Patches (1945) comic books 1946

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Richard Burdick, George Herman, Mort Leav, Carl Wessler, George Harrison, Theresa Szenics and Maurice Del Bourgo. Teen comedy with Patches and his friends getting up to wholesome mischief. Patches and Tubby try to impress the girls on the ski slopes during the Winter Carnival, and comic chaos ensues. Profiles of Jackie Kelk (the first actor to play Jimmy Olsen) and game-show host Ralph Edwards. A non-fiction article traces the historical influences of the Boy Scouts. Snowboys; Sidney Short; Jackie Kelk; Truth or Consequences - Ralph Edwards; Sandy & Spiderlegs: Down on the Farm; Sammy Smith; Sandy & Spiderlegs: It's a Gift!; Be Prepaired; Medicine in Tomorrow's World; The Yacht Hot Shot. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by William Boyd and others. Teen comedy with Patches and his friends getting up to wholesome mischief. Patches and Tubby attend the carnival of the Benevolent Brotherhood of Bison, but everyone there remembers the chaos they caused last year. A three-page story credited to Hopalong Cassidy cowboy star William Boyd, offering advice for kids to straighten up and fly right. Patches dreams that he and Tubby climb the beanstalk and enter a land of giants. Clear the Way; I Can Dream; Hopalong Cassidy; Patches Puzzle Page; Marty McMuscle - A Showoff; Sandy & Spiderlegs; Sammy Slam - a Terrible Temper; Sandy & Spiderlegs: It's a Tie!; So You Want to Lead a Band! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Richard Burdick, Robert Merrill, Mort Leav, Carl Wessler, John Giunta, Theresa Szenics and Maurice Del Bourgo. Teen comedy with Patches and his friends getting up to wholesome mischief. A story credited to musical legend Robert Merrill, recounting his career as an operatic baritone and actor. A profile and cover featuring Western sidekick Smiley Burnette. Patches runs for class president, but his friends are no help. Patches for President; Some Class!; Smiley Burnette; Sandy & Spiderlegs: Let's Cut a Rug; Sidney Short; Sandy & Spiderlegs: Must've Been Something He Ate!; Stick to Your Guns!; Why Be Lonely? 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Bernard Krigstein, Richard Burdick, Mort Leav, Carl Wessler, B. Q. Siege, and Maurice Del Bourgo. Teen comedy with Patches and his friends getting up to wholesome mischief. Patches and Tubby meet Senator Claghorn, the popular radio character who inspired Looney Tunes' Foghorn Leghorn. A mystery story featuring popular radio-show detective Jay Jostyn as his character "Mr. D.A." Real-life Big Band legend Guy Lombardo takes Patches and Tubby on a boat trip. Plus an early story by future EC art legend Bernie Krigstein. Taxi, Mister?; Senator Claghorn; Jay Jostyn as Radio's "Mr. D.A."; Stringing Along; Club Scouting; Woe Is the Duck!; Sandy & Spiderlegs: Go Soak Your Head; Buy Two or Three. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Richard Burdick, Mort Leav, Carl Wessler, B. Q. Siege, I. Werstein, C. More, Terry Szenics, and Maurice Del Bourgo. Teen comedy with Patches and his friends getting up to wholesome mischief. Patches and Tubby meet the stars of the radio show Juvenile Jury. A story about the World Scouting Jamboree, a once-a-decade event for Boy Scouts around the world. A non-fiction article on Jack Carson, comedian, actor, vaudevillian and star of the popular radio comedy The Jack Carson Show. Dr. Fizz Quizzes; World Scouting For World Peace; Laugh, and the World Laughs With You; Sandy & Spiderlegs: A Trip to the Moon, Slightly Below Par; Coming Up, Sir. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.