Camp Comics #1 Values

Publisher: Western, 1942

About Camp Comics #1

Overstreet lists this book as "scarce". Contains a two-page Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd story, and a Mark Twain adaptation. Photo cover. Walt Kelly art.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: ? (photo)

Inks: ? (photo)

Colors: ? (photo)

STORY DETAILS

(12 Stories)

Characters: Rusty O'Reilly (introduction); Betsy Saunders; Madam Q (spy queen); Zandusi

Synopsis: Rusty by mistake gets handed a roll of spy microfilm, intended for Madam Q, who is looking exactly like Rusty. Rusty and Betsy go to the lair of Zandusi claiming to be Madam Q and a new spy recruit. Paratroopers save their lives at the last minute.

Pages: 12.000

Characters: Seaman Sy Wheeler (introduction); Clarence (Sy's friend); Kitty (first girlfriend); Betty (second girlfriend); Herman Preevy (Kitty's fiancé); Paul Poozle (Betty's fiancé); Angelo (bear); Angelo's bear tamer

Synopsis: Sy gets his girl's name tattooed on his chest, and when she gets engaged to another man, he has the tattoo changed to the name of his next girlfriend. When the first girlfriend returns to Sy, desperate measures are needed. Clarence tries using hair tonic on Sy's chest in order to hide the tattoo under a mat of chest hairs.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Walt Kelly

Pencils: Walt Kelly

Inks: Walt Kelly

Characters: Rimfire Ferguson (introduction); Scotty Burke (Rimfire's pal); Cole Darrow; Ruth Gaynor; Dan Darrow (Ruth's uncle)

Synopsis: Rimfire and Scotty stay the night at Cole Darrow's place. Rimfire chases an intruder, turning out to be Ruth looking for her uncle's will that is stashed away at Darrow's house.

Pages: 10.000

Title: How the Fighting Giants Won Their Name

Synopsis: Account of the 38th U.S. Infantry, 3rd Division and their defense of the bank of the Marne in July 1918.

Pages: 4.000

Notes: Uniforms of the German soldiers and officers look more like the ones used in WWII than WWI.

Title: The Sooper Sweeps, or, How To Keep Our City Clean

Characters: Hank; Lank (introduction and origin for both); the Spirit of All Comic Avengers; "Grade A Gorilla"; the town's mayor

Synopsis: The gangster chief "Grade A Gorilla" corners all the milk in town so that the babies have none. The protagonists, having gained sooper powers by boiling old superhero comics in a large pot, save the day by making milk fountains, and moreover convincing the gangsters to reform.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Frank Thomas ?

Pencils: Frank Thomas (signed)

Inks: Frank Thomas (signed)

Notes: The Spirit of All Comic Avengers looks a lot like Batman. He presents the protagonists with a Captain Marvel-like magic word: "Xntz!"

Title: Roughin' It by Samuel Clemens

Characters: Samuel Clemens [Mark Twain]; Ballou (friend of Clemens'); Ollendorf (friend of Clemens'); Arkansas (villain)

Synopsis: Clemens and his two friends get thrown out of a tavern, and decide instead to spend the night with their horses; but the stable is getting washed away by a river. They save the horses' lives and try to get to the next town, but none of them knows the way in the blizzard that blows up.

Pages: 8.000

Notes: Adapted in part from Mark Twain's ROUGHING IT.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	22
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	23

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