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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Smitty; Mr. Bailey
Pencils:
Walter Berndt ? [as Berndt] (signed)
Inks:
Walter Berndt ? [as Berndt] (signed)
Notes:
Cover is signed "Berndt," but may or may not be by him.
STORY DETAILS
Characters:
Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Stanley; Herby
Synopsis:
Smitty gets his friend Stanley a job at Mr. Bailey's company.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Notes:
Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white.
Characters:
Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Herby; Stanley
Synopsis:
Stanley, the new boy, gets Smitty demoted from his job as office boy, so he can take it.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; Stanley; Herby; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis:
Smitty schemes to get Stanley in trouble so he can get his old job back.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; Herby; Stanley; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis:
Stanley's plot to take Smitty's job is revealed when the public address system is accidentally switched on. Smitty gets his old job back and uses a $25 bonus to buy his first pair of long pants.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; Mr. Bailey; George
Synopsis:
George, the Indian guide from the North Woods, comes to the city and gets a job as caretaker of Mr. Bailey's new home at the top of a 36-story building.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; Mr. Bailey; George
Synopsis:
George's donkey has a baby and George takes a train back to the North Woods. Mr. Bailey and Smitty take a plane to get there first and play a practical joke on George. Later Smitty takes a canoe ride by himself and gets caught in rapids and is taken far from the camp.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; Mr. Bailey; George
Synopsis:
Smitty is found by two Indians and is taken to their camp. They say they'll take him along when they go to see George--when they break camp in September.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; George; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis:
Smitty falls into the daily routine at the Indian camp. George and Mr. Bailey, searching for Smitty, come down the river near the Indian camp, but their canoe sinks when they hit a rock in some rapids and they have to turn back.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty
Synopsis:
Smitty and his Indian friend find a bear cub in the woods and bring it back to the camp. The cub causes problems by stealing food and is in big trouble when he is suspected of biting a papoose in the arm.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; George; Mr. Bailey
Synopsis:
Smitty saves the bear cub when he finds a dead wolf under a bush. The bear had killed the wolf after the wolf had bitten the papoose. George and Mr. Bailey find Smitty at the Indian camp. The Indians send smoke signals to Mr. Bailey's camp to have an amphibious airplane come and pick them up.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; Herby; Mr. Bailey; Scrappy (dog); Freckles (dog)
Synopsis:
Smitty picks a fight with the neighborhood bully after being convinced a lucky charm he found has special powers. Herby accidentally sells his dog Freckles to a stranger for $150.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; Herby; Freckles (dog)
Synopsis:
Herby finds that his dog Freckles was sold to a rich family living in a mansion in town. The family's boy won't give up the dog.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Herby; Freckles (dog); Scrappy (dog)
Synopsis:
The rich boy is willing to give Freckles back to Herby, but his governess forbids it. Freckles gets sick and the rich boy and Herby smuggle him out to go back to Herby's home.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Herby; Freckles (dog)
Synopsis:
Freckles just had a bad case of homesickness and improves immediately when he's back at Herby's house. The rich boy gives the dog back to Herby.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Characters:
Smitty; Mr. Bailey; Herby; Freckles (dog)
Synopsis:
Mr. Bailey practices ventriloquism for his club's stunt show.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Berndt
Pencils:
Walter Berndt
Inks:
Walter Berndt
Notes:
Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
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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
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
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