Top Comics comic books issue 17

Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Moores, Mo Leff, Paul Berdanier, Johnny Devlin, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 2 #5. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan must convince the Waiori that the white sailor they call Dester Momlu is no god, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. Jim Hardy tries to help his uncle keep his small press business afloat despite the machinations of Mr. Stump. Fritzi Ritz tries on new dresses, in an early strip showcasing Ernie Bushmiller's good-girl art.Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. The Captain and the Kids; 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 Al Camy. Edited by Abner Sundell. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Nick Zuraw, Warren King, Lin Streeter, Joe Blair, Ed Smalle, Roland "Ramona" Patenaude, and Paul Reinman. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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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. Phil has second thoughts about taking Fritzi to an expensive restaurant. 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. (In some strips, the comic-book colorist gave Charlie Brown "hair.") The shape of Charlie Brown's head plays against him in hide and seek. Charlie Brown seeks a sponsor to play softball, in what could be one of the earliest Peanuts baseball strips. Charlie Brown meets the "new girl," Violet, and so does Snoopy. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Alec Hope, Gregory Page, Stan Ford, A. C. Hollingsworth and Matt Baker. A collection of adventure and superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. Jungle warrior Rulah encounters Boris, an ex-opera singer in the jungle whose song means death to those who hear it.; A white jungle queen gains the touch of death and declares war on Jo-Jo's tribe; Phantom Lady accompanies her senator father on a mission to Korea and encounters the deadly Monkey Cult. Featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Rulah: The Minstrel Who Sang Death!; Jo-Jo: The Death Goddess of Gama; The Last Pirate; Phantom Lady: The Mystery of the Monkey Cult; Bull's-Eye Benson: A True Crime Story. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.