Comedy Comics #11

Edition record · August 1942 (September 1942)

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CGC records 6 graded copies for Comedy Comics #11 (1942). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

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Otto Bragg and Snippy

Otto Bragg and his nephew Snippy get into numerous hijinks including. Otto dreaming of creating a ultra powerful mower he sells to the military and makes millions. Otto telling Snippy about his days as a boxer before accidently punching himself in the face. Otto working as a vacuum salesman and wrecking a potential customer's house sending him to jail for thirty days. Lastly Otto showed Snippy his artistic abilities by drawing mustaches on advertisements until an "advertisement" punched him in the face.

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Wheezy_(Earth-616)) * Private Breezy) **Supporting Characters:** * United States Army) ** Sergeant Greasy ** Unnamed Captain ** Numerous unnamed soldiers * Daisy * Daisy's Dog

**Races and Species:** * Dogs * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis2 = Wheezy and Breezy get into some excitement on the army base including saving the sergeant from a runaway tank, mucking up the sergeant's date with Daisy, and returning the sergeant's boot after Wheezy stole it.

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Inky Dinky) **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed Man * Unnamed Artist

**Other Characters:** * Three unnamed potential customers * Unidentified Police Department ** Unnamed Police Officer * Unnamed Junk Collector * Inky Dinky's Teacher **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Seagulls **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis3 = Inky tries to sell his painting but no one buys it so he ends up selling it to a junk collector for a penny. Inky then draws a picture of the docks after asking a man there if he could paint there. The man assumes Inky is drawing him and poses the entire time. When he realizes Inky was just drawing the scenery the man tosses Inky and his painting into the ocean. Next Inky bugs an artist with all his critiques that the artist makes him paint a picture of his own under threat of physical injury.

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Maisie Martin) **Supporting Characters:** * Susie Sanders) * Gwen Martin) * Bob Towers) * Mr. Martin (Maisie's Father) * Mrs. Martin (Maisie's Mother) * Guy Darrell) **Antagonists:** * Brenda Barlow) * Hired Thugs ** Two unnamed hired thugs * Mr. Barlow (Brenda's Father) **Other Characters:** * Greta Garbo * Snooks * Jerry * Unnamed Theater Teacher * Unnamed Principal * Gigantic Films) ** Unnamed Movie Scout **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Dream Dimension ** Earth *** United States of America **** California) ***** Los Angeles ****** Hollywood ******* West Hollywood ******** Ciro's * Earthspace ** Earth *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City **** Unidentified Highschool **** California) ***** Los Angeles ****** Hollywood ******* West Hollywood ******** Ciro's

| Synopsis4 = Maisie Martin dreams she's destined for Hollywood and plans to go to dramatic school after high school. While washing dishes with her friend, Susie, she accidently breaks a bunch of dishes and her father refuses to allow her to go to a dramatic school. Undeterred Maisie decides to practice herself without going to school.

Later she and the rest of her friends meets up with Brenda who is on a date with Guy. Guy asks for an introduction and he invites Maisie to a dramatic group at school. Maisie is thrilled and accepts his invitation to act with him. The following day Maisie has gained enough popularity and attention that a jealous Brenda decides to leave the show and also cut funding from the costumes and scenery. Without money Maisie decides to ask her father for money for the costumes and her friends Jerry and Snooks to build the sets.

The night before the show Brenda takes two thugs hired by her father to sabotage the set. During the show itself a movie scout is watching as everything begins to go wrong with the sabotaged sets. Brenda's plan backfires however as everyone thinks it's intentional and that the show was suppose to be a comedy. The movie scout loves the show but in a twist of fate offers Guy a role and not Maisie. Maisie is upset until Guy invites her to go to a movie party with him. At the party she sees her friends in the crowd, including a jealous Brenda.

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * FBI) ** Vagabond (Chauncey Throttlebottom III / Pat Murphy)) **Supporting Characters:** * BPD) ** "Flatfoot" O'Floogey ** Six unnamed police officer **Antagonists:** * Creeper_(Earth-616)) **Other Characters:** * PPD) ** Unnamed Police Officer * Unnamed Woman **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Crows **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Plainville *** Cornsilk Center *** Bristol

| Synopsis5 = The Vagabond gets the boot from Plainville and makes his way to Bristol where he is accused of stealing manhole covers and lampposts by the local police. Having no evidence to charge him they let him go. Upon doing so the real thief, calling himself the Creeper, makes himself known to Chauncey and asks him to be his partner. Creeper then asks Chauncey to steal the last manhole cover in town. Chauncey does so, but brings it back and knocks the Creeper out with it before turning him over to the police officers who had been tailing him.

