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Issue: Zoo Funnies #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1946
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Issues: #4 of 15 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Children's Comics Publishers Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia (from a scan at http://www.bipcomics.com/):
ZOO FUNNIES published monthly by Children's Comics Publishers, Inc. Vol. 1, No. 4, February, 1946. Office of Publications, 49 Hawkins Street, Derby, Conn. Applications for entry as second class matter pending at post office of Derby, Conn. Single copies 10c; yearly subscription $1.20. No actual person named or delineated in this magazine. Copyright 1946 by Children's Comics Publishers, Inc. Printed in the U. S. A. Student Editors, Charles J. Levy and Charles Santangelo.
Distributor = S.C.D.C. on cover.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lazarus [as HL]
Inker(s): Harry Lazarus [as HL]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Rabbit-Son Crusoe
Character(s): Rabbit-Son Crusoe; Friday
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bojo the Monk and Tony
Character(s): Bojo the Monk; Tony
First Line: What corny music!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Freddy Frog
Character(s): Freddy Frog
First Line: Hello Freddy Frog. You seem well today.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tommy and Dodo
Character(s): Tommy; Dodo; Wanamena
First Line: Tommy-- go out and water the grass!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: activity
Feature(s): Play-Time
First Line: Read the letters printed below
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Rabbit-Son Crusoe
Character(s): Rabbit-Son Crusoe; Friday
First Line: G-gosh F-friday! We're not alone!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Last panel has a caption that reads "Another thrilling 'Rabbit-son Crusoe' tale in the next issue of 'Zoo Comics.' " (i.e., not Zoo Funnies) This error appears in at least one other issue.
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"The legend persists throughout the land, that the ostrich buries his head in sand"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Visit To The Zoo With Patsy And Lou
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Just Call Me Sam

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charlie Sanders?
Penciller(s): Charlie Sanders (signed)
Inker(s): Charlie Sanders (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Capt. Parrot
Character(s): Captain Parrot
First Line: Well! The sea is sure calm today!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: No credits in Bails or Lambiek for a "Charlie Sanders." Could this be a pen name for Ellis Chambers?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Smarty
First Line: What'll we play Hank?
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Pages: 1
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"You can find me only on the rocky islands"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Unusual Animals
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Tuatara (lizard) facts.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, western
Feature(s): Indian Tales
Character(s): Story-teller; Little Buck
First Line: Tell me, oh story-teller, why is the Wolf and the Fox so mean and heartless?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer listed "Herman C. Browner" but this is much better than his crude art. Possibly Harry Lazarus.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Barry the Bear
Character(s): Barry the Bear; Bucky Skunk; Waldo Wolf; Old Uncle Skunk
First Line: Cough
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Armful of Mascots
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Kenny Katt
Character(s): Kenny Katt; Rover
First Line: What's cookin' Rover!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Signature seems erased from the original artwork.

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