Index to Walt Kelly Material in Animal Comics

FC=Front Cover; IFC=Inside Front Cover; BC=Back Cover; IBC=Inside Back Cover

#1 (1942)—“Albert Takes the Cake” Albert is after Pogo’s birthday cake. 5pp
“Muzzy and Ginger” A chimpanzee and a kitten escape from a pet shop. 11pp

#2 (02/43)—“Bumbazine and the Singing Alligator” A singing contest ends with Albert in the drink. 5pp

#3 (06/43)—“Bumbazine and the Popinjay” Albert takes over the popinjay's new house. 8pp

#4 (08/43)--BC: ad for Fairy Tale Parade.

#5 (10/43)—“Albert the Alligator” Albert quits the swamp for the city. 8pp
IBC: ad for New Funnies.

#6 (12/43)--no Kelly

#7 (02/44)--no Kelly

#8 (04/44)--FC: Uncle Wiggily’s tall hat is a bug bath.
IFC: “Albert Gnaws a Thing or Two, Too!” Albert battles a beaver.
“Albert the Alligator” Albert swallows his birfday cake, Pogo and all. 5pp

#9 (06/44)--FC: Uncle Wiggily’s Banners for Bonds.
                    IFC: “Elephunnies” A falling coconut is a gag.
                    “Ol’ Albert is Really a Deer” Albert in a duel of horns. 9pp
                    IBC: “Monkey Biz” An elephant’s trunk is trumpeted.
                    BC: “Elephunnies” A beehive is mistaken for a coconut.

#10(08/44)--FC: Albert and Wiggily put out a shoe fire.
                      IFC/IBC: “Why the Butterfly has Beautiful Wings” text with illustrations
                      “Albert Holds That Tigah” Deelishus the rackety-coon chile is missing. 10pp
                      BC: “Elephunnies” The train goes underwater.

#11(10/44)--FC: Uncle Wiggily and Albert take a mule ride.
                      IFC: “Runaway Reddy” text with illustrations
                      “Albert the Alligator” Albert is conned into the suitcase business. 10pp
                      IBC: “The Winning Bounce” text with illustrations
                      BC: “Elephunnies” A bird chases a bug into an elephant's trunk.

#12(12/44)--FC: Uncle Wiggily’s washtub boat.
IFC/IBC: “Albert's Picnic” text with illustrations: Albert and a fox switch lunches.
“Ol’ Albert Decides Yuletide and Time Waits for No Gator” A party for the swamp orphans. 10pp BC: “Elephunnies” An elephant and a chimp at the beach.

#13(02/45)--FC: Albert leapfrogs over Doctor Wiggily.
                      IFC: “Bucky Horse” text with illustrations
                      “Albert the Whaler” Uncle Antler hires Cap’n La Femme to go whaling. 8pp
                      IBC: “A Friend in Need” text with illustrations
                      BC: “Elephunnies” A chimp tricks a snoring elephant.

#14(04/45)--FC: Uncle Wiggily goes fishing off of Albert.
“Albert and the Noah Count Ark” Is a flood headed for the swamp? 8pp
“Elephunnies” An amateur geologist chimp. 1pg

#15(06/45)--FC: Albert pipes for Blackie and Uncle Wiggily.
                     "Albert and Pogo” Pogo helps Dr Legerdemain Z Presto with his medicine show. 9pp
                     “Cilly Goose” The tads try to get Cilly a husband for her birthday. 8pp
                      BC: "Elephunnies" A mouse beats two elephants.

#16(08/45)--FC: The Coney Island Cottontails play ball.
                     “Cilly Goose” Cilly and Brother Minefield enter contests at the county fair. 5pp
                     “Albert and Pogo” Mice take up residence in Albert and everyone gets swallowed. 6pp
                     “Hector the Henpecked Rooster” Bertha swallows the soap. 5pp
                     BC: “Elephunnies” A turtle helps an elephant romance.