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Stuporman (Marmaduke Snood Jr.))

**Antagonists:** * Spider's Henchmen ** Numerous unnamed henchmen * Spider (Debon)) **Other Characters:** * Alice (Cow) * ZCPD) ** Four unnamed police officers * Zippy City Mayor **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Dogs * Cats * Ants * Chipmunks * Cows * Birds ** Sparrows * Beetles) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Zippy City **** Orange Beetle **Items:** * Normalizer Serum

| Synopsis6 = Stuporman travels to Zippy City and stops the criminal called the Spider and his men. Using a "Normalizer Serum" on the Spider, he reverts to a baby that Stupor identifies as the missing Debon heir.

| StoryTitle7 = The Smiling Shrimp | Writer7_1 = N/A | Letterer7_1 = Typeset | Editor7_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Tommy Daly) **Supporting Characters:** * Rawdon Highschool Baseball Team ** Coach Bradley ** Joe Cole) ** Numerous unnamed players * Unidentified Police Department ** Detective Daly (Tommy's Father) **Antagonists:** * Mike Flashman) **Other Characters:** * Talbot Highschool Baseball Team ** Walters ** Numerous unnamed players **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Rawdon Highschool *** Talbot Highschool

| Synopsis7 = A small red headed baseball player doesn't make his baseball team and is made fun of but that doesn't stop Tommy Daly. Tommy practices his "fire ball" and keeps his smile on his face. During a big game against a rival team. A renown killer named Mike Flashman is seen. Tommy now as the team's water boy uses his fire ball to beam the murderer in the head just as he's making his escape. Tommy's father arrests him and Tommy is praised for both his newly shown skills and the capture of a criminal.

| Appearing8 = **Featured Characters:** * Percy)

**Antagonists:** * Unnamed Dog **Other Characters:** * Unidentified Police Department ** Unnamed Police Officer **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Cats * Dogs **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis8 = Percy attempts to steal a pie sitting on a windowsill but is stopped by a dog.

| Appearing9 = **Featured Characters:** * Spycatcher) **Supporting Characters:** * "General" (Actor) * "Criminal" (Actor)

**Other Characters:** * Two unnamed Congo natives * Unnamed Ghost **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Seagulls * Ghosts **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earthspace ** Earth *** North America **** United States of America *** Africa **** Belgian Congo * Dream Dimension

| Synopsis9 = "Spycatcher" tries to solve a murder only to discover that it wasn't real. The "corpse" was just a dummy used in a play. The Spycatcher next investigates a ghost only to wake up upon meeting it.

| Appearing10 = **Featured Characters:** * Casey McKann) **Supporting Characters:** * NYPD) ** Unnamed Police Commissioner **Antagonists:** * Mr. "Slik Bark" Sapper **Other Characters:** * Unnamed District Attorney * "Hickory" Nut * Chestnut * Hazel Nut * Wild Nut * Mrs. McKann * Dr. Phil Berrypill) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Sharks * Goats * Cats * Chickens **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City

| Synopsis10 = The Police Commissioner ties up Casey to keep him out of his way while solving a case. Upon going through the dangers of the case and solving it the Commissioner returned home to go to sleep only to be startled to death by a hot water bottle Casey had put in his bed to help him relax.

Casey arrests Mr. "Slik Bark" Sapper who is sentenced to a $10 fine or 10 years in prison. He takes the $10.

The Commissioner calls Casey to deliver him Dr. Berrypill's pills, but Casey takes Dr. Berrypill himself all the way to the Commissioner.

Finally the Commissioner asks Casey to keep and eye out. Casey spots a man and follows him only to realize it was the Commissioner himself.

| Appearing11 = **Featured Characters:** * Trinket) **Supporting Characters:** * Stubby * Mrs. K (Trinket's Mother) * Mr. K (Trinket's Father) **Antagonists:** * "Slick" Bullson **Other Characters:** * Unidentified Police Department ** Two unnamed police officers **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis11 = Trinket meets with Stubby and offers to make him some food. Trinket gets caught by her mother making a mess and gets spanked. Later she discovers a man behind a bush who offers to buy some food from her for a nickel. Trinket does so but the food is terrible and makes the man scream and shout for water. The police witness the man and arrest him as "Slick" Bullson and give Trinket a $500 reward.

