity cover featuring Nancy and Fritzi. Fritzi Ritz; Phil Fumble. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Capp. Stories and art by Al Capp and others. Sometimes listed as Comics on Parade Vol. 4 #3. Comics on Parade focused on a different United Features comic strip in every issue. This issue features the hillbilly antics of Al Capp's Li'l Abner. When Li'l Abner receives mysterious love notes tied to rocks, he knows they're not from Daisy Mae. But he doesn't expect the coonskin cap-wearing Amazon who abducts him, then sails off into Endless Lake in the middle of the night. Li'l Abner; Hingeing on Stamps. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.