(July-August 1947)

EC, 1946 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1947-05-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fables Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
EC An Entertaining Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
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Issue Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1946-1947, page 28, registration number B78184. Entire contents copyrighted by M. C. Gaines.

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Freddy Firefly / cover / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
In this issue Firefly battles the red ants!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Freddy Firefly; Red Ant; Danny Demon (inset); Hector the Inspector (inset)

The Funniest Animals of all Appear in Animal Fables (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Characters
Myrtle; Freddy Firefly; Danny Demon; Hector the Inspector

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Freddy Firefly / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
When he says the magic words, take fire, meek little Freddy Firefly is transformed into the meteor of flame - Firefly!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Freddy Firefly; Myrtle; Red Ant
Synopsis
Myrtle is kidnapped by red ants.

Indexer Notes

The leader of the red ants is named Red Ant.

The Dog and the Bone (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jonas Duffy
Synopsis
The dog, Jonas Duffy, has a bone, but when he sees his reflection in the water he wants that bone as well.

Indexer Notes

Illustrated Aesop's fable.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Danny Demon / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help! Save Me!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
Characters
Danny Demon; Porky Possum; Mr. Fiend
Synopsis
Mr. Fiend gives Danny a can of itching powder and orders him to do a bad deed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Comics McCormick / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Ed Wheelan (signed)
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Ed Wheelan (signed)
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Ed Wheelan (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Folks, we want you to meet 'Comics' McCormick
Genre
children
Characters
Comics McCormick; Mary McCormick; Connie McCormick; Wilbur Wiggins; Ajax Johnson; Rosalie Brown; Officer Kelly; Susan Slate
Synopsis
Introducing Comics and his friends.

Follow the Adventures of "Comics" McCormick (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Fat and Slat / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Fat and Slat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Ed Wheelan
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Ed Wheelan
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Ed Wheelan
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Fat, I thought you told me your Uncle Henry was once connected with the police department!
Genre
humor
Characters
Fat; Slat
Synopsis
Slat wonders how Fat's uncle was connected to the police force.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Fat and Slat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Ed Wheelan
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Ed Wheelan
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Ed Wheelan
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mitt me, Fat, - I'm due for congratulations - boy, at last I've got a real job
Genre
humor
Characters
Fat; Slat; Big Shot
Synopsis
Slat gets a job at McDummy's department store.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Fat and Slat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Ed Wheelan
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Ed Wheelan
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Ed Wheelan
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on, "Big Shot" - let's go for a walk!
Genre
humor
Characters
Big Shot; Fat; Slat
Synopsis
Slat has an idea to have the police watch Fat's dog.

The Wind and the Sun... (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Sun; Wind
Synopsis
The Sun and the Wind see who can can make a traveler take off his coat.

Indexer Notes

Retelling of an Aesop's fable.

The Herring-Bone Zebra (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Charlie Gibbons; John Thomas; Thomas John
Synopsis
Charlie is hated because he has a herring-bone pattern instead of normal zebra stripes.

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Hector the Inspector / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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At the headquarters of 'The Unknown,' sinister mastermind of evil...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
The Unknown; X-3; Hector the Inspector
Synopsis
The Unknown puts out a call for suggestions on how to kill Hector the Inspector.

Now On Sale Everywhere (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

For the Finest, Read These Five Entertaining Comics! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)