#17(10/45)--FC: Albert as row boat for Pogo and mate mouse.
                     “Albert and Pogo” Invaded by Pogo's cousin Marsupial and family. 6pp
                     “Blackie” Always look a gift piano in the mouth. 7pp
                     “Cilly Goose” Minefield cleans out the attic. 6pp
                     “Hector the Henpecked Rooster” Hector ends up in a barrel of herring. 5pp
                     BC: “Elephunnies” A monkey takes to a tree.

#18(12/45)--FC: Uncle Wiggily meets the mad apple.
“Albert and Pogo” A magic book makes nearly everyone in the swamp disappear. 7pp
BC: “Elephunnies” A baby elephant's practical joke.

#19(02/46)--FC: Squirrels go nuts over Albert.
                     “Albert and Pogo” Pogo flies and fights a yankee mosquito. 9pp
                     “Goozy” Goozy the monkey is elected king of the jungle. 8pp
                      BC: “Uncle Wiggily” The rabbit loses a fish in his hat.

#20(04/46)--FC: Sheriff Wiggily at the “no swimming” hole.
“Albert and Pogo” Pogo entertains swamp visitors as the Chambah of Commas. 11pp
BC: “Albert the Alligator” Albert chases Uncle Wiggily.

#21(06/46)--FC: Albert as a diving board.
                            “Albert and Pogo and the Fountain of Youth” Alabaster is mistaken for Albert and a fur hat for                                            Pogo. 11pp
                            “Prehysteria with Koko” Koko, Goo-Goo and the faithful dog hunt a two-headed wunk. 5pp
                             BC: “Uncle Wiggily” Swatting a fly.

#22(08/46)--FC: Uncle Wiggily and a beaver play tennis.
                      “Albert and Pogo” Pogo poses as Strawberry Shortcut to make Albert give up cigars. 10pp
                      “Elephunnies” An elephant and a lion at the water hole. 8pp
                       BC: “Albert and Pogo” Albert blows up a balloon in his sleep.

#23(10/46)--FC: Pogo argues with Churchy the umpire.
                     “Albert and Pogo” Howland and Churchy think they’ve buried Pogo in a trunk. 12pp
                     “Goozy” Goozy and Moo-Moo fool a hunter and try the safari business. 10pp
                      BC: “Uncle Wiggily” A flower waters Uncle Wiggily.

#24(12/46)--FC: Churchy's eggbeater outboard.
“Albert and Pogo” The fire department helps when Albert swallows his cigar, Howland and Churchy. 10pp
BC: “Uncle Wiggily” A worm makes off with an apple.

#25(02/47)--FC(top): Albert and Pogo carry the boat.
“Albert and Pogo” Howland Owl starts a school for nature's screechers. 10pp

#26(04/47)--FC(top): Albert and Pogo blow bubble pipes.
“Albert and Pogo” Howland becomes a painter and Pogo a doctor. 12pp

#27(06/47)--FC(bottom): Albert digs for worms.
“Albert and Pogo” To add some refinement to the strip, the critters play cricket. 10pp

#28(08/47)--FC(bottom): Pogo's hat trick.
“Albert and Pogo” A letter from Wallet Kelly arrives and Pogo invites readers to write. 6pp
“Nibble and Nubble” Nibble, a mouse, meets Nubble, a kitten, and a parrot. 6pp

#29(10/47)--FC(bottom): Pogo’s trick or treat.
                    “Albert and Pogo” Owl's knife-throwing act leads to a feast at Albert's. 7pp
                    “Nibble and Nubble” Mouse and kitten make a pudding to replace what they've eaten. 6pp
                     BC: “Pogo” Pogo’s fishing pole goes for broke.

#30(12/47)--FC(bottom): Albert’s Christmas stocking.
                    “Albert and Pogo” Albert and Howland see who can lose the largest fish. 8pp
                    “Nibble” A mouse and a parrot trick the dog into providing lunch. 6pp
                     BC: “Uncle Wiggily” The rabbit can't sink his putt.