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Issue: Animal Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #1 of 30 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/08/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Oskar Lebeck
Disclose Notes: Copyright, 1942, by Oskar Lebeck.
Indicia publisher is Dell Publishing Company, Inc.

The comic was published on September 8, 1942.

As per page 615:
Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Etc. New Series Vol 39 Pt. 1
IMAGE LINK: http://goo.gl/CnPsmD

Which states:
Animal comics, no. 1. © Sept. 8, 1942; AA 409454; Oskar Lebeck, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 27533

The "©" is followed by the publication date.

"©" implies copyright registration of a published work followed by date of publication
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The publication date would be the date the publication was printed, cut, assembled, stapled, packaged, and shipped from the printing plant to retailers.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding:  
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): H. R. McBride
Inker(s): H. R. McBride
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.
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Ambition

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Worth Carnahan [as W. B. C.] (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: When I grow up...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poem with illustration. On inside front cover in black, white and red.
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Albert Takes the Cake

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Kelly
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Albert (first appearance, an alligator); Pogo (first appearance, a possum); Bumbazine (first appearance); Mrs. Jay (first appearance); Beetle (first appearance)
First Line: Once there was a big old Alligator named Albert who loved chocolate cake.
Synopsis: Bumbazine bakes Pogo a birthday cake, but Albert tries to steal it.
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In Content Item: FlagA Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics #[nn] published January 1981
as Albert Takes the Cake [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Pogo Comics #1 published January 1989
as Albert takes the Cake [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The story features the notorious panel in which Bumbazine, a black child, is shown eating watermelon.
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Katonka Flies North

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Katonka
Character(s): Katonka; Sgt. Bain; Private Rooney; Tauber (villain); Nazis (villains)
First Line: As morning light broke over the wilderness marsh...
Synopsis: A grateful goose alerts the soldiers that healed him that some German spies are sneaking around the island.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Morris Gollub did not join Western until 1946.
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Piggy Pranks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Pa Dunn; Ma Dunn; Bobby Dunn; Paddy (a pig); Pinkie (a pig)
First Line: One morning when Bobby Dunn is eating breakfast...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Right of Way

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Snuffy (a skunk); Violet (a skunk); Judge Martin
First Line: This old den in the wall is vacant, Violet - how would you like to live here?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Muzzy and Ginger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Kelly
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Muzzy (a chimpanzee); Ginger (a kitten); Homer; Dr. Atkins
First Line: That's as far as I'll carry that chimp...
Synopsis: Muzzy and Ginger escape from a pet shop. Dr. Atkins finds them and takes them as pets for the State School for Crippled Children.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Monarch of Panther Gorge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Kerr
Inker(s): George Kerr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Monarch (a deer); Game Warden Dan Burke; Tom
First Line: November snows drove the Monarch and his family to seek their...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Milk for the Baby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Avison (signed)
Inker(s): George Avison (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Babe (a baby elephant); Ernie; Cyrus Solon Walker; Mrs. Walker; Sonny Walker
First Line: Mother, I want my breakfast!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The art is signed in the foliage in the last panel. The name is George Avison, who was Al Avison's father. As far as is known, this is George Avison's only comic book work.
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A Matter of Intelligence

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Worth Carnahan [as W. B. C.] (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: I have a group of little friends...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poem with illustration. On inside back cover in black, white and red.

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