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Terry-Toons Comics 12

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Issue Information
Cover Date
September 1943
 
Starring
Gandy starring
Oscar Pig starring
Sourpuss starring
 
Cover Credits
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Contributions
Richard Humberstone: Cover Image

Issue Overview

Terry-Toons Comics #12 was published in September 1943. It is part of the Terry-Toons Comics series, which ran from October 1942 to August 1947. This issue features Gandy, Oscar Pig, and other characters from the series.

Atlas Tales indexes 9 stories for this issue, including "Gandy Gets Hooked."

Stories

Notes: Inside front cover.
Credits: Martin Goodman, Executive Producer; Vince Fago, Editorial and Art Director; Mel Blum, Technical Advisor; Robt. Solomon, Consulting Associate; Gary Keller, Production Assistant; E[rnie]. Hart, K[in]. Platt, Animation Director; Michael [Sekowsky], G[eorge]. Klein, J[oseph]. Calcagno, "Winny" [Ed Winiarski], Chiefs of Staff; David Gantz, P[auline]. Loth; Pvt. Stan Lee, Consulting Editor.
Notes: A mad scientist lives at "the old Fago farm", an allusion to editor Vince Fago. On page 4, he telephones "Winiarski", an allusion to artist Ed Winiarski. Books on the same page are "Murder of an Artist by G. D. Klein" and "Are Humans People? by Michael Sekowski", allusions to the artists.
Notes: "The guy who draws this strip" appears, as does animator Paul Terry (1887-1971) and, in the final panel, Stan Lee, the "Third Assistant Office Boy", reading a copy of Terry-Toons Comics.

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