One of the first 100 comic issues ever published. Easter cover. The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books rates this issue a "7" ("scarce") in its Scarcity Index.
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer ?
Inks:
Sheldon Mayer ?
STORY DETAILS
Pages:
0.700
Script:
Bill Holman
Pencils:
Bill Holman
Inks:
Bill Holman
Notes:
Inside cover
Pages:
0.400
Script:
Percy Crosby
Pencils:
Percy Crosby
Inks:
Percy Crosby
Pages:
0.600
Script:
Percy Crosby
Pencils:
Percy Crosby
Inks:
Percy Crosby
Pages:
0.600
Script:
Gene Byrnes
Pencils:
Gene Byrnes
Inks:
Gene Byrnes
Notes:
movie scenes
Pages:
0.400
Script:
Gene Byrnes
Pencils:
Gene Byrnes
Inks:
Gene Byrnes
Characters:
Annie Warbucks; Daddy Warbucks; Eli Eon
Pages:
3.200
Script:
Harold Gray
Pencils:
Harold Gray
Inks:
Harold Gray
Notes:
0.8 x 4
Pages:
0.800
Script:
Harold Gray
Pencils:
Harold Gray
Inks:
Harold Gray
Notes:
0.2 x 4
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Zack Mosley
Pencils:
Zack Mosley
Inks:
Zack Mosley
Pages:
0.800
Script:
Frank Willard
Pencils:
Frank Willard
Inks:
Frank Willard
Pages:
0.200
Script:
Frank Willard
Pencils:
Frank Willard
Inks:
Frank Willard
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Junior Tracy
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Inks:
Chester Gould
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Robert L. Ripley
Pencils:
Robert L. Ripley
Inks:
Robert L. Ripley
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Frank King
Pencils:
Frank King
Inks:
Frank King
Pages:
3.000
Pencils:
Sidney Smith
Inks:
Sidney Smith
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Robert L. Ripley
Pencils:
Robert L. Ripley
Inks:
Robert L. Ripley
Pages:
0.500
Script:
Fred Harman
Pencils:
Fred Harman
Inks:
Fred Harman
Pages:
0.500
Script:
Fred Harman
Pencils:
Fred Harman
Inks:
Fred Harman
Characters:
Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Milton Caniff
Pencils:
Milton Caniff
Inks:
Milton Caniff
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Carl Ed
Pencils:
Carl Ed
Inks:
Carl Ed
Title:
The Fighting Cowboy
Characters:
Tom Mix
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Leon Morgan; Gaylord Du Bois ? (adaptation)
Pencils:
Hal Arbo
Inks:
Hal Arbo
Notes:
Per info in Michael Barrier's Funnybooks The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books, Gaylord Du Bois likely adapted the Big Little Book story for comics which would have been one of Du Bois' earliest comic book assignments.
Title:
Deception and Desserts
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jimmy Bancks
Pencils:
Jimmy Bancks
Inks:
Jimmy Bancks
Pages:
0.800
Script:
Al Posen
Pencils:
Al Posen
Inks:
Al Posen
Pages:
0.200
Script:
Al Posen
Pencils:
Al Posen
Inks:
Al Posen
Pages:
0.400
Script:
Percy Crosby
Pencils:
Percy Crosby
Inks:
Percy Crosby
Title:
"If that ain't my mother all over again- gave me a dime"
Pages:
0.600
Script:
Percy Crosby
Pencils:
Percy Crosby
Inks:
Percy Crosby
Pages:
0.800
Script:
Ferd Johnson
Pencils:
Ferd Johnson
Inks:
Ferd Johnson
Pages:
0.200
Script:
Ferd Johnson
Pencils:
Ferd Johnson
Inks:
Ferd Johnson
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Frank Beck
Pencils:
Frank Beck
Inks:
Frank Beck
Title:
Bertie at the Banquet
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Chet Grant
Letters:
typeset
Pages:
0.800
Script:
Gus Edson
Pencils:
Gus Edson
Inks:
Gus Edson
Pages:
0.200
Script:
Ferd Johnson
Pencils:
Ferd Johnson
Inks:
Ferd Johnson
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Edwin Alger (credited)
Pencils:
Edwin Alger (credited)
Inks:
Edwin Alger (credited)
Title:
"Keep movin' Pete- a faint heart never won a fair lady."
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
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
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
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
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
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
Total
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
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