| Appearing12 = **Featured Characters:** * Snigdon Sanford) **Supporting Characters:** * Sandra * Snigs_(Earth-616)) **Antagonists:** * Cult of the Black Widow Spiders) ** Unnamed Leader (Sandra's Uncle) ** Seven unnamed cultists **Other Characters:** * Bob Hope) * Sandra's Father **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Dogs * Bees * Spiders **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis12 = Snigdon and Snigs are out fishing when a been attacks Snigs and the two fall into the river. Trying to dry off and warm up that find an old mansion where the Cult of the Black Widow Spiders is attempting to sacrifice a girl to the black widow goddess. Snigdon accidently breaks a bowl filled with black widow spiders and it bites the cult's leader. Snigdon frees the girl and finds out her name is Sandra and the man responsible was her uncle who was after her inheritance. Her uncle dies, succumbing to the spider's venom.

| Appearing13 = **Featured Characters:** * Maymee Hazzit) **Supporting Characters:** * Mrs. Hazzit (Maymee's Mother) * Mr. Hazzit (Maymee's Father) * Jonah Jones) (Theater Agent) * Filbert (Jonah's Nephew) * Mr. Vanturbi (Violinist) * Mr. Gaganovitch (Playwright)

**Other Characters:** * Unnamed Tramp * Mrs. Jones * Mr. Gotdoe * Mr. Gaganovitch's Brother **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City ***** Bronx

| Synopsis13 = Maymee goes to work at her job as a secretary for Jonah Jones a Theater Agent. Where she meets Filbert, Jonah's Nephew, who was just hired. While working she visits with Mr. Vanturbi a violinist and Mr. Gaganovitch a playwright. Mr. Jones isn't interested in hiring either.

| Appearing14 = **Featured Characters:** * Starry Knight) * Dark Knight) * Ig Knight) * Thumb Prince) **Supporting Characters:** * Slushpool) (Starry Knight's Horse) **Antagonists:** * Glumlug) (Giant) **Other Characters:** * Unnamed Blacksmith * Numerous unnamed knights * United States Navy) ** Unnamed Sailor * United States Army) ** Two unnamed army personnel * William Tell * Unnamed Apple Merchant **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Horses * Giants) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth

| Synopsis14 = Ig Knight helps Starry Knight win a joust with the use of magnets. Ig Knight and Starry Knight convince the Dark Knight to lose a race by wearing unnecessary heavy armor. Starry Knight saves Thumb Prince from the giant Glumlug with a hot foot. Ig Knight loses all his money on poker and go flies a kite after they refuse to loan him money. Prince Thumb forces Starry Knight to teach a class to some squires. Starry Knight wants to try and do what William Tell did and shoot an apple off Ig's head. Ig ends up using a sign with an apple on it to try and save himself from getting an arrow to the face.

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| Notes = ===Continuity Notes=== **Otto Bragg and Snippy** * After this issue, the *Otto Bragg and Snippy* feature moves to Joker Comics Vol 1|*Joker Comics*, starting with Joker Comics Vol 1 7. * Otto Bragg), introduced in this issue, is not to be confused with Otto) from *Educatin' Otto*, introduced in the last issue. **Wheezy** * Despite the fact that the Wheezy) story is titled "Introducing Wheezy...", Wheezy was actually introduced Comedy Comics Vol 1 10|last issue. * This is the final golden age appearance of Wheezy. **Inky Dinky** * The *Inky Dinky* feature ends with this issue after previously appearing in Mystic Comics Vol 1|*Mystic Comics*, starting with Mystic Comics Vol 1 10. **The Vagabond** * The *Vagabond)* feature will move from this series to Young Allies Vol 1 4 which will mark the Vagabond's final golden age installment. * The villain the Creeper_(Earth-616)) introduced here will move over to the *Homer* feature in Krazy Komics Vol 1|*Krazy Komics* after this, where he will become so popular that the feature will be renamed *The Creeper and Homer*. **Stuporman** * The *Stuporman)* feature had been appearing in Joker Comics Vol 1|*Joker Comics* and now moves here for its final golden age installment. **Percy** * The cover of this issue is a blown-up panel from the *Percy* story. **Casey McKann** * This is the final golden age appearance of *Casey McKann*, a feature that appeared in various Timely titles.

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Snippy Otto Bragg Wheezy Private Breezy Inky Dinky Maisie Martin FBI Vagabond (Chauncey Throttlebottom III / Pat Murphy)

Creative credits

Writers: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, Harry Douglas, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

Interior art: Lou Paige, Reney, Sol Brodsky, C.A. Winter, Ed Winiarski, Harry Douglas, Mike Sekowsky, Charles Nicholas, Louis Ferstadt, Clive Yeadon, Red Holmdale, Chic Stone, Alan Mandel

Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

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GCD: 2391

PANEL PROFITS: 3347143

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