XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats #5
Publication Date: July 1962
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #5 of 7 Issues (12 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/16/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In5
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Notation
Incomplete Scan
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (11 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: What's the matter buddy, can't you read?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Igor; Freddie
First Line: Look, Igor - Chubby Checker has nothing on me!
Synopsis: Igor and Freddie dancing around a 33 1/3 rpm record, with contents at bottom of page. Reference to "The Twist" from 1960 by Chubby Checker.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Freddie is a bat
Disclose
The Cat Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Freddie
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales Calculated to Drive You Bats #1 published January 1966
as The Cat Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #26 [Direct Edition] published April 2013
as The Cat Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
Something Fishy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
Tin Pan Folly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Freddie; Flip Syde
Synopsis: After thinking that rock and roll will blow over, Flip Syde's record company goes downhill. That is, until Flip discovers singing birds.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #29 [Direct Edition] published July 2013
as Tin Pan Folly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose
The Secret Is Out!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Archie Annual #14.
Disclose
Monsterama

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Freddie
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #25 [Direct Edition] published March 2013
as Monsterama [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
Charms and Spells for the 20th Century

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hilda
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Freddie's Advice to the Lovelorn Column

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
Hip Man Wrinkle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hip Man Wrinkle; Igor
Synopsis: Hip Man Wrinkle, a beatnik, falls asleep and wakes up in 2292, where he finds things radically different.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #29 [Direct Edition] published July 2013
as Hip Man Wrinkle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
Egg-o-Centric

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.